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1.Jump Ahead Year 2 Reading, Maths, Geography & more from: Focus Multimedia Ltd September 07, 2001
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I bought this for my 6 year old daughter to help improve her English and Math skills, and I can't praise this programme enough! My daughter actually looks forward to playing the games and frequently comes up to me saying "Mummy, can I play Jump Ahead Year 2 now please?" with much enthusiasm. I thought it might be just a fad - like with all toys! But she really does enjoy it. I think its because the math games are challenging and she enjoys the excitement of the "theme" of the game, like jumping over crocodiles to get across a river. I can tell you one thing, I wish I had something like this when I was little learning maths because it would have made the subject less scary. This actually makes maths look fun and because ... Read More:

2.Jump Ahead Year 1 Reading & Maths from: Focus Multimedia Ltd September 07, 2001
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A great disk, both my kids loved it, I bought this to try and get my little boy to advance with his reading and he loves it. Takes a while to figure out how to get into the different rooms, but both my 4 year old and 6 yr old can work the computer by themselves using this software, it really is easy. A great interactive program.

3.Bear & Penguin's Big Maths Adventure from: Dorling Kindersley June 18, 2000
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My Son absolutely loved this programme - and the Big Reading adventure. Once patches were downloaded it worked great.... on our old computer. Now we have a new system with Windows Vista is doesn't work. On the GSP support website the only advice was 'this product doesn't work on Vista'. Slightly disappointing to say the least - you'd have thought this wouldn't have been the case. Unless anyone knows of a workaround they'd like to share, I am afraid I cannot recommend this software.

4.Play and Learn: Reading & Counting from: Dorling Kindersley June 07, 2000
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I brought this software especially for my 4 year old daughter who is struggling with her phonics in school and was very disappointed with the letters game which is NOT sounded out in phonics. This is confusing for children and misleading as it does state it teaches phonics. The rest of the games are OK, but both of my children (3 & 4) got bored of it quickly. It is very reasonably priced, but in my view not worth buying.

5.Bear & Penguin's Big Reading Adventure from: Dorling Kindersley June 18, 2000
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The initial loading of the program is frustrating and I certainly didn't expect to be downloading fixes on a new product. The screen does not maximise to the full size of the monitor and this cannot be fixed as mentioned buried in the help text. I would have expected both of these things to be mentioned in the advertisement of the cd rather than being hidden within the cd itself. I would expect better performance from D.K and indeed Amazon. This is the first time that I have used the internet to purchase presents and I will consider more carefully before doing so again. I will be returning this product as unfit for purpose.

6.Learning Ladder: Year 3 from: Dorling Kindersley June 18, 2000
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I found this software very useful and it kept my son engrossed for a long time, he loves the sticker rewards for each task completed. My only grip is that there are no instructions, although we quickly worked out how what to do once we clicked around a few times.

7.Play and Learn: Science Experiments from: Dorling Kindersley June 07, 2000
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I bought this software for my daughter who is very computer literate for her age. She happily worked her way through all of the Jump Ahead Year 1 series from Focus Multimedia Ltd and thoroughly enjoyed them. More importantly, she clearly learned a lot too. Perhaps it was because I was expecting the same level of engagement and explanation from Play and Learn: Science Experiments that I felt a little disappointed. The experiments simply aren't that engaging. Sure, they look good, but they don't actually explain very much. Worse, they are often fiddly where one small mistake forces the child to start again from scratch, e.g. the very small drop area when positioning the cars on the first experiment: If you miss, the car falls off ... Read More:

8.Learning Ladder Year 4 from: Dorling Kindersley January 23, 2001
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Very good, my son aged 9 loves it. It proved invaluable when he was off school for a week, he could get on the PC and keep up with his english and maths, in such a fun way. He has voluntarily gone back onto it many times too, so it must be fun.

9.Learning Ladder: Years 1 & 2 from: Dorling Kindersley June 18, 2000
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Just to let anyone know who is interested, this CD-Rom does work on Mac. I have a recent Mac, and when I put the disk in, my OS 9 system kicks in. It works without any problems. As far as the game itself, I was very pleased and have not found any difficulty in understanding how it works, but I suppose instructions would no be a bad idea! We are using this CD to help my son, who has never been to school in England, and I find that this is a very effective way to work on his grammer, etc. He is not a big reader, like his brother, so this game has been a very helpful tool. He finds it fun and ejoys getting the stickers. I am probably going to go on to year 3, but will have a look at other games, as so many people seem ... Read More:

10.Favourites Bob the Builder Can we Fix It? from: BBC Multimedia September 06, 2002
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My 3 year old son is a huge fan of Bob the Builder and he absolutely loves this CD. The games are of varying difficulty and he does need help with some of them but his mouse skills are improving by the day. The games are fun and not too obviously educational. The only problem I have with this CD is getting him off the computer!

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