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Forget the rainy day! Go out and grab Madeline Rainy Day Activities for your favorite Madeline fan. Aimed at kids ages 5 and up, Madeline is one of the most popular and best animated role models for young girls today.

With over 100 learning activities in this software, it’s a bargain at less than $20. One thing I noticed right away is the abundance of printable away-from-the-computer activities. Many of the activities lend well at home and in the classroom–especially the seek-a-word puzzles, mazes, and craft ideas. (continue reading…)

Wacky, wild and inspirational. These three words don’t even do justice to IBM/Crayola’s smash software hit, Make A Masterpiece!

Aimed at kids ages 5-12, this software that will fuel any child’s creative energies! In fact, I fell in love with this CD-ROM and strongly recommend it to kids AND adults of all ages! Perfect for at home or in the classroom, it’s a bargain when it comes to edutainment software! (continue reading…)

Without a doubt,electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick’s Making Music CD-ROM gives kids of all ages (5 years and up) an innovative, inspiring and unique approach to composing creative music.

The CD-ROM (Windows and Mac) captures the subtle and not so subtle connection Subotnick makes between music and art. Like an artist, kids can paint music through a rich palette. (continue reading…)

Thinking about piano lessons for your kids? Before you make any decisions, check out Harmonic Vision’s award-winning Music Ace CD-ROM. It’s an excellent, hands-on music primer with 24 self-paced lessons which are fun, fun, fun! Superb animation and colorful graphics helps music notes come alive. Music Ace’s high-quality sound and digitized sound effects ran flawlessly on my PowerMac . Although aimed at ages 8 and up, this software lends well to younger kids who love music as well as adults who are yearning to learn or re-learn music. (continue reading…)

Smiletown is probably the friendliest animated town your 2 to 5 year old child could ever explore! This software entertains and teaches tots how to build their English skills.

The narration and introductions can be switched between English, Japanese and Chinese. By playing this software, children can explore a great variety of different activities to learn the alphabet, spelling and grammar,vocabulary and conversational practice. It also helps teach kids reading, writing and how to pronounce English words! (continue reading…)

My 6-year-old son learned how to read before he was in kindergarten. Certainly, he was influenced by educational software! Now,this first grader is a proficient Mac and Windows user and reads on a 3rd to 4th grade level. While his math skills are outstanding, he’s still working on his programming. However, I haven’t figured a way to help him improve his handwriting skills through the computer….until NOW! (continue reading…)

Thinkin’ Things: All Around FrippleTown is an excellent logical and reasoning skills-building CD-ROM for kids ages 4 through 8 years old!

If you seek software which taps into creativity, high-level thinking and problem solving skills for young kids, you’ll love this CD-ROM.It also scores well on replayablity as kids love visiting FrippleTown to play with the Fripples and do some problem-solving! (continue reading…)

Thinkin’ Things: Toony the Loon’s Lagoon is one-of-a-kind! Top-rate activities and games combine with excellent graphics, animation and audio to add this title to The REVIEW ZONE’s Best of ‘99 edutainment software winners. (continue reading…)