Best New Software
Volume 28, Number 2, December
2000
Software: Reading - PreS-Grade 6
Joanne Troutner
JumpStart phonics.
Knowledge Adventure (www.knowledgeadventure.com).
PreS-Grade 1
Five fun activities designed to help youngsters with phonics skills. Voice
recognition features are included. Good for parent purchase.
Reading blaster.
Knowledge Adventure (www.knowledgeadventure.com).
Grades K-2.
Ten activities for beginning readers ranging from
sequencing, sorting, grouping, and listening to multicultural
stories. Good parent purchase or for learning
center.
Reading blaster.
Knowledge Adventure (www.knowledgeadventure.com).
Grades K-2.
Nine activities ranging from putting letters and sentences in order, sorting
pictures, matching sounds and letters, listening to stories, and practicing
other reading skills are included in this program. Good parent purchase or
for learning center.
Reading blaster vocabulary.
Knowledge Adventure (www.knowledgeadventure.com).
Grades 4-6
This program continues six word puzzles, which help build vocabulary skills,
as users solve a series of mysteries taking place a part in a mansion. Good
for parent purchase.
Joanne Troutner is director of Media/Technology for
the Tippecanoe School Corporation and owner of Creative
Computer Enterprises in Lafayette, Indiana. She can
be contacted at troutner@mindspring.com.
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