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What toddler wouldn’t delight in having a host of Sesame Street characters to play with at whim? Here they are in a pleasingly interactive program that delivers large amounts of education, entertainment and fun! Sesame Street Toddlers Deluxe features three disks, each with its own unique theme, and each packed with activities. "Art Workshop" includes basic paint program options in a simple, easy to use format. With Elmo as guide, toddlers can choose to create a painting, decorate a scene with stickers, color a picture, or outfit Sesame Street characters in outrageous costumes. Bright colors, interesting textures and shapes, and favorite themes provide endless exploration possibilities. Large on-screen buttons allow users to learn computer skills as they explore, and scenes can be saved and/or printed for additional enjoyment. The second disk, "Letters," focuses on letter and sound recognition and pre-reading skills. Users visit Sesame Street, where they freely explore the outdoor environment or enter the homes of their bigger-than-life friends. The screen scrolls left or right as the child moves up and down the street, and characters and objects sparkle to indicate click-on ability. Character’s homes reveal additional exploration options, and clicking on their residents initiates a simple guided-activity. Each Sesame Street friend has a storybook, radio, television and telephone (enthralling playthings for toddlers) in their home, and many of the songs, videos and stories are actual excerpts from the television show. The third disk, "Numbers," is structured exactly like the second, but features numbers and pre-math skills.
In addition to general learning through investigation, Sesame Street Toddler encourages computer familiarity, mouse control and the manipulation of on-screen tool buttons. Hand-eye coordination, visual discrimination, letter identification and discrimination, number recognition, deductive reasoning, and learning to follow directions are but a few of the many specific skills developed through use of this program. A "Parent’s Corner" offers facilitation techniques to maximize the caregiver/child experience.
Many of the program’s concepts and activities are too advanced for even the brightest of toddlers. Our review suggested that, while young users have short attention spans where complex activities like finding rhyming words or completing basic addition problems are concerned, they enjoy being exposed to these challenges and unlike older counterparts, are not frustrated by them.
PC: Windows 3.1 or higher and DOS 5.0 or higher, Windows 95, 486/25MHz or faster cpu, 3 MB free hard drive space, 8 MB RAM, VGA 256 colors (640x480) display, Double-speed or faster CD-ROM, Windows compatible sound card.return to top of page Questions or comments regarding this site? webmaster@superkids.com Copyright © 1998-2024 Knowledge Share LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy |