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Most of the software recommended as available from the Cricket Rd Centre is discounted. Phone 01865 428034 Fax 01865 428030
Foundation Stage Software Downloadable document (Right click to save)
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Choose and Tell Nursery Rhymes
Choose and Tell Fairy Tales |
1 user £45 5 user £89 10 user £109 network licence £219
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Choose and Tell Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales are suitable for use in the Foundation Stage and lower Key Stage One. They support pupils in developing decision making skills and help them to understand sequences of events. The programs allows pupils to select a familiar nursery rhyme or fairy tale character and create their own story for them, send Humpty Dumpty riding to the beach on a motorbike or let Baa Baa Black Sheep zoom off in a space rocket. The CD ROMs also includes printable sheets, which can be used to support work. |
Order from Christine Ruane at Cricket Road Tel: 01865 428034 |
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Izzy's Island Foundation, KS1
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1 user £49.95 |
The rich and varied teaching opportunities offered on Izzy's Island are enhanced by the practical, supportive design and the 3 levels of difficulty available for each activity. This enables a task, or series of tasks, to be selected to meet each child's learning requirement and the CD-ROM as a whole to provide a flexible, interactive teaching tool. |
Order from Christine Ruane at Cricket Road Tel: 01865 428034
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Leaps & Bounds (There are three, versions 1 2 and 3 – all similar) |
Single User CD-ROM £39 3 user £79 5 user £99 10 user £139 site licence £249 |
The CD-ROM uses bright and colourful characters to stimulate the imagination of young learners, and encourages the development of vital early learning skills. Develops pre-reading skills Lengthens concentration span Enhances decision-making processes Improves tracking and left-right orientation Text-free and speech-free |
Order from Christine Ruane at Cricket Road Tel: 01865 428034
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Mouse in the House |
1 user £12.76 |
Once your Early Years’ practitioners have tried this terrific program word will spread like wildfire. It contains six games including: “Mouse in the House” which is a delightful hide and seek type game where the child has to search for the mouse, your search is timed against a snail crawling across the bottom of the screen, even adults get caught up in the race. The snail beat one member of the Advisory Team! It is really good fun! This alone is worth the cost of the CD. Yet there is much more. |
D2 Digital by Design Ltd 460 Manchester Road, http://www.d2digital.co.uk/publishing.asp?cPage=1
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Musical Leaps & Bounds |
Single User CD-ROM £39 3 user £79 5 user £99 10 user £139 site licence £249 |
Musical Leaps and Bounds encourages children to respond, explore, experiment, express and communicate their ideas, and use their imagination, through interactive music and listening activities. |
Order from Christine Ruane at Cricket Road Tel: 01865 428034 |
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PODD Foundation, KS1
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Windows single user copy
£39 |
Podd can carry out many actions - 170 verbs and over 100 actions - selected from the Key Stage 1 Literacy Hour word bank. Excellent for language work, spelling and for promoting work away from the computer. Children delight in hunting for new verbs to see if Podd can do them and try out alternative synonyms, extending their vocabulary. |
Order from Christine Ruane at Cricket Road Tel: 01865 428034 |
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Scally’s World of Verbs |
1 user £34 |
Scally’s World of Verbs is an updated version of Podd. Scally, a little alien who is learning English, demonstrates the actions that children select on screen. The program supports beginner and struggling readers by demonstrating the verbs or words the children type in. For example select Scally can chew and a sandwich will appear in Scally’s hand and he will begin to chew. |
Topologika Software Tel: 01326 377771 |
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2Simple 2Create a Story |
1 user £39 5 user £79 10 user £120 Site licence £199 |
2Create a Story is suitable for Foundation Stage and KS1. Pupils can make talking stories, combining words, pictures, sounds and animation in a storybook format to support Literacy and ICT. Actions and sounds can be added to any picture. Files can be saved as Flash (SWF) files to publish anywhere. |
Order from Christine Ruane at Cricket Road Tel: 01865 428034
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2Simple Infant Video Toolkit 2 |
1 user £75 Site licence £425
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The software comprises of 2Draw, 2Publish, 2Count, 2Go, 2Graph and 2Question which are designed to be straightforward to use. In 2Count counting is reinforced by numbers both up the side and underneath blocks of colour. 2Go is a control program that could be introduced alongside the Roamer. |
Order from Christine Ruane at Cricket Road Tel: 01865 428034
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2Simple Modelling Toolkit |
1 user £39 |
2Simple Modelling Toolkit is aimed at the Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1, consisting of a suite of five core activities, each with three differentiated levels, enabling younger children to explore predictions and decision making. Each activity has been designed with one or more opportunities to link with core subject areas, and can be used to specifically teach ICT skills or as an ICT resource to support Literacy/English, Numeracy/Mathematics and Science. The 2Simple Modelling Toolkit has been developed for use in classrooms and incorporates a simple options utility that will allow teachers to direct tasks and adopt flexible and creative approaches to support teaching and learning using computers. |
Order from Christine Ruane at Cricket Road Tel: 01865 428034
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This page was updated 15/03/2006. Any broken links or faulty information should be reported to Carol Rainbow who will replace them as soon as possible.
