Jump Ahead Year 1

Join Frankie the dog in an interactive classroom filled with animation and song. Packed with 18 activities that cover essential skills for Year 1, this version of the award-winning original program features assessment technology and a printable workbook.PARENT GUIDEChildren are encouraged to learn:MATHS Addition and subtraction. Simple fractions. Telling the time. Money value. Quantities. READING Stories and poems. Reading comprehension. Language skills. Visual discrimination. ART Art and creativity. Memory. Product Features: 18 learning activities 10 songs and rhymes 50 stories and poems Multiple levels Progress report Assessment technology Printable workbookReview:Jump Ahead Year One supports the National Curriculum for five to six-year-olds. The CD-ROM is another excellent program by Focus Multimedia in their "Children" series, "a range of educational entertainment that not only keeps the little ones quiet, but teaches them essential core skills and tentatively introduces them into the realms of computing."Franky the Dog has been enlisted to help in the classroom, making recipes, serving up lunch, among other fun activities, all of which teach basic maths skills (addition and subtraction, simple fractions, telling the time, money value and quantities); reading skills (stories and poems, reading comprehension, vocabulary, rhyme, language skills and visual discrimination); and art and music (creativity, music and memory, listening to songs on the jukebox, basic composition skills and listening skills). All these activities are presented in a fun way and offer opportunities at different levels with progress reports, assessments and a printable workbook. There is also a pamphlet containing basic technical and installation information, which should be read before starting. This is an updated version of the award-winning original and is well worth investing in as it will occupy and educate children effortlessly. --Susan Naylor