This interactive simulation towards children in the early years or their primary school career. It is created around ten real life locations. The navigation is quite simple using the right, left, up and down buttons and space bar for selecting actions. It's colourful landscape holds the child's attention as they explore in this world where they can look after a pet of sort animals on a visit to a farm.
This software helps children build on their experiences. Throughout the software videos are used to demonstrate what the child's role is in this online world . The option to focus on any one particular stage in the software and variable to change difficulty level also exist. This software can be used in the teaching of small groups of children. It is s fun and safe way for them to learn by experience.
It is featured on the schoolzone website www.schoolzone.co.uk where more games and activities can be bought by teachers and those who want interesting educational activities.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
WORDS IN THE WILD WEST
The age of the computer is here and online games and software have become a way of life for children. There are many games that are readily avalable on the internet that children may play that do not foster the childs thinking. The Funschool group have developed a number of online games that help the child develop basic motor and thinking skills.
Wild word west is one of the many games that can be played online. The object of this game is to match the words given with their meanings. The game is a fun interactive way to have children learn vocabulary.
The game is structured aound western out laws wioth names that have meanings and you are to capture them by catching the rider with the meaning of the name attached to them. the navication to the game is quite simple. When you log on to the site each game is featured in individual boxes, selecting a game is simple, all that is needed is to right click the box and wait for the games to load. This process does not take long. the visual effects are simple so that the children do not get lost in the graphic but focus on the words and the game. to navigate the game the right and left arrows are used to move your character across the feild and the space bar to capture the fugitive when he is underneath your character. The score is tabulated in reward money and your money decreases by the length of time that you take to capture the villian.
The games is appropriate for children in standards three and four who are developing and a better grasp of words and meaning. Also featured are printable games and puzzles. Gmes such as these are now one of the best learning and teaching tools that can be used to open the childs thinking and imagination through the cyberspace.
Games can be found at : http://funschool.kaboose.com
The age of the computer is here and online games and software have become a way of life for children. There are many games that are readily avalable on the internet that children may play that do not foster the childs thinking. The Funschool group have developed a number of online games that help the child develop basic motor and thinking skills.
Wild word west is one of the many games that can be played online. The object of this game is to match the words given with their meanings. The game is a fun interactive way to have children learn vocabulary.
The game is structured aound western out laws wioth names that have meanings and you are to capture them by catching the rider with the meaning of the name attached to them. the navication to the game is quite simple. When you log on to the site each game is featured in individual boxes, selecting a game is simple, all that is needed is to right click the box and wait for the games to load. This process does not take long. the visual effects are simple so that the children do not get lost in the graphic but focus on the words and the game. to navigate the game the right and left arrows are used to move your character across the feild and the space bar to capture the fugitive when he is underneath your character. The score is tabulated in reward money and your money decreases by the length of time that you take to capture the villian.
The games is appropriate for children in standards three and four who are developing and a better grasp of words and meaning. Also featured are printable games and puzzles. Gmes such as these are now one of the best learning and teaching tools that can be used to open the childs thinking and imagination through the cyberspace.
Games can be found at : http://funschool.kaboose.com
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