Jigsaw Maker

Early Learning
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Jigsaw Maker is a dazzling picture pack that turns proud young artists into beaming puzzle designers.


Jigsaw Maker provides key picture creation tools, plus others to cut pictures into 4, 6 or 9 squares and make ‘sliding block’ or ‘click-to-swap’ puzzles. Jigsaw Maker software is fully configurable and designed for the whole primary age-range, offering just a ‘pen’ for early learners to a complete set of ‘grown-up’ tools for older children, including Fill, Text, Undo, Load/Save, Print, plus symmetrical drawing and colouring and re-sizeable m... Arrow Read full description of Jigsaw Maker

* Save and Print * Problem-solving
Available from £12.75


MathsBook PLUS [Four Rules]

Maths & Numeracy
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Strengthen skills in the Four Rules of Number while keeping track of work done.



"Children who found the concepts ... difficult and those for whom the formation of numbers presents a problem, worked well on Maths Book PLUS as they didn't have to think about the writing of numbers." - TEEM (full review below)


Young mathematicians need to spend a great deal of time rehearsing written methods of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, but it’s not always easy to monitor their work or techniques. Maths Book P... Arrow Read full description of MathsBook PLUS [Four Rules]

* Whole-class demonstration * Tracks progress
Available from £17.00


Money Talks!

Maths & Numeracy
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Build confidence in handling and recording money in simulated real-life situations.


"Money Talks! was used in my Numeracy Hour for 40 minutes at a time, over four days. Children of different abilities had the chance to use the software and it matched the learning objective, which was to solve real life problems involving number. The children had the chance to try out all four activities on the CD and then printed out their answer sheets. They were highly motivated by the sheets with ticks showing where they had been successful." - ... Arrow Read full description of Money Talks!

* Whole-class interaction * Ideal assessment tool
Available from £17.00


MusicBox 2

Music
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"MusicBox 2 is a fun, relevant resource. The publishers clearly understand how ICT can be used to provide ... for young musicians to explore certain aspects of music that might be difficult without technical skills on traditional instruments." TEEM (full evaluation below)

Most children have a natural enthusiasm for music, but many find it hard to play a real instrument. Award-winning MusicBox 2 was designed to let them explore and make music on a classroom computer without knowing anything about notation. It's just like painting on the sc... Arrow Read full description of MusicBox 2

* Compose, record and play * Develop musical ideas
Available from £17.00


Scally's World of Problems

Problem Solving
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Co-operative and stimulating tasks that encourage pupils to think creatively


"In terms of quality, Scallys World of Problems is lovely to use, will appeal to children of all ages and has been imaginatively thought out. The supporting documentation is key to the whole program and has been written with its audience in mind in that it assumes a certain amount of computer knowledge without using too much jargon." - TEEM (Read full review below)

With 25 levels of difficulty in each of the eight planetary environments, Scallys W... Arrow Read full description of Scally's World of Problems

* Solve problems * Predict outcomes * Design games
Available from £17.00


Scally's World: Letters & Nouns

English & Literacy
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Everything children need to know about letters and nouns and the sounds they make


"As a tool for enhancing early Literacy skills in the classroom, Scally's World: Letters & Nouns has got to be one of the best packages around." - TEEM (full review below)

In this literacy title from our ‘Scally’ range, children help the alien explore the funny shapes, amazing sounds and wonderful words that letters start and make.

Scally's World: Letters & Nouns features 16 carefully-graded interactive activities, each of which ... Arrow Read full description of Scally's World: Letters & Nouns

* Early nouns/letters/blends * Pre-set profiles by Year
Available from £17.00


Scally's World: Numbers & Sums

Maths & Numeracy
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Entertaining and rewarding number-based games for youngsters


Scallys World: Numbers & Sums extends early Numeracy skills in an interactive way, closely linked to many of the core objectives for number, in Reception and Year 1. This is a quality product, featuring a vast variety of teacher controls making the program suitable for all abilities." - TEEM (full review below)

Scallys World: Numbers & Sums provides a range of learning and consolidation activities, at relevant difficulty levels, such as countin... Arrow Read full description of Scally's World: Numbers & Sums

* Powerful differentiation * Real (not synthesized) British speech
Available from £17.00


Scally's World: Verbs & Actions

English & Literacy
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"For those of you not teaching in the 80s, Podd was a blob who would try to do what a child typed into the computer. It was simple but effective, and Scally has taken this concept and flown with it. World of Verbs and Actions is a bulging package with CD-ROM, handbook, cross-curricular links, storybook, the music for Scallys catchy song, plus even flash cards. The end result is a beautiful program which children enjoy and which can be configured to easily meet their needs." TES Online


Develop early Literacy and ICT skills by sp... Arrow Read full description of Scally's World: Verbs & Actions

* Increase vocabulary * Develop spelling, mouse and keyboard skills
Available from £17.00


Screen Turtle 2

Maths & Numeracy
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A proven and friendly post-Bigtrak, 'turtling' and Logo environment for today's classrooms


Many 'Logo' and turtle-graphics packs can be a bit of a mystery, so we designed ScreenTurtle 2 to address this. The program is quick to learn, yet still offers all the features needed in busy primary and secondary classrooms.

Young 'programmers' are not expected to learn a whole new language, because ordinary English words or abbreviations are used, e.g. FORWARD, FD and AHEAD all do the same. They can UNDO commands, PAINT with the mouse, get H... Arrow Read full description of Screen Turtle 2

* Quick to learn * Start programming
Available from £12.75


Speaking for Myself PLUS

English & Literacy
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Early years software that develops communication, cognitive and reading skills.


"Speaking for Myself PLUS provides an excellent resource for the teaching of speaking and listening. It is hugely interactive and can be used independently or by a small group or whole class through the use of an interactive whiteboard." - TEEM (More in 'Reviews and Quotes' below)

Speaking and listening skills are fundamental to every child’s development, and those who lack a good grounding often find early formal education a real challenge... Arrow Read full description of Speaking for Myself PLUS

* Encourages speech and listening * Signing and PCS throughout
Available from £17.00


Stig of the Dump

English & Literacy
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"Whether you use Stig of the Dump as a huge comprehension exercise, a tool to encourage reading for meaning, the focus for integrated project work, or all three, this is one program which will encourage children to use skills the Curriculum does not encourage enough of: creative, lateral thinking." - EC&T (Educational Computing & Technology)


Clive King wrote Stig of the Dump way back, but it is still a popular novel in schools. This pack brings the story to life. Learners take the part of Barney in a "virtual environment" that contai... Arrow Read full description of Stig of the Dump

* Reading for information * Small-group work
Available from £17.00


Talking Clocks PLUS

Maths & Numeracy
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"This is an excellent piece of software. Visually it is superb, it is easy to use and configure, and most importantly, it has been specifically designed to dovetail with the National Numeracy Strategy. A success story in helping pupils tell the time on analogue and/or digital clocks." - TEEM (See the full review below)


Bright and friendly animated talking clocks interact with learners, showing them how the hands of a clock move and how digital numerals change.

Four different activities teach the concepts and words involved in tellin... Arrow Read full description of Talking Clocks PLUS

* Activities by Year/Term * Whole-class demonstration * Animated, talking, digital or analogue 12 or 24 hour clocks
Available from £17.00


textThing MFL

MFL
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textThing MFL creates TEN letter, word, sentence and comprehension-level exercises from any text to encourage pupils to read and THINK. Tasks can be completed on-screen or printed out, e.g. for Homework. If stuck and the relevant speech engine is installed (see below) they can listen to the text they’re working on.

1. Punctuation and capital letters
2. Spelling
3. Cloze
4. Crosswords
5. Word Searches
6. Scrambled words
7. Prediction
8. Sequencing
9. Disclosure
10. Reading Accuracy


Easy-to-use Opt... Arrow Read full description of textThing MFL

* Write or import text * Use across Curriculum
Available from £17.00


textThing PLUS

English & Literacy
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"Many teachers are looking for Literacy ... activities that are challenging to all abilities, and textThing PLUS achieves this... Although it comes with many ready to use texts and activities for all age groups, it is essentially a content free program, allowing teachers to use their own... Virtually any text can be copied and pasted into the program very easily and then ... up to 9 different literacy activities can be created" - Victoria Crivelli, BDA (See full review in Reviews and Quotes below)

textThing PLUS build... Arrow Read full description of textThing PLUS

* Write or import text * Use across Curriculum
Available from £17.00


The DoIT Bumper Pack

Early Learning
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40 Numeracy, Literacy, Design and Problem-solving activities + 320 worksheets!


Encouraging co-operative work and imagination, the DoIT Bumper Pack consists of varied and enjoyable activities for developing Literacy, Numeracy, Design and Thinking skills. .

Practising anagrams, finding meanings, opposites and word parts, counting, sorting and working with number patterns are ideal for the Literacy and Numeracy hours.

Easy-to-use Design tasks include shape, reflection, rotation, Carroll diagrams, Pelmanism puzzles and card a... Arrow Read full description of The DoIT Bumper Pack

* Co-operative work * Problem-solving
Available from £12.75


The Freddy Teddy Bumper Pack

Early Learning
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Cross-curricular fun and learning with our much-loved 'Freddy Teddy'.


"This pack provided revision of numeral recognition and was fun! I think it will make a good addition to the National Numeracy Strategy activities." - Nursery Education

The Freddy Teddy Bumper Pack has six inspiring programs, all in one pack, designed to improve early learning skills like counting, controlling, sequencing (pre-Logo), recognising and remembering. In different everyday settings, children help Freddy to:

- rescue his ball by adding u... Arrow Read full description of The Freddy Teddy Bumper Pack

* Best-selling classic * Six titles in one pack * Includes the easiest-ever introduction to control, turtling and Logo
Available from £12.75


Words & Music

Music
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Music writing software


"This product is quite simply fantastic. Full of ready to use activities and lessons it has got be the best educational software I have ever purchased." - Amazon Customer Review (more in 'Reviews and Quotes' below)

Most music software is, like sheet music, black and white, and you have to manipulate 'fiddly' traditional notation or sequence someone else's clips. And if you prefer to start with or add lyrics, you can't.

Now you can. Although you can work with notation if you wish, Words and M... Arrow Read full description of Words & Music

* Traditional notation and unique 'paper' interface * One, two or three-track compositions * Start with music then add lyrics, or do it the other way round!
Available from £17.00


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