Reading Blaster for Kindergarten

by Blasternaut / Knowledge Adventure

Product Features

• The Blaster Learning Formula for Success gives the fuel they need to become confident readers.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• ASIN: B00001XDWR
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 24, 1999
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,794 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

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Rock-solid content, engaging format and thoughtful design combine to make this one of the best Kindergarten programs we've seen. Children join the Blaster Pals in search of undersea treasures, found at the end of colorful mazes. To gain access to the mazes, kids must play five multilevel letter and word games that provide practice in early reading skills. There's a bubble popping game that teaches alphabetical order, a shell concentration game that lets kids practice phonics and a sea horse race where children must match letters. Other activities teach upper and lowercase letters, opposites, categorization, rhyming, spelling and simple sentences. Over 450 vocabulary words are presented in the activities. The challenge range is great- each game has five difficulty levels. As kids are playing, they'll need to remember to check their B-Mail for letters from the Blaster Pals. This is one of the nicest pen-pal set-ups we've come across- the child really gets the feeling that he or she is corresponding with their Blaster friends. Other activities available on the CD include a sticker maker, 300 printable vocabulary word cards, eight read-along storybooks and a word board that lets kids create stories and messages. A progress tracker keeps adults informed of children's learning. The testers loved the program and only voiced one complaint. They wanted to be able to see the accumulation of treasures on the screen. As it is, you have to print them out to see them all at once. That minor issue aside, this CD earns high marks from testers and reviewers alike.
Teaches: early reading, letters, spelling, rhyming, ABC order
Age Range: 4, 5, 6 Copyright © 2000 Children's Software Revue

Amazon.com Product Description

Nine activities introduce kindergartners to phonics and basic reading skills. The program features five levels of valuable, fun-filled content spanning preschool to first grade.