- Platform: Windows 98 / Me / 95
- Media: CD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
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Aimed at preschoolers and kindergartners, Blue's Art Time Activities is one of the best creativity programs we've seen. Incredibly easy to navigate and perfect for independent exploration, this CD-ROM is appropriate for kids of all skill levels, whether they're computer novices or young graphic artists. By helping Blue and friends participate in The Really Big Art Show (sponsored by Blue's school), players learn basic art fundamentals such as color mixing, design, and layout. Along the way kids meet up with a cast of colorful characters including Chalk Girl and Marky Marker, Color Drops, Blue's new friend Periwinkle, and Al Luminum, the Mayor of Recycle Town--and, of course, Steve and Blue.
Chalk Girl lives in a geometrically challenged Chalk World, where children can manipulate shapes with rotation tools, click and drag them to complete murals, and store their creations in an art portfolio. Chalk creations magically transform into lively animations as kids complete their unique artwork. Once their masterpieces are created, players can tell the world about The Really Big Art Show by creating a stylish invitation at the craft table. Here kids help Marky Marker decorate an invitation using virtual paint, glitter, gems, and feathers while adding borders and learning layout and composition. A handy eraser and a variety of brushes and stickers heighten the fun and the creative options.
Playing the multilevel playground color game is an excellent way for children to learn about primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. Here they'll mix and match colors along a hopscotch path, while taking turns seeing who makes it to the finish line first. Wonderfully animated Color Drops teach kids how to make colors such as purple, orange, green, and brown, and they can earn up to 10 ribbons for their efforts. Recycle Town is yet another creative place to explore. Children check out blueprints and follow instructions like young architects. After reading the blueprints, kids go on a scavenger hunt and collect the necessary items to construct a cool diorama. Using glue and scissors has never been this neat and easy!
This program also introduces Blue's brand-new friend, Periwinkle the cat. Kids can help her illustrate a variety of tiny storybooks in one of the CD-ROM's best activities: players use crayons and stamps to fill in the pages of each book, then save their work and print it for away-from-the-computer fun. Finally, it's time to get the show on the road. Once kids complete all the activities, Steve asks them to choose one of their favorite projects for The Really Big Art Show; they can also select one of the ribbons to place on their prized artwork. Two paws up for this blue-ribbon software program. (Ages 3 to 6) --Tina Velgos
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Kids get to create art for "The Really Big Art Show." In 5 learning activities, explore abstract and traditional art forms, color, texture, and composition. Strengthen prediction, estimation, and problem-solving skills. There is so much to do and learn with Blue!
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just the thing for Blue-obssessed kids!,
This review is from: Blue's Art Time Activities (CD-ROM)
My daughters, ages 16 months and four years, LOVE Blue's Clues. The 4 year old went nuts when I loaded up this program. She and my eight-year-old sister (who, by the by, insists that she's "too old" for Blue's Clues) quite grudgingly took turns with it (and I mean QUITE grudgingly), and ended up playing for hours. I could barely pry them away from it, even for lunch. It was all I could do to keep them from eating at the computer. In the program, your kids travel around the art center with Blue, as she helps her friends get ready for the Really Big Art Show. Each friend does something different (there's Chalk Girl, Marky Marker[augh!:)] at the paint table, Al Luminum making projects out of recycled materials, etc.) and each one needs help finishing their projects. After they're done, your kids can use the same materials to do projects of their own. Then it's outside to play a color mixing game on the playground, that starts with mixing primary colors to make secondary colors and progressing to mixing a primary and a secondary to make a tertiary (they even use the proper words, no talking down) to gather ribbons for judging the art show. Once everything on the portfolio checklist, faithfully toted by Blue, is done, it's time for the Art Show, and the kids get to be proud of a job well done. I picked this particular software because my eldest daughter loves art, and I knew this would give her an excellent educational head start. If you have preschoolers and haven't tried Blue's Clues, what are you waiting for? It's the best kind of educational software, that gets them talking and pointing and participating, and-best of all-learning.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Blue's Art Time Activities,
By Guy (Irvine, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blue's Art Time Activities (CD-ROM)
I brought this product for my son who is 2 years 11 months. The format of the program is similar to the TV show with Steve talking/singing and providing instructions. The software is well put together and graphically appealing, but most the activities are a bit too complicated for my son. Having said that, he loves the chalk girl and will happily spend an hour on that section alone. This game has really helped him in his use and coordination of the mouse. Also, the che game involves rotating shapes to fit a template, it is fascinating to watch as your child discovers how to do this. In summary, I would say that this is a good game, but 3 is probably too young for most of it
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Can you say "FRUSTRATING"???,
By A Customer
This review is from: Blue's Art Time Activities (CD-ROM)
Just took this one out of the box and even with a college education I can't figure out how to make it work!!! My 4 year old little boy clicks around aimlessly trying to make something work, to no avail! Unless I'm totally missing something, there are no real instructions as to what to do to get things going, there's only a big to-do about the art show and portfolio.
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