Room, The
© 2012 Fireproof Games
$0.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle, Windows, Mac OSX
Teaches: logic, memory, problem solving, spatial learning
CTR Rating: 96%
Editor's Choice
DuoLingo
© 2013 DuoLingo
iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle, Windows, Mac OSX, Chrome
Teaches: English, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
CTR Rating: 97.5%
Editor's Choice
Scratch 2.0
© 2013 MIT Media Lab
Windows, Mac OSX
Teaches: programming, debugging, logic, math, science, STEM
CTR Rating: 97.5%
Editor's ChoiceEthical
Minecraft
© 2011 Microsoft Studios
$26.95, Windows, Mac OSX, Internet Site, iPad, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One
Teaches: social gaming, spatial relations, maps
CTR Rating: 96%
Editor's Choice
Echo Smartpen
© 2010 Livescribe, Inc.
$150200, Windows, Mac OSX
Teaches: creativity, pen-based computing
CTR Rating: 95%
Editor's Choice
We Choose the Moon (www.wechoosethemoon.org)
© 2009 John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Windows, Mac OSX, Internet Site
Teaches: science, space travel, history, astronauts
CTR Rating: 98%
Editor's Choice
World of Goo
© 2008 2D Boy
$4.99, Windows, Mac OSX, iPad, iPhone, Android
Teaches: science, creativity, building, physics, forces, potential energy
CTR Rating: 96%
Editor's Choice
Tag Reading System
© 2008 LeapFrog
$50, Windows, Mac OSX
Teaches: Reading, comprehension, word recognition
CTR Rating: 92.5%
Editor's Choice
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
© 1998 Brøderbund (The Learning Company)
$37, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: US geography, flags, facts, maps, logic
SimCity
© 1993 Electronic Arts, Inc.
$54.95, DOS, Mac, Win 3.1, Win '95 CD-ROM
Teaches: planning, maps, gov., history, and city-related issues
Playroom, The
© 1989 Broderbund
$49.99, IBM, Mac, Apple II, Windows, Mac OSX
Teaches: counting, clocks, combining parts, letters, upper/lower-case, and words.
Stickybear's ABC
© 1981 Optimum Resource, Inc.
$59.95, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: reading, letters, phonics
Math Arena
© 1999 Sunburst Technology
$89.95, Win 95, 98; Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: math, geometry, statistics, addition, multiplication, percents
SimCity 3000
© 1998 Electronic Arts, Inc.
$49.99, Win 95, 98; Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: economics, logic, social studies
Orly’s Draw-A-Story
© 1996 Brøderbund (The Learning Company)
$15, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM) Not Windows XP
Teaches: writing and creativity
Kid Pix
© 1998 Brøderbund
$39.99, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: creativity, art
Neighborhood Map Machine
© 1998 Tom Snyder Productions
$79.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: geography, map skills
Let’s Go Read! An Island Adventure
© 1997 Riverdeep, Inc. (Edmark)
$39.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: reading, letter recognition, phonics, spelling
Just Grandma and Me
© 1997 The Learning Company
$13, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: early reading, French, German, Spanish
Backyard Baseball
© 2004 Humongous Entertainment
$19.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM), PlayStation 2
Teaches: sports, physical education, baseball, timing, strategy
I Spy CD-ROM
© 1997 Scholastic, Inc.
$19, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: logic, classification, visual memory, matching
Reader Rabbit Toddler
© 1997 The Learning Company
$29.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: colors, shapes, counting, alphabet
CTR Rating: 92%
HyperStudio
© 1999 Knowledge Adventure, Inc.
$130, Win 95, 98; Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: creativity, programming
Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo
© 1995 Humongous Inc.
$18, Mac CD-ROM, Windows CD-ROM
Teaches: problem solving, logical thinking, animal facts, shapes
CTR Rating: 88%
Editor's Choice
JumpStart Kindergarten
© 1994 Knowledge Adventure, Inc.
$9.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: reading, letters, numbers, clocks, patterns, colors, shapes
Ruff's Bone
© 1994 Brøderbund (The Learning Company)
$19.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: reading: story elements
Harry and the Haunted House
© 1994 Brøderbund (The Learning Company)
$13, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: reading
Myst
© 1993 Cyan
$19.95, Windows CD-ROM, Mac CD-ROM
Teaches: deductive thinking, problem solving
Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel
© 1994 Cyan, Inc.
$49.95, Mac CD-ROM
Teaches: problem solving
Freddi Fish and Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds
© 1994 Humongous Entertainment
$13, CD-ROM for Mac, DOS and Windows
Teaches: problem solving skills, memory, counting, addition, subtraction
CTR Rating: 90%
Thinkin' Things Collection 1
© 1993 Riverdeep, Inc.
$29.95, Mac CD-ROM, Windows CD-ROM, Mac, Win, DOS (dual platform CD)
Teaches: creativity, critical thinking, memory, problem solving, patterns
Backyard, The
© 1993 Brøderbund (The Learning Company)
$34.95, Mac
Teaches: science, animal habitats, mapping, matching, creativity
New Kid on the Block, The
© 1993 Brøderbund (The Learning Company)
$19.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: reading
DinoPark Tycoon
© 1993 MECC (The Learning Company)
$59.95, DOS, Mac, 3DO
Teaches: dinosaur facts, business skills
Putt-Putt Joins the Parade
© 1993 Humongous Entertainment
$39.95, DOS, Mac, DOS CD-ROM, Mac CD-ROM
Teaches: spatial reasoning, matching, following directions
TimeLiner 4.0
© 1995 Tom Snyder Productions
$89.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS, eMate
Teaches: history, time
Oregon Trail, The
© 1980 MECC (The Learning Company)
$29.95, DOS, Mac, Apple II, Mac CD-ROM, Windows
Teaches: US history, geography
Incredible Machine
© 1995 Sierra On-Line (Vivendi)
$35, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: science: logic, gravity, air pressure, mechanics, causality
Arthur's Teacher Trouble
© 1993 Brøderbund (The Learning Company)
$19.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: early reading, word recognition
Millie's Math House
© 1995 Edmark
$13, Mac, DOS, Windows (disk or CD-ROM)
Teaches: math, counting, sets, sequencing by size, shapes
CTR Rating: 94%