Children's Technology Review

Compose Yourself

$15, Windows, Mac OSX, Chrome

Teaches: music, creativity, composition

SoundSelf

$15, Mac OSX, Windows

Teaches: pitch, music, 3D graphics

iPod Touch (Fourth Generation)

$230400, Windows XP, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: music, multi-purpose touch learning system

Dora's Big Birthday Adventure

$20, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: problem solving, math skills, music, computer skills

Piano & Keyboard Method Version 3.0

$60, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: music, piano, ear training, notation, music theory

eMedia Guitar Method 5.0

$60, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: music, guitar, pitch

Giggles Computer Funtime for Baby - My Musical World

$20, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: casality, music, notation, Spanish, English, timing, classification

CTR Rating: 100%

My Electric Guitar

$30, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: music, guitar

CTR Rating: 94%

iLife '09

$79, Mac OSX

Teaches: music, creativity, pictures

My Violin

$50, Windows, Mac OSX (installs QuickTime 7 on Windows computers)

Teaches: violin lessons, music

CTR Rating: 88%

Didi & Ditto Preschool: Mother Nature's Visit

$20, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: reading, math, science, music and art

CTR Rating: 86%

Guitar Master

$40, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: music, guitar

iPod Touch (2008)

$230400, Windows XP, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: music

iPod Nano (2008)

$150200, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: music

Guitar Praise

$100, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: music, fine motor coordination

CTR Rating: 90%

My Piano

$30, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: music, piano

CTR Rating: 92%

My Guitar

$30, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: music, guitar

CTR Rating: 88%

Phase

$5, iPod, iTunes running on Mac OSX or Windows

Teaches: music, rhythm, timing

Piano & Keyboard Method Version 2.0

$60, Windows, Macintosh

Teaches: music, piano, ear training, notation, music theory

iPod Touch (First Generation)

$230400, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: music

eMedia Guitar Method 4.0

$60, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: music, guitar, pitch

Sequel

$100, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: music editing, creativity

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

$100, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: hand-eye coordination, rhythm, music

CTR Rating: 92%

Lowey Hija & Friends (Book One, Ages 2-6)

$40, Windows XP, Windows 98, Mac OSX

Teaches: music appreciation, musical terminology

CTR Rating: 32%

Morton Subotnick's Playing Music

$29.99, Windows XP, Windows 98, Mac OSX

Teaches: rhythm, audio discrimination, creating music, music, memory

CTR Rating: 80%

Toon In Multimedia: Episode 1 - The C Major Scale

$20, Windows XP, Mac OSX

Teaches: reading & playing music, notation, pitch

iPod

$200, Windows XP, Mac OSX

Teaches: music

Play Music Together

$25, Mac OSX, Windows XP

Teaches: music, observing, memory

CTR Rating: 78%

Travels With Music

$10, Windows XP, Mac OSX

Teaches: music, culture, instruments, history

CTR Rating: 82%

Intermediate Piano & Keyboard Method: Volume 2

$59.95, Windows XP, Windows 98, Mac OSX

Teaches: music, piano, ear training, notation, music theory

Wordy Querty: Foundations for Reading & Writing Fluency

$35, Windows XP, Windows 98, Mac OSX

Teaches: reading and writing, phonics, typing/keyboarding, music

CTR Rating: 84%

Giggles Computer Funtime for Baby

$20, Mac OSX, Windows XP

Teaches: casual relationships (cause/effect) colors, shapes, classification, temporal relations, music

CTR Rating: 94%

FLO: Return of the Water Beetles

$29.95, Windows XP, Windows 98, Mac OSX

Teaches: truthfulness, forgiveness, critical thinking, memory, spatial reasoning, problem solving, classifying, patterns, creating music, rhythm, religion

CTR Rating: 90%

Piano Wizard

$150, Windows XP, Windows 98 (requires a MIDI keyboard), Mac

Teaches: piano, music, audio discrimination, rhythm, notation, creating music

CTR Rating: 72%

Sibelius Student Edition

$99, Win 98, Win XP, Mac OSX

Teaches: music, music notation, creativity, rhythm

CTR Rating: 87.5%

Didi & Diddo 1st Grade: The Wolf King

$19.99, Windows XP, Mac OSX

Teaches: reading, math, social studies, music and logic, art, music, notation, language typing, reading, phonetic analysis, holding attributes in mind, spatial reasoning, basic math facts, rhythm, auditory discrimination

CTR Rating: 92%

Dr. Seuss's ABC Mac OS X Edition

$24.95, Mac OSX

Teaches: early reading, letter and word recognition, music

Alfred's Interactive Musician

$40, Win 98, Win XP; Mac OS9, Mac OSX (23 MB of hard disk space)

Teaches: music theory: pitch, ear training and rhythm

Children's Music Journey

$80, Windows, Macintosh

Teaches: music, piano, note recongition, rhythm, pitch

Morton Subotnick's Making More Music

$29.99, Windows, Macintosh

Teaches: music

Didi & Ditto Kindergarten

$19.99, Windows, Macintosh

Teaches: early math and reading, logic, sorting, counting, music

Morton Subotnick's Hearing Music

$29.99, Windows, Macintosh

Teaches: music, ear training, pitch, rhythm

iLife '04

$49, Macintosh OSX

Teaches: music, creativity, pictures

Music Ace Starter

$30, Windows XP, Macintosh OSX

Teaches: Music theory basics; pitch, notation, skales, the keyboard, melody and musical terms

Music Ace Deluxe

$50, Windows XP, Macintosh OSX

Teaches: Music theory, pitch, note names, key signatures, rhythm, and more

Piano & Keyboard Method

$59.95, Windows, Macintosh

Teaches: music, piano, ear training, notation, music theory

Pianomouse Goes to Preschool

$19.99, Windows, Macintosh 9.1 or better

Teaches: music, notation, instruments, composers

Teach Yourself to Play Piano Deluxe Edition

$49.95, Windows, Macintosh

Teaches: music, piano

Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe Edition

$49.95, Windows, Macintosh

Teaches: music, guitar

Accent on Achievement Series

$7.95, Windows, Macintosh

Teaches: music, clarinet

Nemos Underwater World of Fun

$19.99, Windows, Mac

Teaches: Memory, logic, music

Powerpuff Girls Challenge # 2: Princess Snorebucks

$19.99, Windows/Mac

Teaches: math, reading, Spanish vocabulary, music, creativity and logic

The Wiggles: Wiggle Bay

$19.99, Windows, Macintosh

Teaches: memory, spatial relations (puzzles and mazes), music and logic

Switched on Sound: Movements in 20th Century Music

$89.99, Macintosh, Windows

Teaches: music of the 20th century

Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory 2.0 Complete

$199.95, Macintosh, Windows

Teaches: music theory, from staff lines to chord structure

Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory 2.0 Student

$59.95, Macintosh, Windows

Teaches: music theory (pitch, note names, ear training, chords, scales and much more)

eMedia Intermediate Guitar Method

$39.95, Win, Mac

Teaches: music, guitar

Clifford's Musical Memory Games

$19.95, Win, Mac

Teaches: music, beat, sequence, logic

Disney Learning Adventure: Search for the Secret Keys

$19.99, Win, Mac

Teaches: early reading and math, music

Jay Jay Sky Heroes to the Rescue

$19.99, Win, Mac

Teaches: letters, sequencing, logic, music

eMedia Guitar Method Vol. 1 Version 2.0

$59.95, Win, Mac

Teaches: music, guitar

eMedia Guitar Songs Vol. 1 Version 2.0

$29.95, Win, Mac

Teaches: music, guitar

JumpStart Advanced Kindergarten

$29.99, Win, Mac

Teaches: counting, addition, subtraction, creativity, music, sequencing, phonics

JumpStart Advanced Preschool

$29.99, Win, Mac

Teaches: numbers, letters, sequencing, creativity, music, rhyming

Ollo and the Sunny Valley Fair

$19.99, Windows, Mac (OS X only)

Teaches: creativity, memory, logic, counting, patterns, sorting, sequencing, music deductive reasoning

Caillou Birthday Party

$19.95, Win, Mac

Teaches: letters, numbers, reading, music, colors, shapes, etc.

Bass Method Vol. 1

$59.95, Win, Mac

Teaches: music, how to play the bass, notation chords and technique

Arthur's Preschool 2002 Edition

$19.99, Win, Mac

Teaches: early math, early reading, shapes, letters, counting and music

Fun For Brains

$15, Win, Mac

Teaches: creativity, shapes, body parts, music, counting

Arthur's Brain Games Value Pack

Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: logic, music, math, logic, counting, money, addition, subtraction, reading

Disney�s Winnie The Pooh Preschool Plus

$19.99, Win 95, 98; Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: number recognition, logical thinking, letter recognition, music

Preschool Excelerator

$22.95, Win, Mac

Teaches: early reading, math, numbers, letters, music, counting

Toddler Play & Learn

$19.99, Win, Mac

Teaches: colors, shapes, letters, languages, music, creativity

Magic School Bus in Concert/Lands on Mars Activity Value Pack

$19.95, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: music, science, solar system, pitch, instruments, sound waves

Jumpstart 4th Grade 2-CD Set

$30, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: math, reading, geography, art, history, music, science

Jumpstart 3rd Grade 2-CD Set

Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: math, reading, music, spelling, art, history

JumpStart Baby 2000

$20, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: music, cause and effect, social skills

LEGO My Style: Kindergarten

$19.99, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: early math and reading, counting, addition, phonics, art, music

LEGO My Style: Preschool

$19.99, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: counting, classification, numbers, letters, art, music, logic

Adiboo: Discover Music, Melody and Rhyme

$29.99, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: music, listening, rhyme

AFF II

$9.99, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: trivia, animals, oceans, space, music, technology, etc.

Magic School Bus in Concert Activity Center, The

$19.95, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: music, the physics of sound, pitch, instruments, sound waves

JumpStart Toddlers Deluxe 2CD Set

$30, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: early learning: colors, shapes, numbers, memory, music

Happy Birthday, Maisy!

$19.99, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: early learning, matching shapes, following directions, music

Reader Rabbit 1st Grade

$19.99, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: spelling, word recognition, math, music

Reader Rabbit's Kindergarten (bundle)

$19.99, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: reading, math, logic, numbers, letters, shapes, music, art

Disney�s/Pixar�s Buzz Lightyear 1st Grade

$19.99, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: math, geography facts, spelling, creativity, telling time, music

Disney�s Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

$19.99, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: creativity, art, music, logic

JumpStart Learning Games Bundle: Music, Spelling, Numbers

Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: music, spelling (600 generic words), math

Arthur's Thinking Games/Arthur's Math Games Value Pack

Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: logic, general knowledge, music, math, logic, counting, money, addition, subtraction

Arthur's Preschool

$19.99, Win 95, 98, NT; Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: early math, early reading, shapes, letters, counting and music

Sound Toys

$19.95, Win 95; Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: music, creativity

Reading Fun

$16.98, Win 95, 98; Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: problem solving, logic, music, early reading

Midisaurus - Music Fun for Kids!

$29.95, Win, Mac

Teaches: music, piano keyboard, pitch, left and right, note and rest values

Smart Steps 2nd Grade

$19.95, Win 95, 98; Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: reading, math facts, logic, art, music

Smart Steps Kindergarten

$19.95, Win 95, 98; Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: reading, math facts, logic, art, music

Music is Physics

$49.95, Win 95, 98; Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: music, science, acoustics, ear anatomy

Great Operas, The

$49.95, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: music, opera

Fisher-Price Outdoor Adventures Ranger Trail

$19.95, Win 95, 98; Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: science, animals, nature facts, music, logic

Guitar Method 1 Version 1.2

$59.95, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: guitar, music