Elementary School Learning System Smart Start Toddlers
© 2004 Fogware Publishing
This suite of software serves up no less than 42 CDs, fortunately contained on two DVDs. Many different subject areas are covered including math, science, history, writing, literature and U.S. Geography. What you're really getting here is a lot of dated multimedia content, much of it resembling narrated filmstrips. All of the programs have been published in the nineties as stand alone products, most coming from Zane Publishing and SVE & Churchill Media. Most of it is solid content, but usually dull in terms of presentation, and multimedia bells and whistles. Some of it, however, is simply lousy, for instance, the Zane Publishing solar system program that refers to the sun as "Mr. Sun". One brighter spot is the inclusion of three quality math programs: Pre-Algebra World, Algebra World, and Geometry World, all published by Cognitive Technologies Corporation in 1997. These provide interesting activities and good skill practice. Note that the two main DVDs are accompanied by a third entertainment DVD about animals called Funny Farm. The bottom line? While you get a lot of content, most of it is pretty useless. Better bundles are available from Topics Entertainment and Encore.
$39.99, Win XP with DVD drive.
Teaches: history, literature, geography, math, science