The ten different story options include elements from popular nursery rhymes, including This Little Pig, Little Miss Muffet, and Hey, Diddle Diddle. Choose a Sound and Right Sound reinforce letter sounds and help children associate letters with their sounds. Within each story, all elements start with the same letter sound and as the story is told, the computer emphasizes the first-letter sound. Ten different story themes include Wee Willie Winkee and Long Lewie. In Choose a Friend, children use story-building skills acquired in Put It Together to build an interesting story with a plot and characters.
Children can choose a story situation and a friend to share the story with.
Children may choose from The First Day at School, Going Camping or a number of other fun stories. Make A Story was developed for Novell PerfectHome by the Waterford Institute, a nonprofit research center specializing in multimedia education software for children. Product design teams are led by experienced teachers and include instructional designers and educators. New programs are tested extensively for educational value and appeal by the Waterford School's 750 children in classroom and home settings. Waterford has operated computer learning systems in more than 40 inner-city schools in New York City and elsewhere.