The first programs were 8K and ran from tape cassettes. Their software programs evolved along with technology, and now Micrograms is offering their 20th program for the latest Windows and Macintosh machines. The Micrograms software has been used in both school and home settings. Wild West Math, a current program designed by Kent Holden, recently won the Learning Magazine 2000 Teachers Choice Award. Language Skills, Wild West Math and Picture Phonics.
Children learn the relationship of pressing a key and seeing the affect on the screen.
This program allows the child to progress at his own rate. He soon discovers, for example, that to see the tiger, he must press the T . After the child has mastered the sounds of various letters he can progress on to learning beginning consonants. Subsequent exercises involving ending consonants, beginning blends and digraphs, ending blends and digraphs, short vowels and long vowel sounds are also included in Picture Phonics. Once there, click on the icons to the left of your screen to learn more about school and homeschool software programs.