With giggling stars indicating exercises are correctly answered, arcade-style games, and sweet animated interludes, this program takes much of the tedium out of skills practice. Of course, kids type in missing letters and use their mouse to move words into their correct positions instead of writing them out. Fortunately, the CD-ROM comes packaged with the printed workbook on which it is based. Examples and audio instructions are given for each type of puzzle. Noteworthy benefits of this electronic workbook include instant grading and instructions that are read aloud.
Children work through an entire session before they go back to correct their errors.
In this sense, the program has a no-nonsense approach to practicing basic spelling. It requires 50 MB of hard drive space. This electronic workbook emphasizes skills practice. As such, kids won t receive lessons in phonics and spelling, per se. However, many parents will welcome this style of program that helps reinforce basic skills.