There are 4 levels with one interactive demo in each. Each level provides descriptions and walkthroughs of all the activities available in the product. In Short Vowel Trap pick the correct vowel to complete a word, e.g. 'o' for 'pond', before the marble falls into the trap. After 3 errors, work in an untimed practice mode before returning to the game. E-Maze Interactive asks for a decision on whether a word is short vowel like 'cub' or long vowel like 'tube'.
Correct answers pick a route through a maze.
Progress through the maze is timed and the challenge is to improve speed the next time. Trails West works on reading comprehension. Pick the missing words from a story and then type the words from the keyboard. The demo was simple to use. However on both a Mac and a PC with Windows 98, sound was lost occasionally - restarting the demo fixed it each time.