Piggy's Birthday Present offers five murals each in mathematics and language arts. Students complete the murals, picture by picture, by answering questions at three different skill levels appropriate for Kindergarten, first, and second grades. After successfully completing the activity, students select from an array of paints, using the palette to color and customize their murals. Sophisticated graphics and animation with whimsical characters and magical scenes all add to the fun. Mathematics and language arts activities provide a sequenced progression of concepts and skills.
Every mural contains several pictures focusing on a particular skill set.
The Skills Summary feature gives teachers the content description for each mural at the easy, medium, or hard level. Students can work individually or in groups, and student work is always saved and recorded on the Skills Summary after every session. Piggy's Birthday Present was developed by ThoughtMakers, a core team of cognitive psychologists, software engineers, graphic artists, and musicians. The school version of Piggy's Birthday Present is shipped on two CD-ROMs with a Teacher's Guide. The Teacher's Guide offers classroom supports such as complementary activity suggestions.