Preschoolers:
"Elmo's Reading: Preschool & Kindergarten"Publisher: The Learning Company
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"Arthur's Computer Adventure"
Publisher: Broderbund Software
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"Let's Go Read! An Island Adventure"
Publisher: Edmark
Platform: Windows, Mac
"Freddi Fish 3"
Publisher: Humongous Entertainment
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"Dr. Seuss Preschool"
Publisher: Broderbund Software
Platforms: Windows 95 or higher, Mac
"Blue's ABC Time Activities"
Publisher: Humongous Entertainment
Platforms: Windows 95 or higher, Mac
"JumpStart Preschool and Kindergarten"
Publisher: Knowledge Adventure
Platforms: Windows, PowerMac
"Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightening Aren't So Frightening"
Publisher: Humongous Entertainment
Platforms: Windows, Mac
Young Kids
"Fisher-Price Ready For School: Kindergarten"
Publisher: Knowledge Adventure
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"My Personal Tutor 1st & 2nd Grade"
Publisher: Microsoft
Platforms: Windows 95 or higher
"The Cluefinder's 3rd Grade Adventures"
The Cluefinder's 4th Grade Adventures
Publisher: The Learning Company
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"Flying Colors 2" (Deluxe Edition)
Publisher: Magic Mouse Productions
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"Crayola Make a Masterpiece"
Publisher: IBM/Crayola
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"Spelling Blaster"
Writing Blaster
Publisher: Cendant Software
Platforms: Windows 95 or higher, PowerMac
"Reader Rabbit's 2nd Grade"
Publisher: The Learning Company
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"My First Amazing World Explorer 2.0"
Publisher: DK Multimedia
Platforms: Windows, Mac
Preteens
"Spanish for the Real World"
"French for the Real World"
Publisher: Kaplan/Knowledge Adventure
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"Thinkin' Science ZAP!"
Publisher: Edmark
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"Simsafari"
Publisher: Maxis
Platforms: Windows 95 or higher, Mac
"Rockett's Adventure Maker"
Publisher: Purple Moon
Platforms: Windows 95 or higher, Mac
"Carmen Sandiego Math Detective"
Publisher: Broderbund Software
Platforms: Windows 95 or higher, PowerMac
"Typing Instructor Deluxe Edition"
Publisher: Individual Software, Inc.
Platform: Windows
High Schoolers:
"Studyworks! Mathematics"
Studyworks! Science
Publisher: MathSoft
Platform: Windows, Mac
"Inside the SAT, PSAT & ACT '99 Deluxe"
Publisher: The Learning Company
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"Higher Score Guaranteed on the SAT & ACT Deluxe"
Publisher: Knowledge Adventure/ Kaplan
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"Learn to Program Basic, Junior High Edition"
Publisher: Interplay
Platforms: Windows 95 or higher, Mac
Selections from Technology & Learning Magazine's 1998-99 Software Awards of Excellence:
"Ready for Math with Pooh"
Publisher: Disney Interactive
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"Clue Finders' Third Grade Adventures"
Publisher: The Learning Company
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"Schoolhouse Rock: 3rd & 4th Grade Essentials"
Publisher: The Learning Company
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"Carmen Sandiego Math Detective"
Publisher: Broderbund/ The Learning Company
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"Carmen Sandiego Word Detective"
Publisher: Broderbund/The Learning Company
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"Fizz and Martina's Math Adventures: Blue Falls Elementary"
Publisher: Tom Snyder Productions
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"My Personal Tutor: Preschool-First Grade"
Publisher: Microsoft
Platforms: Windows 95 or higher
"The Oregon Trail 3rd Edition: Pioneer Adventures"
Publisher: The Learning Company
Platforms: Windows, Mac
"Xpeditions"
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Platforms: Internet product: www.nationalgeographic.com
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