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School Zone Alphabet Express Preschool
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Amazon Minimum Age: 24 months
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: School Zone
EAN: 0076645087010
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone 10+
Feature: Alphabet Express introduces skills that help children learn to read and spell. This award-winning program combines games, songs and more for hours of fun practice. System Requirements: MAC REQUIREMENTS Mac® OS X 10.4 10.3 10.2.8, PowerPC™ G3 233MHz (or equivalent). 128MB of RAM. 640x480 32-bit color video. 50MB of available disk space. 8x CD-ROM drive. PC REQUIREMENTS Window
Format: CD-ROM
Item Dimensions: 81
Label: School Zone
Manufacturer: School Zone
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 72 months
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 36 months
MPN: 8701
Number Of Items: 1
Platform: Macintosh, Windows
Publisher: School Zone
Studio: School Zone
Features:- Alphabet Express introduces skills that help children learn to read and spell. This award-winning program combines games, songs and more for hours of fun practice. System Requirements: MAC REQUIREMENTS Mac® OS X 10.4 10.3 10.2.8, PowerPC™ G3 233MHz (or equivalent). 128MB of RAM. 640x480 32-bit color video. 50MB of available disk space. 8x CD-ROM drive. PC REQUIREMENTS Window
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Editorial Review:
The 26 letters of the alphabet equal 26 opportunities to explore, listen, and learn in Alphabet Express Preschool. Add to this a handful of added-on games, imaginative short films, and freeform activities, and this CD-ROM has both appeal and staying power.
As a trainload of critters chugs around the onscreen alphabet, kids click on a letter, and uppercase and lowercase versions fly, bounce, or pour onto the scene in a Sesame Street moment. The letters dissolve to a garden scene for G, an orchestra for O, and so forth. Click on the onion in the orchestra pit, and a kid's voice intones "Onion!" while the squirrel holding the thing begins to cry piteously. There are similar scenes for every letter of the alphabet--though designers cheated a bit and combined X, Y, and Z. Kids can also paint different alphabet-emphasizing pictures, play a sounding-out/letter-matching game, and look at instructions on how to write each letter. A separate section of activities includes find-the-hidden-letter games, dot-to-dots that teach alphabetizing, and mazes that must be conquered by matching objects to their beginning letter. Finally, and most delightfully, there's a movie theater where kids can watch a couple of priceless animated shorts: one is a James Brown-esque ditty belted out by a chicken, listing the (alphabetized) items that make Hearty Chicken Alphabet Soup so special. Anchors, basketballs, and carburetors are a few of the secret ingredients.
The animation in Alphabet Express isn't smooth, but the audio is lush: O's orchestra section is replete with the dissonant sound of strings tuning up before the symphony; the tired old ABC song gets a hip-hop makeover; a host of different (and non-annoying) kid and adult voices pronounce letters and guide visitors. Even if this weren't a strong CD-ROM, it'd be worth checking out, just to learn the remaining ingredients in Hearty Chicken Alphabet Soup. (Ages 3 to 6) --Anne Erickson
Climb aboard Alphabet Express, and join the conductor for a fun-filled journey. Meet animals and objects that enthusiastically respond to the alphabet. Game sections include letter matching, hidden words, dot-to-dots, coloring books, songs, and more. Stimulating color and playful sounds make this an engaging learning resource.
Alphabet Express introduces skills that help children learn to read and spell. This award-winning program combines games, songs and more for hours of fun practice.System Requirements:
MAC REQUIREMENTS
Mac® OS X 10.4 10.3 10.2.8, PowerPC™ G3 233MHz (or equivalent). 128MB of RAM. 640x480 32-bit color video. 50MB of available disk space. 8x CD-ROM drive.
PC REQUIREMENTS
Windows® Vista, XP, 2000, ME, 98 - Pentium® II 266MHz (or equivalent), 64MB of RAM, 640x480 32-bit color video. 16-bit sound card. 50MB of available disk space, 8x CD-ROM drive.Format: WIN 95,98,XP/MAC 8.6-9.X (CLASSIC),X,10.1 OR LATER
Genre: EDUCATION
UPC: 076645087010
Manufacturer No: 08701
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Fun, Fun, Fun
I bought this in a four pack at Marshall's for [...]. Alphabet Express is my 3 1/2 year old's favorite game. It makes learning fun. Buy it but look for a deal! :)
Rating: - Our twins love it!
I don't have much experience with other kids' educational games, but this one has certainly captured the attention of our 4 year old twins. It's colorful, fun, and educational. The price seemed right.
Rating: - Alphabet Express
My grandson really enjoys this program so I'm happy. The graphics and audio are outstanding and the programs are easy to navigate through. The only thing I don't like is after each little exercise you have to go back to the main menu to start another one even when you stay in the same program/category. Anyway, it has captured my grandson's attention and I have seen vast improvement in his letter recognition and he is starting to spell words now. I think his favorite program is finding the hidden ... Read More
Rating: - Great Product
My daughter is 3 1/2 years old and she loves playing with this. She has really mastered the mouse and moving around from screen to screen. I can definitely see an increase in her letter recognition and her curiosity to know what letter do things start with. She asks to do her alaphabet all the time.
Rating: - Excellent Learning Software for Pre-School / Kindergarten
My four year old daughter is attending a pre-school where they learn a new letter every week. I bought this for her to reinforce what they are doing at school.
I taught Kindergarten for a short while and I can tell you without a doubt that this program is excellent for very beginning alphabet awareness.
The program won't teach them if they don't know anything, but with a little help or with a little knowledge of a few letters they can really get going. I love it.
There ... Read More
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