Re: [LM_NET] Software for PK and Kindergarten

[Barbara Braxton <barbara.288@BIGPOND.COM>]

Hi Paula
Way back when an Australian company developed an early childhood interface to MS 
Word, Excel and
PowerPoint and called it Max's Sandbox.  This is marketed in the US as Scholastic 
Keys
http://www.tomsnyder.com/products/product.asp?sku=keykey and it is the most useful 
piece of software
that I have used with this age group because it is open-ended rather than being 
drill-skill-kill.

Another that I also love is Kidspiration 
http://www.tomsnyder.com/products/product.asp?SKU=PIRKI2

When I searched for "Scholastic Keys' this http://www.tomsnyder.com was the first 
site in the hits
and they have a searchable database of school-based software so that might also be 
worth exploring.
Barbara

Barbara Braxton
Teacher Librarian
COOMA NSW 2630
AUSTRALIA

E. barbara.288@bigpond.com
Together we learn from each other 

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