  
"In our kid testing, Big Thinkers Kindergarten from Humongous
Entertainment earned top scores in both education and entertainment. Big
Thinkers sets a new standard of excellence for education software." -Children's
Software Review, Editor-in-Chief, Warren Buckleitner
Big Thinkers Kindergarten is the perfect learning supplement to your child's
classroom experience. Ben and Becky Brightly's contagious wonder and ability to
transform into a variety of shapes and forms engage kids in a fun world of
learning and discovery unlike any they have experienced before. Your little
learners always feel successful as they collect oodles of SmartStars. All of
their efforts and successes are rewarded on their way to the SuperStar of Smarts
Challenge. Your children are in control as they laugh along while the Brightly
twins bend and stretch to provide activities that help kids learn all the skills
necessary for success in kindergarten.
The Brightly twins provide 16 fun new activities to help your kindergartner
learn: First Letter Identification, Measurement & Estimation, Sequencing
& Patterning, Spelling & Phonics, Time Telling, Alphabet Skills, Reading
& Sentences, Counting & Computation, Geography & Directions,
Environmental Science, Thinking Skills, Spatial Perception, Art Creativity and
Music Creativity.
Kids Can Do Amazing Things When They Think Big!
The 3-ring white binder includes the Teacher's Guide and 5-Disc Lab Pack. An
educational software program with personality.
The program encourages students to stretch their skills and knowledge through a
variety of engaging curriculum-based activities.
Each of the eight Learning Modules presented in the Teacher's Guide focuses on
one or more of the skills areas listed below, providing links between program
activities and classroom instruction. Additional activity ideas provide further
suggestions for using Big Thinkers Kindergarten as an integral part of your
curriculum.
As a resource for schools and teachers, Big Thinkers Kindergarten provides a
supportive, fun, instructional environment for students to learn.
The Teaching and Learning with Big Thinkers Kindergarten section provides
information to help you use Big Thinkers Kindergarten as part of your
instructional program. It addresses teacher preparation for using the program,
prerequisite skills, independent student exploration, using the Learning
Modules, integrating the program into the curriculum, using the program in
different instructional settings, accommodating students with special needs, and
assessing student experiences.
- The sky's the limit when Becky's helping out
- Looks like Becky's ready to blast off as kids learn measurement and
estimation
- Ben and Becky can find fun things to learn just about anywhere
- Rewards await once kids have collected enough SmartStars to take on the
SuperStar of Smarts Challenge
- SmartCharts allow you to track each child's progress
- Ben and Beck count on their friends in Bird Perch Math
- Kids always feel successful as their efforts are rewarded with SmartStars
- Help Ben see what's next in Bubble Business
- There's no telling what Ben will turn into to help kids munch through the
Mealtime Mazes
- Creativity's the key when Making Faces with Ben
- Becky leads the way with verbal directions and environmental clues as kids
search for Ben in Hide "N Seek
- Becky's always available to help pre-readers create and read Silly Stories
- Becky leads the way with verbal directions and environmental clues as kids
search for Ben in Hiden 'N Seek
- Ben and Becky strike up the band as kids learn the effects of rhythm,
melody, pitch and tempo in Music Makers
- First Letter Identification
- Measurement & Estimation
- Sequencing and Patterning
- Spelling & Phonics
- Time Telling
- Alphabet Skills
- Reading & Sentences
- Counting & Computation
- Geography & Directions
- Environmental Science
- Thinking Skills
- Spatial Perception
- Art Creativity
- Music Creativity
- 16 fun activities to help your kindergartner learn amazing things
- Think'n'Go ensures that your child's favorite activities are never more
than a couple of clicks away
- Kids can use the simple interface to print out their favorite screens and
activities
- Adjustable difficulty levels allow many activities to grow with your child
- Windows 3.1/95/98/Me/XP
- 33MHz 486
- 8MB of RAM
- SVGA (640x480, 256 color) graphics
- Sound card
- Double-speed CD-ROM drive
- System 7.0 or higher
- Minimum 25MHz 68040 or Power PC
- 8MB of RAM
- 640x480, 256 color
- Double-speed CD-ROM drive
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