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====="How Many Things?"=====
Is a true counting activity. A random number of shapes appears on the display screen one at a time, with a musical note sounding as each shape pops on. The child counts the shapes and presses the appropriate number key on the keyboard. The numeral then appears and flashes in the center of the screen. After several seconds the screen clears, and a new set of shapes appears. The activity is played ten times. Is a true counting activity. A random number of shapes appears on the display screen one at a time, with a musical note sounding as each shape pops on. The child counts the shapes and presses the appropriate number key on the keyboard. The numeral then appears and flashes in the center of the screen. After several seconds the screen clears, and a new set of shapes appears. The activity is played ten times.
====Shape Activities====
These activities introduce the important relational concepts of sameness and difference through shape recognition and matching - skills that help prepare your child for learning to read. In addition, "Make a Match" takes your child one step further in using the computer by teaching the basic computer convention of pressing a number key in answer to a question. Notice also that "Shape Hunt" reinforces the counting skills introduced in the Number activities.
====="Make a Match"=====
Introduces five geometric shapes - circle, square, triangle, diamond, and rectangle. On the left side of the display screen four shapes appear, arranged in random order and numbered 1 through 4. Then one of the four shapes pops on the right side of the screen. The child presses the number of the shape on the left that matches the single shape on the right. The single shape will then move across the screen and position itself beside the numbered shape. If a correct match has been made, both shapes flash while a musical series of notes is heard. If an incorrect number key has been pressed, the single shape jumps back to its original position with a quick "uh-oh" sound, letting the child know he or she should try again. The activity goes on until ten shapes have been matched.
====="Shape Hunt"=====
Combines the counting activity of "How Many Things?" and the matching skills introduced in "Make a Match." The display screen is divided into two sections - the top portion is the "sky," and the bottom section is the "sea." The left corner of the sky shows a flashing shape. In the sea are several shapes, some matching the shape in the sky and some different. The child counts the shapes that match the one in the sky and presses that number on the keyboard. If correct, the matching shapes disappear from the sea one at a time and reappear, with accompanying musical tones, in the sky. The activity is repeated eight times.
