Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!sun!rushforth!kcr From: kcr%rushforth@Sun.COM (Kevin Rushforth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Educational Software Available? Keywords: pc, work, software Message-ID: <99019@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 14 Apr 89 08:35:07 GMT References: <1438@hjuxa.UUCP> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Reply-To: kcr@sun.UUCP (Kevin Rushforth) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 27 In article <1438@hjuxa.UUCP> gss@hjuxa.UUCP (STANSFIELD) writes: >My sister has to decide on a pc for work that has alot of educational >software available on it. Any recommendations and comments on what's >available for the Mac? The MAC doesn't have quite as much educational software as an IBM PC or an Apple II, but it has many other advantages such as a consistent, easy to use interface. Even our four year old has no trouble using the MAC Plus that we have. We recently bought a copy of Reader Rabbit from The Learning Company, and Kids Time from Great Wave Software. Both are excellent packages with several learning games in each. They teach pre-schoolers several key concepts necessary for reading (e.g. pattern matching with shapes, letters, three letter words, etc). The only complaint I have is that Reader Rabbit is copy protected which is a real pain because we have to insert the master diskette even to run it from the hard drive. I would be interested in hearing about other educational packages that are available. -- Kevin C. Rushforth | "If winning is not important, Sun Microsystems | then commander, why keep score?" | - Lt. Worf ARPA: kcr@sun.com | UUCP: !sun!kcr |