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Seal of Approval Winner Fall 2000 The Baby Einstein Company Combining the remarkable music of one of the history’s most magnificent composers with simple eye-catching images to stimulate and entertain babies is a challenging task. Whether inspired by the genius of Mozart, or the bold images on the screen, parents reported that their babies were […]

Seal of Approval Winner Fall 2000 Help Me 2 Learn Company This musically oriented educational software title impressed our testers as using more than just repetitive drills to teach young children about letters and numbers. This CD-ROM offers a fun, entertaining sing-along experience that elicited smiles, laughter and some impressive results. The appeal of this

Seal of Approval Winner Fall 2000 Center for Talented Youth If you have a child that has been identified as gifted, apart from the pride you feel, there is also the desire to make sure that your child is given the opportunities to make the most of their talents. This bimonthly magazine is a superb

Seal of Approval Winner Fall 2000 Learning Resources This big colorful magnetic board is a super tool for teaching children all about time. By tying the lessons together with real life events such as the time a child wakes up, goes to school, eats dinner and goes to bed the lessons are reinforced with pictures

Seal of Approval Winner Fall 2000 Learning Resources Sometimes we need a little nudge or a kernel of an idea to start us on a new adventure. The Spotlight on Science series from Learning Resources is designed to help students with science projects looming. Don’t get the idea that this kit is an instant science

Seal of Approval Winner Fall 2000 Learning Resources Science projects are a staple of our educational system, no one gets through their elementary school years without building some sort of contraption. It is a great exercise is execution, theorizing and follow through. This Science Fair kit is filled with great ideas to start your young

Seal of Approval Winner Fall 2000 Learning Resources Teaching children to appreciate the diversity and richness of our nation requires some ingenious approaches. The fast track learning system of flash cards and colorful illustrations impressed our testers as the kind of tool that can indeed leave a lasting impression on their children. Whether used in

Seal of Approval Winner Fall 2000 Learning Resources Remember when you first saw a bar code, you know those apparently random vertical lines on every product these days. The mystery of what those lines meant is beyond any level of comprehension for most of us, apart from the fact that they talk to the supermarket

Seal of Approval Winner Spring 2000 Cadaco For some of us, freehand art can be a little daunting. A blank page with no defined guidelines can be quite overwhelming. StencilShop is a great art kit that allows even the most timid artist to create some pretty cool art. In fact our testers told us that

Seal of Approval Winner Spring 2000 Tivola Electronic Publishing, Inc. This sweet, unassuming CD-ROM program is a unique production that features a storyline that requires your child’s input for the tale to reach a successful conclusion. What sets this program apart is that it can be played in any of four languages, which can be