| | |  | Education & Reference | Home » » » School Zone Alphabet Express Preschool | | | | | | | Description: | | Alphabet Express introduces skills that help children learn to read and spell. This award-winning program combines games songs and more for hours of fun practice.System Requirements:MAC REQUIREMENTS Mac® OS X 10.4 10.3 10.2.8 PowerPC™ G3 233MHz (or equivalent). 128MB of RAM. 640x480 32-bit color video. 50MB of available disk space. 8x CD-ROM drive. PC REQUIREMENTS Windows® Vista XP 2000 ME 98 - Pentium® II 266MHz (or equivalent) 64MB of RAM 640x480 32-bit color video. 16-bit sound card. 50MB of available disk space 8x CD-ROM drive.Format: WIN 9598XP/MAC 8.6-9.X (CLASSIC)X10.1 OR LATER Genre: EDUCATION UPC: 076645087010 Manufacturer No: 08701 | | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 10.25 inches | | Product Width:
| 9.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.81 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.6 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 18 reviews |
| | | System Requirements: | | | Platform:
| Mac / Windows | | Media:
| CD-ROM | | Item Quantity:
| 1 |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
Average Customer Review:
 ( 18 customer reviews )
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
99 of 104 found the following review helpful:
 Alphabet Express is fun!Jan 05, 2002
By J. Hsu
My son who is just over two got this for Christmas and he loves it. There are so many different activities in it that he can be occupied for 20-30 minutes - amazing for a 2-year-old boy. His favorite thing is to "paint" the different pictures. They are so detailed and well animated and there are lots of colors - not just the typical 4 or 5 in some programs. He's not quite ready for some of the more advanced activities that ask you to match letters with pictures of objects that start with that letter. But this just means he'll have plenty to grow into. It's a really good choice.
19 of 19 found the following review helpful:
Excellent Learning Software for Pre-School / KindergartenMar 21, 2007
By T. Barton
"Middle School Teacher"
My four year old daughter is attending a pre-school where they learn a new letter every week. I bought this for her to reinforce what they are doing at school.
I taught Kindergarten for a short while and I can tell you without a doubt that this program is excellent for very beginning alphabet awareness.
The program won't teach them if they don't know anything, but with a little help or with a little knowledge of a few letters they can really get going. I love it.
There are several games to play from mazes, to matching letters with pictures. These games are a little more advanced, so even Kindergarteners and first graders should have some fun with it.
The part my daughter is working on right now is the very basic core of the program. Each letter has a picture loaded with clickables. Each clickable starts with the letter you are focusing on. It will even say the name of the thing you click on so you can hear the sound. My daughter is beginning to associate the things she clicks on with that letter and she is putting nouns that start with the same letter together in categories. She'll say, "I want the one with the bear and the boy and baseball."
After the clickables, there is also several paint pictures they can play with which are great. All the nouns that start with that letter are on the page and they can use the paint brush on the screen to paint everything. Using the mouse is something else my daughter has had some problems with and this is really giving her practice and she is really improving.
There is also another game where they match pictures of things to the letter that you are working on. It's pretty amusing to watch. When you get something right, a fireman dog climbs a ladder and pulls an elephant's tail to make him put out a fire. The elephant puts the fire out a different way each time.
I also love the fact that the little letter is used and referred to as well as the big letter. Even the matching games use both the big and little letters - separately even, so it reinforces the knowledge that they are different letters with the same sound and not just two letters stuck together.
We have really enjoyed this game and I can see us getting a lot of use out of it. I walked my daughter throught it once together and then after that she was plaing on her own.
23 of 25 found the following review helpful:
Love this gameOct 27, 2005
By ski_tahoe
"ski_tahoe"
We got this for my 3 year old's birthday present and he loves it. It was unbelieveable how fast he mastered the mouse. He is able to play on his own but it is fun to play with him too. He has learned a lot from this game. We also stocked up on cheaper games, but they are worthless - this is definitely worth the $20.
16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 Still a little tough but funJan 31, 2006
By Gabriella Dee
I bought this for my 3.5 year old and he still has trouble recognizing his letters (hence, the purchase). He enjoys the mazes and with help really likes the game, but he does need quite a bit of help to be able to play. We have not explored all the aspects of it yet (there is quite a bit to do), so I think that it is well worth the money. I have to push him to play this however - it is not his favorite....
69 of 85 found the following review helpful:
 System requirements misleadingAug 20, 2005
By Dianne Averill
"Dianne"
I really can't give this product any stars . . . the system requirements say 7 or later, but later stops at OS9. This product is NOT OS X compatible, so please beware!
See all 18 customer reviews on Amazon.com
| | |
|
