Jul 20, 2008
Media Mania

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1 Who doesn't like puzzles? Now your child can get their puzzle fix on the computer with Puzzlemania CD-Rom's. No paper to throw away when the maze is complete. This program even has a "hint" button when your child gets stuck. Puzzlemania will help build learning skills such as logical thinking and following directions with a huge variety of interactive games. Best of all, they didn't forget the Hidden Pictures Highlights is so famous for.

2 All well behaved little preschoolers (or the ones who need a little practice!) gather round to hear the tales of King Otis and his Kingdom of Goode. Theses videos do a fabulous job of teaching lessons of patience, tolerance, and sharing through warm-hearted storytelling. Brilliant animation and Broadway style tunes add to the adventures and make it a perfect fit for your 3-5 year old.

3 What child doesn't love to jump around, dance and have fun? Click over to the super fun site Superfunshow.com to find music and videos. The videos will teach your child some funky dance moves and the songs are fun too! Beware you will catch yourself having just as much fun learning the dance moves.

4 Help your child learn sight words easily with Fish for Words. Fish for Words is an online educational game that will help your child master the most common words used by schools. There are 5 grads levels for your child to learn, so it offers years of learning. Since it is online you can access it anywhere but it also offers printable cards as well. View their online tutorial at Fishforwords.com.

5 If your child loves playing with cars…Gary's Gadget Building Cars game is the perfect gift. By using Gary's junk yard they can put together any combination of parts to create their car. Once they have created their masterpiece they are ready to take it for a spin and head off to an auto show, gas stations and will find their help is needed by the neighbors. They will find through trial and error and using their thinking skills that they can build a car that will make it through all the missions. While younger drivers may need help we think that older kids will love this game and it gets them using their brains to
solve problems.

6 Enlighten, inspire and spark the imagination of your child with The Book of Virtues series. Available on DVD and based on their best selling book, the series teaches your child the core virtues of honesty, compassion, responsibility, courage, self-discipline, work, friendship, loyalty and perseverance though their heart warming stories.

7 Nervous about sending your child off to school? Leave one worry behind by prepping them for learning with Preschool Prep Company's learning DVDs. We love the Meet the Sight series of DVD's as they teach the important high frequency words that must be learned by memorizing. Used in many schools, the Meet the Sight DVD's will help your child move to the head of the class quickly and make learning fun and easy.

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