With the friendly caterpillar, Percy, children are encouraged to develop their counting and number recognition skills, through a series of fun activities.
An animated on-screen number book, introduces the user to numbers up to 20 and recognising numbers. The activities are designed to build on the childís skills, with 3 difficulty levels, to cover the themes of counting, comparing numbers, sequencing numbers and ordinal numbers.
Suitable for unsupervised use, the title is fully narrated, includes printable worksheets and has an extensive teacherís section.
- Covers counting, recognising numbers, number sequences and ordinal numbers.
- Features an animated on-screen number book.
- Colourful, engaging animations to encourage learning.
- Fun and easy-to-use unsupervised.
- Learn to recognise numbers and count to twenty.
PC: Pentium II 500mhz processor or greater, Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, XP or Vista, 128mb RAM, 16 bit colour.
Mac: Power Mac G3 400mhz processor or greater, OS X (up to 10.4), 128mb RAM, 16 bit colour.
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The main menu is fully narrated and provides access to each of the six activities, as well as the teacher's section.
Each number in the number book features 5 short animated sequences to reinforce the number being demonstrated.
This activity encourages the player to count and recognise numbers by counting the number of balloons that show a certain number.
The player must count the objects shown (grouped in twos, fives or tens) and move the correct answer into position.
Testing childrens' knowledge on ordinal numbers is the theme of this activity, to find the picture in a certain position.
The number line in this activity shows some missing numbers. As the box moves along the line, the player must type in the numbers that are missing.
This activity involves counting on from a number, to move Percy to the end of the grid.
The options section provides options for controlling the sound, levels, available activities and individual options.