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	My House CD ROM Models by Chris Petty “The whole CD-ROM oozes quality...A fantastic way of introducing foreign languages.” - TEEM evaluation With a click of the mouse, children will be able to furnish their house, choose clothes for their wardrobe, and decide who gets to relax where. Will the bathtub go in the living room? Will Dad do the cooking tonight?Switch on the TV and watch videos of three folk tales! Includes a counting game, a vocabulary builder and more fun activities tostimulate learning. Ages: 3-6 \| $44.00
	My Clothes Models by Chris Petty Who shall I be? A girl or a boy? What shall I wear when it’s raining? Dress me in the right clothes and watch me rush outside with Mum and splash in the puddle. Or dress me as an astronaut and watch me shoot into space in my rocket. See the Pinocchio effect: dress me right and I jump to life! With an abundance of decision-making exercises, children can explore themes such as Weather, Time, Sport and Dressing Up. Choose to be a pop star or astronaut, a pilot or doctor. Also included are jigsaw puzzles, flashcards. A new experience every time you try. Ages: 3-6 \| $44.00
	All About Me in 33 Languages CD Rom Welcome new children to your school by letting them tell you all about themselves. All About Me lets you print out a customised dual language booklet that each child can personalise with their own words, drawings and photos. Languages Available English With Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese Simp., Chinese Trad., Farsi, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yoruba $300
	My Talking Dictionary: Book and CD Rom PUBLISHED IN OVER 35 DUAL LANGUAGE EDITIONS This unique bilingual picture dictionary introduces 750 widely used words, arranged thematically and enhanced with brilliant illustrations, language scripts, transliterations and a picture index. The hardback book comes with an interactive CD ROM, which allows you to hear spoken words over and over again, conduct speedy word searches, and practice vocabulary exercises. Themes cover Myself, Clothes, My Feelings, My Family, Fruits, Weather, Town, Sport, Numbers, etc. Hardback, 26cm x 32cm, has 64 pages of clearly laid out texts and pictures. Available in English with Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese-Traditional, Chinese-Simplified, Croatian, Czech, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Slovakian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yoruba Simplified Chinese edition includes Mandarin on the CDROM and the transliterations correspond to Mandarin; Traditional Chinese CDROM and transliterations are in Cantonese. Note: CDROM is not compatible with a Macintosh computer.* Ages: 4+ \| $39.95
	My First Words A picture dictionary, this easy-to-use CD-ROM covers hundreds of words in five languages. See each word written in a different script while hearing it spoken aloud. My First Words is organised according to 17 topics commonly in use at school and at home. My First Words is available in four language sets: General: Arabic, Bengali, French, Somali, Urdu East European: Albanian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian European: French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish South Asian: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Panjabi, Tamil Suitable for Foundation and Key Stages 1 and 2 \| $49.95
	Inter-Active Literacy CD-ROM Collection The Inter-Active Literacy CD-ROM is part of a series of e-books that help students to improve their English. Pupils watch a video of the story, complete with vivid illustrations from the original picture book, then take part in fun quizzes on reading and listening comprehension, synonyms, prepositions, capitalization, word endings, rhyming words, and much more. With the Storytelling function, students can even write their own stories using images from the CD-ROM. Each Inter-Active Literacy CD-ROM comes with teachers' notes and whiteboard interactivity. Narrated instructions in a choice of ten languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Somali, Spanish, and Urdu) make this the perfect learning tool for the multilingual classroom. $44.00 Suitable for Key Stage 1 Buri and the Marrow The Giant Turnip Don't Cry, Sly Goldilocks and the Three Bears Three Billy Goats Gruff The Elves and the Shoemaker Fox Fables Little Red Hen and the Grains of Wheat Suitable for Key Stage 2 Yeh-hsien - A Chinese Cinderella Pandora's Box Interactive CD-Rom Not Again, Red Riding Hood! Jill and the Beanstalk The Pied Piper Hansel and Gretel Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
	Speak and Spell Storytellers Our enchanting Speak and Spell series offers retellings of popular stories to teach reading and spelling skills. Brilliant picture-book illustrations and a realistic page-turning effect make these CD-ROMs stand out as high-quality e-books for whole-class learning. Here are all the advantages of Big Books and none of the problems associated with handling, dog-earing and storing. Teachers and students both will enjoy the variety of functions on the CD-ROM: Pupils or teachers may type in notes on the e-pages, or write freehand with the e-pencil. Pupils can blank out text in order to create their own version of the stories. Whatever is written or drawn on the e-pages is recorded; teachers can revisit prior lessons to reinforce topics learned. Teachers can also check the weekly progress of any student who has input anything in their own words. Audio control allows words or phrases to be repeated. Students can then record themselves and play back the audio to practice and perfect their pronunciation. Words, sentences or parts of a picture can be magnified to fill the whiteboard with no distortion, ensuring the whole class can see clearly. Each story has five blank pages for teachers to input their own learning extras for extended classroom learning. English Only $100 Key Stage 1 includes: The Giant Turnip The Three Billy Goats Gruff The Buskers of Bremen Goldilocks and the Three Bears Key Stage 2 includes: Jill and the Beanstalk Hansel And Gretel Not Again, Red Riding Hood! The Pied Piper.