Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!rochester!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!merlin.cvs.rochester.edu!jea From: jea@merlin.cvs.rochester.edu (Joanne Albano) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Kids: Review of ABZoo Summary: More Personal Opinion Message-ID: <2809@ur-cc.UUCP> Date: 19 Aug 89 17:41:24 GMT References: <21076@cup.portal.com> <89219.124243UH2@PSUVM> <7366@microsoft.UUCP> Sender: news@uhura.cc.rochester.edu Reply-To: jea@cvs.rochester.edu (Joanne Albano) Organization: Univ. Roch. Center for Visual Sci. Lines: 22 I have two preschoolers (ages 2 and 3) that appear to be getting quite a bit of entertainment and learning out of ABZoo. This program has 3 levels. My boys are currently at the beginners level which requires that they depress a letter key when they are presented with a display of the querty keyboard. Suppose the 3 year old picks "A" then the amiga says "A" and puts up a picture of an alligator appears and the amiga says "alligator". The 3 year old knows the key board and the 2 year old that is at the stage of learning new words loves to say the letter names and the animal names. The 3 year old claps when the 2 year old says the words correctly and they talk to each other about whether the animal is in water or such. They will often ask to play "ZOOOOO". We have had this program now for close to a year and it has continued to interest them through several developmental stages. Joanne Albano, Center for Visual Science (716) 275-3055 Room 256 Meliora Hall, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester NY 14627 UUCP: {rutgers,allegra,decvax}!rochester!ur-cvsvax!jea INTERNET: jea@snipe.cvs.rochester.edu