School Zone's Flash Action Alphabet Numbers 1-100

Reviewed by Christine Webster
Published by School Zone Interactive

Age Group: Age 2 to 5, Age 4 to 8
Type: Language Arts, Math, Thinking Games, Teaching Tools
Price: $20

PC version requires:
Microsoft Windows 95/98 +, 24 MB RAM, 640x480 16-bit color video, 16-bit sound card, Pentium, 50 MBHD, 4x CD-ROM

Mac version requires:
Mac OS 7.5.5 or higher, 24 MB RAM, 640x480 16-bit color video, PowerPC 601, 50 MB HD, 4x CD-ROM

Description:

Flash Action Alphabet Numbers 1-100 by School Zone Publishing Company consists of two games in one CD-ROM. You can choose to play the alphabet game or the numbers game. Both games help to reinforce and review the alphabet and numbers 1-100.

The alphabet game uses three different games. Each game focuses on the letters and different ways of learning about that letter. The player learns to match upper and lower case letters, match a letter to a picture whose word begins with that letter, listen to the sound of a letter and find the right written letter and also match pictures to pictures that begin with the same letters. There is also an alphabet chart that the player can use as reference. By clicking on a letter, three words are displayed off to the side that begin with that particular letter and also a picture to clarify.

The numbers game also includes different games. The player learns to match numbers to numbers, find numbers by listening to the word, count pictures and find the corresponding number or even find what's missing in a sequence of numbers. There is also a number chart from 1-100 that the user can go to. The player can click on any number and off to the side a group of pictures will be shown, matching the amount that was clicked on, as well as, the number written out in word form.

Features:

  • Reinforces and reviews both the alphabet and numbers 1-100
  • Reinforces matching skills
  • Recognize letters and match beginning sounds to the letters
  • Count pictures and match them to their group of numbers
  • Visualize numbers written out in word form
  • Recognize number sequences

Technical Aspects:

Installation was simple as it installed immediately when put in the CD-ROM drive. Once the CD is fully installed, it starts automatically each time the CD-ROM is put in the drive. The player can choose either, Play Alphabet or Play Numbers.

Report and Conclusions:

Flash Action Alphabet Numbers 1-100 is another great learning tool by School Zone Publishing Company. It offers easy and clear instructions and the bold numbers and letters help them to become familiar to the user. Each separate game benefits the beginner or the expert player by offering easy or challenging games. The alphabet game doesn't only start the player off with learning the alphabet but helps them to recognize the beginning of words and their sounds. The numbers game even gets the user ready for math! It teaches the player to count by groups of ten because some of these questions have a lot of pictures to count.

Flash Action Alphabet Numbers 1-100 is a fantastic learning tool. It offers all levels of learning a fun way to play. It is easy enough to begin with yet can be challenging enough for those who just want to exercise their minds. This game proves that learning is fun.