On-Track Beginning Reading K-1 Software Series 2 (Windows Download)

Download size: 60 MB. Download time: about 6 minutes on broadband.
Help launch a lifetime reading journey! Intended for first-time readers, this exciting On-Track Beginning Reading software contains two memorable, animated stories that help little ones learn to love reading. Quick and easy to download, this pair of Level 1 storybooks from the Start to Read! series, helps make reading easy. They have beginning vocabulary, many basic sight words, and a short sentence or two on each page. In Beep, Beep! a truck driver gets stopped by a herd of sheep blocking the road. He honks his horn “beep, beep,” at all the sheep, and he closes the gate, but they still make him late. Very late. What can he do? I Want a Pet is a story about picking out a pet and how a boy holds firm to what he wants and doesn’t want in a pet.

Children can choose to read the stories themselves or have the computer read to them. Each interactive page provides context clues, fun animations, humorous sound effects and easy-to-follow audio guidance. Specific words and pictures link to an on-screen dictionary, which teaches both definitions and alphabetizing. All these elements work together to ensure reading success. Plus, a Create-A-Story section lets kids author and illustrate their own stories or re-create the stories they read. They can choose from dozens of picture stamps, word stamps, background scenes, colors, and drawing tools. Print out the newly created story and share with family and friends. Today’s reader becomes tomorrow’s writer!

Features & Benefits
• Self-paced, self-directed learning
• Easy-to-use, story-based, onscreen companion dictionary
• Hidden animations with sound on every story page
• Create-A-Story component encourages creative writing
• Drawing tools introduce illustration and image manipulation

Skills: reading; reading comprehension; listening; using context clues; building vocabulary; dictionary look-up; image manipulation; drawing; using drawing tools; concentration; eye-hand coordination; following directions

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