Amazon.co.uk Teacher Review
Learning all about Numbers provides children with eight different areas that they can work through to develop a wide range of number skills. The activities and games in this program help to consolidate mathematical skills that children are learning as part of their numeracy hour at school. Skills developed include number recognition, counting skills, sorting, ordering numbers and identifying missing numbers. Children could also develop their ability to continue a pattern and copy a given pattern. Additionally, the program consolidates children's understanding of "more". There are very simple adding and taking-away activities that involve numbers to 10. The concept of a number line is introduced through two activities. However, this part of the program is more of a demonstration and it is a shame that the children are not more fully involved. This program also helps to consolidate mathematical vocabulary that young children need to be familiar with.
There is also an option to do some writing. Unfortunately, this part of the program is not well explained and it is by trial and error that it is utilised to its full potential. There are helpful word lists and images can be imported onto the page, so that children could make up their own number problems or books.
Learning all about Numbers would be a good program to use with children aged 4-5 years as it consolidates numbers to 10 although it would not perhaps be challenging enough for children aged 6-7-years. The graphics are good and young children would enjoy the moving images and the range of different activities. --Amanda York
Manufacturer's Description
This program is based on using visual aids to teach key Maths topics. Children are presented with a wide variety of graphic exercises and encouraged to find the right answers.
Children enjoy the game and puzzle feel of the program and are motivated and rewarded by special sounds and graphics when they find the right solution. As their confidence builds they can tackle more and more exercises.