Arthur Represents His Class At the Spellathon!
Product Information
Arthur begins a new school year in his third grade class with his new teacherMr. Ratburn. As all of the kids in Arthur's class will tell you Mr.Ratburn is not exactly every child's dream of having him for a teacher. Heis known to the students as the "RAT" because all of the students areafraid of him. Mr. Ratburn will be giving the children a spelling test thefirst week they are in school! Not only is it a new school year they are preparing for the spellathon and willbe selecting a classmate to represent the class in the spellathon with manydifferent schools. This means lots of work for the student that isselected.
Arthur is amazed when he is chosen to be in the school spellathon. Hisclassmates cheer him on of perhaps winning the spellathon. Arthur shares hishomework woes with his family. They help him study by asking him to spell wordsfor them. Arthur studies very hard for the spelling test. One of the words theyare asked to spell will be an eleven letter word. Even though Prunellabelieved she would win Arthur was determined to do his best. Arthur spellsP-R-E-P-A-R-A-T-I-O-N and wins the Spellathon.
Animated story books let elementary and beginning level children create aninteractive world where they learn listen and explore. By clicking on any partof the screen phrases and sounds are triggered for each page of the story. The interactive stories allow for self-paced work and employ a dynamic whole-language approach to reading and word recognition.
Product Features
Your kids will love reading and spelling with Arthur! Based on the book bybest-selling author Marc Brown children practice spelling and reading whilelearning new vocabulary words. Kids practice along with Arthur as he studies forhis school's spelling bee. Enhance your child's education while they have funplaying with Arthur.
- You and your child will experience fun and a fantastic learning environment where characters and objects come alive and bring a whole new dimension to storytelling.
- Let Me Play Mode: You'll be able to start exploring each page after its introduction. Use the cursor to select different items you would like to
see come to life on the screen. - Select the language (English or Spanish) you would like to use from those listed at the top of the Control Panel Page. Once you start the story all the words-written and spoken-will be in the language you've selected. The Control Panel Page and introduction though will always be in English.
- After you've chosen a language you can begin by selecting Let Me Play to play within the story (interactive mode) or selecting Read To Me to have the story read to you (passive mode).
Educational Feature
- Reading
- Spelling
- Vocabulary
Windows Requirements
- Windows 98 Me XP or Vista
- 66 MHz 486 or higher processor
- 8 MB RAM
- 640x480 monitor 256 colors
- Windows-compatible sound card & speakers
- 2X CD-ROM drive
Macintosh Requirements
- Mac OS 7.1–9.2 OS X Classic mode
- 25 MHz 68040 or higher processor
- 6 MB RAM
- 640x480 monitor 256 colors
- 2X CD-ROM drive
