Travel the World with Timmy! Deluxe

Item Description:

Introduce the cultures of Argentina , France , Japan , Kenya , and Russia to your students. Students gain an appreciation for cultural diversity while comparing cultures through number and word activities, stories, songs, games, and crafts. Cross-curricular activities explore math, creativity, and language arts.

Special features include the ability for students to look up and hear words in Japanese, Swahili, Spanish, French, Russian, and English and an early introduction to the sounds and rhythms of foreign speech.

2000 Director's Choice Awards—Early Childhood News

2000 MultiMedia Schools Award—MultiMedia Schools

1999 Computer Program Recommendation—Parents' Choice

FEATURES

Sing Along with Native Songs
Sing traditional songs in Spanish, Japanese, Swahili, French, and Russian.

Write Stories About Timmy & His Friends
Choose characters, settings and actions, then hear your stories read aloud in English or a foreign language as often as you like. Print them as books to read to others.

Play Problem-Solving Games
Practice following directions and use logic as you move bugs around in a game from Kenya , match pictures on cards in a game from Argentina , and use strategy in a French game called Nimbi. Each game has a two-player option and three levels of difficulty.

Discover Culture Through Arts & Crafts
Learn interesting facts about the people, places, and animals of other countries while you paint and decorate cultural artwork. Print, color, and assemble crafts for classroom art projects.

Understand Numbers & Quantities
Recognize numbers and learn about quantities. Add people, animals, buildings, and familiar items to create villages. Build the towns that Stanley asks for, or, dream up your own. Learn new foreign words, too. ·

Use a Talking Picture Dictionary
This special dictionary is always at hand when you need to look up and hear new words in Japanese, Swahili, Spanish, Russian, and French. Click on Timmy to hear each word immediately translated into English.

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Basic School Skills

• Early reading and listening skills
• Numbers and quantities
• Logic and problem solving
• Memory and observation skills
• Creativity and self-expression
• Use of a picture dictionary

Foreign Languages

• Discrimination of sounds and rhythms
• Basic vocabulary
• Foreign characters and letters

Cultural Awareness

• Traditional songs and games
• Cultural foods, clothing and housing
• Arts and crafts of other lands

UNIVERSAL ACCESS

This product contains Universal Access features including TouchWindow and Single Switch compatibility to address a variety of learning styles and abilities.