Words Around Me

Item Description:

Teach vocabulary in English or Spanish
Words Around Me® helps students with unique learning needs successfully learn 275 common words, as well as 186 plurals for people, places, things, and actions. With help from an encouraging character named Greenie, students learn to associate spoken words with a variety of visual representations including photographs, drawn images, and animation.

Students progress through five activities: Word Identification, Plurals, Categorization, Sameness, and Difference. Four Review Games provide plenty of opportunities for reinforcement. A flexible management system allows teachers to customize the program for students of different ages and abilities and to track student progress.

Words Around Me is especially appropriate for students with special needs, students learning English as a second language, and early learners. Through this sequence of activities, students identify the spoken word with pictures of the word, reinforce word concepts, and develop visual perception, memory, listening, categorization, and comparison skills.

FEATURES

• In Word Identification, students learn to associate the spoken word with pictures of the word.
• All vocabulary words can be taught in English or Spanish. Words can be presented with or without text labels. Students practice categorization skills in What's Missing, one of four Review Games.
• Greenie can be removed from activities if desired.
• Activities and games are accessible with a TouchWindow, single-switch, or mouse.
• Printable flash cards allow students to reinforce vocabulary away from the computer.
• The Student Records Card allows teachers to track student progress; records can be viewed onscreen or printed.
• Words Around Me comes with a Teacher's Guide and features toll-free technical support and a lifetime disk warranty.

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• Learn common vocabulary words in english or spanish
• Associate spoken words with a variety of visual representations
• Understand concepts of singular and plural
• Practice categorization skills
• Associate pictures with text labels
• Identify similarities and differences
• Develop visual discrimination skills

UNIVERSAL ACCESS

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

*****Will work with Windows XP in Compatibility Mode