KidSpeak 10-in-1 Language Learning

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Summary: Nice program
Review: This product is easy to get around in. There are some cases where I would have liked a bit of explanation, but MOST of the games are easy to figure out. It is a total Emerson style software. The only English is in SOME of the help menus. The Spanish spoken is Spain Spanish, where some of the words like "diez" (ten), is pronounced as "dee-ath". I was personally looking for Mexican (Central American) Spanish. But this was MOST helpful. You learn the alphabet, the numbers (using basic math problems), how to tell time, clothes, colors, certain objects, animals, and body parts. The problem I found with this, was If you get good at some of the stuff, you'd like a way to test yourself. If they had a higher level where they showed a bunch of animals, and you click on them, and it shows the name and speaks it, that would be more helpful. Here it has a room, and all the animals are hidden. You have to remember where they are hid to click on them. After a while the animations get too long. I know it's meant for kids, but It could use about 20% more material. It only has about 10 food Items, and never teaches house-hold objects. This is a good starter software, if you intend to get around in a language. It gives a taste of 10 languages.

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Summary: Kidspeak needs to review their product
Review: This software delivers exactly what it promises. Ease of use (there is no "installation" required) and very consistent design among the 10 languages offered makes it easy to navigate. We have a 2YO, and I originally intended to use this myself for now, and introduce it to my child when he is older (the packaging recommends ages 6 and up). But he finds the animations captivating now, and he is already interested in letters, numbers, animals, colors, and using the computer. So while I won't pretend he's a whiz-bang user, I do feel confident that this is software your child can grow with and not become easily bored. The accompanying booklet offers proficiency standards you can use to help direct your child in learning the language, so you could take the approach of getting basic familiarity with letters/pictograms, or numbers, etc. Or you could direct your child through the languages one at a time. And the games are fun to play...they're not mindless and boring, and you can raise the difficulty level on activities (each game has 3 levels). I feel that even if you only ever used one or two of the language modules, you would get your money's worth, especially considering the additional paper exercises that are included (you need Adobe Acrobat to download these, and you can print them up as often as you like). And it's not all just fill-in-the-blank type stuff. You can make flashcards and simple puzzles from some of the sheets. I do wish that maybe Russian or Greek or Arabic was available in the package, but good grief! There are TEN languages in this package! It's a great learning opportunity at a good value.

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Summary: Easy to use for Kids and Adults
Review: This software delivers exactly what it promises. Ease of use (there is no "installation" required) and very consistent design among the 10 languages offered makes it easy to navigate. We have a 2YO, and I originally intended to use this myself for now, and introduce it to my child when he is older (the packaging recommends ages 6 and up). But he finds the animations captivating now, and he is already interested in letters, numbers, animals, colors, and using the computer. So while I won't pretend he's a whiz-bang user, I do feel confident that this is software your child can grow with and not become easily bored. The accompanying booklet offers proficiency standards you can use to help direct your child in learning the language, so you could take the approach of getting basic familiarity with letters/pictograms, or numbers, etc. Or you could direct your child through the languages one at a time. And the games are fun to play...they're not mindless and boring, and you can raise the difficulty level on activities (each game has 3 levels). I feel that even if you only ever used one or two of the language modules, you would get your money's worth, especially considering the additional paper exercises that are included (you need Adobe Acrobat to download these, and you can print them up as often as you like). And it's not all just fill-in-the-blank type stuff. You can make flashcards and simple puzzles from some of the sheets. I do wish that maybe Russian or Greek or Arabic was available in the package, but good grief! There are TEN languages in this package! It's a great learning opportunity at a good value.