Jigsaw Maker Early Learning
A dazzling picture pack that turns proud young artists into beaming puzzle designers.

JigsawMaker provides key picture creation tools, plus others to cut pictures into 4, 6 or 9 squares and make ‘sliding block’ or ‘click-to-swap’ puzzles. The software is fully configurable and designed for the whole primary age-range, offering just a ‘pen’ for early learners to a complete set of ‘grown-up’ tools for older children, including Fill, Text, Undo, Load/Save, Print, plus symmetrical drawing and colouring and re-sizeable maths shapes! Read full description

Save and Print Problem-solving
Available from £29


MathMania 2 (ages 7-11) Maths & Numeracy
Schools - Get this pack FREE when you order two other Mania titles!

Do you need to get pupils practising not just the ‘four rules’ of number, but also topic work and problem-solving?

MathMania 2 (ages 7-11) gets pupils navigating mazes by answering revision questions on Numbers, Angles, Time, Measurement, Shape & Space and a ‘Lucky Dip’. The aim is to win points and get past maze obstacles. Read full description

Test and reinforce skills Competitive play
Available from £59


MathMania 3 (ages 11-14) Maths & Numeracy
Schools - Get this pack FREE when you order two other Mania titles!

In a variety of exciting maze-worlds, pupils practise and develop their Maths skills by answering revision questions on Numbers, Time, Angles, Measurement, Shape & Space and ‘Lucky Dip’.

With enough points to exit a maze, they can tackle one of eight puzzles: Coins, Towers of Hanoi, Sliding Blocks, Magic Squares, Fill It, Eureka, Weight and Bao. Read full description

Consolidate key skills Competitive play
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MathsBook PLUS [Four Rules] Maths & Numeracy
Strengthen skills in the Four Rules of Number while keeping track of work done.

Maths learners need to spend a great deal of time rehearsing written methods of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, but it’s not always easy to monitor their work or techniques. MathsBook helps by providing regular, closely-controlled practice on screens that look like workbooks, automatically moving learners between difficulty and help levels according to performance.

There is no need to write follow-up work sheets, as the software does this - and much more - for you! Read full description

Whole-class demonstration Tracks progress
Available from £49


Money Talks! Maths & Numeracy
Build confidence in handling and recording money in simulated real-life situations.

Handling and recording money is difficult to teach. Pupils need lots of practice, and this is exactly what MoneyTalks! provides. In four simulated settings - At the Checkout, Shopping, Eating Out and Loot - it gets them working with the language of money, whilst consolidating basic number skills. Read full description

Whole-class interaction Ideal assessment tool
Available from £49


MusicBox 2 Music
Schools - Get this pack HALF-PRICE when you order Words & Music!

Most children have a natural enthusiasm for music, but many find it hard to play a real instrument. Award-winning MusicBox 2 was designed to let them explore and make music on a classroom computer without knowing anything about notation. It's just like painting on the screen, except that what comes out is music! Read full description

Compose, record and play Develop musical ideas
Available from £49


Scally Activity & Resource Pack English & Literacy
Games, activities and CD resources to support Scally's World of Verbs.

Teachers Cheryl Dobbs and Pat Minton immediately recognised that the open-ended nature of our Scally’s World of VERBS pack is only limited by imagination. They were inspired to combine their own ‘Scally’ games and activities into a collection that would inspire others and we loved the outcome. Here is a 74-page book (with resources CD) that offers ideas and detailed discussion on using Scally to stimulate an interest in verbs and to motivate children to practise reading and spelling. Read full description

Paper-based activities Cross-curricular extensions
Available from £12


Scally's World of Problems Problem Solving
Co-operative and stimulating tasks that encourage pupils to think creatively

With 25 levels of difficulty in each of the planet’s eight environments, this software comprises 200 unique puzzles set on Scally’s imaginary planet. Read full description

Solve problems Predict outcomes
Available from £49


Scally's World: Letters & Nouns English & Literacy
Everything children need to know about letters and nouns and the sounds they make

In this new addition to our ‘Scally’ family of titles, children help Scally explore the funny shapes, amazing sounds and wonderful words that letters start and make. Read full description

Early nouns/letters/blends Pre-set profiles by Year
Available from £49


Scally's World: Numbers & Sums Maths & Numeracy
Entertaining and rewarding number-based games for young learners.

Scally’s World: Numbers & Sums provides a range of learning and consolidation activities, at relevant difficulty levels, such as counting sets of objects, recognising numerals and number names, adding, subtracting, working with coins and weights. Basic ICT skills (keyboard/mouse control) are also developed. Read full description

Powerful differentiation Real (non-synthesized) British speech
Available from £49


Scally's World: Verbs & Actions English & Literacy
Develop early Literacy and ICT skills by spelling verbs to see if Scally can do them

In Scally’s World: Verbs & Actions, our engaging alien Scally will ‘do’ just about anything a child could possibly want – so long as he or she can click on, type, or copy a verb. Read full description

Increase vocabulary Mouse and keyboard skills
Available from £39


ScienceMania 2 (ages 7-11) Science
Schools - Get this pack FREE when you order two other Mania titles!

In stunningly motivating maze-worlds such as School World, Industrial World, Scally's World and Blocko World, pupils win points, clear obstacles and outwit other players by correctly answering multiple-choice revision questions on four topics: Scientific Enquiry, Life Processes & Living Things, Materials & their Properties and Physical Processes. Read full description

Test understanding Competitive play
Available from £59


Screen Turtle 2 Maths & Numeracy
A proven and friendly 'Logo' environment for today's classrooms.

True ‘Logos’ can be much too difficult and a bit of a mystery, so we designed ScreenTurtle 2 to address this. The program is quick to learn, yet still offers all the Logo features needed in most classrooms. Read full description

Quick to learn Start programming
Available from £29


Sellardore Tales English & Literacy
Adventure software with a grown-up look but a reading age of 7-8 years.

Sellardore Tales is an action adventure which pupils - alone or in small groups - complete by giving a series of instructions e.g. GO NORTH and TAKE LAMP. In the strange and magical land of ‘Sellardore’, pupils must think their way through to the exciting conclusion where they unblock the ‘Black River’, rescuing Sellardore’s inhabitants from starvation. Read full description

Spoken text for weak readers No more reluctant readers! Try the online version!
Available from £49


Speaking for Myself PLUS English & Literacy
Early years software that develops communication, cognitive and reading skills.

Speaking and listening skills are fundamental to every child’s development and those who lack a good grounding find early formal education a real challenge. This new and improved edition of Speaking for Myself tackles this problem through tried-and-tested interactive tasks that also introduce children to using a computer. Read full description

Encourage speech and listening Signing and PCS throughout
Available from £49


Stig of the Dump English & Literacy
A text adventure that captures the imagination and gets pupils reading for meaning.

Stig of the Dump brings Clive King’s story (of the same name) to life, putting the learner in Barney’s shoes in a ‘virtual environment’ that contains people, objects and locations from Barney’s house, Stig’s cave and The Dump itself.

Using their knowledge of the first three chapters of the book included in the pack, pupils must enter instructions or click on command words in pop-up menus, such as GO NORTH, IN and LIGHT FIRE. Read full description

Reading for information Small-group work
Available from £49


Story Scaffolds Y6 English & Literacy
Dramatically improve story-writing skills with this interactive CD-ROM.

Trialled in schools with outstanding success, Story-writing Scaffolds (Year 6) teaches children how to plan and write stories in a variety of different genres. It is extremely easy to use and will appeal to children of different ability and interest levels.

The software features a specially designed, well thought out word processor which is easy to navigate and the resulting text can be imported into any other word processor the school may already have. Read full description

Individual & small group work Includes speech and on-screen help
Available from £39


Story Teller 7-12 English, Literacy, ESOL, MFL
For children who enjoy making up and telling stories - in any language

Story-telling is a great oral tradition that often gets overlooked, and Story Teller is a brilliant new software pack that can help bring it back. It's also great fun. It goes right to the heart of the creative process by encouraging children to make up stories ‘on the fly’ without having to worry about writing them down. There are no right or wrong answers, and no good or bad stories — just the great spoken ideas they come up with. Read full description

Individual & small group work Records speech. On-screen help available.
Available from £24.99


Talking Clocks (MAC) Maths & Numeracy
A success story in helping pupils tell the time on analogue and/or digital clocks.

Bright and friendly animated talking clocks interact with learners, showing them how the hands of a clock move and how digital numerals change.

Four different activities teach the concepts and words involved in telling the time: Say the Time, Set the Clock, Match the Clocks and How Much Time? Each of these can be set at levels appropriate to pupils’ ages and abilities. Read full description

Practise & assessment Whole-class demonstration
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Talking Clocks PLUS Maths & Numeracy
A success story in helping pupils tell the time on analogue and/or digital clocks.

Bright and friendly animated talking clocks interact with learners, showing them how the hands of a clock move and how digital numerals change.

Four different activities teach the concepts and words involved in telling the time: Say the Time, Set the Clock, Match the Clocks and How Much Time? Each of these can be set at levels appropriate to pupils’ ages and abilities. Read full description

Activities by Year/Term Whole-class demonstration
Available from £49


textThing MFL MFL
Schools - Get textThing PLUS for HALF PRICE when you order this pack!

textThing MFL creates TEN letter, word, sentence and comprehension-level exercises from any text to encourage pupils to read and THINK. Tasks can be completed on-screen or printed out, e.g. for Homework. If stuck and the relevant speech engine is installed (see below) they can listen to the text they’re working on.

1. Punctuation and capital letters
2. Spelling
3. Cloze
4. Crosswords
5. Word Searches
6. Scrambled words
7. Prediction
8. Sequencing
9. Discl Read full description

Write or import text Use across Curriculum
Available from £59


textThing PLUS English & Literacy
Schools - Get textThing MFL for HALF PRICE when you order this pack!

textThing PLUS builds activities for word, sentence and text level work quickly and with no fuss. It takes just three clicks to start any one of the nine activities, whether you choose one of the texts provided, your own Notepad, Word or web documents. Read full description

Write or import text Use across Curriculum
Available from £59


The DoIT Bumper Pack Early Learning
40 Numeracy, Literacy, Design and Problem-solving activities + 320 worksheets!

Encouraging co-operative work and imagination, the DoIT Bumper Pack consists of varied and enjoyable activities for developing Literacy, Numeracy, Design and Thinking skills. .

Practising anagrams, finding meanings, opposites and word parts, counting, sorting and working with number patterns are ideal for the Literacy and Numeracy hours. Read full description

Co-operative work Problem-solving
Available from £29


The Freddy Teddy Bumper Pack Early Learning
Cross-curricular fun and learning with our much-loved 'Freddy Teddy'.

Six inspiring programs – all in one pack - designed to improve early learning skills including counting, controlling and sequencing (pre-Logo), recognising and remembering. Read full description

Best-selling classic Six titles in one!
Available from £29


WordMania 2 (ages 7-11) English & Literacy
Schools - Get this pack FREE when you order two other Mania titles!

Immersed in an easy-to-use but challenging maze-world, pupils answer questions on Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar and Comprehension to win points, clear maze obstacles and to outwit other players. Five multi-level Literacy puzzles (see screen images) are also waiting to be tackled. Read full description

Consolidate knowledge Competitive play
Available from £59


WordMania 3 (ages 11-14) English & Literacy
Schools - Get this pack FREE when you order two other Mania titles!

WordMania 3 (ages 11-14) encourages pupils to practise their Language skills whilst navigating mazes, on their own, in competition with friends on a school network, or even with other schools via the Internet.

They win points by answering revision questions on Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar and Comprehension, Vocabulary and the Use of English, in order to get past maze obstacles and outwit other players who may unexpectedly get in their way. Read full description

Test and revise skills Competitive play
Available from £59


Words & Music Music
Schools - order this pack and get Music Box 2 for HALF-PRICE!

Until now, most music software has been black and white, and required budding musicians to manipulate fiddly notation or to sequence someone else's musical phrases. And if, like some pop stars, they preferred to start with lyrics, they couldn't.

Well now they can. Although learners can still edit notation on a stave if they wish, Words & Music also provides colourful 'paper st Read full description

Traditional notation and unique 'paper' interface One, two or three-track compositions
Available from £59