Software of the Month Club
April 1997 CD-ROM Program Guide


- DOS Children's -

BABYKEYS 2.3
Child's play
This program lets young kids play on the computer without 
affecting your system. When they press keys, sounds and music 
play, and graphics appear on the screen.
*   Thirty-three musical notes 
*   Seven sounds
*   Eight melodies
*   Six graphical routines
(Application by Multi Computing)

Buckets
Word association game
This sorting game has a wide range of difficulty -- from child's 
play to diabolical. Each puzzle includes a set of words and two 
or three buckets. Figure which words go with each other and 
place them in a bucket.
*   Hint features
*   Set time limit
*   Keep score
(Application by Joel Wallman)

F. GODMOM 5.0
Enchanting mazes
Help your Fairy Godmother free others in this puzzle game. With 
her magic wand of transformation, she must solve the puzzles on 
each level. Avoid killer crabs and dangerous dimensional 
implosions.
*   Fifty levels
*   Toggle sound on and off
*   Help menu
(Application by John Blackwell, Soggybread Software)

- Feature Program -
Kinder Carton 4.0
Educational collection
A great collection of phonic, math and logic activities for young 
kids. Choose from 27 programs, including Letter Matching, 
Letter Sequencing, Alphabet Book, I Spy, Rhyming Words, 
Three-Letter Words, Amazing Words, Word Race and more. 
Math and logic activities include Lasso Count, Ordinal Numbers, 
and Manipulative Add and Subtract.
*   Change difficulty levels
*   Colorful VGA graphics
*   Numbers range from zero to 100.
(Application by KidStuff Software; Requires a mouse driver and 
2.5MB of hard disk space)

MATH WIZARD Math Tutor 1.0
123s
Learn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with this 
math tutor. You get two chances to answer each question. It 
keeps a score of how many questions you answer correctly. 
Helps build a solid foundation in numbers.
*   For home and school
*   Three help features -- teachers, parents and children
*   Toggle sound on and off
(Application by Enterplex Software)

THE MATH ZAPPER 1.5
Beginning math
This is a great program for practicing math. Multiplication 
covers multiples of 2 to 20 and division, addition and subtraction 
numbers range from 2 to 400. Go back to the menu or quit at any 
time.
*   Choose Random for a test on all four sets
*   Help feature
(Application by Jim Zimmerman)

Sounds Like A...  4.0
Listen closely
Four fantastic games! Match sounds to pictures in the first 
activity, music to pictures in the second. In the third, match 
pictures to sounds. The fourth game is a collection of sound 
manipulation tools.
*   Choose from 18 songs, including children's, Bible and 
    Christmas songs
*   Hear 18 sounds, like a horse, dog, alarm clock, rooster and 
    more.
(Application by KidStuff Software; Requires a sound card and a 
DOS mouse driver)

Strategist Checkers
Hop, skip and a jump
Match your wits against the computer in this classic checkers 
game. Remove all of the computer's pieces from the board before 
it removes yours. 
*   Restart option
*   Score points
*   Track pieces
(Application by Arthur Crump, AGCrump; Requires a DOS 
mouse driver)

Talking Number Machine 4.0
Bionic numbers
Recognize, speak and write numbers with this educational 
program. Choose from four activities by clicking on the Number 
Machine's handle, smokestack, yellow panel or number pad. 
Activities including reading and solving word problems and 
learning to count.
*   Help features
*   To exit, click on the stop sign
(Application by, KidStuff Software; Requires a DOS mouse 
driver)

Talking Time Tutor 4.0
What time is it?
Learn to tell time with this animated clock. Set the analog clock 
to match a digital watch, spoken and written times, and more. 
Each analog clock has its own animation routine. A bear on the 
screen tells time-related jokes!
*   High-quality digitized speech
*   Change colors
*   Three skill levels
(Application by, KidStuff Software; Requires a DOS mouse 
driver)