Some computer games have been already acquired and will be some installed on computers in the center [and will be documented here when that happens]. Others will be acquired and installed (and be documented here). Those that already exist (and will probably be installed first) include:
| An alphabet game. Most of our kids know the alphabet in the sense that they can recite 'ABCs', but many of them do not know if well enough to find things easily in a dictionary. This game is to unscramble the alphabet. The reward for each letter put in the correct place is an animation and a word. The first level includes easily decodable words, the second level words are a little harder, and the last game is intended to be a vocabulary builder.
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| Many of our kids have problems still with the short and long vowels and/or problems separating some of the short vowels sounds that may not be separated, for example, by those with Hispanic backgrounds. There is a series of games building up from listening, to discrimination, to timed discrimination both from letter to sound and from sound to letter.
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| There is some material on scenes of Alaska and animals found there. There are many quotes from John Muir. The original quotes can be compared to rewritten versions at a lower reading level.
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| There is a Just So story of how the alphabet was created. Hard words can be clicked on for definitions. Pronoun reference can also be found by clicking. Each page has a short quiz and points can be earned by doing the quiz.
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| Encarta has a geography game that some kids like, but it's pretty hard for most of our kids. For fourth graders and up, however, who are close to graduation, with some stretching and a topic of real interest, it can be fun.
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