Buy now Download demo v1.3: English - French - German - Spanish (3 MB) For Apple Mac OS 7, 8, 9. Emulator required to run on PC or Mac OS X.
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A-N-I-M-A-L-S helps young children learn to read, in a hands-on and playful manner that works wonders. A few minutes of play from time to time, while they're sitting on your lap, is all it takes for children to gradually grow more experienced at:
The computer's instant feeback makes it easy for children to practice the basics of reading and writing, and your cheerful support makes it even more fun and rewarding. Just remember to keep the sessions short and to stop before your child's attention turns to something else!
Three game levels are available so each child can find the right challenge, as soon as s/he can bang on the keyboard!
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Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
A-N-I-M-A-L-S is based on the results of decades of research by leading scientists and educators. The game is specifically designed to develop the constituent skills of the act of reading, by putting children 'in control', encouraging free exploration, and providing extensive and appropriate feedback for every single action.
All the while, to children it appears as if they are just hitting a few keys for the fun of seeing pretty pictures. This is 'learning by doing', or rather 'learning by playing': the most effective, best possible way to learn.
Previously, this type of language learning required dedicated hardware and was only available in experimental school programs. A-N-I-M-A-L-S is the first program of its type available for home use.
Find out more by reading Why this game?
Picture Pack 1, which is included with the game, holds over 400 photographs of animals and everyday objects: https://xljccanasset-casinodoublewhenyoudowninblackjack.peatix.com. | |
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Picture Pack 2 adds over 300 photographs in these categories and more: | |
Flora: | |
Food: | |
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Transportation: |
Becoming familiar with other languages not only gives children a broader perspective, it also helps them reach a heightened understanding of their own language. Language Packs add the digitized voices of native speakers of a number of languages to the game. The following Language Packs are available now, with more to follow:
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German Language Pack | Spanish Language Pack |
Language software is typically meant for 9 to 12 year olds, but A-N-I-M-A-L-S lets younger children play and learn, because that is the time when learning is easiest (no unrealistic expectations yet and no pressure to perform). Their curiosity is aroused by the sound of words pronounced in other languages, and they type the words just to listen to those funny voices!
Click to hear 'Fire Engine' as it is said in each of these languages: | |
English: Fire Engine | German: Feuerwehrauto |
This game may be played on any Macintosh running Mac OS 7, 8, 9, with a minimum of 100 MB of free disk space and 1MB of RAM.
For an Intel-based Mac, download and install SheepShaver and the associated files first (instructions here) to emulate a Mac OS 9.0.4 computer.
For a PC, a Mac OS 7, 8 or 9 emulator such as the ones described here should let you run the game.
Or you can get a working, used Mac from the 90's or early 2000's (like the candy-colored iMacs) complete with keyboard, mouse, hard drive and a color screen, typically for $50 or less. This way your child can bang on the keyboard while your own computer stays safe!
MacinTalk Text-to-Speech is required for English and Spanish syllable feedback in the advanced level. If the version of Mac OS you're using doesn't include Speech software, you may download it from Apple's website.
Updates are free to registered users. Buy now
Download | Price |
A-N-I-M-A-L-S game for one household | $29 |
Picture Pack 2 | $19 |
Language Packs (each) | $10 |
A-N-I-M-A-L-S 10 Pack, for up to 10 classroom computers | $179 |
After placing your order, you'll receive an email with your license code, titled 'Thanks for your purchase'. Insular mac os. This email also specifies the personal Download Links that you use to download the game and its accompanying packages.
Once all components are downloaded and expanded, just assemble them as shown on this diagram (move expanded Language Packs to the Data Folder and expanded Picture Packs to the Pictures folder).
Registered users may use their download link for the program folder and files to download the new version. Just replace your copies of the A-N-I-M-A-L-S Letters & Sounds and Translations files with the new ones, and the rest is automatic.
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