Elementary Success Deluxe 2006 (DW DVD)
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List Price: $49.99
Our Price: $6.20
Your Save: $ 43.79 ( 88% )
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Manufacturer: Topics Entertainment
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: TOPICS Entertainment
EAN: 0781735805657
Format: CD-ROM
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Topics Entertainment
Model: 90617
Platform: Windows 98
Publisher: Topics Entertainment
Release Date: 2005-06-14
Studio: Topics Entertainment
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Features
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Self-paced instruction on CD-ROM for elementary-school students
Provides students with a uniquely diverse, fundamental course of study
Award-winning, educator-endorsed content covering 23 subjects
Unrivaled breadth and scope of curriculum; advanced suite of software tools
Absorbing activities captivate user interest and maintain motivation
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Ripoff
Comment: What a HUGE disappointment. I was looking for an alternative to the Summer Bridge books for my 8 year old son to finish out the summer and thought that, since computer time is prized at our house, he'd be motivated by CD-ROMs. After only an hour and a half with these CDs, we're both perplexed and annoyed.
1) Installation: Each CD must be installed separately - language arts, phonics, math, etc - so they don't talk to each other about your child's performance. But it turns out, that would require waaay more thought than has been put into this software.
2) This one's the clincher: The box says ages 6-12, grades 1-6. However, when you sign in, you're not asked your child's age or permitted to create any kind of profile apart from entering his/her name. This seems odd because, you know, how do you get to the lesson content that is age-appropriate. Short answer? You don't!
TOPICS has tried to create single lessons that work for 6-12 year olds! That's right. For each course, there is just one little set of lessons. Earth Science, for example, contains two stories - one about earthworms, the other about moths. That's it for 1st graders and 6th graders - one set of lessons, one set of puzzles and games to reinforce ideas. Instead of being just right for my 3rd grader, oddly we found that the lessons were either too hard or too easy.
3) Typos: Besides being age-inappropriate, the lessons and games all contain significant typos that threw my son off. With the little content that is provided, you'd think they could've read for context rather than just run spellcheck. Examples: "Washington" was spelled "Washinton." In one 2-paragraph page about earthworms, we were told that earthworms don't have but do need eyes underground (a do/don't typo), that they are burned by UV rays the same "hat" (should be "that") cause sunburn, and yeah, there was another typo I've forgotten. But, yes, 3 typos that misled my son on one page of text. Awful...By then, he was saying, this is JUNK.
4) Interface: There is a bizarre game which is the only way to work on History/Social Studies course material. The game itself made no sense to either of us. Help was no help. A Prewriting exercise gives you some instructions, and then just stops. No explanation. No feedback. What about this could I not have done on my own?
5) And yes, that voice is pretty unbearable. It's a bad recording of a woman with a stuffy nose and a harsh tone to her voice.
At $40, it is a CRIME that you can't return software. If this is the best of what's out there, I suggest signing up for some supplemental courses with an online education provider or signing up for something similar at Kaplan SCORE or Huntington Learning. These CDs will only frustrate and discourage your kids.
By contrast, do check out Chessmaster, 10th edition. It does allow creation of profiles with age and experience level, and has boards for kids which give feedback in an encouraging way. TOPICS could learn a lot from this software which we purchased the same day.
Customer Rating:
Summary: you get what you pay for
Comment: I ran out, last minute, to buy this for my children (ages 6 & 8), with hopes of educating them with activities. I cannot get the disks to install. My computer is brand new and meets all the system requirements. If I can still return this, I will. I am trying to save money on tutors, and I am only wasting my time trying to get this to install. Well, looking at the box, isn't very educating! I also thought, if this is supposed to be a product to educate children, why is there a "typo" on the subject heading of of the installation instructions.
This product could be a great thing, if I get it to work.
I am gonna go retro with this one, good old fashion workbooks.
Customer Rating:
Summary: We were really impressed!
Comment: Ibought this product -- Elementary Success Deluxe 2006 as well as the Middle School Success -- what an incredible difference! This actually has fun games and activities, often adjustable as to level. My kids found the musical disks beautiful and play them often. The Language Arts one has material challenging enough for my high school honor role student.
The Middle School package, unfortunately, seems useless.The one game is at a very elementary level. The rest of the many disks are just repackaged reference type material. There is one math actiivity that is quite challenging -- far too hard for middle school, it mentions university level physics & engineering and says it's geared for Algebra II!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Lots of boring talking- couldn't stand it
Comment: I bought this, hoping it would have some fun math and reading games for my child, but it was so boring. It had this horrible voice repeating the instructions over and over again before you could play. Even a child with angelic patience wouldn't want to sit through that every time. It now sits in our house, never used...more clutter.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Bad organization of materials and bad DVD quality
Comment: It is (supposed) for kids of 6-12 but my 8 year old (2nd grade) was very fruntrated to find the right questions/materials for her. There are no clear indications on 13 DVDs. Also, the DVD quality is very bad. Two of the DVDs could not be read at all from my new dell PC (maybe my cd-rom drive is not good enough but I never had problem to read other DVDs). BTW, I bought mine from Cotsco wholesale store.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Ripoff
Comment: What a HUGE disappointment. I was looking for an alternative to the Summer Bridge books for my 8 year old son to finish out the summer and thought that, since computer time is prized at our house, he'd be motivated by CD-ROMs. After only an hour and a half with these CDs, we're both perplexed and annoyed.
1) Installation: Each CD must be installed separately - language arts, phonics, math, etc - so they don't talk to each other about your child's performance. But it turns out, that would require waaay more thought than has been put into this software.
2) This one's the clincher: The box says ages 6-12, grades 1-6. However, when you sign in, you're not asked your child's age or permitted to create any kind of profile apart from entering his/her name. This seems odd because, you know, how do you get to the lesson content that is age-appropriate. Short answer? You don't!
TOPICS has tried to create single lessons that work for 6-12 year olds! That's right. For each course, there is just one little set of lessons. Earth Science, for example, contains two stories - one about earthworms, the other about moths. That's it for 1st graders and 6th graders - one set of lessons, one set of puzzles and games to reinforce ideas. Instead of being just right for my 3rd grader, oddly we found that the lessons were either too hard or too easy.
3) Typos: Besides being age-inappropriate, the lessons and games all contain significant typos that threw my son off. With the little content that is provided, you'd think they could've read for context rather than just run spellcheck. Examples: "Washington" was spelled "Washinton." In one 2-paragraph page about earthworms, we were told that earthworms don't have but do need eyes underground (a do/don't typo), that they are burned by UV rays the same "hat" (should be "that") cause sunburn, and yeah, there was another typo I've forgotten. But, yes, 3 typos that misled my son on one page of text. Awful...By then, he was saying, this is JUNK.
4) Interface: There is a bizarre game which is the only way to work on History/Social Studies course material. The game itself made no sense to either of us. Help was no help. A Prewriting exercise gives you some instructions, and then just stops. No explanation. No feedback. What about this could I not have done on my own?
5) And yes, that voice is pretty unbearable. It's a bad recording of a woman with a stuffy nose and a harsh tone to her voice.
At $40, it is a CRIME that you can't return software. If this is the best of what's out there, I suggest signing up for some supplemental courses with an online education provider or signing up for something similar at Kaplan SCORE or Huntington Learning. These CDs will only frustrate and discourage your kids.
By contrast, do check out Chessmaster, 10th edition. It does allow creation of profiles with age and experience level, and has boards for kids which give feedback in an encouraging way. TOPICS could learn a lot from this software which we purchased the same day.
Customer Rating:
Summary: you get what you pay for
Comment: I ran out, last minute, to buy this for my children (ages 6 & 8), with hopes of educating them with activities. I cannot get the disks to install. My computer is brand new and meets all the system requirements. If I can still return this, I will. I am trying to save money on tutors, and I am only wasting my time trying to get this to install. Well, looking at the box, isn't very educating! I also thought, if this is supposed to be a product to educate children, why is there a "typo" on the subject heading of of the installation instructions.
This product could be a great thing, if I get it to work.
I am gonna go retro with this one, good old fashion workbooks.
Customer Rating:
Summary: We were really impressed!
Comment: Ibought this product -- Elementary Success Deluxe 2006 as well as the Middle School Success -- what an incredible difference! This actually has fun games and activities, often adjustable as to level. My kids found the musical disks beautiful and play them often. The Language Arts one has material challenging enough for my high school honor role student.
The Middle School package, unfortunately, seems useless.The one game is at a very elementary level. The rest of the many disks are just repackaged reference type material. There is one math actiivity that is quite challenging -- far too hard for middle school, it mentions university level physics & engineering and says it's geared for Algebra II!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Lots of boring talking- couldn't stand it
Comment: I bought this, hoping it would have some fun math and reading games for my child, but it was so boring. It had this horrible voice repeating the instructions over and over again before you could play. Even a child with angelic patience wouldn't want to sit through that every time. It now sits in our house, never used...more clutter.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Bad organization of materials and bad DVD quality
Comment: It is (supposed) for kids of 6-12 but my 8 year old (2nd grade) was very fruntrated to find the right questions/materials for her. There are no clear indications on 13 DVDs. Also, the DVD quality is very bad. Two of the DVDs could not be read at all from my new dell PC (maybe my cd-rom drive is not good enough but I never had problem to read other DVDs). BTW, I bought mine from Cotsco wholesale store.
Math Success Deluxe 2006 helps you improve your child's math skills with great learning tools and lessons. It covers all the essential math subjects that every young students needs to master. Basic math like Multiplication and Division, Fractions and Decimals are introduced, and more advanced topics like Trigonometry are made easy. It's the ideal learning suite for young students at all learning levels.
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