Review of Webber Interactive "WH" Questions Level 1: Sentence-Based Activities
By Suzanne L. Cottrell

Super Duper Publications has produced an interactive CD-ROM to help early childhood students practice and learn to answer "WH" questions (who, what, where, when, and why).The program, called Webber Interactive "WH" Questions Level 1: Sentence-Based Activities allows young students to answer questions about hearing and/or reading a sentence.It allows students to practice on each type of question individually as well as mixed practice.The teacher can change the level of difficulty to include having the sentence read to the student or not, having two answer choices or four, and having sample questions to practice before beginning the session.The teacher can track the student progress with printable records.

The CD-Rom is easily installed by placing the disc in the CD-ROM drive and following the on screen instructions.The graphics are fun and colorful, very appealing to young students.Students will find it easy to navigate through the program with simple point and click options.

All in all, this program is a great way for students to practice answering "WH" questions individually causing language and vocabulary development.Many hours will be spent by students participating in the 375 questions/answer activities.Teachers can use this program as a whole class instructional activity or in a center situation, both of which will stimulate students and cause them to want to participate.

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Review of Webber Interactive "WH" Questions Level 2: Story-Based Activities
By Suzanne L. Cottrell

Super Duper Publications has produced an interactive CD-ROM to help early childhood students practice and learn to answer "WH" questions (who, what, where, when, and why).The program, called Webber Interactive "WH" Questions Level 2: Story-Based Activities allows young students to answer questions about hearing and/or reading a story.It allows students to practice on each type of question individually as well as mixed practice.The teacher can change the level of difficulty to include having the story read to the student or not, having two answer choices or four, and having sample questions to practice before beginning the session.The teacher can track the student progress with printable records.Students can also build stories by listening to the 24 stories and answering the questions with five answer choices, increasing the difficulty level yet again.Students can participate in an interview, giving personal information, after which a book called "All About Me" is created about them.The students can then print the book to read at a later date.

The CD-Rom is easily installed by placing the disc in the CD-ROM drive and following the on screen instructions.The graphics are fun and colorful, very appealing to young students.Students will find it easy to navigate through the program with simple point and click options.

All in all, this program is a great way for students to practice answering "WH" questions individually causing language and vocabulary development.Many hours will be spent by students participating in the activities and building stories.Teachers can use this program as a whole class instructional activity or in a center situation, both of which will stimulate students and cause them to want to participate.

For more information go to www.superduperinc.com or call 1 800-277-8737

Reviewof Preschoolers at Play! Building Language and Literacy through Dramatic Play
By Suzanne L. Cottrell

Super Duper Publications' Preschoolers at Play! Building Language and Literacy through Dramatic Play is a guide for teachers of young children offering many ideas for building skills through dramatic play.The importance of play in the learning of young children is often overlooked.Play develops such skills as social, relational skills, cognitive development, problem-solving skills, and communicative skills.Research shows the importance of play to early development, and this book gives many suggestions for building themes into a dramatic play center and offers ideas for props, related literature, vocabulary development, and reading and writing opportunities supported through dramatic play.The book includes play props such as tickets for the airport, labels for museums, street signs, and price tags for the department store.All these props promote imaginative play and learning.

Also included with the book is a CD-ROM that contains all the pages in the book.The props described above can be located on the CD-ROM and printed in black and white as well as in color.The disc is easily navigated as the directions appear on the monitor upon insertion in the drive.Directions for using the CD-ROM appear instantly and the navigation through the pages of the book is easy.

Overall, this book is well organized and will be a useful tool to any preschool, or early childhood teacher.A detailed description of the benefits of dramatic play and the research is found at the beginning of the book and detailed instructions for use of the book are included at the beginning.Each theme is laid out in an easy to read format with all important information labeled with titles and subtitles.This book helps teachers make dramatic play a powerful learning tool.

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Review for Category Cut-ups Bocabulary Building, Classifying, and Describing Cut and Paste Activities
By Suzanne L. Cottrell

Category Cut-ups, Vocabulary Building, Classifying, and Describing Cut and Paste Activities produced by Super Duper Publications is book full ofcut and paste activities that teach and reinforce the building of student's vocabulary through activities that encourage practice classifying and describing in an easy, fun way.The book contains 300 different vocabulary pictures to reinforce word building, describing, sorting and classifying skills in reproducible activity sheets.Categories include foods, animals, transportation, clothing, things around the home and school, occupations, and seasons.The activities are varied to include puzzles, cut and paste matching, coloring of pictures, and webbing of concepts.At the back of the book is a you will find certificates for rewarding student success.

Included with the workbook is a CD-ROM that contains all the contents of the workbook.The CD-ROM is easy to navigate because startup is automatic upon insertion to the drive.It contains directions for using the CD-ROM on the disc.All the pages of the workbook are on the disc for ease of printing.

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Reviewof Auditory Memory High-Interest Quick Stories
By Suzanne L. Cottrell

Auditory Memory High-Interest Quick Stories produced by Super Duper Publications is an interactive CD-ROM that contains high interest stories that are meant to develop auditory memory skills in young children.The stories include six colorful illustrations that are often labeled and correspond to the questions that will be asked at the end of the story.There are several levels for the student to progress through, allowing students to develop their skills as they remember more and more information received as they listen to the story.The students can answer the questions after each page, after three pages, or listen to entire story before answering the questions.Additional options allow the teacher to customize the presentation of the story to meet the needs of individual students.

The CD-ROM is easily navigated as the directions appear on the monitor upon insertion in the drive.Directions for using the CD-ROM appear instantly and the navigation is easy enough for students to follow using point and click operations.Auditory Memory High-Interest Quick Stories includes a companion workbook with reproducible versions of all the stories and pictures.There are also eight additional questions and summary sheets for each story.

Overall, the CD-ROM and book are well organized and will be a useful tool to any teachers in the development of listening skills for their students.Students will enjoy listening to the story and looking at the colorful illustrations at a computer station in the classroom and the teacher can track the progress of the students through progress reports printed from the computer as the students move through the stories.With the ability to maintain records of student progress and interest students to build memory, this program makes a great skill building tool that would benefit any early childhood classroom.

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