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Company: PractiComp                 Author: Vicki Watson
         6490 Dubois Rd.            Compuserve: 71043,3706
         Delaware, OH 43015-8931
         614-548-5043
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Program Title: Preschool Pack 1.0
Previous Version: (none)

Category: Education/Preschool
Keywords: EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL, COUNT, ALPHABET

BBS Name: PPK10A.ZIP    (Disk 1)
          PPK10B.ZIP    (Disk 2)

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Detailed Program Description:
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The colorful graphics, songs, and speech of Preschool Pack will
be sure to capture the attention of your preschooler.  From the
main menu screen, which contains a cat which meows and winks when
clicked, to the bee which frowns when a mistake is made in the
matching game, you and your preschooler will appreciate the
careful design and attention to detail of Preschool Pack.  The
program does not not require any keyboard input - all activities
may be performed entirely with a mouse.  Through five different
and entertaining activities your preschooler will learn about
counting, number recognition, the alphabet, colors, matching,
and classifying.

Activities include: "Animal Homes", where animals must be placed
in their appropriate homes - either farm, forest, or circus;
"Balloons", where the user must click on a color block matching
the color of a rising balloon before it pops; "Matching", a memory
game with an animated bee rewarding the user who locates all
matches; "Counting", where the user counts along with the computer
as a variety of colorful images, from dinosaurs to dolls, are
displayed; and "ABC's" where the user must find all letters which
match a displayed letter.  "ABC's" uses speech to pronounce each
letter as it is selected.  All activities are reinforced with
cheerful music and animation sequences.

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Short Program Description:
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The colorful graphics, songs, and speech of Preschool Pack will
be sure to capture the attention of your preschooler.  Through
five entertaining activities, your preschooler will learn about
counting, number recognition, the alphabet, colors, matching,
and classifying.  All activities may be performed entirely with
a mouse.

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Intended User:  Preschoolers - ages 1 to 4 (approximately)
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Unique Features:
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Completely mouse-driven, no keyboard input required at all.
The "main menu" consists of large colorful icons representing
each activity.  Many colorful graphics, entertaining tunes,
and clarity of speech.

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System Requirements:
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640K, Hard Drive (approx. 1.5Meg),
EGA or VGA Color Monitor, Mouse

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Starting The Program:
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Once installed just type PPK
For slower systems type  PPK /S

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Shareware Registration Fee/Support Provided:
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$10.00   Receive over 50 additional pictures for use in PPK.
         Most current version at the time of registration.
         Support via phone or mail.
         Notification of and discounts on program upgrades.
         Removal of the initial shareware screen.

$15.00   All of the $10.00 benefits plus customization which
         greets the child by name using the program's speech
         capability.

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Files Included:
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PPK may be distributed on a single 720K disk, or two 360K disks.

  *** Disk1
  HELPME.BAT      * help batch file
  READ.ME         * installation instructions
  BROWSE.EXE      * file viewer
  PPK1.EXE        * a self-extracting archive containing:
    PPK.EXE          * executable file
    PPK.DOC          * program documentation
    PPK.GXL          * library of graphic images

  *** Disk2
  PPK2.EXE        * a self-extracting archive containing:
    PPK.VOI         * speech library file
    PPK.DVX         * speech index file

!!!VENDORS: These files are for vendor use only and should not be
            distributed to users.

  VENDOR.DOC      * this file
  PPK10.PCX       * graphic file of PPK title screen, for optional
                    catalog use, if desired.

 Volume in drive A has no label
 Directory of A:\

HELPME   BAT        32   4-20-92   9:13p
READ     ME       1299   7-22-92  12:22p
PPK1     EXE    225675   7-22-92  12:33p
BROWSE   EXE      8064   3-06-92   1:30p
VENDOR   DOC      4433   7-22-92  12:29p
PPK10    PCX     50285   7-22-92   1:20a
        6 file(s)     289788 bytes
                       28672 bytes free