Learning Land

The dave27 clan, as you may or may not know (why should you, you don't care about me and mine, now do you?), have a pair of Cairn Terriers who dominate Mrs D's life completely. Poppy, the five year old bitch (and the term has never been used more appropriately), has an absolute obsession with causing trouble for ANYONE who happens to knock on the door of Chez dave27, but she reserves her worst behaviour for the postman and the newspaper man. Even before she's heard anything coming through the letterbox she's up and stomping around and getting all worked up about some invader trespassing on HER territory. When eventually the letter or the ...

Biff and friends Sue, Milly and Tim are the principal characters in a magazine backed software series for children by de Agostini called Learning Land. The target age range is stated to be 3-7, but I would suggest that pre-schoolers or reception class children would enjoy them most. There are four different activities on each CD, which are a broadly based on an introduction to Year One of the National Curriculum, plus one creative game or art activity. There is also an interactive jigsaw used as a reward scheme, the child being given a new piece of the puzzle each time a task is completed. There are two levels for each activity, although both are ...

Learning Land is a big hit in my home. We have been buying it for my youngest boy for a good while now. Its a good way of introducing your child to a computer as it is very easy to follow. Learning land has 4 main characters, who are Sue, Biff, Milly and Tim- they guide you through the different sections of the cd. Each section involves a task, if the task is completed the child gets a jigsaw piece, the child then put s the jigsaw peice in the correct place. It has covered many topics including Safety in the home, in the garden, in the kitchen and also covers numbers and spelling. There are colouring sections and has a really fun way of teaching your child ...