PC Genius

Do you like pandas, kangaroos and foxes? Well meet Panda, Kanga and Foxie. I do think they are getting a little old now tho and styles of teaching have changed. Altho it is still quite a great way to learn and also to have fun, but you might want to check with the school first. There are 3 differnt levels for upto 11 year olds going from 1-3 being: Panda, Kanga and Foxie. The lessons are English, Maths, Science and French. Pc genuis is not something you can buy in the shop, as it is from a subscription magazine, of which you also get to build up the folder of material to read aswel. You will need to keep all of the ...  Read the complete review

I bought this with out Windows 95 pc, the issues came everytime and I put the book together as it was great for the kids. With PC genuis you get games to help kids in primary school of different levels devleop their skills in: Math, english, science and french. They were all good, until I put the 3rd one in and it came up with chicken run, so they had for some reason put that on to the disc instead. There were a few that has the incorrect back cover and some with different front covers aswel, but I had to live with it, as they wouldn't do anything about it. The software was good tho and it had a great quiz game for either ...  Read the complete review

I got this magazine for my children just after we bought our computer. The children loved it, and wanted to play it constantly. The games on the disk are split into three different age groups, and each game has different levels of difficulty. There is a lot of repetition in the questions, which helps the children remember and learn the answers. The magazine has exercises that the children can do alongside the disk. It is colourful and bright and my children enjoyed looking at it. I phoned and subscribed the same day that I bought the first issue, as I was so impressed. (You get quite a few freebies when you subscribe). I am, however, still ...  Read the complete review

I have had 35 issues of this magazine when it first came out and would recommend it to anyone, who has young children going through their key stage 1 and 2. It makes learning fun and gives them the answers if they are wrong, in such a way, that they are not disappointed and want to keep playing, every now and again, if you subscribe, you get plenty of freebies., the floppies are always easy to load and keep your child's name and progress updated . they have maths games, whereby your child has division, subtraction, adding and multiplication games, they are very colourful with sounds for each section, right and wrong answers and lots of verbal praise, ...  Read the complete review