Screen shots

babyWOW! is divided up among a series of activities. Below are some images from the product. These images are far from all the CD-ROM contains but they will give you a sense of how the product looks and works. .

The menu for the product is always available. Once you press the menu icon, a very simple menu appears where the parent can get access to everything in the product. The activities are all one or two mouse clicks away.

The menu was designed to put the parent in control. Activities are easy to find and control. Parents can choose how long the child plays, what activities they play with, and even the language that the product speaks: babyWOW! speaks 8 languages in all.

The imagery becomes more complex in later activities. The photography is brought to life to show "near and far." Every time your child presses the keyboard, an object moves farther or closer to the foreground. In this example, the beach ball floats down the river and back again.

Animated sequences let children make things go into other things and out again. This lets them learn about the notion of in and out as a consequence of their actions. In this example, your child's press will make the toy train go under the glass and back out again as a voice says "in" and "out" in whatever language you choose.

In "What is it?" a child's presses reveal a picture one square at a time. Every press generates a tone so they make their own music until the picture is uncovered and the accompanying word is played. In this case, the word is "lion." The images show animals in a natural setting as much as possible.

For counting, an object appears every time they press. Rather than emphasizing the actual number, babyWOW! emphasizes the notion of increasing mass, i.e. the object fills more and more of the screen. This design is an example of how the product was impacted by input from researchers.

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In one of the simplest activities, children make a bee move by pressing the keyboard. Every time they press, a small piece of classical music is played or a positive comment like "good job" is stated.

Vocabulary is introduced with simple images devoid of any distraction. babyWOW! speaks 8 languages:
English Spanish
Italian German
French Portuguese
Chinese Japanese

These are just some examples, there's lots lots more.

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Teach about the parts of the body by going on a short adventure with 3 children. This is the type of activity that has not been possible to do in CD-ROMs based on cartoons and illustration.

Children explore vocabulary by going on "learning journies" where they see objects and hear sounds in their native environments.