With simple instructions and a “wee-eye” point-of-view, youngsters can relate to lovable Shelly the Snail. Shelly leads children ages 3 – 6 through mastery of basic computer skills into the exciting interactive tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and an activity center filled with age-appropriate challenges sure to bring smiles and build confidence.

• Improve early reading and critical thinking
• Improve letter recognition and memory
• Master essential computer skills
• Instill confidence and a desire for continued learning

Research shows that children 3 and older who use computers have greater developmental gains in the following:

• Iintelligence
• Verbal skills
• Nonverbal skills
• Problem solving
• Structural knowledge
• Abstraction
• Long-term memory
• Conceptual skills
• Manual dexterity

• Reinforce computer skills (OPEN, CLOSE, SINGLE, and DOUBLE CLICK FORWARD, and BACK NAVIGATION, WINDOWS MENU INTERFACES, and KEYBOARD familiarity)
• Improve early academic fundamentals (SEQUENCING, LETTER RECOGNITION, CRITICAL THINKING, and MORE)
• Increase FINE-MOTOR and LISTENING SKILLS
• Advance CREATIVITY
• Build CONFIDENCE

• As a perfect introduction for young children getting acquainted with technology, Shelly the Snail begins with a cheerful "Hello" and then explains the different parts of a computer: the monitor, keyboard, keys, mouse, computer and CD-ROM drive.
• helly next describes how to press the left mouse button, demonstrates the difference between a single click and double click, and shows how to place the CD-ROM in the drive.
• Children then advance to the richly animated, warmly narrated story, "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." It is, of course, the classic tale of Goldilocks, who, while walking in the woods, stumbles upon the home of three bears.
• Engaged by the storybook, children will then have opportunity to use the mouse and keyboard skills learned in the introduction to prompt fun animations and sounds on the pages of the interactive storybook.
• These repetitive interactions develop the fundamental skills, encouraging confidence in computer usage and independent play.
• Throughout the story children earn stars that can be used in the activity center. Here children can visit and independently play seven fun, developmentally appropriate activities that reinforce these skills and help develop early reading and memory, attention, fine motor skills, listening, creativity, independent play and more.
• The program also teaches general navigational skills with a basic toolbar above featuring "Main Menu," "Activity Center," "Back," "Next," "Close," and other commands.