Editorial Review
Furby Babies CD-ROM is designed to stimulate young children to learn about colours, numbers, letters and shapes, using the ever-popular Furby characters as encouragement. All these activities will develop hand-to-eye coordination and support simple IT skills in various ways. Colour, shape and number recognition, counting, basic addition, patterns, letters and sequencing skills can also be developed by playing the simple games in a fun way.
Particularly useful is the "Parents" page, which has been devised to enable parents to monitor progress and change the level of play appropriately in the activities. The CD-ROM is accompanied by an excellent booklet, aimed at adults, which explains the games in detail and it should be read before the game is commenced. The graphics are bright and clear and children can listen to popular nursery rhymes and can sing along with the Furby Babies. Encouragement is given to successfully complete the games, by awarding tools to play with the Furby. The whole package is well thought out and presented and is a real encouragement for children to learn the necessary skills for number and reading development. --Susan Naylor
