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Based around the themes of memory, observation and listening, the popular character of Percy the caterpillar helps children to develop their mental, visual and listening skills.
The easy-to-use activities have 3 levels of difficulty that encourage children to memorise patterns, identify sounds, observe objects and match pictures.
A selection of printable worksheets is included, in addition to an extensive teacher’s section, which also provides an easy certificate printing facility.
Key features:
- Develops memory, observation and listening skills, with three levels of difficulty.
- Printable activity sheets are provided on the CD.
- Fun animations and sounds included.
- Helps with picture and sound recognition skills.
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Percy |
Subject(s): |
Early years
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Key stage(s): |
Foundation, 1 |
Ages: |
3 - 6 years |
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PC: Pentium II 500mhz processor or greater, Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, XP or Vista, 128mb RAM, 16 bit colour.
Mac: Power Mac G3 400mhz processor or greater, OS X (up to 10.4), 128mb RAM, 16 bit colour.
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The main menu that is displayed when Percy's Skills Builder starts up, provides easy access to each of the six activities and the options section.
This activity tests the player's listening skills. They must listen to a sound and click on the picture they think makes that sound.
In this activity, the player must listen and concentrate to copy the pattern that flashes up on Percy's game machine.
In this game, Percy will show the player a row of toys, and then hide one! Can the player guess which one was hidden?
In this activity, the player must turn over two cards at a time to try and find the matching pairs.
Listen carefully to the sounds in this game and try to work out where you need to drag the picture to!
Observation is needed in this game of snap. The player must click the button when they see two identical picture cards.
The options section provides options to change many of the program/activity settings, as well as accessing the printable worksheets.
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