CD Rom's For Kids......An opinion!



When we decided to do a series on "Technology - Education - and Kids"  WW
decided to ask an online friend to tell us what her preferences were in the
choice of CD ROMs for little children.

It was Linda Rosenbaum who was polled for her opinion and was then asked if
we could quote her. She is a very sophisticated Windows user and contributes
regularly on Rime and Ilink conferences.  Incidentally she is the mother of
two young children.

WW>I want to buy some pre-school friends of mine some windows cd's..
   ..any ideas?

LR> Sure!  The Broderbund Living Books series is excellent.  Just Grandma and
    Me was the first in the line and still considered very good.  Arthur
    Teacher's Trouble is also quite good (this is my personal favorite).
    Some of the others include: The Tortoise and The Hare, Little Monster
    At School, Arthur's Birthday Party and Ruff's Bone.

    Another excellent CD for youngsters is Tuneland.  And one more suggestion
    is Lenny's Music Toons.  This is geared to a somewhat older audience
    though.  My son first got it when he was 5 and could do enough of what is
    in there to have made it a worthwhile purchase.