The CD-ROM Wordbuilder

… three years as well as the basis for the CD-ROM they presented today. With its help, the computer takes on the role of a teacher in teaching letters and voice analysis of words, with the help of games. Today’s children are already accustomed to using computers as well as computer games. Wordbuilder, whose author is Viljenka Jalovec, and around two hundred and fifty illustrations were made by Igor Ribič, is intended for children from the age of four to nine.

First, with the help of familiar objects from everyday life, he establishes a connection between the first sounds in the word and the corresponding letter, then directs the child’s attention to the last letters of the words, helps him spell and then adds stories in the picture. All this is accompanied by a distinct pronunciation of letters and sentences and music. The program is undemanding and fun, but unfortunately even at a higher level, it is not possible to solve tasks with the keyboard. A CD-ROM Wordbuilder manual was added to it and the installation was also presented by Mladinska knjiga at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The CD-ROM Wordbuilder, is very successful, as the representatives of the publishing house assure so the program is now being translated into English. The program is intended for both home and school use, it is adapted to standard computer capabilities, the Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 environment, and a CD-ROM unit, speakers and a music card are also required.