American Heritage Children's Multimedia Dictionary (Sleeve)

American Heritage Children's Multimedia Dictionary - PC Software (Ages 7-12)

Electronically enhanced with color, sound, and animation for students!

The American Heritage Children's Dictionary brings words to life with pictures, sounds, and animations.  It has over 37,000 definitions for 13,000 different words. These entries are filled with information. There is the standard written and spoken pronunciation, syllable breakdown, example of usage, and the definition itself. The entries also include various forms of the word-like plural, past, and present forms-to show how words change when used in different ways. Some of the entries have a list of additional information about the word, such as alternative words, synonyms, idioms, or the word's history, as well as related words.

Children can locate definitions by browsing through an index of words or by searching for a specific word. If they see a word in a definition they do not recognize, a simple click on the word will switch to its definition. Children can also check out the Word of the Day or let the title choose a random word. The title keeps a list of the six most recently visited words, making it easy to return to a previous entry. Children can also place bookmarks at entries where they want to return later.

Includes

• 13,000 Different Words
  
  
• Over 2,750 Illustrations
  
  
• Over 37,000 Definitions
  
  
• 13,000 Pronunciations
  
  
• Animations
  
  
• Sound Effects

Activities Include

Children will enjoy an entertaining included called Alphabet Park. Each letter of the alphabet has a collage of objects representing words beginning with that letter. As an example, choosing the letter R displays a picture that includes a robot, a reptile, the verb repair, and so forth. Children click on any object in the picture to see the word, hear it pronounced, and watch the object act out its definition. Half of the fun is finding all of the hidden word objects. Of course, the children can jump directly to word definitions in the dictionary.

Test your spelling skills - students can play three different games: Charades, Spelling Bee, or Hangman-each at three levels of difficulty. In Charades, students race a clock to guess a mystery word. Clues to the word are given as pictures, the number of syllables, or a few of the missing letters. Hangman and Spelling Bee are old standards, but both are effective and fun.  In Hangman, even making a wrong choice is fun, since incorrect guesses are disposed of by a letter-eating fish.

Product Features

• Packed with pictures, sounds, and animations
  
  
• Spelling Bee, Word Detective, and other activities
  
  
• Hot-linked words for easy browsing and cross-referencing
  
  
• Searches by word or by definition
  
  
• Stylish interface
  
  
• Eye-catching illustrations
  
  
• fun-filled animation
  
  
• Sound effects
  
  
• Games

Windows Requirements

• Windows 95, 98, Me, XP
  
  
• 486/33 MHz or faster processor
  
  
• 16MB of RAM minimum
  
  
• 25 MB hard disk space
  
  
• 2X CD-ROM drive
  
  
• SVGA display with 256 colors
  
  
• SoundBlaster compatible sound card (22 KHz, 16-bit)
  
  
• Mouse