KINDERGARTEN, SCHOOL, ALPHABET, VOCABULARY, TEACHING, LEARNING, KIDS SOFTWARE , WRITING, READING

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Results from using this software can vary from child to child. While we are confident about the usefulness of our software, this does not in any way imply any guarantees of performance. We do not promise any improvement in school performance or any other skills. In no way can this program substitute for a skilled teacher and a dedicated parent. A few words are slightly mispronounced as is to be expected with a 4 1/2 year old child. In order to preserve the authenticity of the program these words have not been altered.

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BUILD YOUR CHILD'S WRITTEN VOCABULARY

Niki's Kindergarten is a Vocabulary Builder program designed to expand and build a young kid's WRITTEN vocabulary. A prerequisite to using this program is that the child should already know how to write the English alphabet. This program was jointly produced by the dad-and-daughter team of Dr.Kumar (who is a US board certified Neurologist) and Nikhita (who is a full time kindergartener).

FOR THE INTELLIGENT PARENT

If you don't have 10 minutes a day to spend with your kid don't bother buying this software, it won't do anyone any good. There are two types of kids educational software on the market these days. There is the baby-sitter type software, which essentially captures the child's fancy, with loud sounds and whirling images. The child is likely to sit in front of the monitor and watch all the action. What gets overlooked is that while these programs do get the child's attention, the emphasis is so much on entertainment and making a lot of noise (gotta convince the busy parent that they are getting their money's worth of computer noise!) that the kids learn little or nothing. The second type is the parent supervised software. Niki's Kindergarten is one such software. It has one objective, and that is to build the child's vocabulary of written English. The right time to use it is once the child knows how to write the alphabet. The program contains a total of 390 words. The parent gets to pick the words that he or she feels is appropriate for the child's individual level and capabilities. It has to be emphasized that this is not a baby-sitter type of software. It is a teaching aid for the the intelligent parent. It just does one thing and does it well- it helps you teach your kid new (WRITTEN) words every day.

BY A KINDERGARTENER

It is not every day that a kindergarten learning software is jointly produced by a 4 1/2 year old girl and her Neurologist Dad. Niki (the program is named for her) is a kindergarten kid. Her role in producing the program included a lot of critically important things. Niki picked the pictures for each corresponding word. She also did the voice recordings for a large number of words. And most important of all, she is the one who tested the program out for her own school needs. And last but not the least, she did the 'crash testing' for the program. Vocabulary homework used to be a big headache for everybody and burnt up hours of what would have been playtime. The Vocabulary Builder reduced the time spent on vocabulary to a few minutes a day, with much better results.

Dr.Kumar's role in this production was the programming for the software.

INVEST IN YOUR CHILD

One might say that this software is for gifted kids. The author believes that all or most kids are gifted and whether this becomes evident or not depends on the time and effort that the parent is willing to invest. In other words, it all hinges on parental availability.

HOW DOES IT WORK ?

Niki's Kindergarten contains a gigantic database of 390 words. It has two sections, 'WORDS' and 'KEYWORDS'.

There are 174 words in the WORDS section. Each word is presented with a picture first. Then the program spells out the word and finally reads the word. This helps the child remember the SPELLING of these words.

In the 'KEYWORDS' section we have 216 words that includes important verbs, prepositions , conjunctions and such. All of those little but important things you need to know before you can start reading one of those cute little picture books! An animated green-eyed girl reads out the words. Each word is spelled out first before it is read out.

This is a downloadable product (16.6 MB)

Once payment is processed, you will be sent a download link and a unique license key . Once the software is downloaded, install it on your PC or laptop. During installation the program will ask for the license key which should then be entered. And then you are all ready to start !

To run programs listed on this website you need the Microsoft Visual Basic 6 Runtimes

Windows XP/2000/ME include the VB6 and VB5 runtime engines.

Windows 98 includes only the VB5 runtime engine.

Windows 95 does not include either the VB5 or VB6 runtime engines.

If your computer does not have it , please download and install from www.microsoft.com. The direct link is given below:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/a/d/5ad868a0-8ecd-4bb0-a882-fe53eb7ef348/VB6.0-KB290887-X86.exe