Optimum Resource, Inc.

1 Mathews Drive, Suite 107
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 29926
United States
Telephone: 888-784-2592 or 843-689-8000.
Fax: 843-689-8008.
Web: http://www.stickybear.com.
Email: info@stickybear.com.

Products manufactured by Optimum Resource, Inc. (listed alphabetically)

1. GRAMMAR

   Grammar is an academic, language and vocabulary tutorial program designed for children from third grade through ninth grade who have cognitive or learning disabilities. The program features six self-paced sections designed to build an understanding of sentence structure. Grammar begins with the identification of subject and predicate and the introduction of proper and common nouns in the first section; then progresses to verbs, tense and subject-verb agreement in the second section. The third section begins with the direct object, followed by pronouns, possessive nouns, interrogative pronouns and contraction. Sections four and five teach adjectives and articles, then prepositional phrases and the concept of a modifier. The final section introduces helping verbs, linking verbs, appositives, participles, infinitives and gerunds. Teachers can select a starting level and the number of tries allowed. Progress reports can be generated and new questions, answers and activities can be entered. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive; Mac OS X v.10.4 or above, PowerPC or Intel processor, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, CD ROM drive, and 32 MB of RAM.

2. PARTS OF SPEECH

   Parts of Speech is an academic, language and vocabulary tutorial program designed for children from third grade through ninth grade who have cognitive or learning disabilities. The program helps students increase grammar and vocabulary skills as they strengthen reading and writing ability. Parts Of Speech features 32 leveled lessons with more than 1,000 graded words, all of which are fully selectable by the teacher or parent at any time. Users can identify nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections from word lists and from within sentences and paragraphs utilizing these included timed and untimed activities: Word Search, Word Machine, Paragraph Search, and Sentence Machine. The program can be customized by adding an unlimited number of new words, parts and exercises and offers many teacher options. The material is presented in both list (find the verb) and sentence form. The tracking feature allows the teacher access to progress reports for each student. All examples and sentences can be printed out as practice, test, and take-home sheets. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. COMPATIBILTIY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, CD ROM drive, and 32 MB of RAM.

3. READING COMPREHENSION FAMOUS PEOPLE

   Reading Comprehension Famous People is an academic, reading, language and vocabulary tutorial program designed to provide reading comprehension skills practice for children from third grade through ninth grade who have cognitive or learning disabilities. The program features stories about significant people such as Pablo Picasso and modern art, the U.S. space program and John F. Kennedy, and Amelia Earhart and women's rights. It teaches a variety of skills, including identifying main ideas and sequence, finding details in text, using context to identify words, and recognizing cause and effect. Teachers and parents can add their own stories and questions at any time. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive; Mac OS X v.10.4 or above, PowerPC or Intel processor, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, CD ROM drive, and 32 MB of RAM.

4. READING COMPREHENSION GEOGRAPHY

   Reading Comprehension Geography is an academic, reading, language and vocabulary tutorial program designed to provide reading comprehension skills practice for children from third grade through ninth grade who have cognitive or learning disabilities. The program allows children to learn words and concepts relating to geography. This software includes locations such as the ocean floor, the canopy of the rain forest and the geographic Great Depression. It teaches a variety of skills, including identifying main ideas and sequence, finding details in text, using context to identify words, and recognizing cause and effect. Teachers or parents can add their own stories and questions at any time. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive; Mac OS X v.10.4 or above, PowerPC or Intel processor, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, CD ROM drive, and 32 MB of RAM.

5. STICKYBEAR ABC

   Stickybear ABC is an academic and pre-reading skills tutorial program designed for use by teachers and parents working with children from pre-kindergarten through second grade who have developmental, cognitive or learning disabilities. The program allows a child to use an Apple iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to learn the letters of the alphabet and the sounds that the letters make. The child starts playing the app by pressing PLAY from the Main Menu and a keyboard appears with the letters A through Z displayed on keys in both upper and lower case. Free and structured modes of play are available. When a letter is pressed in the free play mode, a letter and word panel appears, followed by an animation. The child presses the letters to find their favorite words through this discovery method. The user learns by prompted direction in the structured mode. Letters appear at the bottom of the screen and the child is asked to press a particular letter. An animation is produced when the correct letter is pressed. When an incorrect letter is pressed, the app highlights the correct letter and moves along to the next choice. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: For use with the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Apple iOS 4.2 or later.

6. STICKYBEAR ABC DELUXE

   Stickybear ABC Deluxe is an academic and pre-reading skills tutorial program designed to teach the letters of the alphabet for children from pre-kindergarten through second grade who are developmentally or physically disabled. The program features four separate learning activities which provide skills practice in alphabet learning. Students can use phonics keywords to select, identify, pronounce, write, and choose letters. The program allows the teacher to control the presented material, make adjustments to the activities, produce off-screen worksheets, and allow students to create portfolio assessment sheets. Students can learn through prompted direction or through the discovery method by selecting either structured or non-structured mode of play. Various instructional modes with animation and sound are available for every letter of the alphabet. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducable lesson plans and manipulative masters. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive; PowerPC G3, G4, G5 or higher or Intel processor, CD ROM drive, Mac OS X v.10.4 or above and 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; PowerPC, System 9x, CD ROM drive, Mac OS 9 and 32 MB of RAM.

7. STICKYBEAR EARLY LEARNING ACTIVITIES

   Stickybear Early Learning Activities is an academic and pre-reading skills tutorial program designed for children from pre-kindergarten through first grade who have learning or developmental disabilities. The program features six separate learning activities with animation and sound which provide skills practice in the alphabet, counting, writing, shapes, opposites, and colors. The Alphabet activity provides a word, letter, and animation for every letter of the alphabet. The Counting activity helps children master the numbers 0 through 9 while they discover the effect of adding and taking away. The Writing activity introduces children to writing numbers and letters with ease. The Shapes activity helps children identify basic shapes found in everyday scenes. The Opposites activity helps children build word recognition and vocabulary skills, and the Colors activity allows children to color, identify and name colors found in scenes. Students can learn through prompted direction or through the discovery method by selecting either structured or non-structured mode of play. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 megabytes (MB) of free space on the hard drive; Mac OS X v.10.4 or above, PowerPC or Intel processor, CD ROM drive, and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, CD ROM drive, and 32 MB of RAM.

8. STICKYBEAR KINDERGARTEN ACTIVITIES

   Stickybear Kindergarten Activities is an academic, personal skills, independent living skills and pre-reading skills tutorial program designed designed for children from pre-kindergarten through first grade who have learning or developmental disabilities. This program takes children into Stickybear's house, where they learn the alphabet, numbers, shapes and colors, social skills, and important safety messages. Users also are encouraged to take part in off-screen activities that foster creativity. The program features multiple navigation methods for different motor skill abilities and animation in a simple format for users with no computer experience. Children can use this software just by banging the keyboard. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, CD ROM drive and 32 MB of RAM.

9. STICKYBEAR MATH 1 DELUXE

   Stickybear Math 1 Deluxe is a math tutorial program designed for children from pre-kindergarten through second grade who have cognitive or learning disabilities. This program teaches children addition and subtraction, beginning with the most elementary addition problems and continuing through more complex addition and subtraction with regrouping. Animated instructions offer a skill-building tool that can be customized for one child or a group of children. The program is divided into eight levels which include 44 individual math skills. Each level provides animated help screens with audio to teach and reinforce addition and subtraction, missing addends and subtrahends, and regrouping. Teachers or parents can allow automatic advancement; present only addition, only subtraction, or both. When a series of correct answers is entered, animations appear as a reward. Teachers can track students’ progress and reports are available for each student on screen or in printed form. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive; Mac OS X v.10.4 or above, PowerPC or Intel processor, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, CD ROM drive, and 32 MB of RAM.

10. STICKYBEAR MATH 2 DELUXE

    Stickybear Math 2 Deluxe is a math tutorial program designed for children from second grade through fourth grade who have cognitive or learning disabilities. This program teaches children multiplication and division, beginning with the most elementary multiplication problems and continuing through more complex multiplication and division with regrouping. Animated instructions with audio explain each new concept and encourage children to investigate new skills. The program is divided into eight levels of multiplication and division covering 36 individual math skills including missing factors and dividends. Children will learn multiplication and division facts and advance to multiplication of multiple digits, problems that require regrouping, and long division with remainders. Teachers or parents can track students’ progress by level, number of problems attempted, number of problems correct, and percentage correct; and reports are available for each student or the entire classroom on screen or in printed form. Help screens are also available at each level and the program can be customized for the entire class or each student including starting level, on screen manipulatives, and auto-advance. A child can begin the program at any of the eight levels of proficiency. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive; Mac OS X v.10.4 or above, PowerPC or Intel processor, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, CD ROM drive, and 32 MB of RAM.

11. STICKYBEAR MATH SPLASH

    Stickybear Math Splash is a math tutorial program designed for children from kindergarten through fifth grade who have cognitive or learning disabilities. This program introduces children to math skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The problems are divided into six external levels of difficulty covering over 60 different math skills and operations. Stickybear Math Splash features four different activities. Combining math skills exploration with comic relief, the pirate ship activity Overboard provides children with the challenge of solving math problems correctly while they earn chances to dunk the pirate bear sitting on the plank. In the Rapid Fire activity, users solve math facts and work with multiplication tables. Correct answers trigger water pistol sharks to the finish line in a race against the computer. In the Island Hopper activity, students first solve math problems, then navigate their boats through a series of multi-level mazes to pick up correct answers. Users gather energy by hitting the answers that float past the dazzling viewport view in the Submarine Shoot activity. The program can be customized with user selectable options including the starting level of difficulty and auto-advance mode. All of the operators can be toggled on or off to further refine the program for each child. Student report cards track individual progress by saving the number of problems attempted and solved correctly. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive; Mac OS X v.10.4 or above, PowerPC or Intel processor, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive.

12. STICKYBEAR MATH TOWN

    Stickybear Math Town is a math tutorial program designed for children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade who have learning disabilities. This program provides students with math practice in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and word problems. The program features six Math Town locations as the background for math problems and multiple levels of difficulty which keep the activities challenging. Students can sharpen their basic skills by solving problems vertically and horizontally. Mastery practice is also provided for multiplication and division. Live animation and sound effects provide reinforcement and the report card feature helps teachers and parents track children’s progress. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, CD ROM drive, and 32 MB of RAM.

13. STICKYBEAR MATH WORD PROBLEMS

    Stickybear Math Word Problems is a math tutorial program designed for children from first grade through fifth grade who have cognitive or learning disabilities. The program provides beginning practice analyzing and solving math word problems, and it is designed to capture the interest of users while teaching crucial math skills. Children practice deductive and arithmetic skills solving math problems related to everyday situations. The program features more than 350 math word problems in any combination of addition, subtraction, and simple multiplication. Teachers can add their own problems at any time and the program produces reports for assessment. Problems can be printed for take-home use. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, CD ROM drive, and 32 MB of RAM.

14. STICKYBEAR MONEY

    Stickybear Money is a money management tutorial program designed to teach the concept of money to children from kindergarten through third grade who have developmental or learning disabilities. Children learn how to recognize U.S. coins and paper money as they hear and see how different denominations of money can be used to buy and sell. The program features different levels of activities for teachers to introduce from single coins with simple counting activities up to higher-level activities with all denominations. Users can choose among six activities in structured and unstructured modes. The Money in the Bank activity shows how money accumulates. The Head or Tails activity introduces each coin and demonstrates the process of counting money. The Counting Money activity illustrates counting. The Spending Money activity shows money from counting to making change. The Adding Money activity expands the concept of counting with simple addition and subtraction examples. The All About Money activity presents interesting facts. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive; Mac OS X v.10.4 or above, PowerPC or Intel processor, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, System 9x, CD ROM drive and 32 MB of RAM.

15. STICKYBEAR NUMBERS

    Stickybear Numbers is an academic and math skills tutorial program designed for use by teachers and parents working with children from pre-kindergarten through second grade who have learning or developmental disabilities. The program allows a child to use an Apple iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to learn basic number skills such as counting, addition and subtraction. The child starts playing the app by pressing PLAY 0-9 on the Main Menu, and a keyboard appears at the bottom of the screen with the numbers 0 through 9 displayed on keys. The child can switch between free play and structured mode by pressing the STAR key. When a number is pressed in the free play mode, it is showed and spoken, followed by animated objects. The child learns the concepts of adding and subtraction in a visual manner through this activity. The child learns by prompted direction in the structured mode. Numbers appear at the bottom of the screen, and the child is asked to press a particular number. An animation is produced when the correct number is pressed. When an incorrect number is pressed, the app highlights the correct number and moves along to the next choice. The second activity is counting from 0 to 100. The child starts this activity by pressing the 0-100 button on the Main Menu and a screen with a red ball and the number 0 and the word zero appears in the upper left. The child can move the ball along the slide to the left and right and, when they lift their finger, the number is displayed and spoken, as the objects are shown. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: For use with the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Apple iOS 4.2 or later.

16. STICKYBEAR NUMBERS DELUXE

    Stickybear Numbers Deluxe is an academic, math and pre-reading skills tutorial program designed to teach number recognition for children from pre-kindergarten through second grade who have learning or developmental disabilities. The program features four separate activities with graphics for numbers 0-9 and 0-30. Each activity provides children with an opportunity to build skills essential for success in mathematics, and it allows teachers to target specific skills to build early mathematical understanding. Students build and reinforce number concepts by utilizing visual, spatial and auditory context clues to select, identify, pronounce, and write numbers. The program also provides management controls for portfolio assessment. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive; or Mac OS X v.10.4 or above, PowerPC or Intel processor, CD ROM drive, and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; or Mac OS 9, PowerPC, CD ROM drive, and 32 MB of RAM.

17. STICKYBEAR OPPOSITES DELUXE

    Stickybear Opposites Deluxe is an academic and pre-reading skills tutorial program designed to teach the concept of opposites for children from pre-kindergarten through second grade who have developmental or learning disablilities. This software helps children to identify and name opposites such as in/out, big/little, up/down, and over/under in three different activities. The program also helps children develop essential skills relating to code-breaking, language, logic, and problem solving. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 megabytes (MB) of free space on the hard drive; Mac OS X v.10.4 or above, PowerPC or Intel processor, CD ROM drive, and 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, System 9x, CD ROM drive, and 32 MB of RAM.

18. STICKYBEAR PHONICS 1

    Stickybear Phonics 1 is an academic and pre-reading skills tutorial program designed for children from pre-kindergarten through third grade who have learning or developmental disabilities. The program features integrated video with animation for every lesson. The lessons begin with a review of the letters of the alphabet, followed by consonant sounds, short vowel sounds, and long vowel sounds. Actors in the video demonstrate the material, allowing students to see how the mouth shapes sound and hear each word pronounced. Students will reproduce each sound after demonstration. Sight words, reviews, stories, and work book activities are also included. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. COMPATIBILITY: Windows. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive and 450 MB of free space on the hard drive (hybrid direct drive); Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive and 32 MB of RAM (stand alone CD).

19. STICKYBEAR PHONICS 2

    Stickybear Phonics 2 is an academic and pre-reading skills tutorial program designed for children from kindergarten through fourth grade who have learning or developmental disabilities. Students learn to build knowledge by sounding out words. The program features integrated video for every lesson. The lessons begin by introducing consonant blends, followed by vowel blends, mixed consonants, and vowel blends. Actors in the video demonstrate the material, allowing students to see how the mouth shapes sound and hear each word pronounced. Students will reproduce each sound after demonstration. The self-paced lessons also include animated short stories and interactive on-screen activities. Review and practice are stressed in the video segments and animations encourage performance. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. COMPATIBILITY: Windows. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM and 450 MB of free space on the hard drive (hybrid direct drive); Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive and 32 MB of RAM (stand alone CD).

20. STICKYBEAR PHONICS 3

    Stickybear Phonics 3 is an academic and pre-reading skills tutorial program designed for children from kindergarten through fourth grade who have learning or developmental disabilities. Students learn to build knowledge by sounding out words. The program features integrated video for every lesson. The lessons begin with prefixes, continue to suffixes, and finish with compound words. Actors in the video demonstrate the material, allowing children to see how the mouth shapes sound and to hear each word pronounced. Users will reproduce each sound after demonstration. The self-paced lessons also include animated short stories and interactive on-screen activities. Review and practice are stressed in the video segments and animations encourage performance. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. COMPATIBILITY: Windows. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive and 450 MB of free space on the hard drive (hybrid direct drive); Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive and 32 MB of RAM (stand alone CD).

21. STICKYBEAR READING COMPREHENSION

    Stickybear Reading Comprehension is an academic, reading, language and vocabulary tutorial program designed for children from second grade through fourth grade who have cognitive or learning disabilities. The program provides reading comprehension skills practice with multiple levels. The program features more than 30 level-appropriate stories which provide students practice in recognizing the main idea, defining sequence, finding details, using context to identify words, and understanding cause and effect. Teachers can tailor the program for an entire class or an individual student by specifying the starting level and the number of tries to answer questions. Setting the tries at one provides a test mode. The program can be customized and teachers can enter new stories and questions at any time. Students are rewarded with animations featuring the Stickybear family when they answer a set of questions correctly. The report card feature allows teachers to track and assess progress and reports can be printed as needed. All the stories and questions can be printed out for take-home use, as practice sheets, or as test masters. The school versions and above also come with 12 freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive; Mac OS X v.10.4 or above, PowerPC or Intel processor, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, CD ROM drive, and 32 MB of RAM.

22. STICKYBEAR READING COMPREHENSION 2

    Stickybear Reading Comprehension 2 is an academic, reading, language and vocabulary tutorial program designed for children from second grade through fourth grade who have cognitive or learning disabilities. This program, a sequel to Stickybear Reading Comprehension (see separate entry), continues to provide reading comprehension skills practice with multiple levels. The program features more than 30 additional level-appropriate stories which provide students practice in recognizing the main idea, defining sequence, finding details, using context to identify words, and understanding cause and effect. Teachers can tailor the program for an entire class or an individual student by specifying the starting level and the number of tries to answer questions. Teachers can also enter new stories and questions at any time. All the stories and questions can be printed out for take-home use, as practice sheets, or as test masters. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on hard drive; Mac OS X v.10.4 or above, PowerPC or Intel processor, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, CD ROM drive, and 32 MB of RAM.

23. STICKYBEAR READING FUN PARK

    Stickybear Reading Fun Park is an academic, reading, language and vocabulary tutorial program designed for children from pre-kindergarten through third grade who have cognitive or learning disabilities. The program provides reading skills practice with four learning activities. Each activity has multiple levels of difficulty and skills that address both the auditory and visual needs of readers. User selectable phonics skills allow teachers and parents to focus children’s efforts, and the individual report cards feature allows progress tracking. All words in the program are printable. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive; Mac OS X v.10.4 or above, PowerPC or Intel processor, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive.

24. STICKYBEAR READING ROOM DELUXE

    Stickybear Reading Room Deluxe is an academic, reading, language and vocabulary tutorial program designed for children from kindergarten through third grade who have cognitive or learning disabilities. The program provides reading and thinking skills practice with four learning activities. Each activity features animation and human speech. The main Sentence Builder activity allows students to create their own animations by constructing thousands of possible sentences from noun and verb phrases. Students will gain experience with literal and inference comprehension, predicting logical outcome, and identifying the meaning of words in context. In the Word Bop activity, students use a toy cannon to "bop" pictures into words, then back to pictures. The activity teaches students to learn important early learning skills including sight recognition, recognition through phonetic analysis, and literal comprehension. Students can increase their sight vocabulary with the Word Match activity where verbal reinforcement helps them match words and pictures. Word Book is a picture book activity designed to enhance sight and phonetic recognition skills as well as building and reinforcing word recognition. The report card feature allows parents and teachers to track individual progress and children can print the sentence they create. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive; PowerPC or Intel processor, CD ROM drive, Mac OS X v.10.4 or above and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9 PowerPC, CD ROM drive, and 32 MB of RAM.

25. STICKYBEAR SCIENCE FAIR LIGHT

    Stickybear Science Fair Light is a science tutorial program designed for children from second grade through seventh grade who have cognitive or learning disabilities. The program provides an environment which allows children to explore, experiment with, and understand light and its properties. Stickybear Science Fair Light presents experiments, both structured and free-form, that allows students to work with prisms, lenses, color mixing, and optical illusions. Historical data is coupled with a user-produced journal which aids in the reinforcement of scientific method. Children enter their own responses and the result of their experiments, print out take-home sheets and hands-on off-screen experiment instructions. Teachers can assign sections and tasks that students can research and complete both on and off-screen. The program encourages computer use as a tool for both group and individual participation. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, CD ROM drive and 32 MB of RAM.

26. STICKYBEAR SHAPES DELUXE

    Stickybear Shapes Deluxe is an academic and perceptual tutorial program designed to teach the concept of shapes to children from pre-kindergarten through second grade who have developmental or learning disabilities. This software focuses on shape identification and the names of shapes such as triangle, square and rectangle in four different activities. The Find It activity challenges children to find and name shapes within pictures and the Draw It activity is intended to encourage children’s creative expression by producing their own shape pictures. The program also reinforces shape recall and helps children develop skills relating to code-breaking, mathematics, language, and problem solving. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 megabytes (MB) of free space on the hard drive; Mac OS X v.10.4 or above, PowerPC or Intel processor, CD ROM drive, and 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, System 9x, CD ROM drive, and 32 MB of RAM.

27. STICKYBEAR SPELLING

    Stickybear Spelling is an academic, spelling, language and vocabulary tutorial program designed for children from second grade through fourth grade who have cognitive or learning disabilities. The program provides spelling skills practice with three activities, each with four graded levels of difficulty. Stickybear Spelling contains more than 2,000 recorded words and teachers can edit the word lists for each student. Students build sight vocabularies, spelling, and memory skills as they spell words. Students also increase their ability to recognize hundreds of high frequency words and are rewarded with specific animations. The teacher selectable options feature allows for custom word lists to focus student’s efforts. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, CD ROM drive, and 32 MB of RAM.

28. STICKYBEAR TIME

    Stickybear Time is a time skills tutorial program designed to teach the concept of time in classroom or at home to children from kindergarten through third grade who have developmental or learning disabilities. The program features illustrated activities with real human speech that lead children through four self-paced sections. Children learn to tell time in hours and minutes with both traditional analog and digital clocks. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive; Mac OS X v.10.4 or above, PowerPC or Intel processor, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, CD ROM drive, and 32 MB of RAM.

29. STICKYBEAR TYPING

    Stickybear Typing is a typing instruction program designed for children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade who have cognitive or learning disabilities. The program allows students to sharpen typing skills and achieve keyboard mastery with three multi-level activities. The Stickybear Keypress activity, for young players and beginners, allows typing practice from the simplest drills in home key position to complex exercises that require the full keyboard. The Stickybear Thump activity builds typing skills in a fast-action game format. Students can practice and improve typing facility with text in a choice of categories in the Stickybear Stories activity. Students can select either timed practice or accuracy mode. Stickybear Typing contains 30 levels of difficulty and students can select their own level. Level 30 contains the most commonly misspelled words. The program can track each child's progress and keep their records. The school versions and above also come with freely reproducible lesson plans and manipulative masters. COMPATIBILITY: Windows or Macintosh. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For hybrid direct drive: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 megabytes (MB) of free space on the hard drive; Mac OS X v.10.4 or above, PowerPC or Intel processor, CD ROM drive and from 150 to 260 MB of free space on the hard drive. For stand alone CD: Windows 2000, XP or Vista, CD ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM; Mac OS 9, PowerPC, CD ROM drive and 32 MB of RAM.

30. STICKYBEAR WORD BOP

    Stickybear Word Bop is a pre-reading skills tutorial program designed for use by teachers and parents working with children ages three and above who have learning or developmental disabilities. The program allows a child to use an Apple iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to learn vocabulary, reading, phonics, language skills and code breaking. The Word Bop action takes place on an arcade-like playing field. The child fires the jolly red popper cannon as objects float slowly by by tapping on the screen. Pop an object and it changes into its word and the device speaks the word at the same time. If the child "pops" the word, it changes back into the object, the device speaks the word again, and the object disappears. If the user clears all the objects, he or she moves to the next round. The program comes with more than 100 words and four levels of difficulty. Each level has multiple rounds to clear. Rewards and penalties appear at the top of the screen, and high scores are stored in the program. Available languages are English and Spanish. COMPATIBILITY: For use with the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Apple iOS 4.2 or later.

31. STICKYBEAR'S MATCHING MANSION

    Stickybear's Matching Mansion is an academic and pre-reading skills tutorial program designed for use by teachers and parents working with children ages three through six and up who are developmentally or physically disabled. This program allows a child to use an Apple iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to learn basic reading skills. The program features a Fun Park Haunted Mansion with screechy bats and owls and assorted peculiar characters. The child starts the app by hitting PLAY, touches an open window and a character will hold up a sign with a picture on it, then touches another window and tries to match pairs of pictures. The shutter closes when there is a match, and the round is won when all pairs are matched. The score is displayed and the next round appears. There are three mansion choices: eight windows (four pairs) which is easiest and suitable for the youngest, 10 windows (five pairs) which requires more patience and skill, and 12 windows (six pairs) which is the most challenging. The program comes with seven levels of play, each targeted at a different reading skill, helping the child to build sight vocabularies, reading, phonics and memory. 1. Picture-Picture: Match pictures to like pictures. 2. Picture-Word: Match a picture to its name in word form by associating the word in letters with the picture. 3. Simple Nouns: Match words from a list of simple nouns by recognizing the letter patterns and listening to the words. 4. Rhyming Words: Match words that rhyme. 5. Sight Words: Match the sight words. 6. Beginning Consonants: Match pairs of dissimilar words that start with the same letter. 7. Ending Consonants: Match pairs of dissimilar words that end with the same letter. COMPATIBILITY: For use with the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Apple iOS 4.2 or later.

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