Each month Software Services 4 Education will showcase new innovative products or services from a range of suppliers and publishers.This month it is two titles for maths and phonics for primary. 

Learning - Physical Activity - Fun!

ink.learning's games based software breaks away from the standard look and feel of today's educational software. Featuring bold, colourful and original characters, ink.learning's software have a unique style that is aesthetically appealing to a young audience and had been developed with the imagination and quality traditionally found in the home market.

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Primary Steps Maths

 

Primary Steps Maths is based on the established teaching curriculum together with a wide range of mathematical subjects that includes

  • Understanding numbers
  • Number facts
  • Calculating
  • Using
  • Applying
  • Counting
  • Recognition
  • Shapes and
  • Sequencing.

 

Games can be played using a mouse, keyboards, interactive whiteboard and features a dance mat. Children physically select the correct answers while learning to relate and develop mathematical ideas and methods to solve practical problems.

 

Primary Steps Phonics

 

Learning, physical activity and fun, Primary Steps Phonics combines all these elements into a game that will grip the whole class from start to finish.

Primary Steps Phonics is designed to aid the tuition of synthetic phonics, the revolutionary literacy teaching method where children learn the sounds of letters and how they form words. The entertaining, teacher friendly game features a dance mat. Children physically select the correct letter sounds to form a word. These are the promoted to blend these sounds and articulate the correct word.

 

 

 

"Primary Steps has been an essential resource for the promotion of 'Active Learning' within our authority. It sits perfectly within the Early and First level outcomes of Curriculum for Excellence. Pupils and staff using this resource have found it to be engaging and relevant to the new curriculum but most importantly great fun!"

Louise Henderson, Education Support Officer, Dundee City Council

 

 

Go to www.inklearning.com for more information on Primary Steps Maths and Primary Steps Phonics and register for your free 14 day trial.