New Releases...Young Children Learn Through Stories
For students in grades K-12, Disney’s Animated Storybook Collection: Volumes 1 and 2 provides students with music, art, p'etry, and literature to teach sequencing, vocabulary skills, creative writing and auditory discrimination. The collection was designed to enhance supplemental learning in the classroom, and to give young children practice with early childhood motor skills and language arts. The software encourages students to sing along with Disney tunes, practice memorization, learn music appreciation and create artwork on desktop publishing software. The Animated Storybook Collection focuses on literacy skills such as vocabulary and reading comprehension, with titles including Disney’s Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, Ariel’s Story Studio, Disney’s The Lion King, and Disney’s Mulan.
More than 30 titles are available in Disney’s curriculum collections. Some other collections include Disney’s Early Learning Collection, Disney’s Learning Skills for grades K and 1, and Disney’s Print Studio Collections for grades K through 4. Titles are also sold separately. Disney Interactive, Burbank, CA, (818) 553-5000, www.disneyinteractive.com.For students in grades K-12, Disney’s Animated Storybook Collection: Volumes 1 and 2 provides students with music, art, p'etry, and literature to teach sequencing, vocabulary skills, creative writing and auditory discrimination. The collection was designed to enhance supplemental learning in the classroom, and to give young children practice with early childhood motor skills and language arts. The software encourages students to sing along with Disney tunes, practice memorization, learn music appreciation and create artwork on desktop publishing software. The Animated Storybook Collection focuses on literacy skills such as vocabulary and reading comprehension, with titles including Disney’s Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, Ariel’s Story Studio, Disney’s The Lion King, and Disney’s Mulan.
More than 30 titles are available in Disney’s curriculum collections. Some other collections include Disney’s Early Learning Collection, Disney’s Learning Skills for grades K and 1, and Disney’s Print Studio Collections for grades K through 4. Titles are also sold separately. Disney Interactive, Burbank, CA, (818) 553-5000, www.disneyinteractive.com.
This article originally appeared in the 05/01/2001 issue of THE Journal.