I Love Spelling!

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• ASIN: B00004UAFO
• Release Date: 18 Jun 2000
  

By : Avanquest Software
Price : £6.88

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review
DK Interactive's I Love Spelling is a souped-up spelling lesson loaded with characters, humour and more than 5,000 words ranging in difficulty from "here" to "Kalahari". A game-show host with a skewed toupee leads kids to one of four planets: On "Aquatica", intrepid spellers hear a word, then chase and burst bubbles containing the letters that spell the word, all while a gangster fish named the Codfather eggs them on; "Amphibia" is a pond-like planet where kids guess the mystery word by choosing the correct letters with the help of a bluesy frog--picture a game of Hangman with swampy ambience. On "Anagrama" kids turn scrambled letters into words by dropping placard-bearing bunnies down the correct hole, while planet "Arachnia" hosts a spidery spelling bee in which kids hear a word, then spell it out.
Two more games help kids recognise misspelled words and choose the correct spelling. In "Word Attack", players must quickly click on the correctly spelled word from misspellings that hurtle toward them onscreen. Kids can easily ace the activity by clicking frantically until they randomly land on the correct spelling, so don't be too impressed if your child is a high scorer here.
Three levels, customisable word lists and places to peek at scores and misspelled words make this program parent friendly; a two-player function is another nice feature. Our biggest complaint: that this program lacks "the big goal"--the only rewards here are points, a weak "bonus round" and the ubiquitous printable certificate. A final compliment: puns and word play in the script reinforce the potential for fun in words and letters. (Ages 7-11) --Anne Erickson
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I Love Spelling!

 

Product Features

• Supports Key Stages 1-2 of the National Curriculum
• Animated space-age adventure on an intergalactic game show
• More than 5,000 essential spelling words
• 50 spelling-pattern word groups
• Automatic recycling that allows user to practice misspelled words
• Customize games by choosing special word groups to play with

Customer Reviews

I love spelling is a great CD rom .With its host who will guide you through all the levels it couldn't be easier to find out how to play.With one player or two player mode you can have fun trying to beat your opponent, or try to stop the evil alien from destroying spelling .I think that this game could only have made two improvements ,the space balloon could look more interesting and the alien could have been easier to understand .The word attack is very unexpected and really fun words start to fly at you from all directions and you have to shoot the rightly spelled word. Dorling Kindersley have really made a great game as they always do.

I Love Spelling has the polished presentation we have come to love from DK's previous educational offerings but its installation routine leaves much to be desired. If you are unfortunate enough not to get this program running at the first attempt, you will find lacking instructions in the package's readme file. (Hint: if it doesn't progress past the title screen, install the WinG drivers in the D:\SUPPORT folder!). This clumsy piece of organisation on the disc costs it two stars in my estimation. Don't expect the child of the house to install it without adult help, though the games are simply understood when you have passed this pain barrier.
DK has done and can do better.

 

I Love Spelling!