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September 2010
Volume 18, No. 9, Issue 126

REVIEWS IN THIS ISSUE

Americas Test Kitchen: Lets Get Cooking Bartlebys Book of Buttons Basic Math with Mathaliens Bass Pro Shops: the Hunt Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Celebrating Michelle Obama Charlie Church Mouse: Early Elementary Chinese for Munchkins Disney Guilty Party Disney Sing It: Family Hits Doras Big Birthday Adventure Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies Echo Smartpen Eye Pet Galactic Taz Ball Game Hits! Go, Diego, Go! Mega Bloks Build & Rescue Grease: The Game (DS) Grease: The Game (Wii) Harley-Davidson: Road Trip I SPY Spooky Mansion (Wii) Kinectimals! LPSO (Littlest Pet Shop Online) Starter Pack Marvelous Toy, The Mission-US (www.mission-us.org) Monkey Madness: Island Escape My First Words: The Complete Collection My Poingo (update) NHL 2K11 PBS Kids Play! (www.pbskidsplay.org) Pixton.com PlayStation Move Motion Controller President Barack Obama in Pictures Symmetry Shuffle Talkatoo Time, Money & Fractions, Grades 1-2 uDraw GameTablet Wand+ World Book Early World of Learning
LittleClickers.com: Cool Tricks

Ready to

Reach into the screen with your bare hands, with Microsofts Kinectimals (page 16). Sonys PlayStation Move (page 18) brings a new level of accuracy to the game controller. How do they compare with the Wii? See page 5, and get ready for the next chapter in human computer interface.
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Ready to Move?

On a recent visit to India, I was videotaping in a preschool. During a music lesson, I flipped the viewfinder on my camera around, so the children could see their own faces. The effect was immediate. Faces became animated, and eyes started to sparkle, and the teachers wouldnt let me leave until everyone had a turn. The event was a reminder of how powerful it is to see yourself on a screen. This trick is being exploited by both Microsoft Kinect and the Sony PlayStation Move, with titles like EyePet (page 16) and Kinectimals (page 18). What does this expanding form of human computer interface (HCI) mean for children? New exercise, sports and dance games will watch, score and rate a child. The line between concrete and abstract could blur with augmented reality techniques (see http://bit.ly/9h0rva). A traditional block, toy, book or playing card could jump to life, inside a 3D screen. Point, click, drag and drop will be replaced by a voice and motion. Skype-like plugins could make game sharing as routine as starting up a game and giving a voice command. New motion-based methods could help children learn to read and hardwire abstract math relationships to their hand. This welcome step away from abstraction has created a new set of research questions for educators and designers. Theres never been a better time to ask how can we tap this power for the benefit of children? September 2010
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World, My Daughter Starts College Today
Many parents and teachers are familiar with a letter allegedly written by Abraham Lincoln to his sons schoolmaster.* Here's my update with a technology twist. World, my daughter starts college today. Give her fast, free Wi-Fi and an Ethernet cable for her dorm room. Make it easy to share work with others on projectors as bright as her ideas; to print her work on fast public access printers. Make it easy for her to plug in her laptop, at any library table or classroom seat. Grant her access to the latest, most powerful digital authoring tools, along with the time and support to test their limits. But balance her schedule with a hike in the woods and a swim in the lake.
Show her how an entire future could unravel with a single Facebook photograph or a hastily written email; and help her understand the subtleties between fact/fiction, selling/informing, and truth/lies. Provide her with teachers who are digital role models, who embrace and use new technology both inside and outside their fields, yet value old-fashioned facts that are correct, good spelling, and well crafted projects. Help her to be charitable with her digital abilities; to help an older person or a fellow student in need. But especially world, don't let her text in class, even if it is to me. * According to the "Lincoln Never Said That" page at http://illinoishistory.gov/facsimiles.htm the authenticity of the letter is doubted.
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Directory

Preschool & Kindergarten
Doras Big Birthday Adventure, www.novadevelopment.com, page 15 Go, Diego, Go! Mega Bloks Build & Rescue, www.take2games.com, 15 PBS Kids Play! (update), www.pbskids.org, 11 Talkatoo, www.talkatoo.com, 12

Grouped by age

www.scholastic.com, 9 Monkey Madness: Island Escape, www.stormcityentertainment.com, 10 President Barack Obama in Pictures, www.stillmotionmedia.com, 11 media.com, 9 My First Words: The Complete Collection, www.ar-entertainment.net, 16 President Barack Obama in Pictures, www.stillmotionmedia.com, 11 Symmetry Shuffle, www.carstensstudios.com, 12 Time, Money & Fractions, Grades 1-2, www.schoolzone.com, 12

Middle School

Americas Test Kitchen: Lets Get Cooking, www.nintendo.com, 14 Bass Pro Shops: the Hunt, www.xsgames.biz, 5 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, www.505games.com, 6 Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, www.nintendo.com, 7 Grease: The Game (DS), www.505games.com, 16 Grease: The Game (Wii), www.505games.com, 16 Harley-Davidson: Road Trip, www.destineerstudios.com, 8 Mission-US (www.mission-us.org), www.thirteen.org, 10 NHL 2K11, www.2ksports.com, 17 Pixton.com, www.pixton.com, 17

Early Elementary

Charlie Church Mouse: Early Elementary, www.leftbehindgames.com, 14 Chinese for Munchkins, www.chineseformunchkins.com, 14 Kinectimals!, www.microsoft.com, 16 LPSO (Littlest Pet Shop Online) Starter Pack, www.hasbro.com, 9 Marvelous Toy, The, www.stillmotionmedia.com, 9 My First Words: The Complete Collection, www.ar-entertainment.net, 15 My Poingo (update), www.pubint.com, 17 Symmetry Shuffle, www.carstensstudios.com, 12 Time, Money & Fractions, Grades 1-2, www.schoolzone.com, 12 uDraw GameTablet, www.thq.com, 13 World Book Early World of Learning, www.worldbook.com, 13
CTR Editors Choice Selections, September 2010
Titles or products that scored well on our instrument are listed here. These are known as the Editorss Choice for this issue. Bartlebys Book of Buttons, http://octopuskite.com Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, www.nintendo.com Echo Smartpen, www.livescribe.com Galactic Taz Ball, www.warnerbros.com I SPY Spooky Mansion (Wii), www.scholastic.com Mission-US (www.mission-us.org), www.thirteen.org PBS Kids Play! www.pbskids.org PlayStation Move Motion Controller, www.us.playstation.com Symmetry Shuffle, www.carstensstudios.com uDraw GameTablet, www.thq.com

Microsoft Kinect

Release Date: November 4 Price: $300 for the lowest cost bundle Pricing details: The $300 bundle includes a 4 GB Xbox 360 with no hard disk, a Kinect sensor and a copy of Kinect Adventures. The Kinect Sensor alone is $150, providing you already own an Xbox 360. How does it work? Kinect is a special camera housed in a sensor bar that also contains a microphone, that you plug into an existing Microsoft Xbox 360 game console. The camera does a lot more than take pictures. It is a sensitive, intelligent, motion capture system that continually scans the room, and can see people, faces and detailed motions. You can drive a car by pretending to hold an invisible steering wheel, or swat at a soccer ball by moving your hand in thin air. Facial recognition is provided by a camera that works in concert with the motion sensor, allowing you to assign players automatically, say, for a trivia game. Clearly, the combination of face and voice recognition working in concert with a connected console running services like Twitter and Facebook could be a potent mix for "the rest of us." This system also has a lot of potential for exercise games. Any drawbacks? Kinect is not good for fine motor control. However, it could be used in concert with a regular wireless Xbox controller. Like the PS3 Move system, Kinect has to be calibrated before using. How does it compare with the Wii? With no controllers to find, charge or run over with the vacuum cleaner, Kinect might offer the fastest, most direct route to interactivity. However, it will only work with some and is best suited to gross motor dancing or sports activities.

Feature Reviews

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 Here's an alphabetical listing of new products, along with a full review, ratings and tester feedback. The "Entry Date" refers to the date we first learned of the product.
Bartleby's Book of Buttons
In this iPad app, you must help Bartleby, a "where is Waldo" type of character, find buttons for his collection. Each page contains switches, buttons, and sliding controls. Sometimes, you might need to tilt the screen, making this a true "digital pop-up book" adventure. It would be fun to read with a group of children, so the children could call out the answers. There's not a lot of content, and there's no hint system to help a younger child who might be stuck. It might be nice to incorporate a "read to me" mode to put the whole story in context. There are also no language options, other than English. For getting a child problem solving, however, this app is worth every penny of it's $5 price. The art and audio are of the best quality, and they are well matched to the story. Details: Octopus Kite/Big D TV, Inc., http://octopuskite.com. Price: $4.99. Ages: 2up. Platform: iPad. Teaches/Purpose: reading, logic. Rating (1 to 5 stars): 4.7 stars. Entry date: 8/10/2010. [WB]

Ease of Use Educational Entertaining Design Features Good Value

Bass Pro Shops: the Hunt

Ease of Use 5
Educational Realistic but hard to learn, this hunting game contains ten North American hunting regions, stocked with whitetail deer, mule deer, elk, moose, bears, boars and big Entertaining horned sheep. Design Features There are three gameplay modes: Quick Hunt, Season Hunt, and BPS Challenges. You can also battle other hunters in single-console multiplayer and five social arcade Good Value games: Target Range Shooting; ATV Racing; Blind Fire; Duck Hunt and Forest Frenzy. ESRB Rating: Teen, Blood Content includes a variety of weapons, supplies and gear including rifles, Violence shotguns, bows, calls, scents, blind, an ATV and GPS mapping technology. The Wii version comes with a rifle controller ($40/bundle) that, when paired with the Wii remote is designed to create a more realistic hunting experience. Our testers thought the controls were difficult to learn, and found it hard to aim accurately at your target. Although the game seems more realistic than other hunting games such as Cabela's Big Game Hunter (which shows you where to hit your target for a kill) it less enjoyable since it was nearly impossible to get an accurate shot. Details: XS Games LLC, www.xsgames.biz. Price: $30. Ages: 10-up. Platform: Wii, Xbox 360. Teaches/Purpose: hunting. Rating (1 to 5 stars): 2.8 stars. Entry date: 5/12/2010. [WB]
FEATURE REVIEWS, SEPTEMBER 1, 2010
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Based on the movie of the same name, this one player exploration game lets you become one of the main film characters, who must find evil Kitty Galore and her gang. You can be Diggs, Catherine, and Seamus, each with unique abilities and gadgets needed to send the bad guys back to the pound. Content includes 45 missions with seven mission types. You can run, jump and fly as you make your way through the various levels and obstacles, and each must solve puzzles hidden in the game. Developed by Engine Software BV for 505 Games.Testers: "It's OK, but sort of boring." Details: 505 Games (US), Inc., www.505games.com. Price: $30. Ages: 6-up. Platform: Nintendo DS. Teaches/Purpose: logic, problem solving, spatial thinking, fine motor control. Rating (1 to 5 stars): 4.3 stars. Entry date: 7/22/2010. [WB]
Celebrating Michelle Obama
Featuring interesting content, sound effects and clear narration, this 14 page ebook for the iPad or iPhone glosses over the life of Michelle Obama, from birth through the White House. Each page contains a fun fact, consisting of a narrated page with scrolling text. Features include the ability to view the book in three languages (English, Chinese or Spanish), while hearing it in another language. In other words, you can see the printed pages in English, while hearing them in Chinese, or the other way around. One of the best parts of this book is the ability to hear sections of original historic speeches, in Michelle Obama's voice. If you're looking for interactive features, you won't find it with this book, however. The navigation is a bit confusing, for example, you don't always know the difference between a page and a fun fact. See also Celebrating President Barack Obama. Details: Mobistories, www.stillmotionmedia.com. Price: $1.99. Ages: 8-up. Platform: iPhone, iPad, iPad Universal. Teaches/Purpose: reading, history, political science, English, Chinese, Spanish. Rating (1 to 5 stars): 3.6 stars. Entry date: 5/16/2010. [WB]

Disney Sing It: Family Hits
The latest game in Disney's Sing It Series, this karaoke game turns your Wii or PS3 into a well designed, pitch-sensing vocal coach. Content includes 30 songs with onscreen lyrics from the most popular Disney classics. The song list includes Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmations, Be Our Guest from Beauty and the Beast, and The Bare Necessities from Jungle Book. You can also Learn to Sing It better with Anika Noni Rose, the voice of Princess Tiana in The Princess and the Frog. Disappointingly, there is no way to turn off the vocals, making this a song along, rather than a karaoke experience. The game is $50 bundled with a microphone, $40 without. The bottom line? If you like the music, you'll like this title. And who wouldn't like "The Bare Necessities?" Details: Disney Interactive Studios, www.disneyinteractivestudios.com. Price: $50. Ages: 6-up. Platform: PlayStation 3, Wii. Teaches/Purpose: music, pitch, singing, reading, vocalization. Rating (1 to 5 stars): 4.1 stars. Entry date: 8/12/2010. [WB]

ESRB Rating: Everyone

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Ease of Use 8

Educational 8 Fun and fast moving, this DS fantasy game from the long-running Dragon Quest series lets you become an angelic guardian who must do good deeds around the world Entertaining 10 to gather fruits from the mystical world tree. These deeds usually involve fighting Design Features 10 monsters. You create your own character, choosing a face, hairstyle and body type, and then further customize it with classes, abilities, weapons and armor. The graphics are Good Value 10 beautiful, with art by Akira Toriyama, who also worked on Dragon Ball and Chrono E 10+, Alcohol, Animated Blood, Violence, Trigger. Language, Suggestive Themes Features include a four player mode that uses the DS's built-in Wi-Fi. So you can take on up to three of your friends at once; something rarely found in this style of RPG. By connecting to the internet with this you can also download new items and quests. On the whole this is an excellent title with a number of innovative features. If you like fantasy adventure fighting games, you won't be disappointed. Details: Nintendo of America, www.nintendo.com. Price: $35. Ages: 10-up. Platform: Nintendo DS. Teaches/Purpose: logic, creativity. Rating (1 to 5 stars): 4.6 stars. Entry date: 7/12/2010. [AB]

Echo Smartpen

It's always nice to see things get more powerful and cheaper at the same time. The Echo, now two years newer than the two-year old Pulseis also designed to work with standard headphones. The charging cradle has been replaced by a cable that (unfortunately) is not a standard mini USB cable, but that's a minor flaw for an incredible product. Ideal for augmenting an older student's note-taking abilities, the lithium-ion battery, Java-powered recorder that is just a bit fatter than a Sharpie marker, with a tiny camera in its tip that can detect a faint pattern of dots to give the pen its bearings. Without this special paper, you're left with an old fashioned, rather expensive pen, however. Here's a summary of the three biggest features: a) It can capture everything you write and "replay" it on a Windows or Macintosh computer screen. b) It can record large amounts of extremely clear stereo audio (up to 100 hours for the 1GB model and 200 hours for the 2 GB model). c) It can associate written notes with the sounds that are going on, at the exact instant the marks on the page were made. So you go back to a page of old notes that you made yesterday, touch the point of the pen on a sentence or sketch, and hear that part of the lecture. For a reporter doing an Interview, this feature is a must-have. Echo is based on the Swedish Anoto dotted media technology, and it comes from the same inventor, Jim Marggraff,formerly from Leapfrog. Details: Livescribe, Inc., www.livescribe.com. Price: $150 and $200. Ages: 14-up. Platform: Windows, Mac OSX. Teaches/Purpose: creativity, pen-based computing. Rating (1 to 5 stars): 4.8 stars. Entry date: 8/12/2010. [WB]

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Galactic Taz Ball
Educational 9 Do you like maze games? If so, keep reading. Using the DS stylus, you "roll" a large ball on the bottom of the screen, to direct Taz through a series of mazes. To move, you Entertaining 10 swipe in the direction you want to go. At various points, you must figure out how to Design Features 10 jump up a level, avoiding moving hazards. A second mode, called Underworld, lets you move Taz by prodding, pulling, and pushing him and his surroundings with the Good Value 9 stylus, and direct him closer to the giant chicken leg in the sky. There are three ESRB Rating: Everyone, Comic Mischief difficulty levels and unlockable extras. In the story, Taz gets caught up in the evil plot of Marvin the Martian, who is on a mission to steal the Earth's landscape for Mars. Hungry Taz is on a journey to find a giant chicken leg in the sky and travels across Tasmania, barren deserts, tropical jungles and ice-covered terrain.` There's a lot of problem solving and opportunities for spatial thinking. Developed exclusively for the Nintendo DS by WayForward Technologies. Details: Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment, Inc., www.warnerbros.com. Price: $30. Ages: 6-up. Platform: Nintendo DS. Teaches/Purpose: problem solving and opportunities for spatial thinking. Rating (1 to 5 stars): 4.6 stars. Entry date: 5/17/2010. [WB]

Game Hits!

Funky, noisy, but addicting, this Nintendo DS cartridge contains four adaptations 7 of the classic arcade games Pac Man, Space Invaders, Tetris, and Frogger. 9 New features include 3D graphics and zany sound effects, with new names such as 9 Maze Munchers for Pac Man, for example. You can shoot down spaceships in Space Shoot, fill rows with the right blocks in Falling Bricks, and help a robot safely across a 8 ravine in Highway Hopper. There are both individual and coop modes of play. We ESRB Rating: Everyone, Mild Violence noticed some bugs, such as the Space Invaders game was not possible to end. Parents will want to note that all of the games are very easy to succeed at in the early levels, making this a possible title to introduce a younger child to some classic games. This is a possible borrow. Details: Destineer Studios, www.destineerstudios.com. Price: $20. Ages: 7-up. Platform: Nintendo DS. Teaches/Purpose: classic game design. Rating (1 to 5 stars): 4.1 stars. Entry date: 6/21/2010. [WB]
Harley-Davidson: Road Trip
Educational Fun and fast, this game features Harley-Davidson sponsored content, so you get to ride real-looking bikes. The game simulates a coast to coast trip, where you try to Entertaining complete 18 assignments for HOG Magazine. Design Features There are five modes of play including Free Ride and Time Trial Modes. To ride, you grip the Wii Remote like handlebars, twisting to speed up, and leaning into Good Value curves. You can unlock assignments and more bikes, including the Softail Cross Bones, ESRB Rating: Everyone the XR1200, Softail Rocker C, Nightster, and Dyna Fat Bob. Bikes can be customized with 70 parts and different paint schemes. Our testers liked the real details. Their overall verdict? "Not bad." There is no worrisome content. Details: Destineer Studios, www.destineerstudios.com. Price: $30. Ages: 6-up. Platform: Wii. Teaches/Purpose: motorcycles, fine motor coordination. Rating (1 to 5 stars): 4.3 stars. Entry date: 8/18/2010. [WB]

Mission-US (www.mission-us.org)
Mission US is a free (grant funded) adventure game that teaches US history. In Mission 1: For Crown or Colony? you help Nat Wheeler, a 14-year-old printer's apprentice in 1770 Boston. Nat must complete tasks, meeting with merchants, soldiers, sailors and poets. The site is currently in beta form, and is open for free registration. Content includes reading primary historical documents, collecting period artifacts, and clicking on Smartwords (vocabulary) embedded in the dialog. Nats fate rests in players hands: Should he complete his apprenticeship and support the Patriots cause, remain loyal to the crown, or leave Boston, taking a new job at sea? No matter what path Nat chooses, he witnesses the events of the Boston Massacre and, ultimately, must decide where his allegiance lies. Designed for use at home or in school, the game is divided into five parts, 15-20 minutes each, and may be played individually or collaboratively. In addition to the game, teachers can download support materials and vocabulary activities. While geared to middle-school age kids, the program was developed to enhance current social studies programs in schools and so the games would be applicable for kids from 5th to 9th grades. The games work with kids from different skill levels. According to Grand Communications (who is doing PR for the service) the next game will be on slavery and will be introduced in spring 2011 with two additional games scheduled for 2012. It was created by Kids Interactive and Electric Funstuff for WNET in cooperation with the Center for Children and Technology. Details: Thirteen WNET New York, www.thirteen.org. Price: $free. Ages: 12-up. Platform: Windows, Mac OSX, Internet Site. Teaches/Purpose: history, social studies. Rating (1 to 5 stars): 4.8 stars. Entry date: 8/31/2010. [WB]
Monkey Madness: Island Escape
You are stranded on an island and attacked by monkeys which you much fend off with a slingshot or water gun. The controls are awkward for any right-handed person as you need to use the stylus to aim and the face buttons (A, B, etc.) to shoot. The game plays like a light-gun arcade game similar to Area 51, only shorter, clunkier, and harder to use. At $30 for what's essentially a point-and-click flash game on the DS, there's no reason to buy this title. Details: Storm City Entertainment, www.stormcityentertainment.com. Price: $20. Ages: 8-up. Platform: Nintendo DS. Teaches/Purpose: logic. Rating (1 to 5 stars): 2 stars. Entry date: 8/2/2010. [AB]
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+, Cartoon Violence, Mild Violence
PBS Kids Play! (www.pbskidsplay.org)
From clunky to spunky, PBS Kids Play has become much more responsive since we first reviewed it, just weeks after launch back in 2008 (CTR, April '08), when it earned just 2.9 stars. Compare that with 4.4 stars on our instrument in the current version. Why the change? This year's edition is based entirely in Flash, so no downloads or installations are needed. All you need is a Mac or Windows computer and a speedy web connection.There's also a new three room menu that puts all the content within a click, making it much easier for a young child to get out of whatever he or she gets into. That's a good thing, because some of the content that has been hiding in the crevices is very poorly designed; right next to some gems, including full epsides of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. If there was an award for "most improved," PBS Kids Play would be a viable candidate. If there's a downside, it is that there are still remnants of the original service on the lower part of the screen, in the form of a scrolling carrousel-style menu that can lead children into a sluggish, over-narrated maze of PBS characters. Kids will be smart enough to avoid this part of Play. Unlike Nick's www.mynoggin.com or Disney's www.preschooltime.com, no credit card commitment is needed. You get 15 days free -- no strings or codes; a practice that is refreshing and respectful of busy parents. That also makes it easy to have a look for yourself, which we recommend. Note that there's a new $500/year classroom edition option that makes it possible to track the progress for an entire classroom of kids, for up to a year, for either home or classroom access (each child gets his or her own login). Details: Public Broadcasting Service , www.pbskids.org. Price: $10/month. Ages: 3 -6. Platform: Windows, Mac OSX, Internet Site. Teaches/Purpose: reading, school readiness, upper/lower case letters, logic, classification. Rating (1 to 5 stars): 4.4 stars. Entry date: 1/11/2008. [WB]

Time, Money & Fractions, Grades 1-2
What would a worksheet look like on a multi-touch screen? Here's a poster-child example. Thirty sets of instantly corrected problems are interspersed with simple arcade games. Weaknesses include some of the clock icons are too small, and you have to type in answers using the iMac's keyboard, a less than smooth process because the keyboard interrupts the flow of the activity by covering the screen. Also, you can't turn off the repetitive background music, and progress is not recorded, even though children are asked to type in their name. Finally, we don't like the way the app automatically jumps to School Zone's web site upon exit. Strengths include the nice mix of problems with arcade games -- a tried and true formula that works well. We also liked the way the overall progress is tracked on the bottom of the screen with icons that are gradually letting children see where they are in the program. All in all, this is a useful app for use in classrooms to provide some extra practice with content right from any math curriculum. Details: School Zone Publishing, www.schoolzone.com. Price: $9.99. Ages: 6-8. Platform: iPad Universal. Teaches/Purpose: telling time, money, fractions. Rating (1 to 5 stars): 4 stars. Entry date: 9/2/2010. [WB]

uDraw GameTablet

Ease of Use 7
Educational The versatile Wii Remote can become a graphics tablet when it is snapped inside the uDraw GameTablet from THQ (www.worldofudraw.com). Entertaining The $70 Wii-only tablet will be released with a series of three drawing-based titles. Design Features While I found the controls to be less-than-intuitive, older kid testers, aged 11 and 13, figured them out quickly, and were able to make some beautiful watercolor sketches, Good Value and replay them when using the included title, called uDraw Studio (to which the ESRB Rating: Everyone ratings apply). If you're looking for the smooth glide of a Wacom tablet, you're likely to be disappointed. There's a slight lag between the dab of your stylus and what you see on your screen, and younger children will need help in order to toggle between the drawing tools palette and their sketch. Soon, you discover that as a drawing tool, uDraw has some real chops. There's an infinite number of colors that can be mixed or layered on a range of textured surfaces. You can replay your drawings as a slide show, erase, cut & paste, stamp and change for switching between, say, markers or charcoal. Work can be saved, or exported to your Wii's SD card in JPG format, but unfortunately you can't import graphics. Sorry kids, no drawing mustaches on Grandma. Two additional games (E-rated) will be Dood's Big Adventure and Pictionary ($30). Details: THQ, Inc., www.thq.com. Price: $70. Ages: 6-up. Platform: Wii. Teaches/Purpose: art, creativity, fine motor control. Rating (1 to 5 stars): 4.4 stars. Entry date: 8/10/2010. [WB]

World Book Early World of Learning
Early World of Learning, found at http://www.worldbookonline. com/ewol/home, is a collection of several hundred flash-based stories, animated poems and simple games. The site is organized into three parts: Treks Travels (stories, games, and videos on vocabulary and reading comprehension); Welcome to Reading (phonics, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, and comprehension); and Know It (a children's encyclopedia). The content is of high quality -- with good art and narration. The site was created in consultation with University of Maryland's Rebecca Silverman. Features include: Story narration by human voices of different genders and ethnicity; Word-by-word highlighting to foster development of literacy skills; Comprehension games; Printable activities in English or Spanish for use in the classroom or to take home; and Classic childrens stories, nursery rhymes, and songs, which can be downloaded to an MP3 player for children who may not be read to at home, or who would like extra reading time. Additional content includes a Lexile Framework for Reading measurements to ensure early readers use text at their level, and state- and province-based Curriculum Correlations. We could find no evidence of assessment or tracking features. The service is available on a subscription basis. We were impressed by the quality of the lessens although there's a hit-or-miss nature to the entire overall experience. Details: World Book, Inc., www.worldbook.com. Price: $call. Ages: 3-12. Platform: Windows, Mac OSX, Internet Site. Teaches/Purpose: reading, school readiness. Rating (1 to 5 stars): 4 stars. Entry date: 9/2/2010. [WB]

Future Releases

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 This section contains a listing of products in the process of being reviewed, but not yet rated. We also include significant updates of older products.
America's Test Kitchen: Let's Get Cooking
The 300 recipes from America's Test Kitchen include age-appropriate kitchen tasks, and settings can be adjusted to indicate whether younger helpers are old enough to handle knives or adjust stovetop controls. You can also rate favorite recipes, making it easy to search for favorites in the future. In addition, you can search for recipes by ingredients, difficulty, cooking time and calorie count. The recipes also feature how-to videos to help you if you need more information. If your cooks have more than one Nintendo DS, you can wirelessly transmit select recipes to them, even if you only have one game card, allowing you to concentrate on preparing the main dish while your assistants work on the side dishes. Details: Nintendo of America, www.nintendo.com. Price: $20. Ages: 8-up. Platform: Nintendo DS. Teaches/Purpose: cooking, following directions. Entry date: 5/12/2010.

Basic Math with Mathaliens
This app features two basic game types. In Mathaliens Bingo, the goal is create either a horizontal or vertical pattern of Mathaliens by matching correct answers to math questions with numbers displayed on twenty cards. The game can be modified, and you can select one of four areas (addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division) and three difficulty levels. In Addition and Subtraction, the difficulty levels correspond to numbers -- 0-10 (Easy), 0-20 (Medium), and 0-100 (Hard). In Multiplication and Division, these levels correspond to multiplying and dividing by 1-5 (Easy), 1-10 (Medium), and 11-20 (Hard). The other game, Hunting Mathaliens, consists of five levels, with the ability to modify as in the previous game. The goal is to get through all five levels, with each level becoming more difficult as more answer choices are displayed and your time to select the correct answer decreases. After you complete all five levels, you are rewarded with a new Mathalien creature, which is animated and can be collected in your gallery. Details: CFC s.r.o., www.22learn.com. Price: $0.99. Ages: 5-up. Platform: iPhone, iPod, iPad. Teaches/Purpose: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. Entry date: 8/17/2010.
Charlie Church Mouse: Early Elementary
Classic Bible Stories from the Old and New Testament are mixed with school readiness concepts, in the collection of six Bible stories. Each has multiple levels and activities and is designed to teach addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, spelling, time and money, art and music, synonyms and antonyms, and reasoning skills; all while reinforcing positive moral values. Other titles include Charlie Church Mouse: Kindergarten and Charlie Church Mouse: Preschool. Details: Left Behind Games, www.leftbehindgames.com. Price: $10. Ages: 6-8. Platform: Windows. Teaches/Purpose: religion. Entry date: 8/18/2010.

Chinese for Munchkins

Chinese for Munchkins is a set of number and animal flashcards, and memory and counting games for iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad. It introduces kids to basic Mandarin and Cantonese - the two most commonly spoken Chinese dialects. You can tap the "lao hu" and watch the tiger spin and roar and munch on bamboo with the hung mao (panda). You can also test what you've learned by playing the memory and counting games. Visit www. chineseformunchkins.com. The App was designed by two moms raising bilingual children. Details: Chinese for Munchkins, www.chineseformunchkins.com. Price: $0.99. Ages: 2up. Platform: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch. Teaches/Purpose: Mandarin & Chinese, numbers, counting, memory. Entry date: 5/20/2010.

FUTURE RELEASES AND UPDATES

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Disney Guilty Party
This who-done-it mystery party game lets you and your friends play as detectives. You become part of the Dickens Detective Agency as you investigate a series of crimes and identify the guilty party. It is possible to play alone or with up to four people in head-to-head competition, or team up in cooperative modes. You will search the crime scenes for clues, question suspects, and use the Wii Remote as a lock pick, flashlight, magnifying glass, and other sleuthing tools as you try to solve the mystery and unmask Mr. Valentine, the crime lord. Additional content includes mini-games; each level can be replayed with a different ending. Developed exclusively for the Wii by Wideload Studios. Details: Disney Interactive Studios, www.disneyinteractivestudios.com. Price: $40. Ages: 8-up. Platform: Wii. Teaches/Purpose: deductive reasoning. Entry date: 8/26/2010.
Dora's Big Birthday Adventure
Designed to let children explore music, movement, math, reading and language, this game features Dora and friends, as they try to escape from Wizzle World in time to get to Dora's birthday party. Content includes eight games with three levels in each, each with rewards. Winning games earns virtual prizes, and helps Dora return crystals to the Wizzles. Created by Nova Development and Nickelodeon. Details: Nova Development, www.novadevelopment.com. Price: $20. Ages: 2-5. Platform: Windows, Mac OSX. Teaches/Purpose: problem solving, math skills, music, computer skills. Entry date: 8/26/2010.

Eye Pet

Bringing a new and interesting twist to the crowded virtual pet category, Sony has developed a sim designed to put you inside your monitor, where you can play with your pet on a more direct level. Designed for PS3 systems with the PlayStation Eye (required), EyePet is a virtual animal that requires daily care and feeding. We've been playing with a beta version -- watch for a full review. The pets, which look like a cross between monkeys and kittens, can learn and develop skills, become more intelligent and agile, and earn rewards. You can place an object such as a toy in front of the camera to see your pet interact with it. Pets can be tickled by waving your finger in front of the camera, poked or chased. It is possible to customize your pet with different toys and clothing items, from a library of 250 fashion items. Note that this title was originally planned for a 2009 release but was re-designed for use with the PlayStation Move system. In our tests with an early version, we learned that even older children seem to get attached to their pets. We're eager to try the concept with preschoolers. Details: Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., www.us.playstation.com. Price: $call. Ages: 3-up. Platform: PlayStation 3. Teaches/Purpose: creativity, causality. Entry date: 6/23/2009.

My First Words: The Complete Collection
Part of the "Learning is fun" game collection, this app teaches children basic words. The object of the game is to arrange the letters in the correct order to make up a word. Letters are pronounced as they are touched, and when a word is completed it is pronounced and and if spelled correctly and animation is displayed. Content contains 50 words on three themes: animals, colors and fruits. Also available in French, Spanish, Italian and Dutch. Details: A&R Entertainment, www.ar-entertainment.net. Price: $3.99. Ages: 2-7. Platform: iPad. Teaches/Purpose: spelling. Entry date: 7/19/2010.

My Poingo (update)

Originally released in 2008, this new edition of Poingo is lighter and easier to hold. It also features a new cartridge-based system, so no computer (or associated downloads) are required. The starter set includes the interactive reader and one hardcover Sesame Street book and cartridge. Additional books include SpongeBob Squarepants, Dora the Explorer, Disney Fairies and more, and retail for $8 each. Requires two AAA batteries and includes a headphone jack for quiet play. Details: Publications International, Ltd., www.pubint.com. Price: $30. Ages: 3-7. Platform: Smart Toy. Teaches/Purpose: reading, writing. Entry date: 8/23/2010.

NHL 2K11

Looking for a fun, action packed game of hockey?This year's NHK 2K11 uses the Wii MotionPlus to bring more stick control to your Wii Remote, giving you more control over your offense and defense. The game features improved player models, redesigned arenas, detailed jerseys and equipment. The new interactive, multiplayer mode lets you compete with Miis in competitive minigames. There are also trivia challenges and skills competitions. Developed by Visual Concepts for 2K Sports. Details: 2K Sports, www.2ksports.com. Price:. Ages: 10-up. Platform: Wii. Teaches/Purpose: sports, hockey. Entry date: 8/23/2010.

Pixton.com

Pixton is online software for making comics, along with a social community for kids to collaborate creatively by commenting, rating and remixing each other's comics. With your free membership level, you can earn badges, points and levels, build a global fanbase, send messages to friends & fans, activate a content filter for adults & kids, make t-shirts and use the basic Pixton Comic Creator. You can also earn Pixton reward credits that can be used to get extra props & characters, boost your comics for more views, get full resolution printable PDFs, and get full resolution JPGs and PNGs. A premium membership called Pixton+ ($4.95/month) allows you to use the Comic Creator, create a banner image for your profile, change multiple colors on props, remix comics with select friends, activate your rating power, and switch up your Pixture on comments. You will also have access to private comics for friends & family, be able to track your fame with comic stats, and get monthly Pixton Credits for free. Details: Pixton Comics Inc., www.pixton.com. Price: $free/$4.95 mo. Ages: 6-up. Platform: Internet Site. Teaches/Purpose: creativity. Entry date: 8/10/2010.

Silent Auction Items 2009 - We are hoping to make next year's list even bigger and better

Food/Wine

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Chef's tasting dinner at Suze Restaurant, 5-course tasting dinner for 4 with a champagne reception ($600 value) (4) $25 Gift Certificates to Chili's Gift certificate for dinner for 2 to Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House, ($100 value) $100 Gift Certificate to Hacienda Restaurant on Henderson, Gift Certificate for dinner for 4, Expires 12/10 Sprinkles Cupcake party for 24 people! ($72 value) $100 Whole Foods Gift Card, courtesy of A Shred 2 Pieces Shredding Company Fuqua Winery Wine-Tasting Party for 12 ($420 value) Corner Bakery Cafe Catering, Delicious Medium Corner Classic (serves 9-14 people) Your choice of sandwich basket, mini-sandwhich basket or sandwich builder tray, two side items (chips, salads or vegetable basket) and either a sweets basket or a cookie basket. ($155 value) $50 Gift Certificate to Flying Saucer $450 Gift Certificate to Flying Fish $300 Gift Certificate to Lotus, VIP Friday/Saturday night for four (one premium bottle of liquor and reserved booth), Expires 12/10, Value: $300 Pokey O's Cookies and Ice Cream, 1 dozen cookies each month for a year, Value: $130

Sports

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(2) 1 year memberships to Guy Mezger's Combat Sports Club - Karate, Kickboxing, MMA for kids and adults ($1,200 value) $50 gift certificate to Richardson Bike Mart (2) Tickets + Parking to Dallas Mavs v Boston Celtics, Sat, 3/20/10, 8pm, Sec 116, Row G, Seats 1 & 2, ($250 value) (4) Tickets + Parking to Dallas Mavs v Detroit Pistons, Sat, 1/5/10, 8pm, Sec 112, Seats 15 - 18, ($225 value) (2) Tickets to Dallas Stars v San Jose Sharks, Mon, 12/28/09, 7:30pm, Sec 121, Row V, Seats 15 & 16 ($200 value) (2) Tickets + Parking to Stars vs. Detroit Red Wings, Sat., 12/19/PM ($198 + $25 parking pass) Edwin Watts Golf Academy - Free Golf Swing Analysis ($49 value) (2) Free golf lessons from Golf Galaxy ($49 value) Round of golf for 4 people at Gleneagles Country Club (valid Tuesday - Thursdays) ($450 value) Round of golf for 4 people at Stonebriar Country Club (valid Tuesday - Thursdays) ($450 value) Round of golf for 4 people at Trophy Club Country Club (valid Tuesday - Thursdays) ($400 value) Round of golf for 4 people at Stonebridge Ranch Country Club (valid Tuesday -Thursdays) Round of golf for 4 people at Las Colinas Country Club (valid Tuesday - Thursday) ($400 value) 2 Rounds of golf for 4 people at Oak Ridge Country Club ($300 value) Michael Young autographed ball in a case ($130 value) Ian Kinsler autographed ball in a case ($120 value) Josh Hamilton Jersey - Medium Josh Hamilton Poster Josh Hamilton sign Josh Hamilton Macfarlane figure Josh Hamilton Macfarlane variant figure (ooohh!) Josh Hamilton t-shirt - Medium Josh Hamilton t-shirt - Large 2009 Topps Baseball Card Complete set factory sealed Signed Nolan Ryan baseball in a case ($175 value) $50 gift certificate from Luke's Locker Sammy Sosa's autographed photo, framed with six photos in it (when he hit his 600th) ($200 value) 3 Private Tennis Lessons with Chad Brown at Greenville School ($150 value) (2) North Face Tents (Mt. Everest Quality) ($500 value each) 3 Personal Training Sessions with Justin Allen, personal trainer, AEON Studio ($300 value)

Photography

Family Photography Session with Courtney Leigh Photography ($500 value) Full Portrait Session and disk of images with Jonnye Bower Photography ($1,800 value) Gift certificate to Andie Hamilton Photography. Use towards a family/child portrait sitting/prints ($400 value, good for 1 year) Photo Shoot, Painting & Sunset Photo courtesy of Jeff Hoedebeck ($400 value, expires 5/31/10)

Spa/Massage

Massage gift certificate for an hour and a half massage $100 Gift Certificate to So Rene Spa Botox Session with Dr Jennifer Cather of Modern Dermatology of Dallas ($500 value) Gift Certificate for Hair Cut & Color, Osgood-ONeil Salon/ Lauren Schlabs, Value: $185

Jewelry/Clothing

Baby Bean Vintage Wear: 2T Bessie Day Dress (A-line vintage dress) courtesy of The Little Bean Shop ($68 value) Turquoise Necklace with Iron Cross courtesy of Heather Murphy ($82 value) Me&Ro Sterling Silver Pendant from Joanne and Charles Teichman at YLANG|23 ($220 value)

Miscellaneous

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Weekend use of car from Sewell Lexus ($200 value) Condo in Orange Beach, AL (Silver Beach Condos) - (Thurs - Sunday) T-Mobile HotSpot Wireless Cards, courtesy of Brian Evetts ($250 value) Vaccine package & annual exam for your pet at Metro Paws Animal Hospital ($200 value) LabraDoodle Puppy from Dixie's Doodles of Austin & HillebrandCory - Puppy available at Christmas! ($2000 value) Painting of Shannon as Mr. Furley, mixed media on wood panel, 2 ft. square ($250 value) A Handmade Remeberance Quilt measuring 71"x85" made with love by Shannon's Aunt, Vivian Abrigg $50 Gift card good for any purchase or services at the Cat Connection Full Feature Graphing Calculator TI 84 plus Silver Edition, Required on SAT, ACT, AP exams Value: $100

Gift Baskets

#1 Wii Game package: Family Game Night, Trivial Pursuit, Monopoly - Estimated Value $75 #2 Wii Action Games: My Sims Agents, Boom Blox, Boom Blox Bash Party - Estimated Value $75 #3 Wii Girls: Littlest Pet Shop, Pajama Party - Estimated Value $40 #4 Wii Boys Package: Harry Potter, Madden NFL 10, GI Joe The Rise of Cobra - Estimated Value $80 #5 Play Station Sports Package: Fight Night Round 4, FIFA Soccer 10, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 - Estimated Value $120 #6 Boys Play Station Package: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Need for Speed Shift, Medal of Honor Airborne - Estimated Value $100 #7 X-Box Sports Package: NHL 10, NBA Live 10, NCAA Football 10, Fight Night Round 4 - Estimated Value $200 #8 X-Box Boys Games: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Need for Speed - Shift, GI Joe The Rise of Cobra - Estimated Value $150 #9 Nintendo DS Girls Games: Charm Girls Club My Perfect Prom, Charm Girls Club My Fashion Mall, Charm Girls Club My Fashion Show, Boogie - Estimated Value $80 #10 Nintendo DS Girls Games: Littlest PetShop Beach Friends, Littlest PetShop City Friends, Littlest PetShop Country Friends, Littlest PetShop Winter Hiver - Estimated Value $100 #11 Star Wars/GI Joe Basket: Star Wars Clone Wars All Terrain Tactical Enforcer, Star Wars Clone Commander Thire Action Figure, Star Wars Battle Droid Action Figure, Star Wars Kenobi Action Figure, Optimus Prime Radio Control RPMS, GI Joe Rise of Cobra Eel with Wave Crusher, GI Joe James Grand Slam Barney and Air Assault Glider, GI Joe Action Battler Cobra Commander, GI Joe Snarler Cycle, Optimus Prime Mighty Muggs, GI Joe Ninja Battles Snake Eyes vs. Storm Shadow #12 Star Wars/GI Joe Basket: Star Wars Clone Wars Clone Turbo Tank, Star Wars Action Figure Captain Arguys, Star Wars Action Figure Luminara Undult, Star Wars Action Figure Duel Action Lightsaber, GI Joe Defense of Cobra Island, GI Joe Rise of Cobra Destro, GI Joe Action Figure Storm Shadow, GI Joe Polar Sharc Submarine, GI Joe Snake Eyes vs. Storm Shadow, GI Joe Adult Collectible Rise of Cobra Baroness Doll #13 Transformers Basket: Skywarp Bust, Battle Chargers Optimus Prime, Autobot Ratchet, Supertuner Throwdown Revenge of the Fallen Blowpipe, Bumblebee Auction Figure Human Alliance, Optimus Prime Voice Charger (Mask), Autobot Camshaft Megatron (Value Box) #14 Boys Basket Nerf Longshot CS-6 N-Strike, Nerf 3 Packs of Streamline Darts, Nerf N-Force Thunder Fury, GI Joe Red Fang Ninja Action Figure, GI Joe Nano Viper Cobra Commander Action Figure, GI Joe Desert Rockslide ATAV, Transformer Dodge Ram SRT-10 Nemesis Prime, Transformer Ironhide vs. Starscream RPMs, Transformer Laserbeak Buzzsaw Ravage Ratbat #15 Sports Basket: Nerf Bat, Nerf Baseball, Nerf Basket Ball, Nerf Football, Nerf Dart Tag Gun with Darts, Nerf N-Strike with Darts #16 Boys Basket: Bat the Chargers Bumblebee Car Transformers, Nerf N-Strike Recon CS-6 Gun with Darts, Transformers Alternators Car #17 Young Boys Basket: Tonka Wheel Pals Cushy Cruisin School Bus, TonkaChuck & Friends Truck, Tonka Mighty Dump Truck, Tonka Chuck & Friends Fold & Go Construction Quarry, Tonka Chuck & Friends Round Town Fleet of Cars, Tonka Chuck & Friends Tucker the Pick-up Truck #18 Boys Basket: Transformers Alternators Dodge Ram SRT-10 Optimus Prime, Transformer RPMS Car 2-Pack, Transformer RPMS Car Autobot Skids, Transformer RPMS Car Sideswipe, Transformer RPMS Battle Chargers Side Swipe, Tonka Mighty Dump Truck, Tonka Bounce Back Racer Remote Control Car

#19 Girls Littlest PetShop Basket: Littlest Petshop Light-up Dome Ballons 'N Treats Birthday Party, Littlest PetShop Hungries #926/927, Littlest PetShop Post Card Pets #1068 - Estimated Value $50 #20 Girls My Little Pony Basket: My Little Pony Pizza Night Cherrilee & Starsong, My Little Pony Sweetie Belle, My Little Pony Scootin Along & Scottaloo & Toola-Roola, My Little Pony Cheerilee, My Little Pony Sweetie Belles Gumball House #21 Girls Basket: Tumbles Fur Real My Roll-Over Pup, My Little Pony Supermarket Store, Baby Alive Real Surprises Baby, Littlest PetShop Hungriest #852, 853, 854, Littlest PetShop Postcard Pets #1069 #22 Girls Basket: Baby Alive Better Now Baby, Littlest PetShop Cozy Care Adoption Center, Littlest PetShop Happiest #997, Littlest PetShop Funniest #884, Littlest PetShop Sassiest #1038, Littlest PetShop Sassiest #993, Littlest PetShop Online LPSO Pets #23 Girls Basket: Baby Alive Whoopsie Doo, LPSO Pets Online, Fur Real Lulu My Cuddlin - Kitty, My Little Pony Punkie Pies Dress up, Cheerleader Fun & Pinkie Pie & Rainbow Dash #24 Boys Basket: Tonka Chuck & Friends Dump Truck, Tonka Chuck & Friends Highway Fleet, Tonka Truck - Mighty Loader, Tonka Triple Truck Tower #25 Rangers Basket: Texas Rangers Suite, Major League Baseball Complete 2009 Card Set - 660 Cards, Texas Rangers Official Jersey #26 Italian Heritage Basket: Bread-Dipping Herbs, Pasta, Balsamic Vinegar, Ceramic Strainer, Olive Oil Canister - Estimated Value $50 #27 Metro Paws Animal Clinic Basket - Dallas, Texas: One Annual Exam with all Vaccines Package for Cat or Dog, Engrave ID Tag, Standard Grooming and Nail Trim, Chew Toys, Dog Leash, Blanket - Estimated Value $250