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Using computers with young children is not as easy as people assume - it very much depends on the quality of the software that is available.

This package is one that works - it's a well-thought-out and executed set of programs which will thrill many children in the four to eight age group.

The cassette contains four programs which are graded in difficulty.

The first, Mr. Greedy's Ice Cream Hunt, is simply an attempt to improve hand/eye co-ordination and uses colour to emphasise direction.

Mr. Silly's Hat Game is the weakest program on the cassette, because it takes far too long to finish. The aim here is to select the hats that Mr. Silly wants, learning shape and colour matching in the process.

The final two games feature Mr. Forgetful, who has lost either his clothes or letters of the alphabet in his 14 wardrobes. This is basically pair matching, but is very well done, except for the tune at the end.

The package also contains a 24-page full colour book of Roger Hargreaves stories to explain, and interest the children in the games, plus a direction key template.

D.C.