For too many students, learning the correct usage and placement of punctuation marks can seem an impossible chore. This popular six-part series teaches all about end marks, commas, quotation marks, apostrophes, colons, semicolons, dashes, parentheses, and hyphens. The CD-ROM version, in particular, will make punctuation both interesting and accessible, revealing how punctuation marks are actually devices designed to help a reader.

Forming the plurals of English singular nouns represents yet another case in which our fascinating language displays great diversity, if not always ease. This full-color, narrated program presents general guidelines to help in the formation and spelling of the various plural forms. With a little study, users will find that plural forms can be easy to handle. The activities features numerous games such as Noah and Yes-Ah which lets the user fill the ark by turning each animal into a pair of animals. An Apple a Day requires the user to pull apples from a tree and place each into the proper bushel basket in order to earn points. Other activities ask users to seek-and-find singular nouns, and create the plural forms of many common foods. The resources section contains information that can be printed and saved. A Summary Fact Sheet contains a comprehensive review of the rules used to create plurals. The list of Words to Remember shows words grouped by specific rule. A self-testing section enables learners to gauge their own progress, and the Teacher section contains a comprehensive Teacher Guide that parents and teachers will find invaluable.

This full-color, narrated program is aimed at developing correct spelling habits through general advice and some specific rules of the "i before e" variety. We can't make spelling easy -- no one can do that with our wonderful, yet awkward, language -- but it will, through famous quotations and animated visuals, bring interest and appeal to the topic. The activities section features numerous games such as Dear, Deer Me!, which lets the user complete puzzles to uncover various homonyms, homophones, and homographs. Sit for a Spell requires the student to catch the correctly spelled words as they fall from the sky.

Other activities ask users to spell the names of all the United States and to correctly spell weather-related terms. Play alone, or with others, in trying to attain the highest score in Spell Bound. Spellers of all ages will be challenged by these fast paced activities. The resources section contains a comprehensive review of the rules of spelling, a list of commonly misspelled words, a self-testing section which enables learners to gauge progress, and a comprehensive Teacher Guide.