I've found a very user-friendly educational software, called mozalearn.com (It really is easy to use, my own children also took to it quickly). It is extremely useful for almost any school subject. What I like most about it myself, as a teacher, is that this program helps me greatly in compiling exercises for the kids, saving me a lot of valuable time.
Scifinder is the best educational science software. It has the most up to date science articles published by scientist all over the world. This software is quite expensive.
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Stores that sell educational software would be Best Buy,The School Box,Walmart and Office supply stores like Staples or Office depot
SuperKids and AlphaBaby are popular Mac software for 5-and-under kids.
The software "Thomas And Friends: Special Delivery" offers a variety of educational activities, as does "Thomas And Friends: Trouble on the Tracks."
Yes, one of the best is Kurzweil 1000TM. Software that helps those who are blind and visually impaired.
Something fun would be the best christmas present,so find something the recipient is interested in and match an educational software that fits what they like.
There are many educational software programs that are free and many that are extremely expensive. You need to decide what kind of software you want and then start searhcing for what is in your budget.
That depends upon your child's needs.The best educational games fit your individual needs.If you need something you should go to one of the Home Schooling websites and see what they say about educational software for your child's age group.
The Time4Learning and Time4Writing software bundles are very useful for homeschooling. All Education Software is another brand you may want to look into.
There's no standard avaiable for home schooling, but there is a wide range of academic management software that may work.
The Princeton Review makes a software package for the SAT and ACT that is great. Kaplan also makes software for the SAT. If you could attend one of their classes that would be better but the software will prepare you for the test.