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Turning Point, PO Box 310945, New Braunfels, TX 78131-0945, USA
  Phone: (830) 608-9812   FAX: (830) 608-0882
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Early Learning - First Experiences

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TF-2037

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All About Materials
Grades Kindergarten-2, Inclusion

To rescue the king in the weird and wobbly Land of the Green Jelly, you must know the properties of materials. This easy-to-use, fully speech supported software offers a medley of activities and experiments designed to teach young children about the nature of materials ranging from metal to fabric.

Minimum system requirements
Win 3.1 or later, 75 MHz, 16 MB RAM, 800 x 600
Mac OS 7 and later, PowerMac, 16 MB RAM, thousands of colors

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Details

1 User
$59.95
5 Users
$179.85
Network
$449.95
Other Options

TF-2038

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All About Ourselves
Grades Kindergarten-2, Inclusion

All About Ourselves is a visually stimulating resource, which promotes thought and discussion through a variety of interactive tasks and activities. Young children will see themselves in a whole new light. Part of the All About Series. Simple drag-and-drop activities incorporate topics such as growing up and eating well. Early readers explore the senses and express their thoughts and preferences with the aid of word banks. Full speech support, talking stories, and slide shows make the program fun for non-readers as well.

Minimum system requirements
Win 3.1+, 486 66 MHz, 8MB RAM, 640 x 480, 256 colors, 2x CD, 30MB HD space
Mac OS 7+, 68020, 4MB RAM, 1000s of colors, 2x CD, 640 x 480, 256 colors

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1 User
$59.95
5 Users
$179.85
Network
$449.95
Other Options

TF-2069

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All About Science with Toys
Grades Kindergarten -2, Inclusion, Win

Young learners discover science and physical processes using their favorite toys. The latest program in the popular All About Series,  All on screen text will be read aloud if clicked, making All About Toys suitable for use with early or non-readers. Introduce students to a variety of new skills through 6 menus and 15 interactive activities.

Minimum system requirements
Win 95+, Pentium 266MHz, 132MB RAM, 16 bit color, sound, microphone

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1 User
$59.95
5 Users
$179.85
Network
$449.95
Other Options

1 User
ST-CM2

5 Users
ST-CM25PK

Overlay CD
ST-OV21CM2

Test Me, Score Me
ST-TS2CM2

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Concepts on the Move 2- Advanced

This program gives students practice with the advanced concepts of functions, occupations, goes with, prepositions and categories. 

Test the students' comprehension with Test Me, Score Me - Advanced Concepts (sold separately). Intellikeys overlay CD sold separately.

5 User option is included in the link to more info.

128MB RAM  Win ME/2000/XP  Mac OS 8.1-9.2/OSX Classic
 


1 User
$115.00
5 Users
$450.00
Overlay CD
$49.00
Test/Score Me
$59.00
1 User
IT-LB03

5 Users
IT-LB04

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Make Choices with Switch Symbol

Let's Go To The Beach

Go paddling, choose sunglasses and a hat, try out a telescope or explore a rock pool. You can build your own sandcastle too, complete with flags, shells and tunnels.

It is a delightful onscreen story book with decision making activities and animations to link the story together. It encourages the discussion of preferences and promotes life skills. Each page has a limited number of things to click on, making it easy for those learning switch scanning skills.

Win 95-XP Mac Classic/OSX

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1 User
$98.00
5 Users
$275.00
1 User
IT-LI01

5 Users
IT-LI05

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Make Choices with Switch Symbol

Let's Go To Town

Designed to promote decision making and encourage discussion of the real-life activity at a basic level. The story and presentation are aimed at students of all ages, principally with severe learning difficulties and/or little reading ability. Use keyboard, mouse, switch, touch monitor or IntelliKeys.

Win 95-XP  Mac Classic/OSX

let's go to town software

1 User
$98.00
5 Users
$275.00
TF-2095

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Musical Leaps and Bounds
Grades Kindergarten-1, Inclusion
Best Software for Kids, 2004, Museum of Science Boston

In My Band, listen to a mixture of timbre, dynamics, and texture using instruments ranging from a guitar to tubular bells. Sequence singing characters however you like to compose new tunes and choreograph dance routines in Let's Dance. The concept of pitch is introduced in Up and Down with a series of amusing monsters. The taller the monster, the higher the sound he makes! Kids move characters closer or further away to make corresponding sounds get quieter or louder as they experiment with dynamics in Mixing Desk. Create scary, serene, angry, happy, and other songs in Moody Jukebox, where the influence of musical textures and dynamics on mood is demonstrated. The Singing Blobs are fun characters that each play a unique note when clicked, and a sustained note when the button is held down.

Minimum system requirements
Win 95, Pentium 133 MHz, 32MB RAM, 800 x 600, 16 bit color
Mac OS 8.5, 68040, 4x CD, 800 x 600

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1 User
$44.95
5 Users
$134.85
10 Users
$224.75
25 Users
$449.50
TF-2302

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Patch the Puppy
Grades Kindergarten-1

Patch has trampled the flowers in the garden and needs help putting them back together. Preschool youngsters will love developing cross-curricular skills with Patch the Puppy and his animal friends on the farm. They will practice identifying colors, counting, categorizing, completing patterns, and identifying symmetrical objects. Everyday life skills such as sorting laundry, organizing, and washing are clearly demonstrated with fun graphics. Elementary anatomy and animal biology are also introduced. This innovative program is carefully designed to make learning fun for young children.

Win 3.1, 4MB RAM, 256 colors
Mac OS 7, 68040, 4MB RAM, 256 colors, 640 x 480, 8x CD

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1 User
$49.95
5 Users
$149.85
$149.85
Other Options

1 User
IT-SW19

5 Users
IT-SW20

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SwitchIt! Christmas Extra

All the joys of the festive season in one fun-packed, switch accessible program! Enjoy building a snowman, pulling a cracker and decorating the tree, all on-screen with sound and animation rewards.

Can be used in 3 different ways:
Event Sequences:
12 little animations each based upon a simple theme such as decorating the Christmas tree. Each sequence has 5 steps, carefully chosen to maximize speaking and listening.
Picture Building: build pictures and see them animate, or use the one-step option for basic cause and effect.
Flash Cards: flip through a selection of large pictures that relate to the theme

Minimum System Requirements:
Win 95-XP Mac Classic
  
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1 User
$118.00
5 Users
$299.00
1 User
IT-SW16

5 Users
IT-SW17

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SwitchIt! Farm Extra

Develop thinking and language skills around farm animals, their young and where they live. Cow and calf, hen and chicken, plus many more to motivate your learners.
Develop and demonstrate understanding of cause and effect and simple scanning activities through pressing a switch (or other input device) to build a scene. Animated rewards motivate success.

Minimum System Requirements:
Win 95-XP Mac Classic

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1 User
$118.00
5 Users
$299.00
TF-2062

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Networkable Software

Switch On Travel

Special Ed

Switch on Travel is designed to develop awareness of cause and effect using pictures of vehicles. It has exciting animation and sound, and includes picture building, matching, reaction timing and picture recognition using speech. Screens include bus, airplane, motorcycle, police car, ambulance, fire engine, and helicopter. The level of difficulty can be changed to meet the needs of a range of students.

Win 3.1+, 486  Mac OS7+
 
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1 User
$59.95
5 Users
$179.85
TF-2063

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Networkable Software

Switch On Zoo

Special Ed

Switch on Zoo develops awareness of cause and effect, using zoo animals as a theme. Students practice picture matching, making choices, and matching pictures to a spoken word. Activities include picture building, matching, reaction timing, and picture recognition using speech. Screens such as elephant, lion, penguins, parrot, monkey, and sea lion will capture students' attention. The level of difficulty can be changed to meet the needs of a range of students.

Win 3.1+, 486
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1 User
$59.95
5 Users
$179.85

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