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When your child knows his alphabet and is familiar with the keyboard, it's time for WordTalk. This is the program that actually teaches a preschooler to read. It does this by teaching him the sounds of the letters in carefully selected groups of words. It begins with words all in capital letters so he can see the Correspondence between the letters on the screen and the keyboard. For instance, the word "FIT" will appear on the screen, with the "F" highlighted. The child finds the "F" on the keyboard and presses the key. The computer says "fuh" and goes on to Highlight the "I". When the entire word is spelled, the computer goes through the sounds again, then says the word (pausing briefly so the child can look at the word again after hearing it spoken) and goes on to the next. A parent may have to help the child get the hang of this program. In AlphaTalk and KidWrite, Any key the child pressed produced a reaction, but in WordTalk only one key is the "right" one - the letter that is highlighted. It took Eddy (2 years, one month old) only a couple of ten-minute sessions to figure out what was wanted, so it's still a very friendly program - it's simply not meant for the youngest babies. Now, to the mechanics of WordTalk. There are several options which a parent or the child can select. The most important menu is at the Far right - "File". It allows the child to "Open" the particular list of words he's interested in. For instance, if he opens "1-AT", the list consists of "AT", "CAT", "HAT", "FAT", "FLAT", "SAT", "SPAT" and "SPLAT". As you can tell, the lists are not put together haphazardly, but with a common theme, usually same-ending-sound. At any time in a list the child can choose another list. He doesn't even have to finish the word he's doing first. We believe in maximum flexibility for minimum frustration.

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