EasyPC enables infants and toddlers to enjoy Comfy's fascinating interactive games. The system was designed to suit the capabilities and interests of children between the ages of one to five. The EasyPC and software enable your child independence and comfortable control, without requiring reading skills or use of the computer mouse so that your child can progress at his/her own personal pace.Its familiar shapes, vibrant colors and friendly images invite young fingers to touch, explore and discover. The specially designed software has multi-level activities that enable your child to control various aspects of the activities according to his/her personal development.
The Comfy Keyboard and software has been created and designed by a pedagogical research and development team that specializes in technology media to suit the capabilities and interests of children between the ages of 1 to 5 and their learning stage of development. Playing in Comfy's interactive environment will provide your child with the following: Learning through play and exploration, Acquiring basic computer skills, Developing motor and sensory skills, language skills, cognitive skills, emotional skills, and social skills.
The following qualities make Comfy's approach unique and well suited to attaining its educational goals. The activities are an interactive combination of stories, animated movies, viewing pictures and color painting, hearing music and singing songs, motor activities and exposure to social concepts. The Comfy Keyboard replaces the standard keyboard and mouse. Each key is colorful and easy to use. No reading or writing skills are required. Comfy activities are age-appropriate and the characters and objects participating in the story are amiable and amusing. Once the level is adapted to your child's learning stage of development and the activity begins, your child can play without parental assistance. The computer characters talk to your child and explain what to do at every stage in the activity. Each explanation is accompanied by a variety of illustrated graphics and animations.
Motor and Sensory Skills - As children grow, their physical and mental skills develop, enabling them to perform more complex tasks. Your child learns to identify objects and characters, correctly interpret stimuli from immediate surroundings and develop the senses. When playing with Comfy, your child learns to: Correlate between the objects and characters he or she sees on the screen with those on the Comfy Keyboard. Improve visual perception by distinguishing between different shapes and colors. Improve hearing perception.
Language Skills - Children's vocabulary is constantly expanding as they learn to construct sentences. With Comfy, your child can: Learn how to phrase questions, requests, warnings and instructional sentences. Gain knowledge of new concepts pertaining to specific topics such as the weather, mail and time.
Thinking Skills - Children's memory capacity is gradually enhanced enabling them to remember more and more pictures, voices and experiences. In addition, their imagination develops and improves their creative thinking skills. Playing with Comfy can help your child to: Enhance understanding of cause and effect relationships by allowing the child to intervene in an evolving story and cause changes to take place (e.g., make it rain, change day to night). Practice remembering objects, sounds, voices, events and characters throughout an activity. Develop his/her imagination by participating in the story's plot and influencing it as desired while enhancing creative skills. Participate in "make-believe play" with characters to learn from them about the real world they live in. Learn to concentrate and apply mental effort by performing challenging tasks.
Emotional Development - Children require a warm and supportive environment as well as clear definitions of limitations and prohibitions. This allows them to develop independence and inquire about their surroundings and initiate activities in an endeavor to strengthen their self-confidence and self-image. Comfy presents your child with: Positive experiences, from discovering changing colors and sounds to meeting friendly characters. Feedback and encouragement for your child's actions on the keyboard. A chance to relieve impulses by using the Spin-Roller on the Comfy Keyboard. sense of control of the Comfy Keyboard, the events in the activities and the way the plot evolves. A sense of control improves the child's confidence and self-image. Clear definition of game rule limitations (For example; Buddy the bear asks the child to make it rain "but not now- only in a little while, after I get home").
Social and Behavioral Values - Young children learn accepted forms of behavior by becoming acquainted with social and cultural norms. With Comfy games, they learn appropriate behavior patterns and how to overcome social difficulties and obstacles. In this area, Comfy: Helps your child participate in and learn appropriate behavior in various daily situations. Presents characters that your child can identify with. Emphasizes positive social norms such as cooperation and the value of assisting others. Comfyland introduces positive values of friendship, compromise and respect for every being and object.
System requirements are as follows - Processor: Pentium III 300 MHz and above, OS: Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, Memory 32 MB Ram and above (64 MB and above recommended), Hard Disk: at least 80 MB free space, CD-Rom Drive: 4x over sampling and above, USB Port, sound card, color screen, and speakers.
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