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There are various educational computer games that parents can buy to foster and better their children's intelligence. The age groups that will be covered herein are as follows: ages 4-6, ages 6-8, ages 9-10, and ages 11-12. Some games will overlap, extending to other age groups.

AGES 4-6
1. BEGINNING READING, 4-6, teaches kids how to read simple and short sentences, supported with repeated words, pictures, and many clues. If he or she has difficulties pronouncing a word, a click on the word will provide help. Created by teachers and educational experts, this program helps kids learn in a cool way.

Price: $12.95.

2. ARTHUR'S MATH GAMES, 4-7, provides a fun and interactive game for kids to learn the basic mathematical skills. It helps kids learn the fundamental skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, shapes, and counting. This game is embedded with many fun images to make the learning process much easier.

Price: $14.95.

3. I LOVE PHONICS!, 4-7, is a steppingstone for great articulation and reading. Kids first learn how to sound letters and climb to more challenging reading phonics. This CD focuses on alphabet, letter recognition, sound recognition, rhyming, etc. Developed by educational experts, this program - containing all 44 phonemes of the English language - is a tool that will benefit any child.

Price: $14.95.

AGES 6-8:
1.GRAMMAR ROCK, 6-10, makes learning the parts of speech entertaining with engaging music. It develops grammar skills with 9 music videos (i.e., Nine Emmy award-winning videos) that kids can dance to and smile while learning the various parts of speech: nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, verbs, prepositions, predicates, and so forth.

Price: $14.95.

2. I LOVE USA!, 5-9, analyzes all 50 states in conjunction with their history. Kids learn about various regions, cities, and major landmarks, etc. while exploring the USA in search for Joe, who is hidden all across the country and provides educational clues to his whereabouts. In all, this CD is packed with significant facts about the USA.

Price: $14.95.

3. READER RABBIT'S MATH ADVENTURE, 6-9, is a ton of fun and kids will not be bored. The many activities allow kids to maneuver wherever they choose, and the option to tweak the difficulty levels from easy to hard is a plus. Basically, the many activities cover all the math basics, in conjunction with other math skills that kids ought to know.

Price: $11.99

AGES 9-10:
1. THE TUTTLES MADCAP ADVENTURES, 7 and up, won the 2008 Parents'

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