School Edition Includes:

• User's Guide - Provides all the information needed to run the program, including illustrations and directions for all menu items.
  
• Student Activities - Activities to further the development of your students' individual skills. Many of these activities are designed for cooperative learning groups. Some can be set up or activity centers where students can work independently. And many activities can be extended and integrated with students' work at the computer
• Blackline Masters - Reproducible that complement the lesson plans and activities.

Your child’s first creativity program should be fun and easy to use! And that’s exactly what you’ll find in Paint, Write & Play! Right from the start, children are surrounded by wonder, surprise, silly sounds, and amazing animations.
Imagination can run loose with paint tools, 48 colors, fun fill patterns, and more. Pick-and-click word lists help early writers add words to stories without typing, and the text-to-speech capability lets children hear their stories read aloud. From painting colorful pictures to writing simple stories, every creative step is filled with irresistible, easy-to-use tools that children are sure to love.

The 16 lessons that follow provide a way for young readers to explore specific features of "Paint, Write & Play !" on their own.

1. Meet the Main Menu
   Learn about the Travel Center, Art Studio, Writing House, and how to quit the program.

2. The Travel Center
   Visit different scenes in the Travel Center, then return to the Main Menu.

3. Collecting Words
   Select words to add to and delete from a word list in the Travel Center.
4. ABC Words and ABC Picture Words
   Build a word list with ABC words and ABC Picture Words in the Travel Center. Print the list.
5. Moving Pictures
   Find animations in a Travel Center scene.
6. The Art Studio
   Learn to use stamps and change their size i the Art Studio.
7. Draw, Paint, and Fill
   Use the drawing and painting tools, then add colors and patterns in the Art Studio.
8. Backgrounds
   Create black-and-white and colored backgrounds and lean to add a new page in the Art Studio.
9. Erase Art
   Experiment with erasers of different sizes in the Art Studio.
10. Copy and Paste Pictures
    Learn how to duplicate drawings in the Art Studio.
11. The Writing House
    Type and erase words in the Writing House.
12. Big, Bigger, Biggest
    Change the size of type in the Writing House.
13. ABC Words and Sounds
    Add ABC words and ABC picture words, then hear them read aloud in the Writing House.
14. Write a Sentence
    Combine typed words, ABC words and picture words, and punctuation to create a sentence in the Writing House.
15. Put It All Together, Part 1
    build a word list in the Travel Center, write a sentence with the words in the Writing House, then illustrate the sentence in the Art Studio. Print the page.
16. Put It All Together, Part 2
    Draw a picture in the Art Studio, then write a story to go with it in the Writing house, Print the page.

Product Features

• Age-appropriate writing program includes simple word-processing features.
• Pick-and-click word lists let early writers add words to stories without typing.
• Picture word lists help limited-English proficiency students and emerging readers identify the meanings of new words.
• Easy-to-use painting and drawing tools feature 48 colors, textured fill patterns, and hundreds of clip-art images.
• Text-to-speech capability lets students hear their stories read out loud.

Academic Skills

• Writing
• Phonemic Awareness
• Vocabulary Development
• Creative Drawing & Painting
• Reading Comprehension

Thinking Skills

• Creative Thinking
• Planning & Gathering Information
• Sequencing & Organizing

System Requirements

Windows®