Special Ed Teacher letter from Australia:
I said that I would let you know how I got on with Down Syndrome boy and the Magic Flute etc. You will be pleased to know that it was an amazing experience and he loved it, so much so that after we had had one session playing games etc., every time he came into music room he would head straight for computer and say ‘Flute”. So, I decided to let him play as a treat at the end of every session I had with him. One of his aides observed him during a session and she thought that it was a marvelous concept and my colleague teacher fell in love with the whole idea, so much so that I gave her my copy of ‘magic flute’ as that was her favourite when I finished my internship last week, and she wants to order more copies for the other school she teaches at so am sending her the Amazon address for ordering. So I’ll have to get another one for myself now! I also used Nutcracker in a Prep/Gr.1 class with some low learners and other chn. All chn. absolutely besotted with that game as well, as well as their teacher! Then I used it with some older Gr 3 and 4 chn. the other day because we couldn’t use the music room as piano was being pulled apart, so we went into the library and I put all three of the activities onto computers – it was hard to tear chn. away to leave for recess.
I think the nicest aspect of your software is the quality of the music and the fact that it’s a wonderful way of introducing chn. to classical music, and the beautiful graphics. My little DS boy got really good at recognizing instruments and naming them by the end of last week.
He’s actually 5 yrs old but his mental development is probably that of a 2-3 yr. old.
So, there you are, I would certainly recommend that they can be used for special needs chn.
as well as for anyone else from chn. to adults.
The only thing that I would recommend for special needs chn. is that a mouse is used with only left click. I had to put my hand over right button to prevent L. from pressing that.
It would have been easier for him and me if we had had a left only click mouse, but I think the school is going to get one which is good.
So thank you for an amazing educational experience. I hope that your company is looking at producing similar software and I shall certainly continue to recommend the three that I have to other teachers.
With regards,