We are often asked what grade level our software is designed for. When we answer Grades K-12, we suspect it sounds like a sales pitch. Although we originally intended the field trips to be used in middle schools, our designers became so engrossed that they kept adding more and more screens suitable for more and more age levels and now the field trips truly appeal to learners of all ages.

We visited Montreal this weekend and could not tear our three year old grandchildren away from my laptop. They were totally absorbed in the Rainforest Dependency Web Game and learned a surprising amount by “reading” silhouettes. And yet this same game is challenging even for adults.

As for the text, it is written clearly and succinctly and supported by context-sensitive definitions and integrated text-to-speech to help early readers, ESL learners and auditory learners.