Activities:

The program has six levels of activity with a very flexible set of options.

Initial Letter: Match a letter key to the initial letter of a picture prompt.

Match the text: Type in the whole word or phrase to match the text.

Build the Text: Text and picture appears, but on the first input the remaining text disappears. The student has as long as they want to look before pressing the first key.

Fill the Gaps: Show the picture and text, but with gaps missing in the text. These gaps may be fixed letters, vowels or letter blends such as "sh", "ch", "ough" etc. The teacher can store their own lists of missing letters.

Look Cover Spell: See the picture and text. After a time (which can be adjusted to need) the whole word disappears and the student must type it in.

Spell from Picture: Here the word is not seen at all and the student must type in the word, given only the picture.

Graphics:

The program comes with an extensive range of images which include improved versions of the graphics in First Keys 1 as well as photographs and additional images to illustrate new activity possibilities. It is easy to add your own images and photos and the program accepts a wide range of file formats.

The program is whiteboard friendly and provides a very useful tool to support the literacy strategy.

If you would like to read a review of this program from Gerry Kennedy, a independent consultant in Australia, please click here.