Kidspiration

• Product Names: Kidspiration
• Manufacturer/Publisher: Inspiration Software Inc

Kidspiration helps to develop literacy, numeracy and thinking skills through visual learning making it ideal for pupils with dyslexia

Kidspiration is used to strengthen word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension and written expression at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. The maths tools will encourage reasoning and problem solving skills. Ideal for dyslexic learners who benefit from visual learning tools to explore and understand words, numbers and concepts. Kidspiration will also support personalised learning, allowing pupils to express their creativity and thinking with pictures, words and numbers.

Projects can be quickly generated using this concept mapping software to allow students to organise their thoughts using the library of over 3000 symbols for use for literacy skills. The math section includes 5 tools to explore number sense, spatial reasoning and conceptual understanding of the four basic operations.

Features:

• Kidspiration uses the proven principles of visual learning to help readers and writers learn to develop and organise their ideas
• Picture view provides a graphical way for pupils to represent their ideas using symbols (includes a library of over 3000 symbols)
• Writing View allows pupils to begin the writing process, by expanding their visual thoughts
• One mouse click transition from Writing View to Picture View to Picture View and vice versa
• SuperGrouper tool allows pupils to interactively group and arrange thoughts and symbols
• Audio gives pupils the chance to hear their work read aloud, or record their own voice
• All buttons, menus and other text are text-to-speech enabled, helping pupils to read and navigate
• Symbol maker - create customised symbols with this new drawing tool
• Includes thumbnail of images in the outline view to support emerging readers and writers
• Super grouper template allows creation of VENN diagrams to categorise and sort information
• Interactive whiteboard enabled (except on Mac OS Classic)
• NEW Maths View with 5 visual maths tools develop pupils number sense, spatial reasoning and conceptual understanding of the four basic operations
• NEW 3000+ symbols offer visual support for concepts taught in the primary curriculum
• Symbol search makes it easy to find the right picture, image or symbol to express thoughts and ideas
• NEW Word Guide - a combination dictionary and thesaurus, builds pupils vocabulary and reading comprehension

Benefits:

• Teaches emerging readers/ writers to clarify thinking, and to process, organise and priortise information
• Visual representation deepens the pupils understanding of concepts and identifies misconceptions
• Intuitive interface helps keeps pupils focused on their ideas, not on the process of constructing the mind mapping diagram
• Stimulates creative thinking
• NEW Build conceptual understanding in maths

You will need:

• Windows 98 or later, including Vista
• Mac OS 9.0 or higher, including OSX

N.B. Multi-user and site licences are special order items and therefore non-refundable, unless faulty.