General idea: To Learn the countries of
Producer: Owl & Mouse Educational Software
Target group: Children about 6-12 years, or anyone who
likes to learn about
Language: English
Price: Free
System requirements: PC, Windows
3.1, 95, 98 (works perfectly on Windows XP too)
Download from: http://www.yourchildlearns.com/puzzle_eur.htm
Evaluation: This software is simple to install and learn to
use. After installing and starting the program you can choose if you want to
learn countries or their capitals. There are two different modes for countries
and two for capitals. You can also choose do you want to use timer or not. For
countries there are very easy mode, where you can see the outlines of
countries, so all you need to do is to drag and drop the country to the right
place. Much more challenging and educating is the mode without outlines of
countries, there you really need to do some thinking about where to drop the
country. Anyway it was hard for me to locate all those “new”
countries like Makedonia and
For
educational use I find this game really good. You can use simple modes to learn
the countries and capitals and then harder modes to see what you have learnt.
At least I learned some new countries and capitals by using it. The user
interface is simple but not boring. You really don’t have to read any
manuals to play this game, there aren’t any help, and its really not
needed. Only problem with the user interface I found was that the game is too
sensitive about the location of the country. You may think that you’ve
put it in a right place, but the game doesn’t accept it. This can be annoying.
The great thing about this game is that it is free. And there are also similar
games for Africa, South America, Asia,