ICT is an excellent addition to children's play. It helps develop knowledge and understanding of the world, and pressing buttons, buzzers and keys can help develop fine motor skills and co-ordination. CD-Roms and software packages can play an important role in helping to promote speaking and listening skills.
THE LAND OF ME 
MADE IN ME
AGE: 2+
PRICE: £29.95 for DVD Rom; £6.95 per individual chapter
CONTACT: 020 3487 0665, www.madeinme.com
An interactive software package which takes children on a journey though an enchanted land with a racoon, a bear, an owl and Granny Olive, a tortoise, who tells heart-warming stories along the way. Developed in collaboration with early years ICT specialist, Professor John Siraj-Blatchford, of Swansea University's Centre for Child Research.
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