Out and About

A series of 4 award winning programs.

Out and About Plus - The living community

Aims to enhance skills such as sequencing, visual perception/discrimination, social interaction and appropriate behaviour, number recognition, problem solving and coin recognition.

Extensive use is made of real-life signs, symbols, photos and video, which users will be able to recognise from their everyday lives. In most of the activities, graded help is available.

Out and About 2 Plus - Around the home

Uses special video clips from Cooking is Fun with Ainsley Harriet. The activities include:

• shopping
• use-by dates
• spelling
• information gathering
• sequencing
• word processing

Graded help is given in most activities and built in record keeping is available

Out and About 3: Gadgets at Home

Users can listen, watch, discuss and even record their own commentary while learning about household gadgets. These include:

• cooker
• microwave
• washing machine
• iron
• toaster
• kettle

Activities include reveal, sequencing, spot the difference, spell the word and word search. As with the other Out and About titles, it has built-in record keeping, printable resources, switch, symbol and audio support.

Out and About 4: Money and Finance

Based around absorbing real life videos with follow-up activities and supporting resources, this program reinforces existing money skills and introduces new ones. Areas covered include:

• personal budgeting
• on-line shopping
• basic money skills
• money recognition
• ordering of money
• change

There is a fun quiz on money matters and the program covers vocabulary such as PIN, receipt, wages and so on.