Click on the “Help” button to view the help contents. The help file opens in a separate window.

After selecting a sub-program, click on the “ Enter ” button to open the program.

To close this “ Seasons ” program, click on the “ Exit ” button.

When this option is selected, one season picture appears at the top of the screen. For “Matching Seasons using Pictures,” and “Matching Seasons using Words” one season picture or word is shown at the bottom of the screen to be matched with the picture at the top, without any distracters. For “Discriminating Seasons”, one season picture appears on the screen. For “Activity for Sequencing the Seasons”, the program asks the student (for instance) “What season comes after spring and summerHelp” The student clicks on fall to answer the question. In this level, the student needs to click only one season to complete the activity.

When this option is selected, one season picture appears at the top of the screen. For “Matching Seasons using Pictures”and“ Matching Seasons use Words” two season pictures or words are shown at the bottom of the screen to be matched with the picture at the top. There is one correct choice and one distracter. For “Discriminating Seasons”, two season pictures appear on the screen. The student is instructed to (for instance) “Find spring.” For “Activity for Sequencing the Seasons,” the program asks the student (for instance) “What seasons come after fallHelp” The student clicks on winter and spring to answer the question. In this level, the student needs to click two seasons to complete the activity.

When this option is selected, one season picture appears at the top of the screen. For “Matching Seasons using Pictures,” and “Matching Seasons using Words” three season pictures or words are shown at the bottom of the screen to be matched with the picture at the top. There is one correct choice and two distracters. For “Discriminating Seasons”, three season pictures appear on the screen. The student is instructed to (for instance) “Find spring.” For “Activity for Sequencing the Seasons”, the program asks the student (for instance) “What season comes between fall and springHelp” The student clicks on winter to answer the question. In this level, the student needs to click only one season to complete the activity.

This option is selected by default. When this is selected, the program can be used to train the student.

Select this option to measure the student's progress. The “Report” button under “Test” mode is enabled. The “Prompt” is disabled.

Display in BIG LETTERS

When this is checked, all letters displayed on the screen will be small.

This option is selected by default. When this is checked, the correct item becomes green and any incorrect items become red when the mouse pointer goes over them. Uncheck this feature to disable it.

Command Text

This option is selected by default. When this is checked, a short text appears at the bottom of the screen. It tells the student which items to identify. If unchecked, the text won't be visible. This option is enabled only for “Discriminating the Seasons”, “Matching Seasons using Pictures”, and “Matching Seasons using Words”.

This is checked by default. If the student fails to match the correct season picture within ten seconds, the program guides him/her to the correct season picture. This is available for “Training” mode but disabled for “Test” mode.

Uncheck this box if the prompt is not needed in “Training” mode.

This option is enabled only for “Discriminating Seasons”, “Matching Seasons using Pictures”, and “Matching Seasons using Words”.

This option is selected by default. If the correct season picture is not chosen after ten seconds, it blinks.

The names of the seasons appear below the pictures.

If the correct season picture is not chosen after ten seconds, an animation appears (the correct season animates).

Congratulatory Animation

This box is checked by default. This is available only for the “Training” mode. When this is checked, clicking the correct season invites a congratulatory animation. This animation runs for ten seconds. Click anywhere on the screen or press space bar to stop the congratulatory animation.

Uncheck the box if the student doesn't need congratulatory animation.

This program has three features. They are “Names of the Seasons”, “Spelling the Names of the Seasons” and “Description of the Seasons”.

Names of the Seasons

This feature names the four seasons (fall, winter, spring and summer)..

Spelling the Names of the Seasons

This feature helps to spell the words for all four seasons..

Description of the Seasons

This describes the seasons and illustrates the seasons with animation.

Auto Play

Check this box to run the “Seasons of the Year” program automatically; the student can just sit back and watch. To stop the automatic run, check box for “Display when mouse is over Seasons”

Click on the “ Done ” button to close “ Seasons of the Year ” and return to the main program.

This program asks the student to spell the names of the seasons by typing the letters. The name of the season that needs to be spelled will be highlighted on the left of the screen. Training/Test, Screen Display (Display in BIG LETTERS/Display in small letters), and Congratulatory Animation can be selected for this program in the Settings screen.

To see the Settings for more information, click here.

Click on the “Done” button to close “ Activity for Spelling the Seasons ” and return to the main program.

This program helps the student to sequence the seasons. Level 1/Level 2/Level 3, Training/Test, Screen Display (Display in BIG LETTERS/Display in small letters), Prompt with Green/Red Color, and Congratulatory Animation can be selected for this program in the Settings screen.

To see the Settings for more information, click here.

Click on the “Done” button to close “Activity for Sequencing the Seasons” and return to the main program

Here, the program will ask the student to identify a season. The student is asked to find and click on the correct picture shown on the screen.

The default selections for this program are: Level 3, Training Mode, Display in BIG LETTERS, Prompt with Green/Red Color, and Congratulatory Animation.

To see the Settings for more information, click here.

Click on the “Done” button to close “ Discriminating the Seasons ” and return to the main program.

In “Matching Seasons Using Pictures” a season picture is shown at the top of the screen. The student is asked to click on the matching season picture shown among others at the bottom of the screen.

The default selections for this program are: Level 3, Training Mode, Display in BIG LETTERS, Prompt with Green/Red Color, and Congratulatory Animation.

To see the Settings for more information, click here.

Click on the “Done” button to close “ Matching Seasons using Pictures ” and return to the main program.

This program runs like “Matching Seasons Using Pictures,” but instead of pictures, words that name seasons are used. The student is required to click on the correct word which represents the season shown on top of the screen.

The default selections for this program are: Level 3, Training Mode, Display in BIG LETTERS, Prompt with Blink and Congratulatory Animation.

To see the Settings for more information, click here.

Click on the “Done” button to close “Matching Seasons using Words” and return to the main program.

Only under “Test” mode is “Report” enabled. After doing any number of test problems, you can click on “Done” to see the report. When you click on “Done” the settings screen appears. Now click on the “Report” button under “Test” to see test results. First the current test result will be shown with the date, starting time, end time, and level of the test. It also shows the percentage of correct answers. There are also buttons for showing test results in different forms. “Report” allows the teachers/parents to measure the student's progress. The following are available:

This screen shows test results including the grade, item identified, distracters, time taken to finish the test, and other necessary information based on the test.

If you wish to see test results on a bar chart, click this button.

This button appears on the Bar Chart Screen. Here, the student can see the average of all test results. Written vertically on the bar are overall percentage of correct answers and date and starting time of the tests. When there are any old results, they will be shown, left to right from oldest to latest.

This changes the display to the next more recent set of test results. When the current test result is on the screen, this button is grayed.

On the bottom, the display indicates which record is being shown out of total records.

When this button is clicked, the printer prints the current screen.