Heinemann Explore’s Young Explorer is an exciting way to cover the Key Stage 1 curriculum while developing ICT and literacy skills. It features:
• Art and Design
• Design and Technology
• Geography
• History
• Maths
• Music
• PSHE
• Science
| 1. Click here for a demo Heinemann Explore’s Young Explorer is an exciting way to cover the Key Stage 1 curriculum while developing ICT and literacy skills. It features: • Art and Design • Design and Technology • Geography • History • Maths • Music • PSHE • Science | |
| 2. There are more than 200 titles in Young Explorer, each containing around 20 pages like this one. As well as reading the page, you can listen to the text being read out, click on difficult words for glossary definitions, play games, take a quiz or watch a movie clip. |  |
| 3. Text on Young Explorer pages is differentiated. Individual pupils can be given higher or lower reading level versions of the same content, as shown in these screenshots. Games and quizzes can also be played at two difficulty levels. |  |
| 4. You can click on individual sentences to hear them read out and even listen to the whole page being narrated. On some pages, you can also hear related sound clips! |  |
| 5. This screenshot is from a game about the "Day and Night" title. There are over 400 games in Young Explorer, teaching both literacy and subject skills in a variety of fun ways. |  |
| 6. This is a still from a movie clip about bees. There is a narrated movie clip or animation for each theme covered in Young Explorer. You can enlarge Young Explorer movies to full screen for use on an interactive whiteboard. |  |
| 7. Our Toolbar lets you draw, paint, highlight, underline, make shapes or even type on Young Explorer pages. This feature gives both pupils and teachers desktop access to tools usually only possible using an interactive whiteboard. |  |
| 8. Young Explorer is both versatile and easy to use. Wherever you click, there’s another feature. • Click on a sentence to hear it read out. • Click "quiz" or "game" for interactive content related to the page you are reading. • Click on a picture to see it in a printable pop up box with a caption (see screenshot). • Watch movies, hear music clips, use drawing tools and more. |  |
| 9. Every subject in Young Explorer contains several topics, such as What Materials Are Like in Science, and Shapes and Patterns in Maths. |  |
| 10. In turn, each topic contains several titles. For instance, the Bugs topic in Science is the place to find out about ants, bees, worms, snails, spiders and ladybirds. |  |
| 11. One way of finding a page that interests you is with the picture index. As you move your mouse over the thumbnail images, you can see the names of the pages they come from. |  |
| 12. You can also navigate to a page by choosing its name in the site map. Selecting a page here is like using the table of contents in a book. |  |
| 13. It is simple to find the topic you want on Young Explorer by using the keyword search. It is also possible to search for any word or picture using the Advanced Search feature. |  |
| 14. Young Explorer is also available as a set of CD-ROMs for school networks and individual computers. Please click ’Contact Us’ from the homepage then phone or email for a current catalogue or further details about Explore products. Why not sign up for a free trial today? |  |