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Comfy
Easy PC Keyboard Learning System
Next
Generation - Starter Kit
Item
# 00030
List Price: $ 99.95
Our Price: $ 58.95 $ 49.95
Publisher: Comfy
Runs Under: Windows (Not Mac Compatible)
Ages: 1-5 Years
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Your
Pride,
Their Joy
Your
toddler can now learn through play on the home PC.
The
Comfy Easy PC
System creates a rich and exciting multimedia world
for your toddler (ages 1 to 5), in which he/she can play and interact
with the lovable Comfy characters.
With
Comfy, your
toddler will play many activities that are not only
fun, but educational and developmental as well. Playing with the Easy
PC system gives young children the opportunity to explore a dynamic,
colorful, and interactive environment - without requiring parental
assistance.
The
Easy PC
System has been designed with
toddlers in mind, and fits their motor and cognitive skills. The System
allows young children to enjoy and learn from various activities,
without requiring reading skills or the ability to use a computer
mouse. Children progress at their own pace according to their own
level, interest and growth.
The Comfy Easy
PC System includes the Easy PC keyboard and First Steps software. The
Easy PC keyboard is the platform required to enjoy all of our software
titles.
"First Steps" is the first computer game CD created
especially for toddlers (as early as 12 months) that enables children
an independent computer experience and first exposure to basic
concepts. The Comfy Keyboard comes
with the First Steps software only.
All
activities in "First Steps"
have been specially designed with the guidance of child psychologists,
educational experts and parents, in order to suit the abilities and
needs of the child for age-appropriate learning. "First Steps" is a
great way to introduce toddlers to shapes, sounds and colors through
fun interactive experiences.
5
Years of Growth
All
Comfy content
has been developed based on the "3C Developmental Cycle", created by
the Comfy Pedagogial House (CPH):
According
to The
3C Developmental cycle, providing toddlers with rich content will
stimulate and challenge their natural born curiosity.
The specially designed keyboard enables the child to be in full
control, mastering activities as the plot evolves, thereby improving
his sense of self confidence. The 3C Developmental Cycle is
processed over and over again as the child progresses further in the
story.
Included
in the Easy PC keyboard package is our first software title, "First
Steps", which is designed for 1-3 year old beginners. The whole line of
software is then available (each designed for a certain age and level,
and based on a different topic), allowing you to choose software
according to your child's level and interest. Our software for ages 1-3
in the beginners and intermediate levels include an internal
sub-division for different interactivity levels, allowing the child to
progress within the same software over time.
As
each child grows and develops at a different pace, it is likely that a
younger child may enjoy a more difficult level, or vice-versa. We
strongly recommend letting children progress at their own pace. Some of
the software titles include a few sub-levels of difficulty,
allowing
the child
to progress within the same title over time.
Add-on
CDs are available below. *
The Comfy software (the
First Steps CD
and
the add-on software below) can be played with many of the following
languages: English,
French, German, Spanish,
Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish,
Japanese, Turkish, Korean, Polish, Romanian, and Russian. This amazing feature allows the child to
reinforce his primary language as well as learn new languages. (See Languages.)
Playing
in Comfy’s interactive environment will provide your child with the
following:
- Learning through play and
exploration.
- Acquiring basic computer
skills.
- Developing motor
and sensory, language, cognitive,
emotional, and social skills.
The
following qualities make Comfy's approach unique and well suited to
attaining its educational goals:
- The
activities are an interactive combination of stories, animated movies,
viewing pictures and color painting, hearing music and singing songs,
motor activities and exposure to social concepts.
- The
Comfy Keyboard replaces the standard keyboard and mouse. Each key is
colorful and easy to use. No reading or writing skills are required.
- Comfy activities are
age-appropriate and the characters and objects participating in the
story are amiable and amusing.
- Once
the level is adapted to your child's learning stage of development and
the activity begins, your child can play without parental assistance.
The computer characters talk to your child and explain what to do at
every stage in the activity. Each explanation is accompanied by a
variety of illustrated graphics and animations.
Motor
and Sensory Skills
As
children grow, their physical and mental skills develop, enabling them
to perform more complex tasks. Your child learns to identify objects
and characters, correctly interpret stimuli from immediate surroundings
and develop the senses.
When
playing with Comfy, your child learns to:
- Correlate between the objects
and characters he or she sees on the screen with those on the Comfy
Keyboard.
- Improve visual perception by
distinguishing between different shapes
and colors.
- Improve hearing perception.
Language
Skills
Children's vocabulary
is
constantly expanding as they learn to construct sentences.
With
Comfy, your child can:
- Learn how to phrase questions,
requests, warnings and instructional sentences.
- Gain knowledge of new concepts
pertaining to specific topics such as the weather, mail and time.
Thinking
Skills
Children's
memory capacity is gradually enhanced enabling them to remember more
and more pictures, voices and experiences. In addition, their
imagination develops and improves their creative thinking skills.
Playing
with Comfy can help your child to:
- Enhance
understanding of cause and effect
relationships by allowing the child
to intervene in an evolving story and cause changes to take place
(e.g., make it rain, change day to night).
- Practice remembering objects,
sounds, voices, events and characters throughout an activity.
- Develop his/her imagination by
participating in the story's plot and influencing it as desired while
enhancing creative skills.
- Participate in "make-believe
play" with characters to learn from them about the real world they live
in.
- Learn to concentrate and apply
mental effort by performing challenging tasks.
Get
better acquianted with the main characters in Comfyland to learn more
about their intriguing personalities. Who's your child's favorite
character?
Main
Characters:
Comfy:
Comfy is an average, happy and friendly boy of about six years of age.
Being the only human figure, kids tend to sympathize with him the most.
With his red hair and sparkling eyes, what he loves most is to hang
around with his best friends from Comfyland.
Jumpy:
Jumpy is a mischievous, agile little dog. He is the only Comfyland
character who isn't very kindhearted. He likes to play pranks and fool
around. He lets himself get away with more than the others do, he's
short-tempered when he asks the children to do something and when he's
angry, he lets everyone know it. Jumpy likes to spend his time in the
garden, caring for the flowers and vegetable beds.
Feely:
Feely the elephant is full-bodied and jolly, and therefore appears warm
and affectionate. When she hugs someone, it is not in pretense, but
with genuine feeling, since she really is fond of everyone. In short,
all who come to her will find an attentive and sympathetic ear. A
painter by profession, she is a true artist at heart, and as such tends
to be somewhat melodramatic and absent-minded.
Snaily:
Snaily the snail, the most diminutive character in Comfyland, is the
youngest kid in the neighborhood. Being young, he is also naive, easily
frightened and sweet. He is also bashful and innocent. Whenever he's
frightened or embarrassed, he shrinks into his shell. This shell also
serves as a neverending storehouse of odds and ends. Snaily works as a
mailman, where his characteristics suit him for this job: he is a hard
worker and punctual, even though time is never on his side.
Buddy:
Buddy the Bear is the blockhead of the bunch, full of scholarly wisdom
that he often uses where common sense and intuition would be more
appropriate. Buddy thinks of himself as the smartest of the gang, to
whom all should turn for advice and whose counsel all should heed.
Feely is the only one that Buddy doesn't patronize because he admires
her inventiveness and creativity. Buddy is characteristically arrogant
and clumsy.
Other
Characters:
Didi:
It's easy to make friends with Didi. She's a sweet, fun-loving
three-year-old who's busy discovering the world around her.
Yoki:
Didi's pet kitten is a naive, playful little ball of fur. In his
spirited romping and frolicking, he sometimes knocks things over.
Oops:
There's a clown in every gang, and Oops is it. A comic and an acrobat,
Oops plays tricks, climbs, swings, juggles, plays musical instruments,
tells jokes and simply acts silly.
Boo:
Representing the impulsive, impetuous side of every toddler, this perky
little imp flits around looking for mischief. You'll forgive him,
though - he never goes too far.
Betty:
Don't let her sad basset hound eyes fool you. Betty is everyone's best
friend. Motherly and warm, she's thoroughly devoted to Didi. And
although she's no comedienne, the things that happen to her will make
you laugh.
Add-On Software Programs
for Your Comfy Easy PC Keyboard Learning System
My
Home (Ages 1-3 Intermediate) - $24.95 $19.95
- #00032
Offers
toddlers hours of delight while
exploring the home environment through a variety of day-to-day
activities. The game is full of songs and surprises through which your
child learns about the importance of tidiness, recognizes objects
through sounds and voices and learns to dress according to the weather.
With Didi, a cute 3 year old girl, and her friends, your child will
play hide and seek and enjoy many exciting activities.
I
use the adorable songs in this game to convince my 2 year old son (who
dislikes his daily shower, to say the least�) to take a bath. Together
we sing along all the way to the bathroom. Thanks to this game, this
becomes so much easier and fun!
Developmental Benefits:
- Expands vocabulary and language
skills.
- Explores the home environment.
- Develops creative and thinking
skills.
- Teaches cause and effect.
- Teaches the relations between
comparative concepts.
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Let's Imagine (Ages
1-3 Intermediate) - $24.95
$19.95 - #00033
Offers
toddlers
hours of delight while developing creative skills.
Your
child will explore a variety of fun learning experiences through
colorful graphics and animated pictures that stimulate visual
development and encourage auditory skills. Didi and Boo, and their
amusing friends, will introduce toddlers to the world of animals,
shapes, objects and body parts, while developing their language skills
and helping them to solve problems.
I
never thought my 2.5 old baby will learn about her body in such a
unique way, and you should absolutely see the way she giggles with the
monkey and all the other characters. It's hilarious!
Developmental
Benefits:
- Develops creative and thinking
skills.
- Expands vocabulary and language
skills.
- Teaches cause and effect.
- Helps your child solve problems
through various activities.
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Birthday Party (Ages 1-3 Advanced) - $24.95
$19.95 - #00034
Helps
toddlers
acquire social
cleverness and tools of communication. The characters meet at Feely's
birthday party which is the main story theme where each character tells
a story. Snaily, the snail, tells of his first day as a postman. Comfy
and Jumpy describe their fascinating visit at the zoo, and Buddy the
bear tells of his wonderful adventure in the field. "Birthday
Party" is a wonderful way for your child to attain concepts in
social interaction through enjoyable and charming interactive stories.
My
child saw
a sea lion for the first time in this game and when we went to the zoo,
he immediately made the connection and pointed to the sea lion
saying, "Here's the sea lion with the ball from Comfy." He keeps
learning so much from this CD and I really wish to thank you for that.
