Gamba
by Crick Software
Content-rich Clicker resources for early readers
Powered by Clicker - so this software requires that Clicker 5 or later is installed on the same computer
Gamba is the latest addition to the Clicker Books characters. Gamba is a gnu that lives in Africa with his animal friends. Read about his adventures with Layla and the other gnus in Africa.
Ingeniously written and wonderfully illustrated by children’s author, Peter Williamson, these stories will capture the imagination of any child. As with most titles in the Clicker Books series, alongside the printed books are onscreen books and Clicker activities.
There are three books in the Gamba Clicker Books series:
- The New Gnu
One day a baby gnu was born. Her name was Layla. She wanted to see the world. Gamba showed her lots of things. Read the book to find out what a brand new gnu can do. - The Gnu’s Holiday
It was the first day of the gnu holiday. Gamba and Layla join some children on a painting trip. One of the children sees some lions. Can Gamba save the holiday? - The Lost Forest
Gamba lay by the river, dreaming. Big trucks have taken all the trees away. It was a treeless forest! Can Gamba find out what has happened to the forest?
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If you are looking for content-rich literacy resources for early readers, then these sets of the Clicker Books series are perfect for your classroom.
Overview of Clicker Books
- Provides both on-screen and printed story books, together with a host of Clicker literacy activities for the lower primary classroom
- Enchanting stories, ingeniously written and illustrated by children’s author Peter Williamson, will ignite the imagination of your entire class.
Benefits
Engage every student with a whole-class reading exercise
Capture the attention of all your students with the talking, on-screen Clicker Books, which are perfect for use on your whiteboard. Focus on particular words by using the highlight tool, or have any part of the text read aloud. There are buttons to hear the story spoken by the narrator, and to hear just the dialogue spoken by a character on the page.
Reinforce reading skills
In addition to the full version of the story, there is also an easier ‘Read it Yourself‘ version that is told in fewer pages with simple sentences. This focuses on the main points of the story so that young readers can read independently. There is also a full colour printed book for guided reading away from the computer.
Develop literacy skills
All Clicker Books come with an extensive range of activities that develop skills in spelling, punctuation, sentence building and comprehension. There is even a facility for children to create their own books. The activities are tied to key literacy targets, and many of them can also be printed and used away from the computer too.
What activities are included?
Each CD includes all of the following Clicker activities:
In the matching activities, children look for parts of a picture in a larger picture. As well as simple picture-matching activities, there are matching activities using Clicker Writer, to encourage children to write about the pictures.
Word activities reinforce the recognition of high-frequency words, as well as their spelling. Activities with Clicker Writer enable children to click on letters to build words.
In these activities, children click on words in the correct order to build a sentence. There are additional activities that reinforce punctuation skills.
Comprehension activities reinforce understanding of the story. In some of the activities, children are given questions and they either click on the correct answer, or link to a writing activity that lets them click on words to write the answer. Other activities let children retell the story.
In composition activities, children click on words and phrases to build their own text based on the story. The composition activities vary from book to book. In some books, children can write captions for pictures; in others, they can build a piece of poetry, write a story or compose a piece of writing about themselves.
A version of the book with pictures but no text enables you to write the stories with your children. You can do this on-screen, and Clicker will speak whatever you write – or you can print the screens to write a story away from the computer.
This software is included on the super value Clicker SuperDrive!
Requirements and ResourcesexpandClick to collapse
System Requirements
- Clicker 5 or later for Windows or for Mac
NETWORKING: All of Crick Software`s programs can be used on a network. To purchase for a network, simply buy the Site Licence. The CD includes a network installation.
Gamba is targeted at the following age ranges:
- Early Childhood
- Early Primary
Gamba is designed to foster development in the areas of:
- Literacy
Users can access Gamba in the following ways:
- Mouse/ Trackball/ Joystick
- Keyboard
- Touchscreen
- Single Switch
- Multiple Switches
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