'Disney Learning Toddler,' 'Preschool' and 'Kindergarten' CD-ROMs Combine Top-Selling Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh Products in Feature-Packed Two-Disc Set.Business Editors & Education Writers BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2002 Kids' Love for Learning Interactively with Disney Characters This is a currently incomplete list of Disney characters:
Continuing its tradition of providing quality educational software for children, Disney Interactive is offering three new titles that pair top-selling "Disney's Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Famous character of Walt Disney's animated cartoons. He was introduced in Steamboat Willie (1928), the first animated cartoon with sound. Mickey was created by Disney, who also provided his high-pitched voice, and was usually drawn by the studio's head animator, Learning" and "Disney's Winnie the Pooh Learning" CD-ROMs in two disc sets: "Disney Learning Toddler," "Preschool" and "Kindergarten." Available now, the repackaged titles motivate kids to experience the joy of learning with Disney's most endearing characters through fun-filled game play and engaging story lines that entertain as well as educate. Based on Active Learning education principles, "Disney Learning Toddler," "Preschool" and "Kindergarten" enable children, ages 18 month to six years, to participate in activities that develop and maintain important educational and imagination skills in immersive interactive settings. Kids join Mickey, Pooh and an ensemble of famous Disney characters, including Minnie Mouse Noun 1. Minnie Mouse - the partner of Mickey Mouse , Donald Duck Donald Duck cantankerousness itself. [Comics: Horn, 216–217] See : Irascibility Donald Duck frustrated character jealous of Mickey Mouse. [Comics: Horn, 216–217] See : Jealousy and Tigger, on an exciting journey where they are taught essential math, language arts, logic, creative arts and computer skills. Kids also receive an introduction to Spanish and French vocabulary in the Hundred Acre Wood The Hundred Acre Wood (also spelled as '"100 Aker Wood," Hundred-Acre Wood, and 100 Acre Wood; also known as simply The Wood') is the fictional land inhabited by Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Winnie-the-Pooh series of children's stories by author A.A. with Pooh. First launched in 1999 and updated in 2001, the original "Winnie the Pooh Learning" titles ranked in the top 10 education software category in sales for 2000, while all three "Mickey Mouse Learning" titles ranked in the top six multi-subject category in sales for 2001, according to NPD NPD New Product Development NPD Nouveau Parti Démocratique (Canada) NPD Narcissistic Personality Disorder NPD Norwegian Petroleum Directorate NPD Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands INTELECT. Combined, both franchises have sold more than two million copies to date and continue to remain best-sellers in the children's software market, according to NPD INTELECT. "Disney Learning Toddler," "Preschool" and "Kindergarten" CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). titles are Windows(R) 95/98/ME and Macintosh(R) compatible and available for a suggested retail price of $19.99. About Disney Interactive Disney Interactive, part of the Disney Consumer Products division of The Walt Disney Company, develops, markets, and globally distributes a wide variety of interactive entertainment, educational and sports CD-ROMs and video games. For more information on Disney Interactive's products, visit www.disneyinteractive.com. |
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