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Learning Ladder - Year 5

Ages: 9-10

Welcome to step one of Dorling Kindersley's powerful curriculum-based learning system. Developed with experienced teachers, this learning software provides the essential literacy and numeracy skills to give your child a headstart at school.

 Learn basic numeracy, literacy and science skills
Develop a range of skills from understanding grammar, reading and writing comprehension, numeracy and maths and learn about science.

Great games to help them learn


With four great games to play, including Tank Attack, Solitaire, Snake and Data Diary, your kids will have fun and learn at the same time.
  • Punctuation and spelling
  • Build vocabulary
  • Improve sentence structure
  • Improving your writing
  • Understanding grammar
  • Reading comprehension
  • Perfect alphabetical order
  • Develop numeracy
  • Understand percentages
  • Develop mental calculation
  • Calculate area, volume and perimeter
  • Cope with fractions and decimals
  • Understand negative numbers
  • Learn adding and subtracting
  • Start multiplying and dividing
  • Solve problems
  • Science curriculum topics including life, forces, the Earth and more
Minimum System Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
PowerPC G4 1.0 GHz or
Intel Core 1.5 GHz
256 MB RAM
CD ROM drive
50 MB hard drive space