This is step five of Dorling Kindersley's powerful curriculum-based learning system. Devised to develop children’s skills in literacy and numeracy, learning ladder forms a complete learning system for your child. This disk covers the vital school subjects of English, Maths and introduces basic scientific concepts in a fun 3D environment. Woody the pencil encourages and motivates children through the interactive lessons and tests. * The Maths section looks at properties of shapes, co-ordinates, multiplication and division. * English section focuses on sentence construction, improving writing and understanding grammar. * The interactive science world covers curriculum topics of forces, materials, light and sound. * The progress chart monitors each of the activities and allows you to assess your child’s strengths and weaknesses.