Kids and Reference

Max's Toolbox

Max's Toolbox provides primary school students with a kid-friendly interface for Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint to promote learning in a fun way. This software helps teachers incorporate technology skills and enhance lesson plans in reading, writing, and maths while maximising your school's investment in Microsoft Office.

Complete with a variety of helpful templates, drawing tools and hundreds of colourful graphics, sound effects, text-to-speech reader, and movies, this program provides an early introduction to using Microsoft Office now - and for years to come.

Max's Toolbox is a suite of three great programs:

Children's Encarta

Children's Encarta is a special area for younger learners, ages 7 to 12. Packed with age-appropriate articles and lively multimedia, Children's Encarta provides a safer place to explore all kinds of topics. Make learning fun and easy with a colorful, easy-to-navigate environment designed just for kids, with plenty of maps, photos, and interactive quizzes.

Scholastic's The Magic School Bus™ Dinosaurs (US link)

Kids explore 8 different worlds from three time periods in the Mesozoic era, all the while encountering everything from a Stegosaurus to T-Rex as they search for the lost dinosaur.

Scholastic's The Magic School Bus™ Ocean v1.0 (US link)

Explores the Ocean is an interactive science adventure that will help children age 6-10 learn about the wonders of the ocean.

Scholastic's The Magic School Bus™ Animals (US link)

Animals from the Wild Animal Park are returned to the wilderness - but to the wrong places! Help Ms. Frizzle™ and her class return them to their natural habitats on a rescue adventure that spans the globe!

Scholastic's The Magic School Bus™ Rainforest (US link)

Check out this fun-filled, fact-packed science adventure exploring the Costa Rican Rainforest.

Scholastic's The Magic School Bus™ Solar System (US link)

Take an interplanetary adventure as Scholastic's The Magic School Bus blasts off.