Learning Village is an independent review and advisory centre for parents and teachers who are looking for credible information on the best in educational software. With internet sites often providing endlessly long lists, we have chosen to provide you with reviews, by learning area, of what we view as the very best we have seen. For every program that you see here, there are many that we have viewed and tested in our selection process. By giving you our short list by learning area, we hope we are making sorting and choosing the best learning software for your children or students easy.

Learning Village's Core Editorial Team

Robert Shields - B. Ed., M. Ed. .teaching faculty, Department of Education, Acadia University, Nova Scotia. For the past several years, he has worked with the N.S. Department of Education reviewing software across all subject areas and making recommendations of titles to be made available for schools See more

Marjan Glavac - B. Ed., M. Ed . Elementary school teacher, Sherwood Fox Public School, London, Ontario. He has been involved in computers in education since 1982 and is the author of "The Busy Educator's Guide to the World Wide Web". In 1996, he won the Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Technology Education and Mathematics Award. See more

Darryl Reiter - B. Sc., Graduate Diploma of Education. - Founder of the Children's Technology Workshop. Darryl has developed applied technology curriculum for schools, provided professional development to teachers, and been an educational consultant focusing on technology since leaving teaching in 1997. See more

Dan Lang - M.A. M.B.A. - Founder of Learning Village, Toronto, Ontario. He believes that top quality learning focused software & internet based programs are going to richly enhance the ways in which our children will learn. See more

Jason Stewart - Trainer in Behavioural and Learning Technologies. He has studied the learning process for both children and adults and understands how learning tools and mechanisms can affect the learning experience, specific to every individual's unique strategies of learning. See more

Why We Created Learning Village

As teachers, university instructors, and educational professionals, we have seen that good quality educational software, matched with the right person at the right time, can be magical. Learning for kids becomes an enjoyable and engaging experience. That is what it should be.

With our ongoing contact with parents and teachers, we are often asked for advice on educational software. So where do you start? A "best seller" is often the result of the popularity of the character associated with the program, or how well promoted the program is, and not necessarily because the program is top quality. On the internet as a guidance resource, you can find endless lists, or you are confronted with "everything is wonderful" articles that leave you feeling that you are being sold not told.

The bottom line question that most parents have is " My child is at this age or stage and I want to help him or her in this area of learning. Which program would be the best?" This is why we created Learning Village. By giving you a manageable range of top quality selections, by age and learning area, we hope to make selecting good quality educational software for your children or students easy.

We also provide links on our site with The CD-ROM Store so that from the review pages you can click on The CD-ROM Store's icon and find pricing and delivery information and be able to order direct. For more information on your ordering choices see "About Ordering" (click here).

We will be adding new software selections in all the learning areas on a regular basis. So come visit us again.