SpellB - This is a program that drills a child on his spelling list. I wrote it for my first child. She is a real people person and did not like working on her spelling list all by herself. We had to read spelling words to her for what seemed like hours.

With this program you create a subdirectory for each spelling list. Then you use Windows Sound Recorder (under Programs-Assessories-Entertainment) to record each word. Usually, I say the word once, read it in a sentence, and then repeat the word. Save the file in the appropriate directory spelled as the word is spelled with proper capitalization. You may want to use Save As and change the sound quality to telephone quality before you save the file. This keeps the files a reasonable size.

FlashCard - This program quizes a child on basic math. Originally, I wrote the program to randomly generate math problems. The problem with this was that it only worked for a certain level. I changed the program to work off of text files containing lists of problems. To create a problem you specify the two operands and then the operator all separated by commas. There are examples in the zip file. The files can contain a mix of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems all in the same file.