World Myths & Legends - The Ramayana : The Great Indian Epic
from Culture Voyagers
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION The Ramayana is a story CD-ROM that tells the epic Indian story of Rama and Sita. Children can listen to the adventures of Rama in the forest, and of how he defeats the 10-headed demon Raavanna and rescues Sita with the help of the monkey king.
This is a very easy-to-use CD-ROM with very clear instructions. Children can listen to the exciting story, which is told in chapters, and can follow the text. They can use the bookmark function to save their place in the story and come back to it at a later date. There is also an excellent function that highlights difficult words and allows children to hear an explanation of their meaning should they need to.
By clicking on the treasure pot children can learn more about the story and the characters. There is also an opportunity for them to go on two adventures of their own. One involves helping the princes of Adodhya who need magic herbs to save them. These can be found on medicine mountain. Children have to move squares to the correct places to form a picture of, for example, the dark rangers who guard the passageway or a sea monster. The pictures get increasingly complex as they progress. The other adventure is to the cave of illusions to find treasure hidden in the depths of the cave. Again children have to create pictures. It is a shame that other games were not included to make it a more exciting adventure.
The Ramayana is a good retelling of this epic story, which is told to children in many schools. Children aged eight to 11 years old would enjoy following the exciting good-vs-evil adventures of Rama. --Amanda York
