Kids like to hear sounds, particularly if they can control them. In these activities, they get to use the mouse to select and start up sounds (.WAV or .MID). If they get bored with one, another will get started soon after they press another button.

Each program displays the name of the file it is playing. To stop either, you must double click on the close box (or use some other standard window closing method).

In each case, as the sound plays, something visual happens on the screen to help keep the kid's attention and to show which button they pressed last.

Be sure to tell your kids that some of the sounds will take awhile to start (because they are long files). It is also normal for the current sound to continue, even though you have closed the program.