2. An interactive instructing and assessing system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the plurality of displayed components include cartoon characters.
1. An interactive system for instructing and assessing achievement of preschool students with enablement of instructor assistance utilizing a computer with a display screen, a speaker and manually operated means for indicating and selecting a displayed component on the display screen, comprising: means for generating an animated cartoon with a plurality of displayed components recognizable by a preschool student on a first portion of the display screen along with an accompanying vocal story on the speaker; interactive means for enabling the manually operated means for user selection of one of the plurality of displayed components in the generated cartoon; the cartoon and accompanying vocal story requesting use of the manually operated selecting means to select a displayed component having a predefined aspect representative of an educational goal; means responsive to operation of the manually operated means selecting the displayed component having the predefined aspect for indicating achievement of the educational goal; and means for generating a written instruction on a second portion of the display screen to provide instructions for the instructor in assistance of the preschool student.