January 9, 2012

Early Learning Interactive Cd-rom Ages

Early Learning Interactive Cd Rom Ages

Platform: WINDOWS & MACINTOSH (CLASSIC) Publisher: LEARNING COMPANY Packaging: JEWEL CASE Rating: AGES: 3-6 Surveying the night sky the ClueFinders spot flashing lights beaming from an old abandoned amusement park. It s an SOS! Investigate in the dead of night! Learn deductive logic ordering sequencing hypothesis testing spatial reasoning and more as you search for clues to solve the mystery.ON THE NIGHT OF A LUNAR ECLIPSE... ...the ClueFinders see flashing lights. It's an abandoned amusement park and people say that it s haunted! Venture inside at your own risk! Villains lurk in the shadows.THE PHANTOM AMUSEMENT PARK PROBLEM SOLVING WITH: Numbers * Words * Letters * PatternsCRITICAL THINKING Pattern Recognition * Pattern Completion * Classification * Order & Sequence * Cause & Effect * Planning & Strategy * Hypothesis Testing * Spatial Relationships * Deductive Reasoning * Logical Analysis * Problem Solving * Data Collection * Draw Conclusions * Make AnalogiesSPECIAL FEATURES 15 Interactive Activities * 15+ Skills Covered * 4 Skill Levels * Detailed Help * Progress Reports2ND CD: MYSTERY OF THE MISSING AMULET Reading Comprehension * Grammar * SpellingADAPT Learning System A Personalized Learning Experience Places your child at just the right skill levels * Adjusts to keep pace with your child s abilities * Provides help when needed * Tracks progressSystem Requirements for Windows Windows 95/98 Me 2000 XPPentium 166 MHz or faster32 MB RAM57 MB free hard disk space*640x480 monitor 16-bit colorWindows-patible sound card & speakers4X CD-ROM driveInter access and printer remended System Requirements for Macintosh Mac OS 7.1 9.2 OS X Classic modePowerPC 120 MHz or faster32 MB RAM 10 MB free57 MB free hard disk space*13" or larger monitor thousands of colors4X CD-ROM driveInter access and printer remended*An additional 7 MB of disk space may be required to install Adobe Acrobat Rea

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65 of 68 people found the following review helpful.
A good start software & fun for 3-5yr boy or girl
By LAK
I purchased this software because my kid's daycare uses Reader Rabbit. I picked this version since it was preschool to K & I've got a 3yr old & a 5yr old & I wanted something (for my first purchase of software) that they could both use. It's a two disk set with one for the preschool & the other is K. The preschool has less "story" to it; it has more games, songs, & a zillion printable activities (we haven't done them since the kids computer isn't hooked up to a printer-- another thing they might break). Some games are matching letters or shapes, while harder games have the child pick the right word for the sentence (if you move your mouse over words, etc, the sentence/word is read for the child). Both my kids like teh preschool disk. THe K disk is more story & more detail -- help the mouse find letters & fill in a map. I think my 5yr old lacks the desire right now to sit thru all that, but it seems fun & challenging without being hard. My 3yr old tries to do it, but he can't follow the steps yet. I would have given this four stars (maybe even five, but it's my first software purchase & I've got nothing to compare it to) but I had to bump one off because the software doesn't download; you have to change between disks & that is a huge drag for me when one kid is done & the other wants to do the other program. That's just a hassle that isn't necessary. Outside of this, I think the program is great. The kids spend maybe 20 minutes on a Saturday or Sunday on the computer. I would recommend this product. It was a good first purchase for us.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful.
Reader Rabbit teaches
By Deborah Verlen
When I first purchased this and took a look at it before I let my four year old granddaughter view it--to be honest I thought it looked uninspiring and rather boring for her. But what do I know! She spent three hours on it the first day learning how to navigate through the various activities and books. I was amazed since she is a whirlwind of energy. Since then she views it daily and learns the letters and words and is beginning to pick them out of the hardcover books she has.
In the end what matters is that she finds this edition of Reader Rabbit engaging and that she is learning from the activities and the interactive stories.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
Will not load
By Karl Groves
Will not load after installation. Product description says it supports Windows XP. I am running 64-bit Windows 7, which is likely the problem. My recommendation is that you should not purchase this product if you have a 64-bit OS.