Amazon Maximum Age: 48 months
Amazon Minimum Age: 60 months
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: The Learning Company
EAN: 0772040780531
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Format: CD-ROM
Label: The Learning Company
Manufacturer: The Learning Company
Model: RTG3744AE
Packaged Height: 163 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 1025 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 165 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 950 hundredths-inches
Platform: Macintosh
Platform: Windows 98
Platform: Windows Me
Platform: Windows 95
Publisher: The Learning Company
Studio: The Learning Company
Feature:
- A.D.A.P.T. Learning Technology
- Adapts to your childs abilities.
- Windows and MAC
Product Description:
An exciting new set of learning games featuring the ever-playful Reader Rabbit and friends, Thinking Adventures provides tons of activities designed to get kindergartners mastering all kinds of important skills. The goal is to throw a party for Sam the Lion, and there's a lot to do to get ready--matching, sorting, patterning, memorizing, and problem solving all play a role here. As always with this series, the difficulty level adjusts automatically, and there's lots of printable worksheets and certificates. Reader Rabbit is always ready with helpful hints, which is great for kids who like to play without parental assistance. This is a great accompaniment for other Reader Rabbit titles--kids love the characters, and this title is more about general learning and entertainment than other programs that focus exclusively on math or reading. Younger kids will have a great time exploring with the easier skill levels--nearly every scene has lots of fun clickables, and many games can be easily handled by preschoolers. Reading isn't necessary, but good listening skills are--more easily distracted kids may need some assistance in understanding game instructions. You'll appreciate the progress reports--and knowing in which areas your child excels or needs some extra help. --Jill Lightner
Customer Reviews:
1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
 Takes a while to get into it, 2005-01-20
My 4.5 year old was intimidated by a lot of the activities but he really wanted to get to the birthday party so he kept at it, much to my surprise. The games are very educational and quite difficult. A parent's guidance is definitely needed for at least the first few repetitions of each activity.
I thought that the payoff came after too many repetitions, though. You have to do all 6 activities, 24 times each to get to the birthday party. It took us weeks of playing to finish. Many kids would give up long before then. When we finally got to the birthday party, I found it to be extremely anti-climactic, although my son didn't seem to think so. Also, I couldn't believe the incredible progress he had made by the end of the game.
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