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Great Educational Fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 170 / 175
Date: July 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When my 6 year old was struggling with new math concepts, I bought a lot of software. I wanted something for her that was both educational, and fun. This program is by far the best we've tried. You can set the difficulty levels, so kids don't get frustrated, but also they don't get bored. The characters are really cute, and because there is an overall goal of building the boat, kids want to keep playing! For each 3-5 question activity they complete, they get a boat part as a reward. The various activities cover all math basics, including fractions, money, and time.

With other programs, my daughter would play, and then get bored or overly frustrated very quickly, but because of the ability to customize this game to your child's skill level, she played for hours and hours. The skill levels on it vary widely, so it can teach concepts from a 1st through 3rd grade level, unlike so many games that are only relevant for one grade. My daughter's gotten tons of fun math practice out of this game, and she's still playing! I'd recommend it to anyone.

He plays it willingly and learns along the way!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 36 / 39
Date: May 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is the best math program I've seen. Though I have more exploring planned I know already there are plenty of turkeys. The tragedy is that math is (IMHO :) interesting and practical, yet drill-and-kill programs never make it seem that way. RR Math is partly a drill program but disguised in arcade-style games.

My almost 6-y.o. has rekindled his interest in RR Math and had played a lot over the last week, and has even been cajoled to ratchet up the skill levels -- with the promise he can always go back down. The program can also auto-ratchet the skill level. Most of the individual activities are reasonably fun, though the animation is pretty crude by the standards of other programs (Think early "Speed Racer" or other made-for-TV cartoons :).

I'm impressed they put in an activity for counting money, something that's not all that simple I realized when I tried to explain it. The telling-time activity likewise gets quite challenging. As you can see, I've been watching over his shoulder and haven't been bored away, although the repeating theme music *really* gets on your nerves after a while. (It can be turned off, but HE likes it.)

I predict playing these "games" helps my son towards a familiarity and confidence with numbers that makes the more advanced stuff later on less intimidating. But realize it is still the grown-ups who teach the actual math, as well as we can!

A definitely must have!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This program is great fun and educational for any kid between the ages of 5 and 9. My 4 year old loves to play even though he hardly understands math concepts. He sees the fun his older siblings are having and therefore joins in. My 2nd grader gets easily frustrated with math but not with this software, simply because it is entertaining and he does not even realize that he is doing math.

Educational and fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: September 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

...The Reader Rabbit series are great because they offer great ways to learn while keeping things simple and fun in a cartoon-like format. The software is easy to install and I found that my 1st grader could easily navigate the program without getting stuck. ...[I]look forward to purchasing further copies.

Great for summer between 3rd and 4th grade

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 26 / 26
Date: September 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

My sister literally sat down for 5 hours playing it! She finished it in 2 days! She was hooked (she's crazy about gamecube, and apparently, this program was right up her alley). Although I'm not sure if six year olds will really be able to handle it (some of the concepts seem too advanced for the average six year old), it is great for second and third graders, particularly the summer before fourth grade (which is when my sister played it).

have not been able to install it yet...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: March 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

well, recieved reader Rabbit Math 4-6 most recently along with a few other Stuart Little Math & Writing CDs and have had the worst time installing.

Tried to install on Win98 and it failed, indicating it required a "wing".exe file. Same problem with a brand new WinXP operating system.

Sent inquiry to Broderbund to fix the problem and received a response of instructions the size of a small novel! This is without a doubt the most difficult software program I have ever tried to install. Whenever I should get it installed (reading page 78 in "resolving the Wing.exe issue at the moment) I will return for a review on this program..

In the meantime, my little on is enjoying the other 12 children's learning programs, including Stuart Little.

Wonderful game to learn beginning math skills.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My son who is four loves this game.

It uses appropriate level games to drill math skills in a fun way. I love the reader rabbit products, but this is my son's favorite.

Beginning Math Skills Taught Here-Fun!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: April 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My 3 yr old doesn't "get it" yet...but my 4 yr old loves it! This game teaches early math skills in a fun way! The kids earn tickets as they get things correct and can "buy" things with their tickets. Not a tough game as you would think -being a "math" one...it is fun! It is worth the money & your kids will enjoy the time they spend on it.

1smileycat :-)

Installation is a Pain

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 21
Date: April 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Can't figure out why on two separate OSs the installation of this software has issues. The installation SW can't see all the file on the CDROM because they are hidden, Oh and that isn't obvious. you get an error message during install and when you go to the website their solution are incomplete and it isn't the right one for the error message. I have worked with computers for 20 years, and it took a good hour+ to figure out what was really going on....Oh and phone support for this product is disontinued.

Your child will learn math!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: July 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a great math game. The colors are bold and music is entertaining. It can be a little fustrating swimming through the stream to get the right answers for younger ones.

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