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It doesn't work with w2k

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 13 / 25
Date: October 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm an A+ network Engineer. This sw doesn't work with w2k, and probably not with xp. I spent hours on their website and am still searching the web for a fix, no luck. Consider this before you buy from this company.

Reader Rabbit Learn To Read With Phonics.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I love this software. My son really likes it. I bought it because he had problems pronouncing words. He enjoyed playing with it so much, that now he is able to match words with pictures and sound out several words.

A 4yr old learns to read with phonics

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Thank you for such a useful, motivating little guide into learning how to read. My grand daughter is having fun too.

excellent

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

highly recommended. It has helped my 5 year old with his phonics! He likes the games and spends more time learning while playing.

What a Disappointment!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: May 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I remember when this series had snappy graphics and good customer support. My disk arrived today. We installed. We re-installed. The graphics froze, or the music/sound disappeared, or both as soon as we accessed any of the puzzles. We looked for customer service from the reader rabbit website. It was not a website that was intended to make customer inquiries easy. We received an automated response from Broderlund, that was followed by a second message telling us that tech support was now being done by another firm. So, I registered my issue with that company. Another automated response directing me to another website. More FAQs. And the 'Contact Us' button sends you to the same address that generates the automated response.
Might be a decent program - but you better hope nothing ever goes wrong!!!

Well made and keeps my child learning for hours.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

We use a library copy of this CD with 4.5 years old. The program is very well made, good story, very good teaching sequence of games, and fun. One of the best on the market, we tried all of them. She already reads on K level, and I got it for reinforcement, and it is certaily worth using at any stage. Very easy and clear for child how to use it. Certainly try it.

Road to reading is superb.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Once my daughter strated on Road to Reading, she was not ready to stop. After coming back from the daycare, she would play it for at least two hours everyday. She reached the end of the road after 5 days and what a sense of achievement she had. She did learn quite a bit while playing this game.

Good - could be better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I got this CD for my toddler because he LOVES the Reader Rabbit Playtime for Baby & Toddler! (Which I highly recommend!) The Reader Rabbit Learn to Read with Phonics, on the otherhand, is not nearly as good. The quality of the animation and the "fun-ness factor" are not there. It is more educational, but your child has got to want to use it, and mine just asks me to put in the other Reader Rabbit.

Works With Mac Classic Really Well

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have an 2003 iBook 800, and this game has to play through Mac Classic but it doesn't crash as much as most games and mostly survives being in sleep mode and then waking up to play the game. The game automatically starts Classic mode and changes the screen size without input, so my daughter can start the game on her own.

My daughter is 4 and she loves this game. Albeit she finds it a little repetative because there is the same 5 games that need to be completed for each letter. She always wants to play it gets through two letters and then moves onto something else. It has really good movies for rewards every 5 letters or so that you complete. The sound and the songs are really excellent, and the visuals are pleasing and simple.

My daughters letter recognition has gotten better and she is really seeing the connection between sounds and letters from this game.

She is already disposed to learn to read and therefore she wants to play so that she can read. Other kids who need more entertainment to play a learn-to-read game might not be able to sit through this game. But the controls and navigation are really simple for children unlike most games.

Avoid - Bug in CD teaches kids how to spell incorrectly

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The Piano portion of this game has a bug that teaches you how to spell incorrectly. There are no updates to fix this problem, and the manufacturer no longer supports the game.

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