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Not supported on Mac OS X

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This product is not supported on Mac OS X as indicated in the product description. The product says it works with Mac OS 7.5 or greater. To me, 10 is greater then 7.5 so I assumed it worked. It didn't and when I contacted the company (I purchased it from EducationMax) they told me that my Operating System was to new. I've had the same Mac for 10 years and my Operating System is at least 2-3 years old. I'm in the process of returning the product. I'm rating EducationMax 1 Star, not Reader Rabbit.

4 year old loves it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My four YO grandson tried this out for the first time last night. His words "I LOVE my new game!" I was impressed with how easy he was pulled into the activities and the sense of acomplishment he had when matching sounds to letters and listening to the sounds and matching to words. The L sound is weird though. Doesnt sound right but for everything else it is great.

Difficult to Use

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I tried 3-4 Reader Rabbit Programs. They are hard to use. The navigation is not good. It takes significant learning effort to get used to the programs. I work in Software from 10 years. If its difficult to navigate for me, the kids definitely will not be able to navigate freely. It will not allow you to skip something. If the kids are using the same thing again and again and They want to skip the things they are bored of they are out of luck. It will not allow skip. Apart from that the program is educational. Another negative: The program does not install on computer. Every time you need to put the CD in to run the program.

Instead of struggling with Reader Rabbit, I would highly recommend the Leapfrog Letter Factory and Math Circus. In fact I bought all Leapfrog DVD titles one by one after seeing the difference the Frog makes to kid's learning. My Kids 5 and 3 yrs love the frog.

The designers of Rabbit should keep in mind that its going to be used by little kids. Usability is the most important. Learn from Leap Frog.

Road to reading is superb.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
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.

Perfect!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

They did a very good job getting the product to me quickly and in tact.

Very Loud

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My 5 year old loves this, however I find it loud and a bit to "young" for her. It does not offer anything for her to learn. It just goes over what she knows.

Good software for kids

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bougth this software for my kids and they have enjoy it a lot and, most important, learn a lot. It's a great complement for students kids.

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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