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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Buggy Software!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: October 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Excellent game, but I've got v1.3 (under XP, and tried on two PCs) and it has a bad software bug with the piano game, as other reviewers have stated. Otherwise I'd give it 5 stars.

This is what I got back from customer support regarding the bug:

"Thank you for your inquiry and for choosing Riverdeep, Broderbund, The
Learning Company, and Edmark for your software needs.

Unfortunately, this issue does not have a resolution. I want to apologize
for this inconvenience."

It's still well worth the purchase if you're willing to sit with your child during the piano game to try to prevent any confusion and frustration.

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.

doesn't run on mac os x

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: September 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

there's no support information available regarding failure to run on mac os x platform. i was unaware of the problem because the product is advertised as macintosh compatible, and only subsequently discovered that others have run into the same difficulty after searching online for troubleshooting help.

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.

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.

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