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Reader Rabbit Preschool

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 13
Date: October 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a great product. I recently bought this for my kids (twins - 3years and 6 months) and they love it. Not only has ot helped them to develop preschool skills but they learnt how to use the keyboard and mouse. The software is well layed out so the kids could easily navigate through the program. Now I only need to get the porgram started. The kids know how to navigate from there onwards.

This is a must buy for all who want to get their kids develop computer skills early whilst learning.

Great for 2.5 year old new to computers

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: January 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This and Little People airport are my 2.5 year olds favorate games. She can play them herself and they seem to hold her interest much better then other software including Jumpstart preschool. She has about 10 programs and only stays with Little People and Reader Rabbit for any lenght of time.

Preschool Best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: June 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My 3 1/2 year old grandson loves this program. It is great for little ones first learning to use the computer. It is sometimes hard for them to click the mouse. These programs allow them to play some games just by moving the mouse over the targeted picture.

Great learning!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Our son started with this when he was 4, and just played with the mouse. He began reading and following along, and he just loves the program. We have several Reader Rabbit programs, and I HIGHLY recommend them for your little learner. A great buy!

Works on Linux!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I added this product to my list of the best games of preschoolers quite a few years ago. I was browsing through all the games available for linux and was pleasantly surprised to see this game listed. I'm so glad to see more mainstream game publishers taking the time and energy to include linux when they are developing games!

Reader Rabbit 2nd Grade

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: November 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

A+ rating from my 7 year old boy. He's had other Reader Rabbit software and this one is right up his alley. There are plenty of levels for him to be challenged by and when you initially begin the program it gives the child an "assessment" so they know what level to start him off with. If he gets stuck in one level, he can skip to another part of the game doing something else and come back to what he was doing. It's perfect for a child who is high energy. This program is challenging, not too easy for him, which is good. He sneaks off to his room to play this program, just what he needs as an "educational treat." He loves the music and there's plenty of visual rewards! At any time, I can pull up and see a chart that tells me how far he's completed each task, that's really great. He will play this CD for an hour or more and not because I've asked him to. I've found his confidence level is higher now too, the CD has lots of verbal reinforcement and encouragement. I think the 2nd grade level is very appropriate too, some 2nd grade programs are too easy or hard...this one seems like it has a wide range to accommodate all second graders. I highly recommend this program for all children, especially active boys who love a challenge. BUY IT, BUY IT, BUY IT!

Works with Special Needs Kids

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: July 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was amazed that after only about 2 weeks of playing with this, my 2 year old son was actually able to figure out the games. He has severe language difficulties, sensory issues and behavior problems. Usually he could not sit long enough to play a computer game because there was not enough interaction for him. He loves this game and points to the computer all the time to try to tell me he wants to play. He is actually trying to "count" to 5 with the game and "sing" (in his own gibber-jabber language)some of the songs. There is no exact mouse clicking to frustrate him. Anything close works! This is an awesome game for toddlers to feel like the big kids and not be frustrated.

A must have for the 2nd Grader!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: August 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is an excellent computer learning game. It is fun and easy for kids to use --my son loved it and played with it for hours.

good for preschoolers if you want them using the computer!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 59 / 69
Date: October 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This program doesn't teach anything special that is not easily taught outside of a computer game. Success at the game will be had most quickly if the child already knows the skills needed to play the game (see below, i.e. already knows their basic shapes). If you want your child using the computer during the preschool years then this is a safe and good bet. If your child doesn't know everything this program covers already then they are sure to learn it quickly if they like the game and are not discouraged. There is much more to phonics than this program covers, of course.

We held off introducing our son to the computer until he was almost 4.5 years old. We strictly limit what he can do on the computer and he does not use it much, sometimes going 2 months or so without using it. We purchased this program when our oldest just turned 5, at which time he already could start up the computer, open a program, change CDs and close the entire system down all by himself. I thought it best to buy an easier Reader Rabbit game and see how he likes it rather than start off with the Kindergarten or the phonics Reader Rabbit. If you have a 3 or a 4 year old (or even a 2 year old) that you want using a computer game then this one is great (see section on phonics for a possible difficult part though).

Being unfamiliar with children's computer games I was surprised that much of this is almost like a video on television, there are songs that seem to be about 3 minutes long and very graphic and long introductions to the program every time it is started and before each game. The characters on screen tell the user what to do. I was disappointed it did not come with written instructions, as when my son needed help there was nothing I could turn to. Goodness knows I am not sitting with him all the time watching him play, so I miss the already-spoken instructions for the overall game. Instructions for the mini-games that they play can be repeated by simply clicking on a certain character on the screen.

I sat down to play it as a new user and we played for over an hour. I was annoyed that the instructions are not clear. Specifically, the program has the user doing a little job to earn a gem called a brillite. They wanted 5 yellow brillites to start. We did all the jobs but there was a missing brillite. There was no instruction as to how to get this missing brillite so we re-explored every area on the program's map and began repeating jobs because we didn't know what else to do. That began earning us different colored brillites. It is a little unclear to me as to how to win this game, they say to gather brillites but we really don't know how many of each and how to exactly get them except play in a random manner repeating the games. I'd much prefer them to say "repeat all the games to earn the blue brillites in order to earn the missing yellow brillite" or some other such informative instruction.

This is truly geared for preschool age (3 or 4) or for any age that already knows the 6 colors of the rainbow, circle, square, oval, triangle, diamond shapes, if they can count to 10 and follow oral directions. The hardest part of the game, which may be difficult for preschool aged children and may cause frustration, is the phonics portion. An object comes along on a raft and there are 3 sparkle shakers above it and the user must choose which sparkle shaker (with a letter on it) represents the first letter of the object. The first go round has the word written under the object (i.e. violin) but after that round is won the object comes out without a word. Shame on them for showing a giraffe and giving both a g and a j as options! Bad choice for beginners to phonics! The user will be told if they make an incorrect choice and they can narrow it down by process of elimination. The game with the train and matching the object shape is more of a fast paced game to improve hand and eye coordination and fast mouse-usage than a true matching game-if they pick the match right after the fast changes they are doomed. On the box it says this does drawing and coloring but that is a stretch: the kids are told to paint a certain shape a certain color and they simply click once on the proper color and click once on top of the shape and it is instantly colored in. There is nothing about drawing going on there! The only math here is counting up to 10 (it is advertised as having math on it).

There is nothing offensive or questionable about this game, the language is clean, etc.

This is a fun game for preschoolers (I found it too easy for my just turned 5 year old). It is very entertaining in that it has interludes in between games and songs with a few minutes of on screen entertainment. The songs are catchy. The graphics are very good compared to the old days of Space Invaders and such!

Fun program, nice songs

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 21 / 23
Date: February 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It is quite a stretch to call this 'pre-school'. My 4 year old quickly became bored with it, and the math sequence is interminable and goes on for what seems like forever.
My 2 1/2 year old took to the challenges more readily, learning mouse skills, colors and shapes, and some basic words. This doesn't attempt to teach reading or the alphabet.
The whole story about 'Pirats' (sic) - space faring rats - is rather fun, and my kids really enjoyed the songs

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