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Reader Rabbit PreSchool Review (continued)
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Manufacturer: The Learning Company
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ESRB Rating: Everyone
Platform(s): Windows NT, Macintosh, Linux, Unix, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 95
Release Date: June 7, 2004
Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
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More User Submitted Reader Rabbit PreSchool Reviews
Date: 2003-06-06
Preschool Best
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.
Date: 2003-01-12
Great for 2.5 year old new to computers
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.
Date: 2002-12-26
Old version
The version of Preschool I received is so old it would not run on my Mac under OS 8.6. It is not supported by The Learning Company in any way (telephone or email). I can't tell you about the contents because we were able to get it to launch.
Date: 2002-12-05
Not horrible, but far from great
First, I loved Reader Rabbit Toddler -- I thought it was cute, suited a large range of (toddler) skills and interests, fast paced and not annoying. I can't say the same for Reader Rabbit Preschool. My 2 1/2 yr old likes the three minute music videos lauding the joys of "Spark-a-lot" -- I think they're insipid, annoying, and pointless. They're not given as a reward for completing an activity and they don't reinforce anything but the storyline. As for the storyline -- winning a complete set of brillites in order to start a fountain, rescue a ship and save the stars -- was way beyond my 2 1/2 year old.Game play is confusing -- both for me and my son. It's very dependent on being able to listen to the directions upfront. As a parent being called in to rescue a frustrated child, I had a hard time figuring out what the goal of the game was at times. I also still haven't gotten my son to sit and listen to the directions by himself -- he just likes the games where he's already learned the set instructions like the mining game where you have to match gems of a certain shape and color. Some of the games were just too long, and most of them got old fast. I just don't see the point of counting out a set number of astronauts twenty times just so you can win a brillite. Again, if you're child already knows the skill -- counting, letters, matching colors and shapes -- then they can practice. If they don't know the skill, the game won't teach it. As is mentioned in other reviews, the game won't remove extra choices or highlight the right answer to help, it just keeps repeating the same instructions. So if your child needs more than: "You need a blue brillite." "That's not a triangle." or "Try again." than get ready to do a *lot* of helping. As for winning the game, there didn't really seem to be a rhyme or reason to the winning of brillites and I had a hard time figuring out what they were for. One set of colors started a fountain; another color set was needed to free the ship; and I never quite figured out what the third did -- some areas of the game allowed you to use them, but I'm still not sure if the rat popping up for a couple of seconds was the sole reward. Trying to get complete sets can be frustrating as you're never told what you need to do to get them. I also don't see the point of a game you can win for preschoolers -- it's just too long of a reward delay for young, and seems to be used in place of greater variety. It's not a horrible game or anything -- just not particularly great.
Date: 2002-11-17
Love Reader Rabbit
My 3 1/2 yr old son graduated from rr baby & toddler to this a few months ago and it's been great. He needed help at first but caught on really quickly. I just wish they would provide a parents' manual with it because sometimes he gets frustrated because he hasn't got enough crystals to do something and I can't help as I haven't actually played the game through myself. But he now knows how to use the mouse to point, click and drag without really having been shown and without having spent hours playing - he spends maybe an hour a week on the computer.
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