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GREAT. I have never been disappointed with anything Reader Rabbit. My four year old gets lots from it.
After being completely satisfied with the Toddler version of Reader Rabbit, I found this to be a disappointment. The introduction intimidated the girl I bought it for and the lessons don't draw a young child in like the Toddler version did. It has some learning value, but I'm sure there are better products out there.
It will not allow skip. I work in Software from 10 years. They are hard to use. Every time you need to put the CD in to run the program.
It takes significant learning effort to get used to the programs. I tried 3-4 Reader Rabbit Programs. Apart from that the program is educational. 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. If its difficult to navigate for me, the kids definitely will not be able to navigate freely.
Another negative: The program does not install on computer. Usability is the most important. The navigation is not good. Instead of struggling with Reader Rabbit, I would highly recommend the Leapfrog Letter Factory and Math Circus. 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. In fact I bought all Leapfrog DVD titles one by one after seeing the difference the Frog makes to kid's learning. Learn from Leap Frog.
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.
It didn't and when I contacted the company (I purchased it from EducationMax) they told me that my Operating System was to new. This product is not supported on Mac OS X as indicated in the product description. I've had the same Mac for 10 years and my Operating System is at least 2-3 years old. 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. I'm in the process of returning the product. I'm rating EducationMax 1 Star, not Reader Rabbit.
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