Reader Rabbit Learn to Read Phonics Pre Kindergarten

Hop down the road to readingreadiness with Reader Rabbit by your side!



There's no better companion on the road to reading readiness than trustedlearning pal, Reader Rabbit. Expertly designed for eager pre-readers, thisdelightful program gently guides young learners through 26 exciting Letter Landsand a dynamic Word Factory. Every stimulating environment is alive with lovablecharacters and irresistible activities that build key skills such as alphabetawareness and phonics, while nurturing all-important early reading confidence. Plus, an all-new second CD delivers twice the excitement, for doubly effectiveskill-boosting play.

Trust award-winning Reader Rabbit to introduce and reinforce a full spectrumof essential early reading skills:

• Phonics and Decoding
• Phonemic Awareness
• Sentences
• Vocabulary
• Spelling
• Comprehension

It's never too early to experience the joy of reading. Even the littlestlearners can sing, click, and laugh their way to essential pre-reading skills inthis delightful adventure designed by early-learning specialists. Get startedwith Reader Rabbit today? for a lifetime of happily ever afters!

• Explore more than 100 interactive games and puzzles.
• Keep the fun and learning alive - even after the computer's turned off - with over 100 printable arts and crafts activities!
• Sing along with 10 irresistible songs that play on your computer or on any CD player!
• Enjoy four extra game activities designed to reinforce essen
  
  

The game has two components -- one that lets the child listen to songs and books and the other called "Road to Reading" that requires the child to perform certain tasks for each letter before moving on to the next one with the goal of filling in a message that contains all 26 letters.

My son has not quite finished the game yet, but we have set a goal of completing it before this Christmas. It is a nice change from most of the "story" games that he has that he can complete in an hour or two at the computer. The game is slow, but it has held his interest. We know that he is learning many words by sight because of the reading he can now do outside of the game.

There is one activity that he does not particularly like and needs help with, but for the most part he has played this himself. I can't wait for him to finish. He will be very proud because of the time it takes to get through. It has been worthwhile.


Trouble with Windows XP   November 29, 2003
uncas (Mass.)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This old program seems to have trouble with Windows XP. It changes the resolution to something that Windows XP considers "less than optimal". Consequently a mysterious panel keeps popping up offering me the chance to change the resolution. Of course, the panel disappears whenever I hit any key and then reappears about 15 secs later only to disappear again. At this point I'd rather teach my kid to drag her nails over a chalkboard than mess with this anymore.


Definitely has a Defect, dont buy it!   April 5, 2003
16 out of 16 found this review helpful

I bought this and it is definitely defective. It was not a computer installation issue. The problem is in the main music game that labels letters phonetically in a word. It does not spell the word correctly and sounds the wrong sound for the letter. I was told the earlier version does not have these defects and I am buying that on ebay. Its a pity because the rest is very nice so I hope the earlier version will be fine.


Tells kids wrong sounds for some letters! Many mistakes!   February 28, 2003
19 out of 19 found this review helpful

I liked the design of the program. I played briefly with my daughter and then started letting her play alone. Today I played with her and was surprized to see it telling her incorrect sounds for some letters! "Click on the letter to hear its sound." She clicked on E and it made the sound for A! The same thing happened with O and I in this section of the game. My husband said he saw it giving her incorrect info in another area of the game. Now she's sad that I took her game away and I can't get a refund because I lost my receipt and the toy store won't take opened software. Apparently, there was poor quality control on this program. This could really confuse a young child learning phonics! Or perhaps the creators of this game could use some basic phonics lessons?