Caillou Kindergarten

by BRIGHTER MINDS

Product Features

• Fun games teach children about counting and numbers
• Puzzles give children stronger thinking abilities
• Expand your child's creative skills with Coloring & Creativity

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001GNGK4
• Item model number: 612761810202
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 27, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,450 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Caillou Kindergarten is a great way to introduce your child to the world of kindergarten. Caillou will take them on a tour of the fun things they'll do and the new things they'll learn, for a better student and a brighter child.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Multiple Problems, June 24, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Caillou Kindergarten (CD-ROM)

I got Caillou's Kindergarten for my daughter who will start kindergarten in the fall. There were multiple problems with the product. First, when you start the CD, the voice says "Welcome to Caillou's Preschool" (instead of Kindergarten) and then vocally gives options to select games about the alphabet, colors/shapes, and coloring. Yet, the actual options (the ones written on the screen) are for Caillou's Counting, Thinking Skills, and Coloring & Creativity Part 2. Nowhere on the CD can you select the options that were given vocally. I contacted the company and they said they will not fix the problem because it doesn't effect the game play. Yet it completely confuses the consumers since they can't choose the options mentioned. My daughter wanted to play the colors/shapes games, and no such games existed on the CD! I actually returned the product to get a replacement, thinking it was a bad disk, but the next CD had the exact same problems.

Additionally, the written menu said "Coloring & Creativity Part 2". There is no Part 1 on the CD, yet another confusing aspect. Also, there is only one game in that section, whereas the other two sections had numerous games to choose from, leaving the parent wondering if there were supposed to be more.

Only the Dad's voice is heard in the English version, a disappointment to those hoping to hear one of the many other characters speak. The designers of the software could have done so much more with this product but chose not to.

Finally, the product was way too easy for my daughter, who has not yet started kindergarten. This CD is much more appropriate for preschoolers. Overall, it is a poorly created, overpriced CD that I would not recommend to others.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money, December 27, 2009

By 

J. Downey "SAHM2A&E" (Waterbury, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Caillou Kindergarten (CD-ROM)

The above review labeled "A Consumer" who reviewed this product in 2004 nailed it right on the head. I got my preschooler (who just turned 4) this game for Christmas 2 days ago and he's already completed all of the levels (took about 15 minutes to finish it) and he is bored with it already. Everything the above reviewer said about the game is accurate, I'm extremely disappointed in this product. From the verbal menu being wrong to there being no "part 1" of the coloring game. Obviously the designers of this game haven't cared enough to fix it if it is still having the same issues 5 1/2 years later.
Also, he was playing one of the games: Goofy Room and you would think that everytime you'd play the game it would be slightly different to give a challenge. Its not. Its the exact same set up every time, so once you play it and find all of the things that are out of place, there is absolutely no challenge.
Same thing goes with the Counting Cars game--you have to click on the cars that have the number that the game says. Its always 9 on our game even when you shut it off and bring it back up. Ooooo, thats tough! That's not teaching numbers, that's teaching 9.
When my 2 year old gets up from his nap I'm going to have him play it, he can probably get through this game quickly as well.
DEFINITELY not a kindergartner game, and hardly a preschooler game either.
I'm glad I only paid $7.99 for it, I wish I'd paid 79 cents.
Use [...] instead--its free and actually teaches something.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not good to start teaching your child another language, March 21, 2009

By 

Beth Rock (California, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Caillou Kindergarten (CD-ROM)

I bought Caillou Kindergarten thinking it would help my children with french and spanish, but it's really more useful if you already understand french and spanish. I also noticed that the narration sometimes doesn't match the written words; the CD is about math and the narration of the menu is about the alphabet. My kids really enjoy playing the games, but sometimes I think it's a waste of time they could be learning something else. So we only use it in spanish, that we can understand better. Maybe later we will be able to use it in french. Also, the flashcards that came in the box don't match the content of the CD. The CD is about numbers and the flashcards about letters. I still think it can be useful if your child needs to learn computer skills. The box says Kindergarten, but my 3 year-old daughter can do it really well. As I said, it's great if you already know spanish or french and is teaching your child a second language.