Clifford The Big Red Dog Reading [OLD VERSION]

by Scholastic

Product Features

• Exploring Clifford's fun-filled neighborhood, children discover reading activities
• 7 adjustable levels that continually introduce new letters, sounds, and words
• Over 100 reading lessons; 15 printable activities; interactive and printable bonus books
• Kids practice reading aloud by recording stories in their own voice
• Progress report allows you to track your child's development; for kids ages 4-6

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000098XIX
• Item model number: 334586
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 11, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,170 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #15 in Software > Children's Software > Interactive Books
  • #25 in Software > Children's Software > Reading & Language
  • #100 in Software > Children's Software > Early Learning
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Learning to Read with Clifford is BIG Fun! Exploring Clifford's fun-filled neighborhood, children discover entertaining reading activities--all with seven levels that continually introduce new letters, sounds, and words. After completing a level, children earn a bonus book they can read on their own using the skills they have just learned. In addition, kids visit exciting places like the carnival-dunking booth and the movie theater where they collect tickets redeemable at the prize booth for special surprises! For kids ages 4-6.

Features:

• Over 100 reading lessons
• 15 printable activities
• Seven adjustable levels
• Interactive and printable bonus books
• Automatically adjusts to focus on skills that your child needs to practice
• Kids practice reading aloud by recording stories in their own voice
• Progress report allows you to track your child's development

Skills Covered:

• Phonics
• Letter/sound recognition
• Upper and lower case letters
• Word recognition
• Word building
• Word-object association
• Spelling
• Vocabulary
• Listening
• Memory
• Creativity
• Following directions

Product Description

Learning to Read with Clifford Is Big Fun!Product InformationEverybody wants a dog like Clifford!Clifford The Big Red Dog may be big and red but as far as he's concerned he'sjust like any other dog. That's why when Clifford tries to do what other dogsdo things can get a little out of hand.  Sometimes he gets into trouble.sometimes he saves the day. Most of the time he has a lot of fun. All of thetime he's a good dog and true friend!Exploring Clifford's fun-filled neighborhood children discover entertainingreading activities - all with seven levels that continually introduce newletters sounds and words. After completing a level children earn a bonus bookthey can read on their own using the skills they have just learned.In addition kids visit exciting places like the carnival-dunking booth and themovie theater where they collect tickets redeemable at the prize booth forspecial surprises!Skills Learned Phonics Letter/Sound Recognition Upper & Lower Case Letters Word Recognition Word Building Word-Object Association Spelling Vocabulary Listening Memory Creativity Following DirectionsProduct HighlightsMini-LessonsAt the beginning of each level learn new letters and sounds! to hear themagain just click on a letter of the alphabet at any time.Visual DiscriminationNicky needs help getting letters off the sign. As Clifford knocks off thefrequently confused letters catch them in the correct box.Sound Recognition & BlendingClifford's huge sneeze blew everything out of the Bleakman's garage! Help cleanup by listening to the sounds and clicking on the correct item.Progress ReportTrack your child's skill development with an easy to read chart.Fine Motor SkillsFun at the Prize Booth! Keep your eye on a prize as you guide the claw to dropand pick it up.Sight Word RecognitionDunk Clifford in the ocean! Listen to the word and identify it by popping thecorrect balloon. Watch out for the bi

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good...but..., November 22, 2004

By 

Richard M. Quist - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Clifford The Big Red Dog Reading [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

My 5 year old daughter is enjoying this package, BUT...be aware that on Windows XP and Windows 2000 that the program has to be installed AND run as a user with administrative rights. Not exactly the kind of account I would choose to setup for a small child.
Unfortunately the information isn't included in the packaging, so you might waste time reinstalling or checking compatiblity settings before finding the info on the support web site (http://support.scholastic.com/Solution.asp?sid=204642041122066189015104&pid=782&pnm=Clifford+Reading&tnf=15&seid=1932&pos=Windows+XP&top=Error+Messages&rid=12622)

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great software for my 3-year-old child!, February 9, 2006

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Ellie's mom - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clifford The Big Red Dog Reading [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

This Clifford Reading software is really great for my 3-year-old child. She is able to play all the games herself and navigate around the screens easily without me helping her, which is great for when I have other work to do. We had a problem with the Richard Scarry software; there was just too much going on visually (great for books, confusing for click navigation) and this one is better in that regard. It is visually more obvious where you are to click or what to do, and the narration by Emily Elizabeth is clear and helpful. The games are cute. She loves the T-shirt stamper animation after correctly spelling a 3-letter word. Second favorite is "pop the balloon that says 'xxx'" and you have to correctly pop several word ballons that float by in order to dunk Clifford in the carnival dunk tank. What kid doesn't love being allowed to pop a bunch of balloons and then making a dog swim? This software makes learning the words really fun instead of frustrating. The beginning level is challening but not too hard; she can still win the prize tickets and get a prize/present from the big carnival claw-grabber prize bin. The prize/present unwraps itself and is a printable item like a coloring page, abc dot-to-dot, colorable finger puppets, etc. You can color these on-screen and/or print them out, and they are automatically saved for you in case you want to print them out later. Overall, I really love this software, it was a great purchase, and I am definitely buying it for all of the other kids I know as well as checking out all of the other Clifford titles. Great!!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great first reading progam for pre-schoolers and kindergarten, June 23, 2005

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Chess Parent (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clifford The Big Red Dog Reading [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

As well as all the games which my 5 year old kids find addictive, there are also 26 mini lessons on each letter of the the alphabet and lots of mini stories to read. So there is some hard core education for parents to assist children and its not just all easy peasy games pitched at very young children.

Younger kids who are just learning the alphabet will love the letter catching and matching games which feature Clifford and their favourite characters.They can also "print" shirts with a selected picture and put a short word on it. Older kids can type in words up to 4 letters which an artist will paint for them - my kids say this is the coolest part of the program. They can also read a series of stories and record and play back their own voices!!!

Excellent value and one of the best kids reading programs around. if your kids love Clifford this program is a must to get them interested in reading.