- Platform: Windows 98 / Me / 95
- Media: CD-ROM
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The Man with the Yellow Hat has promised Curious George a present, but George doesn't know where they are supposed to meet. What's worse, the note the man left for George has ended up in pieces! Putting it back together is going to take a little work... not to mention some help from a clever young friend.
Curious George Reading and Phonics is a five-part activity game designed to teach children ages 3 to 6 the basics of letter recognition, the principles behind sounding out words, and other fundamental reading techniques. As Curious George searches for the scattered pieces of his note, players practice simple spelling, work to distinguish between letter sounds, and sort out words that rhyme. Along the way, they earn bananas that take them, step by step, closer to their meeting with the Man with the Yellow Hat.
For children who are just beginning to learn the alphabet and venture into reading, Curious George Reading and Phonics provides a relatively easy route to skill enhancement. The drills are simple and can be set to one of three levels of difficulty. They are also broken up by low-key arcade sequences that reward success and allow children to take a breather, jumping George around in pursuit of bananas before he hits the next learning hurdle. The light expectations and gentle pace of the game make it a perfect choice for players who are resistant to learning, offering them lots of chances to get it right.
Kids who have already played more intense language games will polish off the drills in this package in short order, but Curious George Reading and Phonics is still a first-rate choice for those looking to introduce a child to educational play. With clean, easy-to-follow activities and familiar, engaging characters, this is a game that will get new readers off to a solid start. --Alyx Dellamonica
Amazon.com Product Description
Another madcap adventure awaits kids in Curious George Reading and Phonics, designed for ages 3 to 6. Kids must help George find all the missing pieces of a note given to him from the Man with the Yellow Hat. The problem is that the pieces are scattered all over--downtown, the candy factory, a museum, the park, and a circus--and without them George won't be able to find his friend and get his surprise present. Each location offers three levels of play and activities that gradually advance from letter and sound recognition to consonants, vowels, spelling, and early reading. Onscreen flashcards help children focus on a single letter at a time, while Curious George and the Man with the Yellow Hat turn phonics and reading into a fun adventure.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
What a waste of money!,
By "gg-bet" (Temple Terrace, Florida USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Curious George Reading and Phonics (CD-ROM)
I bought this game as a Christmas gift for my twin grandsons, who are three years old and very adept at using a mouse. When we loaded the game, we were shocked to discover that it requires children to navigate using the arrow buttons and space bar, rather than the mouse! (Try to explain that to a mouse-savvy three-year old!)If this were the game's only flaw, I could have lived with it, since they eventually would get the hang of keyboard navigation. However, once they started playing the game, I was unable to exit from it. Clicking on the exit button produced no results. When I tried to exit by navigating through the windows menu, rather than shutting down, the game instead continued to run -- in two separate versions -- the audio portion only. We had to remove the CD-rom and crash the computer to exit. Needless to say, this did not make for a joyous Christmas morning! And since we opened the software, we cannot return it to Amazon.[com] Save your money for a game that preschoolers can actually play, such as Blues Clues Learning Time!
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A mixed bag; some bits great, some not,
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This review is from: Curious George Reading and Phonics (CD-ROM)
I bought this for my daughter's 4th birthday, since she wanted a game of her own (her brother is 8 and loves computer games). She is also a big Curious George fan.The adventures consist of five short phonics games punctuated by a little arcade-style game in which George must 'leap' (using the arrow keys) to capture bananas as he moves to the next location. My daughter had only the slightest difficulty learning to use the arrow keys and the space bar, and now she's got it conquered. I did not have any problems installing or operating the game (on our XP machine). My problem lies in the widely varying difficulty of the games. The first one involves letter recognition; the second involves picking out the sounds of letters that START words; the third involves sorting 'packages' into those labeled with word that rhyme and words that do not; the fourth involves picking out the sounds of letters that END words; the fifth involves spelling actual words. Even when set at the easiest level, the rhyming game (#3) and the spelling game (#5) were way over her head. The rhyming game is very speedy; the packages will fall off a conveyer belt if you do not pick them up fast enough, and manipulating the arrow keys in this case was way too complicated. The spelling game, even at the low level, involved silent letters in dipthongs like 'leaf.' She could sound out words like 'dog' just fine but the silent letters left her frustrated. The game is progressive - you don't move onto the next one until you've finished with the one you're currently on, so getting stuck on #3 led to whimpering and sadness. Nevertheless, she is constantly asking to play. It's a fine game but you'll have to plan on playing with your kid until he/she can manage the rhyming and spelling alone.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Curious George,
By Christine (Alaska) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Curious George Reading and Phonics (CD-ROM)
My daughter is 5 years old and has more than 2 dozen computer educational games to choose from. She consistently comes back to curious george to play the dinasour phonics game and the alphabet window washing game. It's very good for the phonic games. She is already reading first reader books and yet this softwear is still challenging her. The game has 3 levels to choose from based on your childs knowledge. Most of her other games use the mouse exclusively, and it was a little confusing at first when some of the game required the arrow keys and space bar, but she had to learn about these sooner or later. After she mastered certain areas, the software seemed to lock her out of that portion, but it can be overidden in the level menu.
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