Customer Reviews

Dora the Explorer: ABC Game

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3 star:		(4)
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1 star:		(2)

 

 

MY DUGHTER IS 4 YEARS OLD. SHE WANTED THAT GAME FOR CHRISTMAS. THE OBJECT IS TO GO FROM LETTER TO LETTER AND FIND A PICTURE THAT WOULD START WITH THE LETTER YOU ARE ON. AFTER FIRST ROUND OF PLAYING SHE KNEW ALL THE ANSWERS SO THERE WAS NO MORE PLAYING. NOT WORTH A MONEY

My daughter has a mixed receptive/expressive language disorder and has some difficulty following other games. She does know all her letters and their sounds, so this is a game that we can play together, take turns, and have fun collecting all the items for Dora's picnic. It is possible to have a "winner" and loser", but we just enjoy having fun. The turn taking aspect has been wonderful as well.

I was very disappointed with this game. There is really no way for anyone who plays to 'win' the game. It is more of a practice set than a game. (You are better off purchasing flash cards at a fraction of the cost.) Once your child masters the pictures, there is no point in pulling it out any more anyway. Some of the pictures used for learning phonics don't make alot of sense to me either. For example, a bowl of cherries is used for the letter C.

The game consists of a game board, a Dora game piece, and 26 tiles with all the letters of the alphabet. The object is to move around the board landing on every letter of the alphabet and then locating the tile that has an object that begins with that letter. The letter on the board will correspond with the color of the tile. That does help the kids, but I feel that it can be a little difficult for children who don't know their letter sounds. I wish it had more to it.

This is a good game. My 3 year old already knows the alphabet, we are working on their sounds now, so when you are done learning the letters, use it to make the sounds before moving along. Easy 1st game for all toddlers.

We were given this game and it is great introducing board games to a young child. It is also a quick game which is good for short attention spans.

There is 1 character that needs to be shared among all players, and taking turns. There are 2 ways to play..The first is to match the letters, and you start with A and end with Z. For those learning beginning sounds you can use the picture side...eg: A says a...which picture starts with /a/ or /A/. But I will say that there is only one picture per letter...so the do get memorized pretty quickly and the game isn't fun after that point.

If you want to teach letters and sounds to your child, and if you want to introduce a simple board game to your child, then I would buy this one, but don't expect it to last until 6years of age. My son knew the game before he turned 4, but he did learn the fundamentals of board games through this...so it isn't all bad.

I was really disappointed with this game. I have the diego game for my boys and love it so assumed this would be good too. First of all there is no way a on level 3 year old could play this without really telling him what the answer is. You are given a card for each letter with a picture of something starting with that letter on it. The board has the letters A-Z on it in order and you take and move your pawn to the letter and have to pick up the correct picture that starts with that letter to move on. Thats it, nothing else to it. It will be the same game over and over again. My 6 year old could play this but not a 3 year old like its suggested. Wouldn't waste my money on this again for anyone.

It doesn't "Play" like a game- there's only 1 game piece. Good for much younger kids for letter recognition and some sounds. We play by matching the card to the letter, put the card on the board and then Dora "hops" from card to card. There isn't really enough room on the board for this. I'd recommend plain old flashcards over this game.

This game would be good for a child just learning ABC's but for an older child who already knows their ABC's, it's a waste of money. We played this once and my 6 year old daughter was bored immediately. I doubt we will play it again.

This game is a great idea with poor execution. The child is supposed to find the picture card that begins with the same sound as the letter on the board. However, some of the pictures are not reasonable. For example, the "C" sound is represented by "cherries."

Initially it was a fun way to quiz my three year olds knowledge of letter names and sounds, but after we identified the few that he needed to work on, the game became pointless.

At age 3, he still enjoys playing with the backpack shaped game board and flipping through the tiles, but the point of the game is lost after the first go round.