Customer Reviews

LeapFrog ClickStart Educational Software Dora the Explorer Friends ¡Amigos!

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Dora the Explorer is a favorite of my 4 year old grandson. This software has a 2 part benefit for children. Learning in English and in Spanish. Dora and her adventures provide hours of fun while learning to count, learn colors, matching pairs, and shapes in English and Spanish. Their are 2 learning levels allowing the child to build their way to more challenging games and adventures as they learn.

Dora is one of the best games for the Clickstart...mostly because Dora is such a popular character and she is fun to "play" on the computer. The game is eduational as it teaches shapes and letters.

From the main menu you have the choice to play one of three games. Then you can pick a level (level 1 or level 2). I will speak about level 1 as that is what I am familiar with with my 3yo. The first game the player uses the arrow keys to walk across a bridge and to push shapes into holes. If a star appears, the player can "jump" to collect stars. (not too much education in this game but fun). The second game the player uses the arrow keys to walk along stepping stones over a body of water to collect letters and stars. It teaches arrow navigation and letter recognition. The third game displays a gate where (around 12?) shapes are displayed. The player has to used the mouse to click on the shapes to make pairs. In level 2 the shapes are all flipped so it is more like the game Memory.

It is a fun game and somewhat teaches letters and shapes...moreso computer navigation. But it is very fun and a favorite of my kids.

For any little girl who loves Dora, this is the game! My daughter asks all day when she can play her Dora game. It was definitely worth the $20. That said, I really with LeapFrog would have thought of their customers a little more. I'd buy it again and recommend it BUT 3 games? That's all we get for $20? I can tell that my daughter will probably be bored with this game within a few weeks even with as much as she loves Dora, so I am a little disappointed with that.

My grandson has a LeapFrog Click Start Educational Software: and, the electronic learning games...I had just purchased the "Dora" game for him for his birthday. When the pkg arrived I placed it on the table with all his other b/d gifts. As he was going thru the bag he saw the pkg and yank it out and said "Grandma," "could THIS reall BE??" Then he ripped it open and out came a "YEAH!!!!!!" It's what I really wanted, "DORA" thanks grandma!!! :)
WOW !!!! That was worth everything and, he gets great benefit of learning while playing at the same time. How Cool is this !!!!! He has learned so much on these LeapFrog Learning Games...Thanks for making this easy for kids.
It's worth every penny :)
just julia grandma

Pretty expensive for just 3 games. My 3 year old loves Dora, but just doesn't seem to like this software. I recommend saving your money- this game is a dud.

Ordered for my 4 year old granddaughter. She loves Dora and the game. Very quickly learned to do the games herself. She loves this computer.

I got this game plus the Click Start computer because my 2 year old loves playing games on nickjr.com. I was hoping to lure her away from the computer with this game. But it really does not compare to the games on nickjr.com. The graphics are like Atari-days - giant pixels. And the games just aren't as engaging. She'll play with it for a couple of minutes and then asks to go use the real computer.

I bought this for my four year old girl and she loves it. This game makes it fun to learn. It's very easy for her to use and it's very cute.

My daughter loves this game, the clickstart is a great product. My 3 year old is a wizrd with the mouse and keyboard.

my granddaughter loves Dora she likes having her own computer--something that doesn't belong to her brothers but she tries to teach them with this software they are older than her but this whole thing seems to be empowering to her and she doesn't even realize she is learning