Dr. Seuss Kindergarten

by Learning Company

Product Features

• A whimsical journey to help Gerald McGrew find exotic aniamls for his new zoo.
• Play over 250 lessons to build a full year of essential kindergarten skills.
• From math to early reading, from memory-building to listening skills.
• The perfect pairing of learning activities and fun-filled adventure
• Mac System 7.5 or higher, Windows 95/98/Me/XP

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• ASIN: B001648VZ0
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 27, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,072 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

When Kids Laugh More....They Learn More (Combines Fun& Learning)Product Information Gerald has built a new zoo and wantsyour help collecting some unique marvelous and strange animals from around theworld for his new zoo.You board the "McGrew Zoo Choo Choo Train" that takes you to 8different possible destinations where you find such fine finds as a Barbalootthe song writing Zinn-a-Zu bird and Star-bellied Sneetches to mention a few.You are presented with a wide range of activities in each area which whensuccessfully completed will allow you to collect one of these fine creatures.When you go to the Lorax's Forest you help some Babaloots by putting thecorrect number of furballs in their wheelbarrows. When you have the right numberin the first two wheelbarrows you then pick the right number to answer theaddition question. (see middle right). And for your efforts you get to collectsome fine Barballots for the zoo.At the "Shapes-On Machine (see bottom right) you are called upon to helpSylvester McMonkey McBean complete a pattern involving shapes and colours tocreate a proper sequence. For your efforts you can take to your zoo someexcellent Star Bellied Sneeches. (This is a lot more fun than collecting stars).Of course when you have collected all the animals you are rewarded with seeingthe grand opening of young Gerald Mcgrew's new zoo. The program has lots ofhidden clickables and a variety of play activities such as the Musical Bandwhere you can click on individual band members to hear a tune or play with theClock Sculpture to learn about time.Educational Features Phonics Word Recognition Spelling Sentence Building Reading Addition Subtraction Logic Memory Building Critical Thinking Sorting Pattern Recognition Similarities and Differences Sorting Sequencing Ordering Art Music Rhythm Telling Time Product FeaturesOver 250 Lessons Over 200 Fun Animations Multiple Skill

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This title DOES work on XP, don't stress!, February 10, 2008

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Aussie Girl (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

The educational benefits have been pointed out by others, I just wanted to put people's mind at ease that this title WILL work on XP.
You may need to use the Program Compatibility Wizard or you may need to get offline and close your anti-virus, anti-spyware, pop-up blockers and other assorted rubbish that starts up with your PC as they cause software conflicts, stopping some software from being able to be installed.
I came across an issue with one particular graphics card where it played it upside down, but Googled a quick fix and have never looked back. I have tested it on 5 separate desktops with success.

Only laptops could have legitimate issues with installation, but desktops should be fine if one of the above suggestions are used. Laptops are notoriously problematic with games, frankly they are not designed for them - they are mostly used for business apps, email and the Internet.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do not buy Dr., Seuss Kindergarten, January 31, 2007

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DAVID VANVALKENBURG - See all my reviews
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Do not buy Dr. Seuss Kindergarten unless you want to spend hours feeling like a fool for not being able to install it. Turns out that no one with Windows XP can, even though both the product description and the initial installation screens say you can. I called tech support and got a recording telling me to call back during business hours. When I called back during business hours, I got another recording saying there was no tech support for retail customers!

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible...Learning Company is Terrible, September 4, 2004

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Casper "Casper" (California) - See all my reviews

With our oldest child, we purchased all of the Reader Rabbit Learning Programs. We have unfortunately recommended to others that they purchase these for their children. We have purchased a new computer with XP and have found that many of our programs do not work. We expected that. The sad thing is that we have purchased too many replacement titles from The Learning Company that say it is compatible with XP, only to find they are not. When we go to the web site for help, they no longer support this title, and the only help they give is to attempt to install the program using the XP Compatibility Wizard. This has only worked once.

The Learning Company at one time was the premier childrens educational software company. Unfortunately, they apparently have found that they can make more money by relabeling their oldtitles, and selling them at a discount instead of redesigning the programs.