Playhouse Disney's Stanley: Wild for Sharks!

by Disney

Product Features

• With ''The Great Book of Everything'' by your side, you can dive right into the learning adventure
• The game encourages critical thinking, builds problem-solving skills and features goal-and-reward structured activities to challenge and reward children

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006IKBW
• Item Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: September 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,811 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #18 in Software > Children's Software > Science & Nature
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Playhouse Disney's Stanley: Wild for Sharks! takes kids ages 3 to 6 on a fascinating, fun-filled sea journey with Stanley. Kids adventure underwater with Stanley to learn loads of amazing shark facts, while developing their own environmental awareness for these amazing sea creatures.

Product Description

Grab your snorkel and come along with Stanley!

Product Information

Stanley and his friends are off to an underseaadventure1  Stanley is excited to bring his shark model and real shark tooth to the Show and Tell project he and his friend Lester are doing at school. But something is wrong. The model is in pieces and his shark tooth is missing! With the GreatBig Book of Everything at your side, dive right into the learning adventure in search of Stanley's prized shark tooth.

Product Features

• Solve problems and learn about underwater animals like dolphins,flying fish, whales and even stingers.
• Explore using educational clickables with pop- questions.
• Age appropriate life and social lessons.

Fun Activities Include

The Great Big Bookof Everything
Learn facts and print fun activities about the  underwater sea life that Stanley encounters.

Tentacle Trail
Guide the octopus tentacle through a sunken pirate ship to reach the treasure.

Turtle Tally
Add up the numbers and click on the turtle with the matching number on its shell.

Explore Stanley's House
You'll find his family and lots of fun things to click on!

Whale Weigh-Off!
How many sharks does it take to weigh as much as the whale?

Jellyfish Junction
Match the jellyfish that look alike. You may need to mix and match until you find the right pattern!

Show & Tell
Help Stanleyfind his prized shark tooth and model to show his friends Marci, Mimi, and Lester at school.

Dolphin Rhapsody
Talk with the playful dolphins by repeating their sound patterns!

• Pattern, Shape, Sound andColor Recognition
• Critical Think

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Enjoyable on many levels, November 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Playhouse Disney's Stanley: Wild for Sharks! (CD-ROM)

My son's new interest in aquatic life, particularly sharks, is what led us to this software program. He's four years old and very used to working on the computer so we have quite a collection of software. Well, this has become one of his favorite programs for many reasons but mainly because it is FUN. The key character, Stanley, is very likable, smart, and determined to get his school project finished. His British/Australian (?) sounding fish friend sounds nice to listen to and is a good "thinking" companion to Stanley throughout the program. The graphics and music are also very colorful and upbeat. Apart from just playing, I see that my son is also learning bits of information on ocean animals by referencing the "Great Big Book of Everything" during the game. The only frustration is that he wants to start every game from the beginning and if you click on a previously entered name the game picks up where you left off. Other software programs let you choose to start a new game each time. Nonetheless, we both like this program so much that I'm going to explore other Stanley software. By the way, we don't watch the TV program so it's not necessary to know the characters in advance of playing. Just have fun!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Gem of a Program, November 10, 2003

By 

H. Johnson "Hal Johnson" (Bella Vista, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Playhouse Disney's Stanley: Wild for Sharks! (CD-ROM)

Not only has "Stanley" become our 3 year-old son's favorite program on TV, it's also the one my wife and I admire the most. The creative team behind "Stanley" does a remarkable job of making the show educational AND fun. However, we had modest hopes for this software, because other educational software titles we've bought based on TV or movies have proven to span the quality spectrum from merely okay to downright lame.

Wow, were we ever pleasantly surprised. "Stanley: Wild for Sharks" borders on amazing. It's truly fun, yet truly loaded with educational opportunities. The creative team behind the software has done a commendable job of injecting a "scaffolding" approach to teaching young ones, and they've seemed to maximize the opportunities for challenging the three to six year-old set while minimizing the avenues that might lead to frustration as proficiency with the program increases.

I've lately tried to avoid giving a product five stars simply because I like it, but this one deserves six.

1.0 out of 5 stars Does not work on Windows XP!, July 31, 2008

By 

William Carson (Key Largo FL) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Playhouse Disney's Stanley: Wild for Sharks! (CD-ROM)

Beware. This game does not work with Windows XP. The vendor said that it would work on any XP Version except Media-Center, but I have XP Pro and it crashes there despite changing compatibility settings to older versions and changing the video resolution. I suspect that it's like another game we purchased that worked fine when XP first came out, but Windows Auto Update changed something that destroyed compatibility with old Win 98 games like this.

We have it up and running on an 11 year old laptop with Win 98 , but it's too CPU intensive to run properly on that old thing.

The game seems OK for the right PC and operating system though...