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Putt-Putt Enters The Race

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My 3 year old son loves Putt Putt! He gets such a great feeling of accomplishment when he does all that he needs to do to get into the race! I like it because the goal is not a competitive one where you have to "WIN" or "LOSE". It's more of a goal of getting the tools he needs to complete a certain job. It keeps him occupied for about an hour, which also gives me great opportunities to do housework,etc. without feeling like I'm robbing him of the chance to do something he enjoys! Also, it allows him to use his own creativity & problem solving skills, because he has to figure out how to get some of the items on the list. The greatest thing, though, is when he gets all the items & then goes to the race, he runs around the house laughing & saying "Number 1" because he's so proud of himeself!

Putt-Putt is invited to participate in a race. He needs to collect four pieces of equipment to be in the race. By keeping his eyes open, earning some extra money, and helping others in cartown, he is able to gather those materials. My 3.5 yr-old son loves this game. The first few times he played the game, my husband and I played it with him, helping him think through some of the challenges and encouraging him to notice details that could help him towards his goals (e.g., collecting pop bottles to recycle towards money for his racing tires). This was especially important since Max can't read yet, so he wouldn't notice clues such as the "free" sign on the batteries in the toy store, or the "help wanted" sign at the grocery. After three or four games played with us, he was able to start playing the game independently. The challenges vary a little from game to game. Sometimes he earns a helmet by helping a cat out of a tree, other times by hammering nails. There is usually an animal to go research in the library (we help with the reading). The game can be saved, which is great because when Max plays by himself he meanders a bit more through cartown and it helps to break the game up over two or three evenings. Putt-putt models polite language and a positive demeanor. There are no bad guys.

If your child has played Reader Rabbit and JumpStart and is ready to move on to more advanced gameplay, Humongous Entertainment's Putt-Putt series (and Freddi Fish and Pajama Sam, as well) are an excellent choice. These titles take the cognitive tasks up a notch as children must accumulate specific items, navigate a number of locations, and use their problem-solving skills to help their friends and achieve larger goals. Along the way, kind and gentle Putt-Putt and his dog Pep will meet a number of nice characters, visit a variety of interesting locations and play games as they complete the larger tasks. In Putt-Putt Enters the Race, the overarching goal is to collect the items needed so Putt-Putt can run in the big race, but along the way he will recycle bottles to collect money to buy his tires, visit the library to find out about an animal that needs help, etc. Specifics change if you start a new game, and as other reviewers have stated, you may want to play with your child a few times before they'll be able to enjoy it on their own, so each game is good for hours of fun.

This is a fine game in a great series. We have 5 Putt-Putt titles and enjoy them all.

Just like all of the other Humongous Entertainment games, and especially Putt-Putt, this game is terrificly entertaining. Putt-Putt, with his dog Pep, goes to enter the Cartown 500. First, however, he'll need some safety and racing gear. Kids learn strategic thinking, mapping, memory, emergency, basic research, and reading skills, manners, and much more in this colorful, fun game with pit stops along the way where kids can play racing pinball, shelf puzzle, maze, digging, and nailing. Hundreds of clickpoints and songs await children as they go through this delightful game that changes its puzzles when you restart! If you like this game, try Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon, Joins the Parade, Saves the Zoo, and/or Travles Through Time.

This is a great product that my 4 year old son loves. He really likes cars, especially racing cars. This product has a number of fun and educational activities to do before Putt Putt can enter the race. My son loves the race at the end, but he never rushes through the activities, because he has such a good time doing them as well. He particularly likes having to go to the garden maze and find different fruits and veggies. I'd highly recommend this product.

I dont know why but my children adore putt putt, I brought the verson with the toy car for my daughter for her fifth birthday because she loved putt putt, Her little brother (almost 3) will not go anywhere without the toy and enjoys the game as much as she does.
The game is well randomised and when my four children played the first time they all ended up with slightly different games, they still had to find the same four things but the number on the flag was different and the items were hidden in different places which made the game far more enjoyable. Three of the items have two different places that they can be found in giving slightly different story lines and there is usually two or three things that must be done first in order to obtain the required item. You must also earn coins by recycling bottles or fetching veges and fruit from the garden maze. The coins enable you to buy the tyres, to go to the car wash or to get a paint job. My daughter invaribly ends up with a blue car (her favorite colour), my oldest has a green car and my youngest a yellow car (he does paint the car every other available colour but always leaves the paint shop with a yellow putt putt.)
The children have a lot of fun just collecting the items and driving around cartown that the race at the end becomes an added bonus, my youngest doesnt worry abount winning he just likes to run into the ducks, the older three play till they come first.

Just remember that this is a childs adventure game, that will help them to think and remember but is mostly just fun and every time they play the game is a little different.

My son loves all the Putt-Putt and Freddi Fish and I'm not ashamed to say I kinda like 'em too! I am amazed at how well he learned to navigate and remember where items were. My mom is a retired elementary-school teacher and she is amazed at all the skills that this reinforces - math, reading, language, manners, problem-solving, listening, map reading, memory, music, etc.

The product seems nice, but runs in a clunky and confusing Mac OS9 window. i wouldn't recommend this for Mac users until it is updated.

My son is only 29 months and too young to really understand the game, but he still loves it. There's enough stuff to just click on and look at. He loves driving around, picking up milk-shakes and soda bottles. He loves the library with the book of rare animals and loves putting different numbers on the flag.

We figure he'll just have fun now and in a year or two, he'll actually play the game.

I will say when he was busy doing something else, we kind of snuck in and removed a few obstacles for him. Okay, I'll be honest. We didn't actually do it for him. My husband and I can't keep our hands off the game. And then my mother came over and she couldn't stop playing either.+

So, I'll say it's a great game whether you're almost 2 1/2 or 55-years-old.

My 4-year old son loves Putt-Putt! I have to help him the first couple of times, but after that he has no trouble at all. I like that you have to really think and remember where things are. He doesn't realize he's learning good skills as well as having fun. I highly recommend all the Putt-Putt games.