Reader Rabbit 1st Grade [OLD VERSION]

by The Learning Company

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000068NNP
• Item model number: 381489
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 7, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,709 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #77 in Software > Children's Software > Reading & Language
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Kids (ages 5 to 7) discover core learning skills in this delightful age-appropriate learning environment featuring Reader Rabbit and friends. Team up with Irvin-the-Inventor and the Cloud Queen to discover why it's raining umbrellas, raincoats, and galoshes. While traveling to Raingear Forest and Cloud Nine, kids explore seven fun activities full of adventure and discovery. Along the way, Reader Rabbit and friends cover reading, math, science, problem solving, and more, creating a forecast that calls for fun-filled learning.

Reader Rabbit 1st Grade 2002 is part of the award-winning Reader Rabbit children's educational software series. Learning activities include Cloud Spelling Challenge, Raingear Forest Math, and Gumball Science. Kids also enjoy this title's fun music, stories, movies, and characters, while the program's progress reports let parents see just where their child is advancing and where they might need some help.

So that you're never without Reader Rabbit, Reader Rabbit 1st Grade 2002 comes with the bonus CD-ROM Reader Rabbit's Dreamship Tales. It's bursting with added activities, videos, tunes, and more than 100 printable games and activities--a great way to keep the fun going after you've turned the computer off.

Product Description

Learn 1st Grade Skills on a Journeyto Cloud Nine!Product InformationVisit Cloud Nine with Reader Rabbit and Sam the Lion! It’s suddenly startedraining wacky raingear so let’s high-tail it to find out what’s up with theweather. With fun activities in spelling math vocabulary and science yourforecast calls for a 100% chance of learning fun!  Builds essential 1stgrade skills one step at a time!Skills LearnedEarly learning specialists design each program with input from parentsteachers and children to ensure that content is age-appropriate effectiveand fun.  Reader Rabbit encourages independent play builds skills andconfidence - and nurtures a love of learning.Math Skills Adding with counters Subtracting with counters Creating equivalent equations Recognizing and using coins Adding coins to reach a target amountLanguage Art Skills Spelling Building vocabulary Developing phonics skills Sound/letter relationships Letter blends Digraphs Developing phonemic awareness Word families Onsets and rhymes Life Science Skills Identifying animal traits and habitatsThinking Skills Sorting by multiple attributes Extending color and sound patterns Problem solving Predicting direction and positionArt and Creativity Drawing and painting Creating animations Creating calendars Creating musicProduct Features Automatic Skill Leveling:  Adjusts to keep pace with your child's growing abilities Adventure or Practice Mode:  Two ways to build skills:  Follow en engaging story or practice specific skills Smart Help for Independent Play:  Friendly characters offer help as your child needs it Learning Progress Tracker:  Monitors your child's skill levels and progress in every subjectActivities IncludeAddition and SubtractionPlant a tree with every correct addition and subtraction equation you create!PhonicsMix and match t

Customer Reviews

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Educational and fun!, September 17, 2002

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Todd E. Newman (Valparaiso, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reader Rabbit 1st Grade [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

It's tough finding something for kids to play while not spending a fortune and wasting brain space on senseless games. The Reader Rabbit series are great because they offer great ways to learn while keeping things simple and fun in a cartoon-like format. The software is easy to install and I found that my 1st grader could easily navigate the program without getting stuck. She sat on it for hours!! I was surprised to see the fun she had with the program and look forward to purchasing further copies.

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but difficult to use, August 10, 2005

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Able Devildog "jackjack5" (PACIFIC PALISADES, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reader Rabbit 1st Grade [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I bought this for my 6 yr. old grandson who just completed kindergarten. However, his favorite activity in kindergarten was computer lab so I decided to give him the opportunity to use a computer at home. I purchased Reader Rabbit 1st Grade. My opinion about the program is mixed.

It's worst problem is that it is very difficult to navigate. There is no documentation supplied with the program and there is no top menu provided. It is difficult to control. I am considered a computer whiz with almost 50 yrs. experience and one of my degrees is a Masters in Computer Science. Still I had numerous problems navigating. Fortunately, my grandson who seems to have an instinct for computers and who is very persistent found out how to maneuver. He is great on trial and error.

The program is not a teaching device. It doesn't teach anything. The student must already know how to do the work before using the program but it is a great refresher program. My grandson fell in love with the program. He worked five hours straight until he completed the program and then he wanted to do it all over again. The problem was that the program would not let him start all over again. Because the program has a memory for the work that the student has completed, when the student completes the program, all the student can do is to see the ending show. I spent almost an hour working around it. Uninstalling and reinstalling the program did not work. I finally had to create a new user account for my grandson so that he could play.

Although my grandson just completed kindergarten he is actually ready for the Second grade so he had no problems doing the work in the program. The program itself is not all encompassing of what pupils may learn in the First Grade. What a pupil will learn in the First Grade depends on the school. Reader Rabbit went about half way. The math is not as advanced as the local First Grade would have it and digraphs are not as extensively used in Reader Rabbit as some children will find in school

One other annoyance is that when the program installs it does not copy the files from the CD to the hard drive so that each time it is used, the CD must be inserted into the CD-ROM drive, making it harder for a child to start the program.

Also, some of the segments are so long they become boring in repetition. And there is way too much story telling which keeps the user from getting to the meat quickly.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sparks the Fire to Learn!!!, October 12, 2002

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Just Me (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reader Rabbit 1st Grade [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

As children's software goes the Reader Rabbit series is one of my favorites. Reader Rabbit's 1st Grade "Capers on Cloud Nine" captured my daughter's attention so well that she would not stop until she had finished the entire game! That says a lot since she hasn't previously been terribly interested in the computer as her older siblings have. The only reason I gave this four stars instead of five is because she was able to complete it in one afternoon. How I wish it could have gone on a little bit longer! Now the hunt is on for more...but what a great start. Still, it was definately worth the money and I would do it again as it sparked the fire!