Reader Rabbit Kindergarten Bounce Down in Balloon Town

by The Learning Company

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005LJEK
• Item model number: 380809
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 4, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,973 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #76 in Software > Children's Software > Reading & Language
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Jump into this bouncy, balloon-filled adventure with Reader Rabbit, and learn important kindergarten skills in math, prereading, and problem solving. Rescue Reader Rabbit and Sam the Lion, whose Dreamship is trapped in the enchanting world of Balloon Town, where everything is soft and bouncy and made of balloons. Find a way past the sleeping Bulldozer and into the Pointy Palace. Only your special skills in phonics, matching, rhyming, and math can save the day. Eight high-flying activities are included.

Product Description

Rescue Reader Rabbit and Sam the Lion from a bouncy world of bubble trouble! Their Dreamship is trapped in the enchanting world of Balloon Town, where everything is soft and bouncy and made of balloons. To get it back, find a way past the sleeping Bulldozer...and into the Pointy Palace! Only your special skills in phonics, matching, rhyming, and math can save the day!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Caution Windows ME Users!, August 8, 2001

By A Customer

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This review is from: Reader Rabbit Kindergarten Bounce Down in Balloon Town (CD-ROM)

Let me start by saying that my 4 year old son really like the game. Its good for basic math, spelling, and reasoning skills.

The problem is that the installation process cripples Internet Explorer's encryption software! After installing, we could not use Internet Explorer to access any secured site (such as this one).

The only way to correct was to restore the operating system.

So, while the game is good, I can not run it on my Windows ME system.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not up to the usual standards, February 10, 2002

By 

Sir Bowen (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reader Rabbit Kindergarten Bounce Down in Balloon Town (CD-ROM)

I wish I could give this a better rating, as I'm generally a big fan of the Reader Rabbit series. I've used these programs for each of my four kids, and we've been through every grade level (including the previous version of RR Kindergarten).

Plus, I generally liked the construction of the game. It had a good story line, great activities and a very age-appropriate feel.

The main problem was that it's WAY too short - there's just not enough material for it to be really useful. Each activity is completed in just a few trials.

It's not even long enough for the auto-levelling feature to work well. It starts each activity on the easiest level, and a student that needs a more advaced level can zoom through and be finished before there's even a chance for it to ratchet up the level of difficulty.

I'll also give it a slight ding for not giving enough guidance toward the right answers. There's not much negative feedback for wrong answers, and it's possible to pass the activities by pure guessing. Sometimes it doesn't give any indication at all when an answer is missed.

All in all, this is an unusually poor showing for a program in the RR line-up.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great for kids, Terrible for Windows 2000, July 28, 2001

By 

Chad Lupkes "chadlupkes" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reader Rabbit Kindergarten Bounce Down in Balloon Town (CD-ROM)

My kids love this game. The action is constant, although on some games it doesn't give them enough time to figure it out without prompting for some kind of action. The main problem I had was installing it onto my Windows 2000 Pro system. I lost my hard drive, and I have to blame the software because I tried it with a fresh system, and it did the exact same thing. So, I would say buy this only if you have a Windows 95/98/ME system, but not a Windows 2000 system. Hopefully, Windows XP will be able to handle it.