Reader Rabbit Learn to Read Phonics (Preschool & Kindergarten)

by The Learning Company

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006OAQV
• Item model number: 381584
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 31, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,072 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #62 in Software > Outlet
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Join Reader Rabbit on a joyful journey to build reading confidence and success! Develop essential reading skills while exploring 26 Letter Lands filled with fun phonics activities and engaging storybooks. Practice language arts skills while playing with four fabulous word-making machines at the Word Factory. From letters and sounds, to words, and spelling, and on to reading comprehension.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Tells kids wrong sounds for some letters! Many mistakes!, February 28, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Reader Rabbit Learn to Read Phonics (Preschool & Kindergarten) (CD-ROM)

I liked the design of the program. I played briefly with my daughter and then started letting her play alone. Today I played with her and was surprized to see it telling her incorrect sounds for some letters! "Click on the letter to hear its sound." She clicked on E and it made the sound for A! The same thing happened with O and I in this section of the game. My husband said he saw it giving her incorrect info in another area of the game. Now she's sad that I took her game away and I can't get a refund because I lost my receipt and the toy store won't take opened software. Apparently, there was poor quality control on this program. This could really confuse a young child learning phonics! Or perhaps the creators of this game could use some basic phonics lessons?

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Education can be funner, November 27, 2002

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"butzes" (Milbridge, ME United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reader Rabbit Learn to Read Phonics (Preschool & Kindergarten) (CD-ROM)

We have several of the Reader Rabbit programs so buying this one seemed like a good idea. I would give it the "ok" my 5 year old will play the game but it is not his first choice. The fact that you have to do things in a certain sequence is boring to him because it is always the same. Slow moving game.(It might be just us!)There are a couple of cute places like reading the word and dressing a hamster and bubble blowing dragons. But overall I wish we would have waited on this one.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Definitely has a Defect, dont buy it!, April 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Reader Rabbit Learn to Read Phonics (Preschool & Kindergarten) (CD-ROM)

I bought this and it is definitely defective. It was not a computer installation issue. The problem is in the main music game that labels letters phonetically in a word. It does not spell the word correctly and sounds the wrong sound for the letter. I was told the earlier version does not have these defects and I am buying that on ebay. Its a pity because the rest is very nice so I hope the earlier version will be fine.