Reader Rabbit Preschool Sparkle Star Rescue

by The Learning Company

Product Features

• Kids will explore 6 activities full of fun & discovery that exercise their reading & thinking skills
• Games like Lightning Bug Matchup & Rush River Letters build reading & pattern skills
• Rainbow Falls Painting encourages creativity
• Play in story mode or select an activity & jump right in
• Songs & movies keep kids entertained

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: B00005LJEL
• Item model number: 380808
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 30, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,529 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #74 in Software > Children's Software > Reading & Language
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

You are invited to join Reader Rabbit and Sam the Lion on their sparkly preschool adventure. The Land of Sparkalot has lost its shine and needs your help to re-sparkle everything from the stars to the flowers. Your prereading, counting, and matching skills could save the day, and the night, too! Help Reader Rabbit and Sam the Lion collect the sparkling brillites and you'll really make things shine in this Sparkle Star Rescue mission.

Product Description

Join Reader Rabbit's Sparkle StarRescue Preschool Team!Product InformationReader Rabbit and Sam the Lion are on a sparkly adventure! The Land of Sparkalothas lost its shine and needs your help to re-sparkle everything from the starsto the flowers. Your pre-reading counting and matching skills could save theday…and night!Skills Learned Counting to target numbers Identifying number values Recognizing letters Building vocabulary Associating letters with sounds Sorting by attribute Recognizing colors Comparing shapes Painting & coloring Listening comprehension Creating dance sequences Learning about calendars Creating musicProduct FeaturesRush River LettersUse the glitter shakers to choose the correct letter for each object on theraft!Create-a-DancequakeDance and play along with Reader Rabbit to create your one-of-a-kindDancequake!Sparkle Rocket MathHelp Reader Rabbit count and load the correct number of sparkle-nauts intothe rocket!Features Auto-adjusting skill levels Help is always available Printable activitiesWindows Requirements Windows 98 Me 2000 XP Vista 166 MHz Pentium or faster 32 MB RAM 100 MB free hard disk space 640x480 monitor 16-bit color SoundBlaster compatible sound card & speakers (stereo recommended) 8X CD-ROM drive Internet access recommended Color printer recommendedMacintosh Requirements Mac OS 8.6–9.2 OS X PowerPC 180 MHz or faster 32 MB RAM 100 MB free hard disk space 640x480 monitor thousands of colors 16-bit stereo sound 8X CD-ROM drive Internet access recommended Color printer recommended

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great graphics, but a short game, September 24, 2001

By 

P. Gibson (Oklahoma City, OK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reader Rabbit Preschool Sparkle Star Rescue (CD-ROM)

My three year old son really enjoyed this game, but from the point of view of the parent, I thought it was much too short. The original Reader Rabbit Preschool is much longer and more challenging. Sparkle Star Rescue begins at an easy level and gets only slightly more challenging as the child plays. It can be finished in a few hours of play time. The child earns reward gems for playing, but earns the most important ones first. Once all the important gems are earned, he or she is encouraged to fit them in their slots and finish the game. Any extra playing he or she would have done is cut short by this, though the child is free to start the game over from the beginning. Overall, I don't think this game was worth the money but my son enjoys it.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars a big disappointment, March 27, 2002

By 

Jeffrey Lehman (Market Harborough, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reader Rabbit Preschool Sparkle Star Rescue (CD-ROM)

My son really enjoyed Reader Rabbit Toddler, so I thought this would be a good next step. Sadly, while this game has all the bells and whistles, looks wonderful, etc., it is not very playable. If a child has trouble completing the tasks, they will soon get bored.

Many of the games actually require the knowledge they are purporting to teach. For instance, one of the games which is supposed to teach letter recognition is not actually playable if the child doesn't already recognise the letters.

When you complete a section there is a long movie which plays, with a really cheesy broadway musical type of song. Once my son (a 3-year old) figured out how to play this movie, he would spend all his time playing it over and over again , learning nothing (and driving me crazy in the process).

My son soon got bored, and I got him Dr. Seuss Preschool instead, Reader Rabbit ended up in the trash can, and family harmony once again prevails.

I gave it two stars instead of one because my son did have fun with it for about 2-3 weeks.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Big Step Down From Reader Rabbit Baby & Toddler, March 10, 2002

By 

Joy D Blackburn (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reader Rabbit Preschool Sparkle Star Rescue (CD-ROM)

This program has a lot of narrative preamble prior to the introduction of each simple (and very repetitive) game. If the object here is to teach children patience and listening skills, then maybe it's on target. However, in my opinion any child who is developed enough to have that kind of patience and listening skill is going to find the games completely unchallenging. So far I have been unsuccessful getting my boy to show the slightest interest in this CD.