Reader Rabbit Toddler With Free Reader Rabbit Pre-school Inside! [OLD VERSION]

by The Learning Company

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 1.6 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000JLNZ
• Item model number: RRT3744CE-I
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 24, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,297 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #47 in Software > Children's Software > Reading & Language
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Both programs in these toddler and preschooler variety packs are excellent. Reader Rabbit's Toddler provides playful experiences with early logic and language concepts. The program is extremely responsive and easy to use and offers many nice features. For example, parents can type in their toddler's name so that it shows up in the coloring activities. There are finger plays, shape and color games, counting activities and alphabet instruction. Testers, both children and parents alike, loved the colorful graphics, solid activities and gentle theme. Preschool teachers will appreciate that song lyrics and the words to nursery rhymes can be printed out. This is a classic program, a perfect computer introduction for your toddler.

In Reader Rabbit's Preschool, kids must help Reader Rabbit and his gang fix up the Carousel, Bumper Cars, Moose Coaster and other broken down attractions of the carnival. To do so, they collect tickets in the park's numerous locations while playing concentration, counting, letter-sound association, art and music games. At the ABC Diner, kids feed visitors by matching food with their beginning letter-sounds. At the Shape Shack, children classify animals and objects. While the animation is not quite as smooth as many recent all-new releases, the activities are plentiful and very engaging.
Teaches: colors, shapes, counting, alphabet, early reading, early math, logic
Age Range: 1 1/2-5 Copyright © 2000 Children's Software Revue

Product Description

Babies need toys, books, music and other stimuli to encourage development. the Reader Rabbit Baby program is an additional way for parent and child to interact, play and discover together. comes with free software!

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37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Toddler is Great - PreSchool sucks, January 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Reader Rabbit Toddler With Free Reader Rabbit Pre-school Inside! [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

Imagine my surprise when I realized my 20-month old had suddenly developed pointing and clicking skills! We started him early with Reader Rabbit's Toddler (he was simply TOO interested in helping mommy "work"), and he was so delighted to be able to bang on the keys and watch stuff happen. By now (2 1/2) he can navigate through the entire program, and now amuses himself by interacting with the characters in ways the creators never imagined (he waits and waits until the mouse appears to tell him what to do, then scares her away with the pointer). Moving on, however, is a challenge - nothing quite lives up to this. We prefer Geoffrey Goes to the Fair and even JumpStart Preschool to RR Preschool, which requires endless busywork before getting rewards - even I don't have the patience!

50 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The BUNNY GAAAAAME!, November 29, 1999

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This review is from: Reader Rabbit Toddler With Free Reader Rabbit Pre-school Inside! [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

What would you like to do right now?

The Bunny Game.

It's a nice day out, wouldn't you rather come outside with me and play

The Bunny Game!

Let's go to the park instead, sweety.

The BUNNY GAAAAAME!

This is my major complaint of the game. The scene above is not an every day battle or anything, and my be a result of my daughter's personality rather than any addictive qualitys of the game. However, when she has decided to play it, well, I had better sit down with her to play.

My daughter, who just turned 2, sees Mommy and Daddy cook, so she likes to cook. She sees Mommy and Daddy clean up the kitchen, so she likes to clean up the kitchen. She sees Mommy and Daddy use the computer.... so, having a game that lets her use the computer, I think, is mostly a good thing.

I think we got the game for her right around when she was the recommended 18 months old or so, and when we first started to play it with her we had to help her with most of the activities. I am not sure that she even really understood that she was controling the action. It was, I think, lots of pretty pictures and songs. The game is set up so that your budding computer expert doesn't have to click the mouse to make things happen; a child only has to move the mouse to play any of the games. Still, some of the games are harder than others. Some of the games will reward your toddler with a song for just ramdomly moving the mouse, while others will require a good deal of concentration, which is an asset of the game. Your 18m-3year old will be able to play the games. The hardest skill to master, and what casues the most frustration (for the toddler) is the screen where they choose which game to play.

Notice that I said that When we sit down to play the game. As I already said, your 18Month old will require help, and as you continue to help your child, they may come to expect it, and suddenly playing this game will become a bonding experience if you are that kind of parent, or a chore, if you are another kind of parent, or both if you are somewhere in between. I don't know if I want to leave a 2 year old incharge of $2000 worth of hardware, and what ever else I forgot to back up on the hard drive anyhow. 2 might be a better age to start them on this game, however, from both a cognative and a motor skills perspective. I am not sure that an 18 month understands what is expected of them by the game. You might be better off to surf Tele-Tubbie Websites with them if they want to use the computer with Daddy.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent learning package for up to age 3., November 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Reader Rabbit Toddler With Free Reader Rabbit Pre-school Inside! [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

My son received Reader Rabbit Toddler as a gift and we are sold on it's ability to help him learn while having fun. He loves to do all of the tasks and is learning colors, shapes and a host of other skills. The true test of a software program is the willingness to buy the next level - we are doing just that by upgrading to the Preschool program.