Reader Rabbit Triple Pack - Maths/Reading/Thinking 4 - 6 years

To dated for the computer won’t work

A very good software package which my daugther uses daily. Helped her to get to grips with addition and substraction and thinking strategies. The reading scheame is really good too and throughout the learning activities the child is able to colletc rewards as they progress. The only thing i would change is the ammount of rewards available as my 6 year old was able to collect all prizes within a couple of days and then there are no new ones.

I have bought loads of different cd-roms for my little boy who's now nearly 5 and have encountered numerous problems, but this program is really good! We have experienced issues with the software from Dorling Kindersley, but these cd's run without problems, also on XP, which is not listed under programs on the Amazon site. The games are challenging enough to keep him interested, but still learning through play, so that he doesn't lose his patience as he has done with others. It was really important for me to find a way of helping him forwards with reading and writing, without him "realising it" as he hates "traditional learning" through copying letters etc and I think this is finally it! If you like me have been searching for good software, let me recommend a couple of other ones: Learning ladder is excellent, The Jump ahead series seems good, but for now my boy finds it's too much learning and not enough play - hopefully he'll return to it later... On the other hand Play & Learn could have been good if it had been a bit more structured, but unfortunately you have to start at the beginning every single time and there is no way of gauging progress, probably better for slightly younger children. Finally all Dorling Kindersley programs we have tried have seemed really good, but we have had nothing but problems with the software, due to system requirements etc and their technical support is absolutely horrendous, so I've felt obliged to stay well clear! I will post this review on the individual titles as well, because I found it such a struggle to find recommendations whe we set out on the search for software, so appologies if you have already read this somewhere else!