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| Reader Rabbit: Thinking Adventures (Jewel Case) | 
 enlarge | From: The Learning Company
Category: Software
Buy New: $14.95
New (5) Used (6) from $3.05
Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 4413
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
Color: Reader Rabbit: Thinking Adventures (Jewel Case)
ESRB: Early Childhood
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 381425
Model: 381425
UPC: 772040814250
EAN: 0772040814250
ASIN: B00005TQ1I
Release Date: December 21, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
With this 2 CD set, children will learn problem-solving, decision-making, logic, and reasoning skills while having a ball on this surprise-filled journey. Skills covered: Matching and Ordering, Similarities and Differences, Organizing Information, and much more!
Amazon.com Product Description
Reader Rabbit and his friends need your help to throw a surprise birthday party for Sam the Lion. There are plenty of fun things to do, from making cookies to practicing party games. And the fun and learning doesn't stop when you leave the computer. Make customized workbooks and printable activities to take with you in the car or on the bus. Progress reports will help you keep track of which skills you've mastered or are in need of improvement. Children can learn at their own pace with Reader Rabbit's ADAPT Learning Technology. It constantly monitors the child's abilities, helps develop skills, adjusts difficulty levels, provides help, and tracks progress.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Terrific for the kids but with a few annoyances for the computer owner November 30, 2008
As other reviewers have stated, it's an excellent interactive learning experience for your child. I give it 4 or 5 stars on that alone. But I was dismayed to find that the setup process stuck an AOL promotion on my desktop (my other Reader Rabbit programs also did it). And of course, the unwelcome desktop icon was just a shortcut; I had to search in the Programs folder for the AOL executable file in order to delete it.
This sort of thing is not terribly unusual with free applications that you download from the Internet, but when I pay money for a program, I don't expect it to invade my computer with adware junk.
Another problem is that once you've started one of the programs running, there's no way to back out of it or shut it down before it quits. There's no right-click menu with a Cancel button or anything like that. Very inconvenient if you're simply giving a program a quick test. I had to use the Windows CTRL-ALT-DEL trick to shut it down in midstream.
Still another gripe: the install process does not put the entire disc on your hard drive. To run the program, you have to insert it in your CD or DVD drive before starting it from the Program menu. Remember computers in 1980 with 2 floppy discs to make anything work?
Bottom line: great for the kid, but a pain in the behind for whoever does computers in your home.
 Reader Rabbit 1st Grade November 17, 2008
My Grandson loves this! I've always liked the Reader Rabbits series and one again, it did not dissappoint. The math portion is so easy for them to understand, that once you show them how to figure it out, they are off and running. He really enjoys the money portion, making the faces really gets him to giggling and he's learning at the same time.
 Very good for building logic skills September 17, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I tutor children for a living and I have found this software to be very good for building logic skills in children. It is stimulating to them and doesn't lose them by becoming difficult too quickly. This game is much better than it's math and reading counterparts. Although they are useful, they span too many levels at one time. I would say Thinking Adventures can be used as early as 3 years and still can remain challenging until 5 or 6 years of age. You can leave a child alone with this software for 2-10 minutes at a time (I would not recommend children playing on a computer for longer than this as they need physical stimulation), whereas most educational software for this age requires constant instruction from an adult.
My 3 year old learned to read with Reader Rabbit September 10, 2005
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
She basically taught herself to read using Reader Rabbit. Now she is five, and her kindergarten teacher says she reads on a third grade reading level.
I highly recommend the program.
My students love this game January 20, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I work in a special education room in an elementary school. The kids in my room love this game. It has good skills on it, like reading, math, science, etc. It is also really fun.
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