Reader Rabbit Playtime for Baby and Toddler
Product Description
Two programs in one! Includes: Reader Rabbit Playtime for Baby – a stimulating and playful environment filled with toys and much more! Plus, with Reader Rabbit’s Toddler kids can travel to a fantastic world!Amazon.com Review
It had to happen: software is now being bundled for your little bundle of joy. Reader Rabbit Playtime for Baby & Toddler will never be a substitute for the tactile joys of real life, but this software does manage to capture infants’ and toddlers’ attention with bright, happy images and a format that responds well to chubby, not-so-coordinated hands. In Playtime for Baby, a game of tag between Reader Rabbit and Mat the Mouse ends with Mat hiding in a toy box. With Mat’s help, each of the 10 toys in the box leads the baby into a new experience: singing, manipulating shapes, playing hide-and-seek, discovering body parts, reading storybooks, and (oh joy!) rummaging in drawers to make music. Your baby contro… More >>
Reader Rabbit Playtime for Baby and Toddler
I have to say, I let my son since before he was walking to play on my old 586 133 computer. After having the Fisher Price Keyboard and three stage game, I was very dissappointed with this game. First off, it says it only needs DirectX 4 but it comes with DirectX 7 which would not install on the machine. One must have an updated computer to run this game, or have a copy of DirectX 4 lying around. Now since my son has been using a computer for as long as he has, he has learned that keys do different things and every key has an association with the Fisher Price game, and in general computer usage. With this game, everything is controlled. The key strokes do commands that the program wants to run, and completes tasks FOR the child rather than initiating them to complete the task by pressing the correct buttons. My son gets bored with this game since it doesn’t matter what key he presses it does what the program wants to do, not what my son wants to try, and the game stops and sings and won’t let him do anything. My son is used to more control. The Fisher Price game actually associates the letter A with the letter A for example, so I believe he is actually learning more from a straight keyboard than this game. My son is now 20 months old. When we got this game he was 18 months old, and he was off and away on the Fisher Price keyboard at 13 months. I was looking for another game just as good if not better, or more interactive to help him grow, but I would rather see an old fashion typing game that teaches him the letters on the keyboard or something more interactive that lets him control the game, not the game controlling him.
And according to the system requirements my computer should be able to run the game, but I am still having a hard time finding DirectX get the computer game to run
I purchased this software for my niece who is 3 years old. She has never gotten on a computer before trying this software. I am a school teacher and very much into technology. It disappointed me that my niece had no idea of how to use a computer. This is probably because my brother and sister-in-law have zero technological skills aside from using Microsoft Word. So, I reasearched and found this baby and toddler software. I cannot say enough great things about it! I sat with my niece for 10 minutes, showed her how to move the “hand” (instead of the usual mouse arrow) around the pictures and games; off she went on her own selecting what she wanted to play. She soon told me that she didn’t need my help anymore and that she could do it herself. The first time she used this software she sat at the kitchen table on my laptop for 1 1/2 hours. She was so excited about what she was doing and that she was doing it on her own. She continues to ask me if she can play the computer. She loves it! This game does not require your child to use a mouse to click on any items, they only need to move and place the “hand” on the item they are selecting. Once they place a the hand on an item a star appears. If they keep the hand/star on the item 5 dots slowly appear in each corner of the star. When all 5 dots appear the page then changes to whatever the child choose to play. It is that simple. My operating system is Vista and the program works fine. I would definitely purchase this item if you want your child to begin learning how to use a computer and get the hang of manipulating a mouse.
while I am very familiar w/Reader Rabbit- an excellent first video this product was not able to play on our Apple Leopard OS- the pkging says compatible with MacIntosh but it could not be downloaded- a more explicit description would have saved me this problem- very disappointed
I have purchased several titles for my 17 month old, and I always come away wishing I could write my own software just for him. He’s very bright and already knows his alphabet, shapes, colors and numbers so when I purchased software I was specifically looking for something that would teach him to use the mouse. This is the best tool for that. We got him a track ball and he’s able to operate this program more or less independently, although he occasionally gets stuck and says, “Sumpin’ new!” We recently purchase Mickey Mouse Toddler and it’s not nearly as good by comparison. He’s got reasonably good mouse control, but we still have to give him the keyboard for Mickey.
My son has a copy of this given to him by his cousin — who also has a copy of this CD. We are purchasing this to give to another cousin! We definately like this CD. The graphics are enjoying to look at, and it is easy to use the mouse to play with or without clicking. Great introduction to the computer and mouse.