Reader Rabbit Thinking Adventures

PC version requires:
Windows 95/98, Pentium, 16 MB RAM, 25 MB HD, 4X CD ROM

Mac version requires:
PowerMac, System 7.1 or higher, 16 MB RAM, 25 MB HD, 4X CD-ROM

Description:

It's a surprise birthday party for Sam the Lion. Reader Rabbit and his friends need your help to get ready for the party. Decorate cookies, sort treats, teach mice dance steps, and do so much more in Reader Rabbit Thinking Adventures.

Children will help Pierre with painting wrapping paper or banners, Bab with decorating cookies, Papa Bear with sorting toys or wrapping gifts, and much more. Children will learn patterning, identifying similarities and differences, sequencing, problem solving, matching, ordering, and other skills while planning a party.

Features:

• 8 different activities
• Wide array of learning concepts
• Capacity of up to 99 players
• Individual tracking of each player
• Reader Rabbit uses child's name in speech
• Print predesigned gift-wrap
• Print birthday invitations with child's name
• Personalized hidden notes in the game
• A.D.A.P.T. Learning Technology
• Personalized Learning Center
• Personalized Printable Progress Reports and Certificates
• Printable Activities based on your child's progress

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Report and Conclusions:

I think the Personalized Learning Center (Deluxe 2-CD-ROM edition) is something that parents and teachers could use as an aid in determining the child's progress. Not only does it track up to 99 students, it also offers personalized printable workbooks based on the individual child's progress. You may also print off personalized reward certificates to give to the child as they achieve success with this program. I was especially fond of the capability to show other Reader Rabbit Personalized grade programs along with some of the Cluefinders titles, enabling an adult to follow the progress on each child. This would aid the parent or teacher in printing out worksheets that are based on the child's strengths and weaknesses.