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- Four easy-to-play games
- Exciting activities to print
- Lots of songs, rhymes and animations
- Includes a progress tracker to measure results
- Game speed and levels of dificulty can be altered
- On-screen help automatically adjusts, according to your child's responses
- For ages 3-5
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Starting to Read is another excellent package in the "My First" series of CD-ROMs (and books) from the ever-popular publisher Dorling Kindersley--just the thing if you're looking to support your child's education at home.
Meet White Bear and Little Penguin as they invite readers to take part in four easy-to-play, interactive games: "Rhyme Time", "Odd One Out", "Alphabet Scramble" and "Master Lunch", all of which use catchy songs and rhymes, clear and simple instructions, and appealing animations. Rewards are earned in the form of stickers and celebratory songs, and speed and difficulty can be adjusted.
On-screen help will adjust automatically, also according to the responses given by the user. All these situations have been designed to help children develop key reading concepts: letter sounds and phonics, upper and lower case letters, alphabetical order, rhyming words and spelling patterns. The package will also help extend and develop their vocabulary and vocabulary skills. Listening skills and PC skills, both so important in the information world, can also be practiced and broadened. The package is not accompanied by an instruction pamphlet, but simple instructions for installation are displayed on the CD-ROM itself and excellent, extensive support notes for parents on every aspect of the package can be accessed via the "Parents" icon on the tool bar. It is also possible to print out various items, such as name tags, invitations, birthday cards and writing paper.
My First Starting to Read provides learning experiences as games and activities that are exciting, lively, imaginative and fun, and will extend knowledge, confidence and skill, often without children realising. The package is aimed at 3-5 year olds who are starting to read, but it can also be used with older children requiring extra practice. --Susan Naylor
Manufacturer's Description
Part of the best selling My First series, this disc provides a valuable introduction to basic reading skills. Children are encouraged to learn through interactive games that make reading enjoyable, while simple activities help expand vocabulary. Loveable characters White Bear and Little Penguin accompany the child throughout, building confidence whilst having fun.
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66 of 67 people found the following review helpful
Format:CD-ROM
I only rated this cd rom with 3 stars as i thought it was a little hard for my 3 year. I feel that to get the most out of this cd rom the child needs to have a good grounding in the alphabet already. The idea of this cd i thought was to help them learn the alphabet so the ideal age for this cd would about 4 years i think. Like the rest of dorling kindersley products it is very well thought out and a good investment to give your child a head start.
34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
My three year old (just turned three mind you) enjoys the activities but finds that the speed of the games is too slow and the progression between stages of the games tends to be spoilt by long and repetitive voiceovers.
Once you are in a 'how-to' screen you can't exit until the demonstration is complete, making for lots of time sitting waiting if your child tends to click randomly in an effort to hurry things up.
He finds the activities interesting, but I don't see that this CD will hold his interest for very long once he has completed the games.
That said, it does have the advantages of an 'English' voice, as opposed to American, and the instructions and sounds are very clear and legible.
One other thing to note is that if you have your screen resolution set to anything other than 640 x 480 the game play area will be windowed. So if you have other things running at the same time there's the possibility that your child will 'overflow' out of the window into your work.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:CD-ROM
Useful parent section on this software enables you to monitor how your child progresses. Slow demonstrations, however I have found that my child appreciates these as they are animated. I have noticed an improvement in my child's listening skills since we have started this series of software.
bad point is that the puzzles have a limited range of examples. We found that in the rhyming game the same question popped up approximately 15 times out of the 25 needed to complete the section.
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This product WILL NOT WORK on either WINDOWS VISTA or WINDOWS 7, and from the avanquest software tech support web site they know it does not work and there is not a work around or... Read more
Published 22 months ago by macka
Too many bugs
Agree with other reviewer - very annoying that you have to wait for the quite lengthy instructions each time you start the game, or have to return to the how to screen. Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2007 by M Smith
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