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Spark Island Farmer Rumtums Letter Fun 3-5

by BBC Multimedia

Platform: Windows, Mac

1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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Platform: Windows, Mac
Media: CD-ROM
Item Quantity: 1

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Product Features

Choose the correct vowels to spell simple words
Group the magical animals by their similarities
Rhyming fun with Little Miss Muffet
Ages 3-5 years

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ASIN: B00006HGST
Release Date: 11 Sep 2002

Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 17,450 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
- #24 in Software > Education & Reference > Brands > BBC
- #39 in Software > Children's Fun & Learning > Characters & Brands > BBC

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Farmer Rumtum's Letter Fun is a very good CD-ROM for younger children and helps to develop early reading skills. It is fun and easy to use. Children can choose from seven different games and are rewarded with mega-hops at the end of each activity. They can keep track of their score and also print out a certificate.

Children can listen to, read and fill in the missing words when playing the excellent games "Hey Diddle Diddle" and "Little Miss Muffet". There are also games to develop letter and word recognition where children have to decide whether the letter or word matches the picture.

"It's a Goal" challenges children to spell three-letter words by identifying the missing vowel. "Kick Off" moves on from that, requiring children to identify long vowel sounds. (For example: to spell "train", is the missing sound a or ai?) A lot of young children would find this a very challenging activity.

"Animal Magic" doesn't quite fit in with the rest of the games but it is a fun activity that involves answering questions and sorting animals.

There is an outstanding guide for parents, that lists the skills children will develop in each game and shows how parents should approach the activity with their child. Ideas are given for follow-up activities and there are even materials that can be printed out and used with children to consolidate and extend the activities.

Farmer Rumtum's Letter Fun is a fun and very educational CD-ROM for younger children. It is excellent value for money and parents are given a wealth of information about how to get the best out of the activities. --Amanda York

Manufacturer's Description

Spark Island Farmer Rumtum’s Letter Fun – For Ages 3-5

Letter Spinner: Spin the letters and match pictures of everyday objects with the initial letter.

It’s a goal: Score a goal by choosing the right vowel to spell simple words in this fun game.

Animal Magic: Look at the magical animals and group them by their similarities.

Hey Diddle Diddle: Have fun finding the rhyming words using Hey Diddle Diddle. Enjoy the wonderful illustrations of the characters.

Word Spinner: Spin the letters and match the pictures of everyday objects to their corresponding words.

Kick Off: Choose the correct vowels to spell simple words that have long vowels sounds in this beach football game.

Little Miss Muffet: More rhyming fun with Little Miss Muffet. Find the rhymes but watch out for the spider!

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

Farmer Rumtum letter fun 7 Oct 2002

By Mrs J Vickars

I bough this CD expecting it would be of a good standard as it had the BBC label attached to it. My 4 year old has several CDs and I wanted one to take him on with his emergent reading and understanding of letters.

This is a poor mixture of activities with very few letters of the alphabet used and jumping onto phonic sounds in the middle of words which have no real connection.

My 4 year old is not inspired by it and I am very disappointed.

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