Product Description

Would you play it in a house? Would you play it with a mouse? Of course you would! Who could resist the wordplay and whimsy that have made Dr. Seuss™ a legendary childhood favorite. With the Dr. Seuss Kindergarten Learning System you get over 250 lessons offering a full year of early reading, math, and essential kindergarten skills set in the wonderful witty world of Dr. Seuss. You can also enjoy amazing animations and listen to the enchanting songs while learning the alphabet and mastering critical letter and word recognition skills. Eager young minds will thrill to the rhymes, riddles and rollicking excitement of this irresistible Learning System.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5345 in Software
• Brand: Encore
• Model: 22900
• Released on: 2006-02-21
• Platforms: Mac OS X, Windows XP
• Format: CD-ROM

Features

• 250+ lessons for kids set in the wonderful, witty world of Dr. Seuss
• Covers full year of early reading, math, and key kindergarten skills
• Teaches the alphabet and critical letter and word-recognition skills
• Explore spatial relationships; boost basic computer skills and confidence
• For ages 4 to 6

From the Manufacturer
Would you play it in a house? Would you play it with a mouse? Of course you would! Who could resist the wordplay and whimsy that have made Dr. Seuss a legendary childhood favorite? With the Dr. Seuss Kindergarten Learning System you get over 250 lessons offering a full year of early reading, math, and essential kindergarten skills set in the wonderful witty world of Dr. Seuss. You can also enjoy amazing animations and listen to the enchanting songs while learning the alphabet and mastering critical letter and word-recognition skills. Eager young minds will thrill to the rhymes, riddles, and rollicking excitement of this irresistible learning system. With the Dr. Seuss Kindergarten Learning System, your child will:

• Build important early reading skills like word recognition, vocabulary, and reading comprehension.
• Explore spatial relationships.
• Boost basic computer skills and confidence.

Customer Reviews

So So...
The boxed set does NOT include a Mac OS X version. If you want that, you should buy the separate version specifically for OS X. The windows version is actually not as featured filled as the OS X version.

10-year-old software incompatible with Windows XP
This software was published in 1998, written for Windows 3.1. The setup has been slightly modified to install on Windows 95. It forces installation of an old version of QuickTime for Windows 3.1, and will only run at a screen resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. My 15" laptop LCD screen is 1024 x 768 pixels, so this runs only on a 9" diagonal section of the screen.

Since it was not written for XP, plan on letting your kindergartener run with admin privileges, as it's the only way this software will run, if you can ever get it to install.

It was nice that the publisher took the time to update the box with claims that it's XP-compatible. It would have been nicer if they had actually spent a few hours updating the software so that it actually was XP-compatible.

4 year old loves it and so do I!!!!
My 4 year old (4 years 2 months) LOVES these games and can do most of them. They are challenging enough that he is learning but simple enough that he can do most of them. Also, there is a GREAT variety so he can learn lots of different pre-k skills, and not get bored. Better still, each "game" within this has 3 levels of difficulty, so the game will grow with his skill. The graphics and story line and animation are perfect, just enough to keep his interest and help him through the game, but not so much that you spend all your time watching rather than playing. After a couple of days, he is able to find his way around the game with little help from Mom and can easily spend and hour or more playing at a time. He loves these games!!!