Product Description

Finding Nemo: Sea of Keys proves there's nothing fishy about underwater learning fun. Kids join Dory, Nemo and their friends in deep-sea adventures designed to buoy mastery of letters, phonics skills and word building. Dive into games that help kids build early reading and keyboard skills. For use with the ClickStart My First Computer (sold separately).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #463 in Toys & Games
• Brand: LeapFrog
• Model: 22651
• Released on: 2007-06-07
• Dimensions: 8.75" h x 5.50" w x 1.00" l, .30 pounds

Features

• Dive into learning on three deep-sea adventures with Dory, Nemo and schools of fish friends!
• Help Bruce find his friend by pressing the right letter keys.
• Surf with Squirt! Use your mouse to identify shapes and letters.
• Find letters and numbers on your keyboard to help Nemo escape.
• Teaches letters, phonics skills, word building, shapes, ocean facts and computer skills such as QWERTY keyboarding and screen navigation.

From the Manufacturer
Dive into learning ¿ and keyboarding ¿ with Dory, Nemo and schools of fish friends! Three deep-sea adventures, all with multiple levels, will buoy your child¿s introduction to basic school skills. Appropriate for ages 3 years to 6 years.

Customer Reviews

fun and educational
My 3-year old received this game for Christmas and loves it. He asks to play it daily and has had much more success with it than the games that came pre-loaded on the ClickStart.

The first game, Shark Hunt, shows a keyboard displayed on the screen. For level 1, a little fish "hides" behind one of the letters. When you click on the right letter you find the fish and earn a star. If you click on the wrong letter, a picture of something that starts with that letter appears and it makes the appropriate sound. My son likes this almost as much as finding the fish, which he is a whiz at now but still enjoys. Level 2 is similar but you spell out 3-letter words in order to find the fish.

The next game has Nemo popping the bubbles that fill the screen in order to reach the top. On level 1 the bubbles are color-coded according to the keys on the keyboard (click a blue key to pop a blue bubble, etc.). My son doesn't like this one too much. On level 2 the bubble have specific letters or numbers to push to pop the bubbles. He likes this one a little better, but still not his favorite.

The third game has a little turtle swimming through the water. You press the up and down arrows or use the mouse to move the turtle up and down to catch a particular shape that the game directs you to look for. My son likes this game pretty well; we haven't attempted level 2 on it yet though.

Overall I think this is a good product, though not a particularly great value at $20. I am very pleased that my son is now very familiar with where the letters are on the keyboard and is starting to spell 3-letter words, thanks in part to this game.

Finding Nemo
This is fabulous. My kids love it and it's very educational and they fight over who's going to play with it. We only have one keyboard for the 4 of them. I would highly recommend this and hopefully the cartridges could be expanded to more difficult levels.

Better Choices Out There
My son loves his ClickStart, which we started with The Thomas the Tank Engine and Dora programs. We added Diego and Nemo after we saw that he liked it. Of all the titles I would say this one is the most lame.

To start, the characters don't look all that much like they do in the movie and of course the voices are not the same - this was a little distracting. But the big issue is that the games themselves are not very good. The objectives are unclear and the feedback lacking. In contrast the Dora and especially Deigo games are engaging, challenging and well-paced.

The more your little one likes Nemo the less they'll like this game.