children's software review

Blue's Clues Preschool Learning System 2007

Ages: 3-6   Subject: Early Learning   Brand: Learning Company

Review Sections: Product Overview  Technically Speaking  Educational Value  Entertainment Value  Design  Replayability  Dollar Value    

Blue's Clues Preschool Learning System 2007 - Product Overview
This is a bundle of previously released software titles. The Blue's Clues Preschool Learning System (2007) package includes the following:

• Blue's Clues 123 Time Activities CD-ROM (see our review).
• Blue's Clues ABC Time Activities CD-ROM (see our review).
• Reader Rabbit The Great Alphabet Race DVD.

Technically Speaking
Windows 98SE/ME/2000 Sp4/XP (Home and Pro) SP1, Pentium 90MHz Processor or higher, 32MB RAM (128 MB RAM for Windows XP), 100MB free hard-disk space, 4X CD-ROM drive or faster, SVGA 256 color graphics display, DirectX 8.0, Windows compatible 16-bit sound card. Mac users: Max OS 7.5.3-10.3.9, Power PC 80MHz processor or faster, 100 MB free hard disk space, 32 MB RAM or 128 MB RAM for Max OS X, 4X CD-ROM drive or faster, 640 x 480 256 color graphics display.

Skills Covered
counting on a number line, simple mathematical operations, story problems, logical thinking, sorting and classifying, sets and subsets, counting, prediction, strategy, matching, shape recognition and discrimination, quantities, estimation, hypothesis testing, weight, measurement, sequencing, ordering, symmetry, counting money, pre-reading, early vocabulary, word recognition, phonics, auditory discrimination, alphabet sequencing, letter and shape recognition, upper and lower case letter discrimination, recognizing rhyming words

Educational Value
A range of early learning skills are exercised in age-appropriate activities.

Design
Kids very easily play this software title without any assistance from their parents. The levels of difficulty gradually and automatically advance as kids successfully work through the games and are not adjustable.

Dollar Value
This program carries a suggested retail price of approximately $20 US.  

Score: 9.0 out of 10

Buy: Blue's Clues Preschool Learning System 2007

 
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