Join Arthur on a Reading Adventure! Product InformationArthur learns to read at school and now he reads everything he sees. Butwhen he tells D.W. that he'll teach her to read D.W. says she already knows howto read. To prove it Arthur and D.W. go around town playing a game of who canread more words. Arthur promises to buy ice cream for his little sister D.W.if she can read ten words.  The twosome race to the park where D.W.is quick to recognize signs such as zoo don't walk police and ice cream.  Whenshe reads wet paint before her big brother does Arthur is in for a colorfulsurprise!   More than just an animated storybook this interactive creation includesthree educational games that develop word recognition and other basic readingskills. What's more since the games are actually fun they provide anexperience that everyone can truly enjoy - which is more than we can sayabout piano lessons.  Kids can read along with the story. Words arehighlighted as the story is read and children can click on a particular word tohear it reread. Arthur doesn't think D. W. can read. Follow them as Arthur putsher to the test. Find out who gets the reward. There are fun surprises andhundreds of clickables along the way.Fun Activities IncludedThe I Spy gameI see something that teaches children to love reading. Can you spot it?Reading Race gameMatch a word to the picture and help Arthur and D.W. race to the Ice CreamStore.Let Me Write!Drag pictures of items up to the paper tablet to form sentences to help teachnew words.Windows System Requirements Windows 98 Me XP Vista Windows 7 (32-bit) 486SX or higher processor 8 MB of RAM 640x480 monitor 256 colors Windows patible sound card & speakers 2X CD-ROM driveMacintosh System Requirements Mac OS 7.5–9.2 OS X Classic mode PowerMac or higher processor 8 MB of RAM 640x480 monitor 256 colors 2X CD-ROM drive   

Join Arthur on a Reading Adventure!   Product InformationArthur learns to read at school and now he reads everything he sees. But,when he tells D.W. that he'll teach her to read, D.W. says she already knows howto read. To prove it, Arthur and D.W. go around town playing a game of who canread more words. Arthur promises to buy ice cream for his little sister, D.W.,if she can read ten words.&

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The reading race game is excellent, however the authors did not include nearly enough words in the game to keep it interesting long term. A real shame, as the game itself is motivating and educational and would have real value in teaching spelling and word recognition skills if only the dictionary was larger.

The previews of other games are a great addition - good advertising for the publishers and very entertaining in their own right.

4 of 4 found the following review helpful:

Arthur's Reading RaceDec 10, 2002
By Darrell Nungester
This is a good game that will help your children to learn to read. This game will work with Windows XP Home Edition if you run it in compatibility mode.

3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

Teaches sight words!Apr 19, 2000

A good way to learn sight words is the reading race game on this CD. My daughter read words at age 3! The story is cute but the activities are a little limited. But the game is worth getting just for the sight word teaching.

5 of 6 found the following review helpful:

fun and some learningSep 27, 2000

This CD is just plain fun. Anyone buying this program because they want to teach their child to read may be buying the wrong product. But it does help early learners to "see" words, and connect word/object relationships ... at least somewhat. And that in itself makes it worthy of some educational value. But the best value in this is the fun. The prizes are fun too .... weird flavored ice cream. My own feelings are that if you want to teach your child to read, you shouldn't depend on software, for the most part software is just a way to practice what they learn via actual instruction. This is a great, fun, and easy to play CD.

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