Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 60 months Binding: CD-ROM Brand: Scholastic EAN: 0078073215454 Feature: Build Skills on Your Way to Clifford's Big Party! Product Information Clifford The Bit Red Dog may be big and red, but as far as he's concerned he'sjust like any other dog. That's why, when Clifford tries to do what other dogsdo, things can get a little out of hand. Sometimes he gets into trouble.Sometimes he saves the day. Most of the time he has a lot of fun. All of thetime he's a good dog Format: CD-ROM Label: Scholastic Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product. Manufacturer: Scholastic Model: 21545 Publisher: Scholastic Release Date: October 04, 2000 Sales Rank: 1014 Studio: Scholastic
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Build Skills on Your Way to Clifford's Big Party! Product Information Clifford The Bit Red Dog may be big and red, but as far as he's concerned he'sjust like any other dog. That's why, when Clifford tries to do what other dogsdo, things can get a little out of hand. Sometimes he gets into trouble.Sometimes he saves the day. Most of the time he has a lot of fun. All of thetime he's a good dog
Product Description: Children direct this skill-building journey through Clifford's neighborhood looking for ways to make his party big fun! Kids are presented with challenges that require them to use their problem solving skills to complete various steps. The celebration begins once children have everything they need to throw a party big enough for Clifford!
Amazon.com Review: It's Clifford the Big Red Dog's birthday, and Emily Elizabeth has a long list of tasks to accomplish before she can throw a party for her colossal canine pal. As the original "big dog" wreaks havoc--then comes to the rescue--throughout this program, it's easy to see why the affable Clifford has been a hit with early readers for nearly four decades. Kids strengthen recall, problem-solving, and creativity skills as they travel through town with Emily Elizabeth and Clifford, getting ready for the party.
The program begins with the efficient Emily Elizabeth explaining all that needs to be done to prepare for the party: groom Clifford, decorate a birthday cake, pick up a present from the post office, build a birthday-dog collar, and clean up the backyard. As the duo sets out to accomplish these tasks, guided by your child, unplanned events and Clifford-caused accidents throw them off task, giving them additional problems to solve. A knocked-over grocery display case must be put back together before decorating the birthday cake, the needed package isn't at the post office, and the only dog groomer in town refuses to service the gigantic specimen. This program does a great job of encouraging the nonlinear thinking that's sometimes necessary to get through real life.
There are seven places to visit and explore in town, ranging from the beach to the home of the crotchety Bleakmans, elderly neighbors with a large swimming pool (hint, hint). In addition to the overall task of figuring out how to get ready for the big bash, there are also eight activities that can be played using three difficulty levels. One of the standouts is a game in which Clifford must deliver cars safely home after causing a traffic jam; it teaches spatial reasoning and how to follow directions, and there's just something delightful about seeing Clifford with a minivan in his mouth. Other activities range from purely creative (decorating the cake, grooming Clifford) to the game-like (helping Clifford dodge seaweed and refuel by eating fish sticks as he swims out to sea to rescue a doggy pal). The overall concept of the program is stronger than the individual games--a 6-year-old game whiz may find that Clifford moves a bit too slowly. We think disciples of the Big Red Dog will love it, as it features everything from Clifford's helpful heroism to Emily Elizabeth's odd circular kneecaps. (Ages 4 to 6) --Anne Erickson
Amazon.com Review: This is another first-class CD-ROM in a series of wonderfully designed and presented packages from children's publisher Scholastic that feature the voices and characters from the TV series Clifford the Big Red Dog, a character well-loved by children for more than 30 years.
The software is intended for children ages 4 to 6, and the emphasis is on learning through fun. Your child will travel through Clifford's neighborhood on a skill-building journey and attend a fire drill as a volunteer firefighter, change the way Clifford looks, make funny pictures with Clifford and his favorite tree, clean up a food display, play ball, and many more entertaining activities.
Many skills can be learned and honed, including problem solving, logic and reasoning, creativity, classification and sorting of letters, matching, memory, colors and shapes, counting, fine-motor skills, and following directions. There are three adjustable learning levels that automatically adjust according to your child's progress, while still allowing for independent play. The celebration only begins when the kids have everything they need to throw a great BIG party for Clifford. (Games can be also saved, to continue later, and you can print out photos of Clifford.)
The accompanying user's manual is excellent: it is extremely well set out and explains everything from technical support, installation, and the activities, to reporting on a child's progress and troubleshooting, using straightforward, simple language. --Susan Naylor, Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.com Product Description: Children direct a skill-building journey through Clifford's neighborhood, looking for ways to make his birthday party big fun. Entertaining activities encourage children to use their problem-solving and reasoning skills as well as their imaginations. Kids are part of the action as they track down Clifford's special birthday package, decorate his huge cake, and more.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great educational CD-rom
My son loves these CD-roms. He is almost 5 and plays them a lot. He is learning quite a bit. Plus, there are 3 different levels, so as he gets better, he gets more challenged. I'm impressed with this.
Rating: - Good program but with a caveat
Everyone else has covered the positive aspects of the game well.
The downsides are:
- children can randomly guess at many things and thus avoid learning
- one of the rescue portions of the software is really just a video game. We found our kids playing this endlessly and removed the software from their machine. If you don't mind video games or have time to always monitor their play it's not a big deal since it is not a huge part of the software
Rating: - Great over and over
"It is really good" says my almost-7-year-old daughter. She and her twin brother have played this game countless times since we first purchased it over 2 years ago, maybe 3 years. Quite challenging when they were younger and still fun, especially for my daughter. 3 levels of difficulty, quite a few different activities & games, a nice goal at the end (pun intended). Really good for learning basic computer skills as well as logic and problem solving. Once the kids understood how it worked, I never had to help them with it--they could go through the whole game on their own. One of if not the best computer games I've seen for 4-6 year olds.
Rating: - Surprised and very pleased.
This is my very first childs software game. I was quite amazed with it. Our 4 yr had never touched a mouse before, yet she (faked) a cry when she had to stop playing after her first 40 minutes. She needed only occasional help learning the game and of course it's even more fun if your nearby to share her excitment at the many surprises presented.
Rating: - Really Great!
Our children, 2, 3 & 4, are just getting to know the computer. We've tried a couple different programs and this is by FAR the best. Our 4 year old is enthralled. He loves it, and I don't mind playing with him. The younger kids play it, but not as independently as the oldest. I think this means its a program we'll be playing a year from now. Can't say that about any of the other programs we have.
- Great educational CD-rom
- Good program but with a caveat
