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Amazon Maximum Age: 17 years Amazon Minimum Age: 36 months Binding: CD-ROM Brand: Disney EAN: 0044702015399 ESRB Age Rating: Early Childhood Format: CD-ROM Label: Disney Interactive Manufacturer: Disney Interactive Model: 044702015597 Platform: Windows XP Publisher: Disney Interactive Release Date: September 15, 2003 Sales Rank: 24857 Studio: Disney Interactive
Amazon.com Review: Playhouse Disney's Stanley Tiger Tales is a bright program that manages to emulate the magical seamlessness of a young child's thought process. One moment Stanley is jabbering with his goldfish, the next instant he's looking for his hat to take to the beach, then whammo!--a cardboard tube triggers a flight of fancy and Stanley briefly becomes an aardvark. The program begins with Stanley's mom asking him to round up his sunscreen, float toy, and some other items for a trip to the beach. It's a small thing, but most beleaguered parents will appreciate the good modeling here: Stanley's mom isn't frantically gathering this stuff up for her son. Instead, she assumes he's big enough to do a bit of problem solving. Amen.
Stanley solves this happy problem with your child's help, and there are plenty of safaris, mouse whiskers, and monkey dances along the way to keep it engaging. This program is designed to work with a wide range of early computer skills. Beginners will get a response from objects in a room if they sweep the cursor over them. Kids who have connected to clicking are richly rewarded: objects become games, change color, or reveal an animal factoid. Kids must find Stanley's beach gear and keep an eye out for stamps to paste into an informative tome called The Great Big Book of Everything.
There are five minigames in Stanley's bedroom, four more in his backyard, and the rest of the house has plenty of nooks and crannies to explore. The games all self-adjust to your child's skill level. We enjoyed one that involved Stanley, clad in tiger pajamas, stalking an antelope. Timing, forethought, and observation are required to move Stanley from hiding place to hiding place while avoiding the alert gaze of the antelope. Another good one was Stanley's monkey dance, where players "program" Stanley to mimic the moves a monkey makes. All of these games have a certain relentlessness that some parents will love, some will hate. They're timed, they're scored, and a wrong move wipes out the existing game, causing players to have to start all over. It all happens in a friendly manner, of course, but mistakes are penalized here. We didn't mind this approach to the games, since they're all brief enough a mistake doesn't erase hours of work. Finally, this nimble program also has a "Parents' Area" in case you want to check your child's antelope-stalking progress.
Stanley Tiger Tales is a well-executed delight that will appeal to any younger child, especially one who is fascinated by animals. (Ages 3 to 6) --Anne Erickson
Amazon.com Product Description: Join Stanley, a little boy who loves animals, on a jungle hunt for his tiger swim tube, Theodore. At every turn, Stanley uses his wild imagination, along with his bottomless source of facts and fun, The Great Big Book of Everything, to solve problems. Along the way, Stanley also learns valuable life lessons like responsibility and cleanliness.
Playhouse Disney's Stanley Tiger Tales is a fun, early-learning adventure that engages the minds and imaginations of kids, while helping them explore life, social and family issues such as teasing, sharing, and household chores, and family relationships. Along the way, kids learn all about animals, as each learning adventure focuses on fun animal facts, habits, and traits. With Stanley and his limitless imagination as their trusted companions, kids go on a quest for higher learning, taking Stanley's love of animals with them.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Excellent!!!!
This is wonderful!!!! My three year old loves it!!! Not sure what the other reviewer was referring to. You can play any game you want at any time. Very nice, easy for him to use. Also, parents can check on their childs proggress. Best software for kids that I have found.
Rating: - Very disappointed
I bought this game for my 3 year old daughter because she loves playing the Stanley games...We were very disappointed with this game. It's too structured. She can't just go to the game she wants to play. She must complete them in a specific order. Also, if she makes a mistake on a game, instead of asking her to correct her mistake, it makes her start the game over -- very frustrating! The only thing she liked was printing coloring pictures from the Great Big Book of Everything and even that was disappointing as it did not provide pictures for every letter of the alphabet. I found the games very simplistic with no way to increase the skill level. Even if she liked it, she would have outgrown it very quickly. The games on the website are so much better and they are free!
However, Disney will give you a refund within 90 days if you are not satisfied and that is what I plan to do.
Rating: - Learning about animals and having fun too!
My daughter is 3 and loves this game. It teaches facts on many types of animals plus, children learn colors, shapes, math, picture matching, memory skill and more. Stanley has to find objects around the house and put them in his bag. After he plays all the games and finds all the stickers he sets out to find Theodore, his inflatable tiger. It's just like an episode from the tv. They'll love it.
Rating: - Great Software For Children
My son received this software for Christmas and has enjoyed playing the software. Stanley is the main character, and guides children through different obstacles while teaching children about different types of animals along the way. The game increases in difficulty as your child successfully finishes a task. This is one of the best softwares I have seen for children in a long time.
- Very disappointed
