Clifford the Big Red Dog: Phonics

Rating:
Summary: Exceptional!
Review: This is the best software out there! My daughter was just shy of 3 when we bought it and I feared she may have trouble with it but I was wrong. It has a nice variation in its different levels of play which can challenge her for a long time. The program uses a wonderful mix of phonics and sight reading skills that blend nicely to maintain her interests. (Face it! Phonics OR memorizing words alone can be very boring!) The reward system is top notch-she earns tickets along the way and after 6 tickets she gets a prize. The prize machine looks like one of those at the carnival gizmos with an arm which decends upon a wrapped mystery gift. (A fun game in and of itself.) Then, at seemingly unpredictible times, she is also rewarded with a new Clifford book which she can color and print if desired. The book uses only those words which she has been working with. SHE read the very first one to ME! I was floored! The best part? She can read the book into the computer via microphone and play it back to herself. (Do I have to describe what a hit that was?) Activities have such variety as pick the missing letter, the correct word or spell your own word. Only drawback we can find is that when spelling your own word, you are limited to four letters and Jaclynn's curiosity is not limited to four letters. (Mommy, how do you spell supercalifrajilisticexpialidocious?)