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Summary: It's Pretty Cool!
Review: My daughter is a big fan of the I Spy books & just received this CD for her 7th birthday. She couldn't wait to get started with this - and is NOT disappointed! Not only is it a challenge, but I feel it also helps with READING!Feel this is a game the whole family can enjoy.
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Summary: Hidden learning treasure
Review: My daughter was five years old when we bought this for her, and while some of the items were difficult for her to find she loved looking at everything and figuring out which items moved when touched. The game helped her to look at things from a different perspective, such as bat being both an animal and a sports object, and especially loved the attic flashlight search. Since she wasn't very comfortable with her reading skills when she first started playing this I was glad that the search items were spoken for her, but now she loves making her own search pages. I thought she might get tired of it after she had completed the puzzle, but she plays it quite often still, and now works at completing the entire puzzle faster each time. This software is a great way of masking a learning game!
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Summary: I Spy Spooky Mansion
Review: My daughter, 6, loves this game. The graphics are fun and entertaining. She loves receiving the certificate at the end. My only complaint is that you once you play this game, no new clues are found. It would be nice to play again with another set of clues.
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Summary: Great education and entertainment value
Review: My son had loved the "I Spy Junior" game so I thought he might enjoy trying this challenge, recommended for ages 6-10. He's 5 but a very strong visual learner with great memory skills. The beauty of this game is it not only plays to his strengths but encourages building lesser skills with words on many levels. My favorite aspects: beautifully detailed graphics, a fun laboratory animation with 7 ghost experiments, and the concentration games which are a challenge at many levels. You get the sense that the creators enjoyed making this product. I find the best children's computer games (eg. Learning Company's Cat in the Hat series) reach parents as well making shared learning opportunities a joy!
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Summary: Great education and entertainment value
Review: My son had loved the "I Spy Junior" game so I thought he might enjoy trying this challenge, recommended for ages 6-10. He's 5 but a very strong visual learner with great memory skills. The beauty of this game is it not only plays to his strengths but encourages building lesser skills with words on many levels. My favorite aspects: beautifully detailed graphics, a fun laboratory animation with 7 ghost experiments, and the concentration games which are a challenge at many levels. You get the sense that the creators enjoyed making this product. I find the best children's computer games (eg. Learning Company's Cat in the Hat series) reach parents as well making shared learning opportunities a joy!
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Summary: A Family Favorite
Review: My son is only three and a half, so my husband bought the game with the intention of saving it until our son was older. I got it out for him, and even though it is rated for ages 6-10, it is one of our son's favorites. Given that he can't read, I had to help him at first, but once I showed him where to click to get the riddles read to him, he could play independently (for hours on end). I keep two different user files -- one of a completed game so that he can make all seven ghosts (which requires completing the game); and one uncompleted, so when he completes puzzles the skeleton gives him new puzzle pieces. Other reviewers said that the game was not interesting once played through, but we have not found that to be the case. Our son was _more_ interested in the repetition once he'd got the hang of it. Also, of all the games we have, this is the most pleasant and interesting for the adult helping the child.
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Summary: Very clever
Review: Purchased for my grandson's 5th birthday. Incredibly clever, well designed, plays without a hitch on iMac. He played for over 2 hours the first time out of the box and is still loving it. The adults are fighting over a turn.
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Summary: Spooky Mansion...unrevisited!
Review: Santa brought this game for my 6 yr. old for Christmas. She and I and her 3 1/2yr. old brother opened it the day after Christmas. It is very interesting with 10 rooms to explore and 26 riddles to decipher. After completing each riddle, you're given a piece to the final puzzle which in turn instructs you how to finally get out of the mansion. My daughter stuck with it for the first 13 riddles, and suprisingly my 3yr. old wanted to keep playing until the end. We received the "certificate of completion" that very day. When we signed back on to play a "new game", we were soooo disappointed - there isn't any new game. Same 26 riddles to solve. We'll have to wait a year or so, in the hopes that we'll forget where everything is. (Or just give it to all our neighbors, family, shool chums etc.). Obviously, the I Spy books have limitations, but the software could and should give many additional games/levels.
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Summary: Just as GREAT as the books!
Review: The I Spy computer games are a fantastic concept. They are every bit as entertaining and educational as the books. The game is easy enough for the little ones who can not yet read but CAN click the mouse. The clues are read to you with the click of the mouse... My daughter who is 6 now was a little bit afraid of the "SPOOKY MANSION" theme in the beginning, however she really enjoys playing the game, and plays this one often... We are planning on purchasing the other I Spy games as soon as possible. I definately recommend this game.
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Summary: Just as GREAT as the books!
Review: The I Spy computer games are a fantastic concept. They are every bit as entertaining and educational as the books. The game is easy enough for the little ones who can not yet read but CAN click the mouse. The clues are read to you with the click of the mouse... My daughter who is 6 now was a little bit afraid of the "SPOOKY MANSION" theme in the beginning, however she really enjoys playing the game, and plays this one often... We are planning on purchasing the other I Spy games as soon as possible. I definately recommend this game.
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