Arthur's Preschool

2.7 2.7 out of 5 stars | 5 ratings

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Last update: 12-17-2024


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Dbrasco
1.0 out of 5 stars Not compatible with recent Mac OS
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2014
This is an old program. It doesn't work with latest Mac OS. I'm not sure what version of OS it will work on.
Vimal
2.0 out of 5 stars Good games, marred by bad implementation
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2001
My son has been using this for the last two months. He's 2 & 8 months, slightly under the recommended age for it.
As a game, it should have a lot going for it. For a new user, there are a variety of skills tested, from counting (using baseball), to alphabet (using a robot builder), to shape sorting (using piggy banks of different sizes & coins to match).
However, it is quite flawed in many ways. In most games, the instructions on what letter to select, will stop abruptly if a key is pressed or the mouse is clicked.
For example, in the alphabet game, Arthur will say something like, "Hand Brain the upper case letter A", & there are 5 choices. If however, my son happens to click anywhere on the screen, Arthur will stop before the sentence completes & my son will click at random. It's tough to pick a letter if Arthur doesn't say which one is to be picked!
That sort of thing happens in many of the games, so for us, quite a few of them are un-playable.
If you play the games more than a few times, there's not much variety in the games. The almost exact same things happen each time, even if they were completed correctly the last time.
Quite soon, I'm not sure if my son is learning new stuff or simply remembering the game's prompts from previous experience.
Bottom line : Good game with possibilities for a month or so, will become old hat after that.
tent lover
5.0 out of 5 stars Great software!
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2004
This application is a bit older, and I don't think the publisher has upgraded it to XP or 2K. But that was not a problem for me, I have a bit older system.
My kid loves it! It's great. She is a big fan of Arthur and they really captured the essense of all the Arthur characters. Some of the activites are skewed a bit young, but for my 3 and a half year old, that was fine. It's the fist thing she asks to do if she sees me sitting at the computer. Highly recommended.
Maria Brunozzi
1.0 out of 5 stars Windows Incompatability Problem-Very Dissappointed!!!
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2002
This CD-Rom is not compatable with Windows XP and it should be stated clearly somewhere on the packaging. The whole thing froze my computer. Extremely dissappointing!
Lara Norton
5.0 out of 5 stars A great learning adventure!
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2001
My four year old will sit for hours at the computer with Aurthur. It is very easy for her to change activites and print items. I am very pleased with Aurthur's preschool and would recommend it to all.

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