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Great Educational Fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 170 / 175
Date: July 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When my 6 year old was struggling with new math concepts, I bought a lot of software. I wanted something for her that was both educational, and fun. This program is by far the best we've tried. You can set the difficulty levels, so kids don't get frustrated, but also they don't get bored. The characters are really cute, and because there is an overall goal of building the boat, kids want to keep playing! For each 3-5 question activity they complete, they get a boat part as a reward. The various activities cover all math basics, including fractions, money, and time.

With other programs, my daughter would play, and then get bored or overly frustrated very quickly, but because of the ability to customize this game to your child's skill level, she played for hours and hours. The skill levels on it vary widely, so it can teach concepts from a 1st through 3rd grade level, unlike so many games that are only relevant for one grade. My daughter's gotten tons of fun math practice out of this game, and she's still playing! I'd recommend it to anyone.

Beware -- the good reviews are for other software titles!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 66 / 71
Date: December 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I purchased Reader Rabbit Math ages 4-6 based on the excellent reviews listed here. The software was so awful that I had to come back to see why everyone thought it was so great. Then I noticed under each review "for an alternate product." Maybe other Reader Rabbit products are good but this one jumps from counting objects in Level One to adding three numbers on Level Two. I would think that it would make sense to stick to 2+2 before jumping to 2+3+4 which is what this program does. My five year old was immediately intimidated and confused by the software when she tried Level Two. Definitely not worth the money!

He plays it willingly and learns along the way!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 36 / 39
Date: May 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is the best math program I've seen. Though I have more exploring planned I know already there are plenty of turkeys. The tragedy is that math is (IMHO :) interesting and practical, yet drill-and-kill programs never make it seem that way. RR Math is partly a drill program but disguised in arcade-style games.

My almost 6-y.o. has rekindled his interest in RR Math and had played a lot over the last week, and has even been cajoled to ratchet up the skill levels -- with the promise he can always go back down. The program can also auto-ratchet the skill level. Most of the individual activities are reasonably fun, though the animation is pretty crude by the standards of other programs (Think early "Speed Racer" or other made-for-TV cartoons :).

I'm impressed they put in an activity for counting money, something that's not all that simple I realized when I tried to explain it. The telling-time activity likewise gets quite challenging. As you can see, I've been watching over his shoulder and haven't been bored away, although the repeating theme music *really* gets on your nerves after a while. (It can be turned off, but HE likes it.)

I predict playing these "games" helps my son towards a familiarity and confidence with numbers that makes the more advanced stuff later on less intimidating. But realize it is still the grown-ups who teach the actual math, as well as we can!

Great for summer between 3rd and 4th grade

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 26 / 26
Date: September 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

My sister literally sat down for 5 hours playing it! She finished it in 2 days! She was hooked (she's crazy about gamecube, and apparently, this program was right up her alley). Although I'm not sure if six year olds will really be able to handle it (some of the concepts seem too advanced for the average six year old), it is great for second and third graders, particularly the summer before fourth grade (which is when my sister played it).

Needs Updating

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 13 / 13
Date: March 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Having purchased the Reader Rabbit Learn To Read With Phonics, I wondered if there was a similar excellent product for early math learning. Unfortunately, Reader Rabbit Math, though it has some fun games, is a relic of an earlier era of educational software, and is difficult to install on a modern system, such as Windows XP. Reader Rabbit Math is an adaptation of an earlier game called Math Rabbit, and as a result, has some compatibility issues.

Both Reader Rabbit and Math Rabbit make an appearance in this title, as operators of two halves of a math carnival. Unlike the Learn To Read With Phonics series, there is no story arc for this math game, so it lacks the imaginative adventure that may help motivate some youngsters to keep going. This title is more like a conventional computer game, in which players play various math-based games to accumulate points. The two halves of the game are patched together somewhat awkwardly, and when a player chooses to play the Math Rabbit half, the screen area of the game actually shrinks by about 25%, perhaps reflecting older code that was written for display adapters with much lower resoltion than is available today. Also unlike Learn To Read With Phonics, the software makes players choose what level of difficulty they want to set for each of the games every time you play, rather than keeping track of a player's progress and adjusting the difficulty automatically, while keeping these configuration settings away from access by the youngsters.

When using the software with Windows XP, the program needs to run in Windows Compatibility mode.

Installation is a Pain

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 21
Date: April 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Can't figure out why on two separate OSs the installation of this software has issues. The installation SW can't see all the file on the CDROM because they are hidden, Oh and that isn't obvious. you get an error message during install and when you go to the website their solution are incomplete and it isn't the right one for the error message. I have worked with computers for 20 years, and it took a good hour+ to figure out what was really going on....Oh and phone support for this product is disontinued.

My kids love it :)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: September 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My kids are 3 & 4 years old and they love this program. Highly recommend this program for kids who like to play on the computer and like to learn without knowing they are learning :)

Really good for a second grader!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: March 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My twin daughters were given this gift (math adventure ages 6-9) for x-mas when they were barely six years old. At the time, this game was WAY too advanced for them, and it actually irritated me because I had to help them out so much with it. Zip forward a few years and they are now eight years old and in the second grade. I put this game on a few days ago and was amazed at how useful it is now. It uses shapes, fractions, money, time, addition and subtraction. I strongly recommend this program, it closely matches concepts taught in the second grade and is very good practice (and a good way to get them out of your hair for a few minutes) :)

Reader Rabbit is Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: November 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My four year old can do this with very little help. It is a great program. There are matching problems, problem solving games, introduction to time, and more. Children have to work through a variety of games and activities to earn things for a final event. It keeps them occupied and working towards a goal. That is great.

I really enjoy the Reader Rabbit programs and this one is no exception.

Enjoy.

Educational and fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: September 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

...The Reader Rabbit series are great because they offer great ways to learn while keeping things simple and fun in a cartoon-like format. The software is easy to install and I found that my 1st grader could easily navigate the program without getting stuck. ...[I]look forward to purchasing further copies.

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