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Clifford Phonics

(2003, Computer Software - Educational, Rated E, Play it on: Mac/Windows)
  • Is it age appropriate?

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 3, age appropriate for kids over 4; suggested age 4.
  • Is it any good?

    5.0
  • Common Sense says

    Clifford makes learning phonics fun.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 4 and Up

The good stuff

  • Educational value:

    Not an issue.
  • Messages:

    Not an issue.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence & scariness:

    Not an issue.
  • Language:

    Not an issue.
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

This review of Clifford Phonics was written by Jinny Gudmundsen

Parents need to know that this is excellent phonics software because it pays attention to the small details that make learning to read easy, including providing hints and having characters read aloud any word over which a youngster scrolls.

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What’s the Story?

Step right up! There's a carnival in town starring Clifford the Big Red Dog. In CLIFFORD PHONICS, early readers join Clifford and his friends as they attend the Birdwell Island Carnival, a special carnival full of booths and rides that teach reading. Youngsters play the activities to win "prizes" to use in decorating a float for the culminating Carnival Parade.

In one of the six major activities, the Ferris wheel isn't working because it has run out of power -- "word power" that is. Players motorize it by identifying words in specific word families. Other activities cover letter and sound recognition, rhyming, sentence completion, word-object association, and sight word matching. These activities level both up and down, depending on how the player is performing.

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Is It Any Good?

With Clifford Phonics, Scholastic has created a very engaging way for young kids to learn how to read. In addition to original and effective activities, the software pays attention to the small details that make learning to read easy, including providing hints and having the characters read aloud any word over which a youngster scrolls. Take your children to this carnival and they will come home reading.

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Publisher’s Details

Released on 09/30/2003, price $20, not online enabled
ESRB rating: E

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