Dragon Tales: Learn & Fly with Dragons

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Common Sense Media says

Fly with dragons while learning math and logic.
greenON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age.
yellowPAUSE: Know your child; some content
may not be right for some kids.
redOFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age.
not for kidsNOT FOR KIDS: Not appropriate for kids any age.

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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that this software provides a lot of bang for the buck with 11 educational activities. Kids love playing with the characters from the Dragon Tales PBS television show.


What's it about?

Flying baby dragons and fanciful fairies await children in Dragon Tales: Learn & Fly with Dragons, featuring the stars of the Dragon Tales PBS preschool show. Cassie, the pink dragon, needs help teaching her younger siblings how to fly. Players join Cassie in taking her siblings on adventures during which they earn their Dragon Badges, a prerequisite to learning to fly.

To earn a Dragon Badge, each dragon needs to help two inhabitants of Dragon Land. When baby dragon Val stops to help Arlo put his prize-winning junk pile back in order, for example, the player learns spatial relationships by deciding whether to shrink or expand an item to make it fit in the hole in the pile. Other activities involve counting, memory games, logic, creativity, shape recognition, patterns, and following directions. After the dragons have earned their badges, they head to the Training Course to learn flying moves through more preschool learning.


Is it any good?

 

By the time the little dragons have learned to fly, kids will have played 11 math and logic activities, which automatically adjust in difficulty depending on the child's responses. This delightful software comes packaged with a free Dragon Tales book.


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What families can talk about

Families can talk about how some of the activities relate to real-life experiences. What seems familiar? Also, families can talk about how the young dragons help their neighbors in Dragon Land. Kids: How could you help people in your community?


This review was written by Jinny Gudmundsen

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This review was written by Jinny Gudmundsen
Platforms:Windows, Mac
Available online?Not available online
Genre:Preschool
Developer:Scholastic
Release date:August 12, 2004
Price:$20.00
ESRB rating:EC

This review was written by Jinny Gudmundsen

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ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age.
PAUSE: Know your child; some content may not be right for some kids.
OFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age.
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BEST: Really engaging, great learning approach.
GOOD: Pretty engaging, good learning approach.
FAIR: Somewhat engaging, OK learning approach.
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