The Land Before Time Animated Adventure - Fun & Educational Toddler Movie for Kids | Perfect for Family Movie Nights & Preschool Learning

Amazon.com These gentle, prehistoric dinosaurs are terrific for toddlers to while away the afternoon with, and the educational games within this software are specifically designed to keep little ones entertained. Our favorite--an apatosaurus named Littlefoot--guides you through five different scenarios. The animal leads children through simple spelling, color-matching, and shape-identification games. There's also printable activity pages that are great for time spent away from the computer--parents need only supply the crayons! The icons and other clickables are all extra-large to make mouse skills easier for little hands, and there's adjustable difficulty levels for longer playtime. One game creates a new twist on a simplified connect-the-dot page: the picture is already visible, but it becomes animated when all the dots are joined. The goofy movements and songs are a great reward for a proud toddler. If your child prefers building games, there's a great one that involves spelling short words to construct a bridge across a hot lava bed. Better hurry to get everybody safely across! With such familiar characters and interesting activities, small fry are sure to enjoy these easy-to-master activities and come clamoring back for more computer time. --Jill Lightner Review Any program that bills itself as toddler fare better be darn simple and easy to succeed at. Unfortunately, this program is neither, at least for two- and three-year-old kids. Four-year-old children may enjoy the five multilevel games that help promote logic, memory and letter and number recognition. Kids at this age typically have the strong mouse skills necessary to run this program, too. For younger children, there are far better toddler programs available.That warning aside, the program offers colorful graphics and a nice challenge range, although testers wished for more activities. There's a spelling game where kids help the Land Before Time characters cross a river by matching letters to spell words. There's also a dot to dot activity, a maze game, a memory game and a fish feeding activity that helps children split the keyboard into left and right hand areas. Would we buy the program? Only for a four-year-old true-blue Land Before Time fan.Teaches: following directions, shapes, numbers, memory Age Range: 2-4 Copyright © 2000 Children's Software Revue -- From Children's Software Revue® -- "Subscribe Now!"