Clifford The Big Red Dog Reading [OLD VERSION]

I got this for my three-year-old son, who found it just difficult enough to need lots of help when he tries to play with it. But my five year-old loves it!! I think it's too easy for her but she asks for it more often than any of her other discs. So even though it's easy, the graphics and the activities are all really fun to her. I will look forward to my younger son growing into it.

This is the CD you'll want to purchase when your kids grow beyond the Clifford Phonics CD. My grandkids still get a kick out of this!

Don't buy this if you have a Mac. You need to have an operating system that hasn't been sold in 5 years to be able to view this. You need classic OS 9. And I don't even know if that'll really work because I don't know anyone who has a system that old to try it on! If you don't have a PC, don't waste your time. It is very disappointing that it is falsely advertised as working on a MAC OS 10x-but look on the package and they add the word "classic". I don't remember seeing that word on Amazon. In fact, the PC operating systems are clearly outlined on the amazon listing, but not the mac operating systems! Amazon-you need to fix this omission on all Mac products. If I could I would give this zero stars--to the company that produced this disc for not upgrading it, and to Amazon for not outlining the operating systems it runs on on a MAC clearly.

Clifford Reading does not have a lot of activities as compared with Clifford Phonics. My daughter hates this cd but always asks for Clifford Phonics instead. The Bleakman cleanup activity was upsetting to her because in her words "they were mean and angry" and I do agree. I wish they could have kept the tone in that game nice and reinforcing. I would not recommend this cd if you have a child sensitive to disapproving/angry tones. However she loves Clifford Phonics!

My 5 year old daughter is enjoying this package, BUT...be aware that on Windows XP and Windows 2000 that the program has to be installed AND run as a user with administrative rights. Not exactly the kind of account I would choose to setup for a small child.Unfortunately the information isn't included in the packaging, so you might waste time reinstalling or checking compatiblity settings before finding the info on the support web site ([...]

My grandson loved his Clifford phonics DVD and was heartbroken over losing his original copy. Thanks to Amazon, I have one happy grandson!

It is an excellent tool to help engage your kids in thinking and learning creatively.

This Clifford Reading software is really great for my 3-year-old child. She is able to play all the games herself and navigate around the screens easily without me helping her, which is great for when I have other work to do. We had a problem with the Richard Scarry software; there was just too much going on visually (great for books, confusing for click navigation) and this one is better in that regard. It is visually more obvious where you are to click or what to do, and the narration by Emily Elizabeth is clear and helpful. The games are cute. She loves the T-shirt stamper animation after correctly spelling a 3-letter word. Second favorite is "pop the balloon that says 'xxx'" and you have to correctly pop several word ballons that float by in order to dunk Clifford in the carnival dunk tank. What kid doesn't love being allowed to pop a bunch of balloons and then making a dog swim? This software makes learning the words really fun instead of frustrating. The beginning level is challening but not too hard; she can still win the prize tickets and get a prize/present from the big carnival claw-grabber prize bin. The prize/present unwraps itself and is a printable item like a coloring page, abc dot-to-dot, colorable finger puppets, etc. You can color these on-screen and/or print them out, and they are automatically saved for you in case you want to print them out later. Overall, I really love this software, it was a great purchase, and I am definitely buying it for all of the other kids I know as well as checking out all of the other Clifford titles. Great!!