There's a game that teaches alphabet order and an activity that introduces sight words and phonics by asking kids to fill in the missing letters. Kids love measuring various creatures donning different-sized hats or umbrellas. As they win the games, children are rewarded with creatures for the zoo, and once they've collected all eight sets of animals, the zoo has its grand opening. Testers all enjoyed playing this program and loved the Seussian rhymes, the 50 Seuss characters and the five original songs. Parents appreciated the three levels of skills presented in each activity and found that the zoo creature-collecting theme was strong enough to hook even some older siblings.
Complaints are few.
There are some animations you can't click through, and the inability to print is a minor disappointment. It is never clear just how many times kids have to play each game in order to be awarded the creature. Despite these criticisms, however, the program was well liked by our testers, and gets high scores in both educational and entertainment value. Sign up for a subscription to the Children's Software Revue. Back to FamilyEducation's Children's Software Revue home page.