Additionally, the bonus levels vary in difficulty as noted above. On the Easy level, kids must collect 12 letters altogether, with 6 lives. The letters are all uppercase. Bonus level words are 3 letters long, and Elmo tells kids the first letter of the word they need to collect. On the Medium setting, there are 16 letters to collect with 4 chances.
Letters can be uppercase and lowercase.
Bonus level words can be 4 letters long, and kids are given the picture and the partial word, and must collect the letter that correctly begins that word. Again, bonus level words can be 4 letters long and kids are not told the beginning letter they need to find to complete the word. Everything seems to be designed to make things easy for preschoolers. There is a clear visual display of the number of letters that have already been collected and how many are still required. The picture of the controller appears on the lower left screen to help with verbal directions.