And Clifford and Emily Elizabeth look identical to their pictures from the popular book series and PBS television show. It's Clifford's birthday, but before the party can begin you have to help Emily Elizabeth get the big dog to the groomer, bake a cake, clean up and pick up his present from Grandma at the Post Office. It has loads of games to sharpen memory, motor skills, matching and sorting and listening. Some of the instructions seem incomplete, but the kids were able to plow forward anyway. Backyard Baseball 2001 is a nice game for kids.
Kids can choose players, come up with a team name and colors and compete online.
Keeping track of statistics for a game or season and keeping track of pitches may count as education, but I think that's a stretch. Humongous recommends the game for kids 5-12, but I suspect younger kids will enjoy it more than those on the upper range. Buzz guides the player to several activities that challenge reading comprehension, addition and subtraction, telling time, counting money and geography. At times, Buzz's mouth is out of synch with the audio, creating the feel of a foreign film, and the response was a little balky while driving R.C. the car, even on a 200MHz machine with a 56X CD-ROM player. But the activities are quite challenging, and a first-grader could spend hours exploring the different parts.