The action opens in her bedroom, a comfy place with a book shelf, a toy box and other familiar things. Clifford's big red head appears in the window behind her and the fun begins. Emily Elizabeth calls attention to the alphabet, strung up in the corner, and introduces letters and their sounds, and shows them used as beginning letters in short words. It's slow going, which will require patience on the part of adults playing with the software but is exactly what the target age group needs to feel confident about these fundamental reading skills. At many of the stops, there are printable instructions for activities that can extend the learning away from the computer.
Several levels allow kids to progress at their own speed.
Emily Elizabeth is planning for him. Kids are required to help her get him a bath, make him a new jeweled collar, find his birthday cake and clean up the back yard for the big event. Problem solving, logical thinking, memory and imagination are all tapped as kids have a ball digging up the back yard in a matching game or sorting pickles and fruit and chocolate chip cookies and getting them all back on the right shelf at the grocery store. At one point, kids must untangle a traffic jam by listening to the drivers and guiding them to their destinations. The activities are not only challenging but entertaining.