Winnie the Pooh Preschool

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $25.95

Customer Reviews:

Lacking advanced options & hurts my eyes [Posted on 2006-01-17]
I didn't really get to play the game with my 3yr old that much because it really hurt my eyes just to look at it. We have a 21" inch monitor for the 3 1/2 yr old, and the ridiculous game only plays in 640 x 480 at 60 hz!!! For those who don't know, 60 hz HURTS YOUR EYES! I tried in vain to look for registry entries & INI files to change it manually, but could not. To my dismay, I found once you exited the game, & restored the previous resolution you had before getting into the game, but changed my refresh rate back to 60 hz. I tried hooking up a spare 17" monitor & even installed it on my HTPC (Home Theater PC, it's hooked up to my 52" DLP TV). It still hurt my eyes on the 17" monitor & it looked screwy on the TV because it screwed with the refresh rate. After an hour & a half, and an 'eye splitting' headache, I decided to chuck the very poorly written program. I'm really peeved that it doesn't provide an advance config separate from the program to make it easy to change settings. It would make sense, set the login for Limited Access, give the toddler a few desktop icons of her favorite games, disable the start menu button, and let her go to town; of course have a separate config button to change the settings to match that monitor & perhaps other settings. They don't even have a way to update the program, assuming the original team even provides updates for the game. This game was really just a quick wham bam thank you ma'am product to fill a niche, becaues they knew parents would buy it on namesake alone. It really is a very poorly written program.

I was quite sad after this because I lost out on $20 bucks & my daughter really LOVES Pooh (I don't want her to play, because I'm sure that her eyes are more sensitive than mine). Too bad most of these child games are badly written. We'll just stick to Dora, Caliou (sp?), & Barbie games, which aren't great, but I don't remember the refresh rate being a problem.

what were they thinking? [Posted on 2006-02-20]
Our 2 1/2 year old plays this game but we keep asking "what were these people thinking?" They seem to have put all their effort into making fancy graphics, not into planning the games. In the Piglet game, kids color a picture, but if choose colors creatively, Pooh admonishes them "I don't think that's what Piglet has in mind" and they are not allowed to move on until they've copied the model picture exactly. This is just awful! In the Tigger game, kids have to click on a blueprint to make a sound (a very nonintuitive connection) and then remember that sound while they click on three weird machines to find the one that makes the same sound. Why didn't they have the music play automatically instead of making that weird blueprint? Why didn't they do songs kids know so it would be easier to remember? Why didn't they use real instruments so kids could learn what violins, flutes, etc. sound like instead of made-up machines? The Kanga and Roo game is, if possible, even worse. Here kids have to consult an alphabet card where some of the letters are greyed out, click on noodle letters that match the grey ones, and put them into the soup. First of all, it's very difficult for a toddler to understand that she has to look at one alphabet but click another - she intuitively just wants to click on the one she's looking at. Second, why make the chosen letters grey, which looks too much like the black, instead of a contrasting color? Third, when you put the noodles in the soup, they just sink in and disappear - very distressing for a toddler, who wonders where they've gone.These desigers really don't understand how toddlers think - they overdesigned the graphics and ignored the logic. The graphics *are* good, and the Pooh, Rabbit, and Owl games are fine , so I am still giving it two stars, but they need to redo the other games.

Winnie the Pooh Preschool is a great game [Posted on 2006-02-25]
Winnie the Pooh Preschool is a great game. My daughter is 3-1/2 and loves playing it... and I like the fact that she is learning how to spell and count. Worth every cent!

Lots of fun for the pre-school set [Posted on 2006-08-05]
For over four decades, Disney and A.A. Milne's marvelous characters have had a warm place in the hearts and minds of children (and their parents) worldwide. Thus, it was logical that the lovable bear and his friends would be perfect for educational CD-Rom set.

This game has wonderful graphics, excellent voiceover talent, and an engaging storyline, along with a few challenging games, destined to help the little ones learn in a fun and exciting way.

I bought it over four years ago, when my niece was three and her brother one. Both became fascinated with each of the activities, especially the "alphabet soup" game, as well as the "match Owl's family" one, the latter being a very challenging one on distinguishing between photographic details. With each of the activities supporting three different skill levels, there is not a bored minute to be had.

I can only say that, for me, to see the joy in the kids' eyes and the smiles on their faces, the investment is worth it.

Great For Getting A Jump Start [Posted on 2006-09-02]
My [...] has been playing this game for a year, and he still loves it. He's shown significant improvement with counting, ABCs and learning problem solving skills. The graphics are beautiful, the story lines keep him interested and the organization of the activites help to keep his frustration low when he makes a mistake or picks the wrong answer. Excellent start for toddlers.

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