Editorial Review:Product Description:In this adventure, a wicked archaeologist unleashes chaos. Kids will strengthen reading and math skills while solving puzzles and collecting clues.
Amazon.com Review:Younger children can find learning through multimedia software difficult, but
ClueFinders 4th Grade Adventures wraps its educational material up in an adventure game, the idea being that you hardly notice the educational parts. To that end, our clue-finding heroes get into all sorts of scrapes during their adventures. In this CD-ROM they--and Socrates the dog--find themselves on an archaeological dig in Egypt. While there, they discover an evil archaeologist's plot to unleash chaos on the world. Needless to say, the ClueFinders set out to foil his plans.
ClueFinders 4th Grade Adventures incorporates challenges that test skills in logical thinking, math, science, geography, and language. There is a document for parents explaining how these skills are addressed in each of the activities, and the effects achieved by switching between the four difficulty levels in each of them.
A bonus CD, the ClueFinders Adventure Kit, comes with
ClueFinders 4th Grade Adventures, offering various fun activities, such as an adventure logbook with which to record your own escapades.
--Sandra Vogel
Amazon.com Product Description:Journey to exotic Egypt on an archaeological dig with the ClueFinders. Your mission: to uncover a sinister plot to unleash a dangerous ancient force upon the world. The ClueFinders need your help; but be warned, you'll need spirit, spunk, and smarts to solve tricky challenges along the way. From building a bridge to interpreting mysterious scrolls, every activity is a thrill-packed learning opportunity, tailor-made for eager fourth graders. Kids explore 21 dynamic activities made just for fourth graders, and progress through four increasingly challenging skill levels. Along the way, they will build more than 60 essential fourth-grade skills in math, language arts, science, geography, and problem solving. There are tricky spots to get around, with a boost from the detailed built-in help feature.
The learning process can be extended after the computer is turned off with the Real World Adventure Kit included in the program. It lets kids create cool maps for treasure hunts with the Map Maker. The Logbook and Calendar can be used to plan activities, keep on schedule, and record daily thoughts and achievements. Create, encode, and print top-secret messages with the Encoder/Decoder, and make good dollars-and-cents sense with the Money Tracker. The Sound Transformer can change the sound of your voice, your dog's bark, or any sound you can record.
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Fun. Engaging. Don't expect it to last ...
My daughter enjoyed it very much, but reached the adventure goal in about a week. She'll play it again, but it's not as captivating for her now. The level of difficulty of the educational part of the adventure did not seem to progress as well (i.e., as widely) as their 3rd grade adventure.
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Clue Finders 4th Grade Adventures
My nine year old son loved this CD! He would play this CD for an hour or more and beg for more time with it. It's a very interesting program and has very comprehensive material. I was impressed with the reading material and language skill activities. I thought this CD was appropriately labeled for 4th grade. The material centers around archaology and science, and an adventure in ancient Egyptian hyrogliphs. My only complaint was that it's not a long program. My nine year old was disappointed when he finished the CD because he wanted there to more levels. I think he completed the whole CD within a week, however, when he did play it, it was for lengthy intervals.
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my child chooses this over TV or a DVD!
This is excellent learning software. My child got it when she was in 2nd grade and it was a serious challenge. Now that she is in 4th grade, it is too easy, but she still loves to go thru it. It really is good and useful for her development, both in reading and math. One thing that is great about it is that it is not just a glorified multiple choice exam as far too software programs are: she has to spell, do fractions, and the like. Plus, they story is fun and she does not tire of it.
Warmly recommended.
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Great software
This is a great software! I bought this in June 2000. I didn't get some of it. Now I got older and smarter. And understand this better! The location is better. Egypt is very ancient. I also did these other ClueFinders software, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, Math, Reading, Search & Solve, Incredible Toy Store Adventure!, and the second CD-Rom Mystery Mansion Arcade!
And I'm not even in 4th, 5th or 6th.
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So much fun you forget you're learning!
This is a great program. I got it for my 3rd grade daughter and we both thought it was a lot of fun. It covers areas such as fractions, logic, sentence structure and geography. You have to collect different items that let you progress through the games. This is all done by completing the various puzzles and activities. The game progresses like an adventure story. You have to complete one activity before having the option to go on to others. She used the various JumpStart and Reader Rabbit programs when she was younger, and I wanted something fun to teach those basic skills now that she's older. This is JUST what I was looking for. We both highly recommend this series!