[.ca] Starflyer Royal Jewel Rescue Hyb

Amazon.ca Product Description:
It's a royal disaster: the crown jewels are missing and panicked Princess Popcorn cannot be crowned Queen. Join the StarFlyers on an out-of-this-world adventure through a popcorn-blasting nebula. From gooey Planet Chocolopagus to the awesome Astro-Prize Center, kids discover a universe of excitement, challenge, and brain-teasing fun. Eight challenging games stretch your child's smarts. Twelve printable activities extend the fun and learning beyond the computer. Three levels of difficulty offer ongoing challenge and lasting appeal, while kid-friendly "help movies" guide kids out of a jam fast. StarFlyers: Royal Jewel Rescue also builds essential skills in logic and reasoning, problem solving, hypothesis testing, spatial relationships, sequencing, and more. Loads of kid-friendly charm make this brain-building jewel quest a treasure.

Great for little ones, Great bargin for parents!:
We purchased this when my son was 4 and a half and he was able to immediately enjoy most all of the elements of the game right away with my help. Within a month he could do the game on his own, with only one game where he needed my help. The game is for kids 5-8...however there are a couple of the games I really like and I suspect there are older children who would like them as well! The premise of the game? You have to find the Royal Jewels by going to differnt places in the galaxy. A different game is at each location. Only through thorough exploration do you find ALL of the jewels. There isn't TOO much talking with characters just standing around, (like a lot of other 'educational' software out there, to bore the pants off little ones-and their parents) rather the verbal content is visually matched with attractive and well paced graphics. There are all sorts of games including a fun arcade like game. The games are clever and well designed....meaning they are clear and easy to understand, but that doesn't mean they are too easy to do or too hard. There's enough to challenge as well as reward any child's reasonable efforts. We own both STARFLYER programs and both are excellent programs and at the discounted price a real bargin! You won't be sorry you purchased this and/or the other STARFLYER game. Critical thinking skills, eye hand coordination, listening skills, memory skills, etc. all get a work out while your child is having fun, and isn't that what learning is all about...having fun?