Didi & Ditto. Kindergarten Win/Mac :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

Fun Game But Requres Good Hand Coordination

2006-06-07
I purchased this game for my 3 year old who already reads a little and knows her numbers well. I hoped this game would help her learn addition. She loves to play it, but several of the games require hand coordination beyond her ability (the hand cart one in particular, as noted by another reviewer), and catching bubbles. It was frustrating to me because she knew the proper answer but could not "execute" because her movements were too slow. Over time, she has improved enough to play most of the games on level one. The game is very engaging ang the graphics well-done, but the educational part is under-emphasized. The game that "teaches" addition involves frogs jumping to lily-pads and my daughter is so focused on the frogs that the addition lesson is hardly noticed.

Great Game

2006-06-01
I was amazed how colorful the graphics are in this game. My 6 year took right to it and played it for 2 hours the first sitting. She mastered level 2 pretty easy and is on to level 3. Our computer runs windows and we have had no problems. This is a great game to buy for the summer to keep kids up to speed between K and 1st grade.

Perfect for little ones

2005-08-13
Finally, fresh new characters which are adorable. I am a converted Kutoka buyer as I have now bought a 3rd item from them. I was so impressed with the Mia Reading and Mia Language that I wanted to try this multi-subject game for my twin girls in kindergarten. This game is a great compliment to mia reading as it reinforces literacy and other subjects like math and problem solving. We haven't played with the art part yet but I still think it's a great value for the other subjects. I'm really impressed how it helps to develop their cognitive skills and patience as one of my girls has a problem with concentration but found through the problem solving activities that she is overcoming these difficulties. Great product. Even my neighbours kids come over to play it!

Help for PC user Joel G

2005-03-09
(Responding to Joel G's review below)

It's unfortunate that your child was unable to enjoy Didi & Ditto because of a technical problem you had with your computer. The majority of Didi & Ditto players are running Microsoft Windows and enjoying this great educational software.

If you send us an e-mail message at service@kutoka.com, I am sure that someone from our technical support team will be able to help you resolve the issue you seem to have experienced with your computer display.

Also note that all activites can be unlocked in the Activities menu by pressing the F6 key on your keyboard. A full list of the game's keyboard shortcuts can be found in the user's guide which is accessible from the Start menu.

Hope this helps.

Learning fun

2005-01-10
My 4 year old son received this as a Christmas present. He has really enjoyed playing it so far. He can do most of the activities without help. There is one part where you have to ride a cart down a mountain and click buttons to duck or jump, which I think is pretty hard for little ones (it actually took me a couple of tries to make it down the mountain). There are many different learning activities: matching, memory, shapes, size, etc. We did not have any problems loading the game on our computer as another reviewer did. We have a new Dell computer running on windows XP.

Didi + Ditto are great

2008-06-01
My 4 yo daughter began playing this at the Apple store while waiting for us. She loved it so much we bought it before we left.

There are parts she can do all by herself and parts difficult enough to require help from Mom + Dad. Which I think of as good. It gives her a sense of accomplishment and is challenging enough to require our help and allow her to grow with the game.

Look at it like this...it's better than TV.

Educational entertainment

2007-01-10
A lot of brain flexing while enjoying the program's great graphics. I give the makers of this game a thumbs up for coming up with it. My son's use of it has sharpened his learning skills - without him knowing it. He just enjoys the games and funny (and safe) animation. A parent or older sibling will have to be there to help them understand some concepts, but as soon as they learn the game at level 1, it's easy to jump to 2nd then the 3rd level. Then again, this will depend on the child's age, learning ability, and the time spent on the computer. An hour with a bit of relaxing in between would be suggested when working in front of the computer to rest the eyes.

Gold standard

2006-12-29
So excellent in all departments. Program does not crash or flake out at random. Requires only included installation of QuickTime. Not frustrating for little kids due to variety. Wonderful character design and great variety of puzzles. This is the gold standard for games of this type.

Tedious game-play with little emphasis on learning

2006-09-08
The problem with this game starts with the introductury movie... it develops slowly, goes on forever, suffers from disconnected animation and does little to set up the ridiculous premise for game play.

Once game play FINALLY does start, my child found the games boring and the TRANSITIONS between the games tediously slow. Cute characters...zero edutainment. It was consigned to the dustbin by the end of the day.

Really disappointed

2006-07-20
I guess I'm spoiled by the I Spy games I've purchased for my children. This game has an enormous amount of "story"...it's almost as bad as sitting your child in front of the television. Interaction is confusing and frustrating. I'd rate this lower but it's clear that a lot of work went into the animation, which is top notch. I just wouldn't classify this as a learning game.