Fisher Price Ready for School

Fisher Price Ready for School
Publisher(s)	Davidson & Associates [1]
Platform(s)	Windows
Release	1996 [2]

Fisher Price Ready for School is an educational video game from Davidson & Associates. The game is for ages 4 to 6. ^[3]

Gameplay

Fisher-Price Ready for School is a multimedia educational game designed for children ages 4 to 6, helping them develop early learning and social skills before starting kindergarten. ^[2] The game takes place in the animated town of Kinderville, where children can explore various locations, each offering activities focused on different educational concepts:

• Randi's Wacky Word Factory – Teaches three-letter words using a bubble machine.
• Telly the Telephone – Helps children learn phone etiquette and number patterns.
• Tick-Tock's Tower – Introduces telling time with both analog and digital clocks.
• Clara's Calendar Corner – Teaches months and seasons with interactive stickers.
• Chaz's Construction Junction – Covers safety and manners through hidden picture puzzles.
• Clarence's Concert Hall – Uses musical instruments to teach counting and number recognition.
• Sandy's Snack Shop – Introduces basic addition and subtraction.
• Penny's Post Office – Focuses on sorting, matching, and recognizing colors, shapes, and sizes.
• J.J.'s Hop – Uses alliterative phrases to teach letter and sound recognition.
• Design Depot – Encourages creativity through shape matching and pattern recognition.

The game also comes with four pre-printed activity books designed to enhance early learning in math, reading, writing, social skills, and safety. A built-in print kit enables children to print pages for additional practice.

For parents, a second CD-ROM provides expert advice on early childhood development, including a video guide featuring educational specialists discussing school readiness and learning strategies.

Reception

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
Evansville Courier and Press	3/4 [4]
The News-Press	2.5/4 [5]

The game ranked 7th on PC Data's list of Top-Selling Home Education Software for the first half of 1996. ^[6] It also ranked as the 10th on PC Data's list of top-selling educational games for June 1996. ^[7]

References

1. Glover, Anne (July 12, 1997). "Fisher Price Ready for School". The Sydney Morning Herald . p. 187. Archived from the original on August 21, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
2. "Davidson & Associates Inc helps children and their parents prepare for Kindergarten with Fisher Price Ready for School". Davidson & Associates . October 1996. Archived from the original on January 26, 1997. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
3. Dunne, Susan (June 3, 1997). "Fisher Price Ready for School helps prepare children for Kindergarten". The Courier-Journal . p. 35. Archived from the original on August 21, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Software reviews". Evansville Courier and Press . October 23, 1996. p. 23. Archived from the original on August 21, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
5. Langberg, Mike (January 21, 1996). "Fisher Price CD-ROM an example of guiltware". The News-Press . p. 116. Archived from the original on August 20, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
6. "PC Data Hits List of Top Selling Software First Half, 1996". PC Data . Archived from the original on June 28, 1998. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
7. "Personal Technology". Los Angeles Times . July 29, 1996. p. 38. Archived from the original on August 21, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024– via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Official website (archived)