Clicking on the organ in the clubhouse will take a child to the Music Maker activity. Children can listen to one of the songs in memory or choose to compose their own tunes. Selecting one of the seven instruments will allow the child to hear how that instrument sounds. There is also an option to drag the notes and space bars onto the musical staff to write music or to make changes to a song.
Clicking on the drums takes the child to the Rhythm Room. The play button will start the band playing while the song button will change the tune being played. By clicking on the different band members, the child can turn that instrument on or off so they can choose only the instruments they want to hear. The child can use Sam's percussion to play along with the band. The music notation button will allow the child to view the music and the lyrics.
There are 37 multi-level interactive activities in Reader Rabbit 2nd Grade that cover more than 85 skills. Children will learn reading comprehension, creative writing, "carry-over" addition, "borrow" subtraction, fractions and multiplication, complex vowels, consonant blends, nouns, verbs and adjectives, geometric shapes, basic grammar, vocabulary and spelling, science and ecology and critical thinking.
There is an automatic help system built into this software to aid when a child is stuck. There are personalized workbooks, rewards and activities that are printable.
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