Brain-building games just right for preschoolers!

Product Information

Original stories and I Spy picture riddles come to life with handmade puppets, props, and sets. Filled with fun, age-appropriate activities!

Inside the Puppet Playhouse, you'll find charming puppets, fascinating games, and rhyming riddles to solve. Playing make-believe has never been so fun!

What is I Spy?  I Spy, created by Jean Marzollo and Walter Wick, is an award-winning series of books, software, jigsaw puzzles, and games for children. I spy combines intriguing photographs of familiar objects with rich rhyming riddles to create bran-testing puzzles that kids can't resist. Each time kids play I Spy, they discover clever object associations, word play, and themes which help them build important learning skills including reading, problem solving, and creativity. Kids think when they play I spy!


Product Highlights

The Little Lost Whale
A young whale has lost his mother! The story unfolds as you solve eight different riddles.

Prop Box
Put on your thinking cap!
Use your classifying skills to sort the props into the correct bins in this multi-leveled game.

The Princess and the Dragon
The princess has lost her crown! Help her get it back from the sneaky dragon by solving the riddles while building early reading skills.

And More!
Watch the seasons change with The Changing Tree, follow The Bouncing Ball, be a Puppet Maker, and Make Your Own I Spy with dozens of props and backgrounds


Product Features

• Seven inviting play areas balance fun with learning.
• Clever rhyming riddles introduce basic reading principles
• Hundreds of object-and-word searches are hidden within the riddles, puzzles, and games.
• Handmade puppets and scenery encourage creative play.
• Your child's name appears throughout the game.
• Animated instructions help young children play independently.

Skills Learned

• Word-object identification
• Storytelling
• Rhythm & Rhyming

Early Math

• Counting
• Number recognition
• Sorting & Classifying

• Problem solving
• Visual discrimination
• Cause & Effect relationships

Plus:

• Listening
• Following directions
• Creativity

Award & Reviews

Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award: "...a winner...it is exemplified by age-appropriate puzzles that develop logic and visual perception."

Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products 2000

Dr. Toy's 10 Best Software Products 2000

2000 Parents' Choice Gold Honor Award

The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval (Holiday 2000)

Holiday 2000 Best Pick: Best Logic Game by Choosing Children's Software
 
Child Magazine Best Software 2000
 
The Review Corner Award of Excellence
 
Jane Clifford, syndicated columnist 4 stars
This second title in the I Spy Junior series for preschoolers is perfect for its age group."

Parenting (December/January 2001): A

Children's Software Revue (September/October 2000): 4.2 stars

FamilyPC (September 2000) "The whimsical picture riddles will captivate children and build prereading and thinking skills."
 
PC Magazine (September 1, 2000)  5 stars
"On the computer screen, the spying scenarios come alive in all sorts of ways not possible on paper."
 
Anne Reeks, The Houston Chronicle (September 22, 2000): A "Bravo."
 


Windows Requirements

• Pentium 90MHz or faster processor
• Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/2000/Vista
• 16MB of RAM
• Minimum 10MB hard disk space available
• 640 x 480 display with 256 colors
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• Windows compatible sound card
• Printer optional

Macintosh Requirements

• PowerPC
• 90MHz or faster processor
• System 7.6.1 or later
• 32MB of RAM
• Minimum 10MB hard disk space available
• 640 x 480 display with 256 colors
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• Printer optional