Fisher Price Ready for School

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

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

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]