Educational Insights Hot Dots Jr. Pete The Cat Kindergarten Rocks Workbook Set with Interactive Pen

We love this set inspired by Pete the Cat. The "pen" is very easy for kids to use, and the right and wrong answers are indicated both by sound effects and flashing lights. Questions will need to be read by an adult if the child doesn't already know how to read. Batteries last a long time in the pen. It's great for taking on car trips!

Kids LOVE Pete the Cat. This Hot Dot set is so motivating! The light up eyes and groovy guitar tunes that play when you use the response pen have been played over and over as my kids complete the questions in the book. I felt the book questions were appropriately challenging for my kids. It's a great portable activity to keep in the car or throw in your purse to keep the kids occupied. This is a great product.

This is a great set to get for your student in Kindergarten. It helps reinforce what they are learning and it makes it fun and exciting. Pete the Cat is a great way to keep them engaged and entertained. There are two spiral bound booklets with over 200 activities and the musical part of it makes it that much more fun. I love that it incorporates reading, math, science and other subjects so that my kids can have fun learning "on their own" but still be guided. I totally recommend this - and it is a great gift. I received a sample. This did not affect my opinions and they are 100% my own.

Hot Dots are a favorite with my children! Hot Dots are a fun, educational learning toy that my kids love. We have spent the last week playing with the new Pete the Cat Kindergarten Rocks version and it's spent more time in my child's hands than in the box. This Hot Dots set comes with two books and a Pete the Cat shaped "pen" (requires two AAA batteries). The marking pen has the option to play sound or silence, that make a whimsical sound when choosing an answer in the books. The books are age and grade appropriate and follow the curriculum my child is currently learning, including math, shapes, and language arts. This set also includes a sheet of Pete the Cat stickers and a certificate to give your child when they complete the books. We have always had a love for Hot Dots but the addition of the beloved children's character Pete the Cat makes us love this set even more.

My 5 year old loved this set. In her words, "It's awesome. Pete is a very cool cat. I love him very much." She loves the book series so that motivated her along with the stickers. The Hot Dots are great for instant feedback and reinforcing correct answers. As a Kindergarten teacher some of the questions are a bit hard, especially for beginning of the year. It is not an independent activity unless you're reading on a 1st and above reading level. With an adult reading the questions it's a great activity for K kids although some questions (long vowels, capitalization) may need explanation.

This set has been a great addition to our homeschooling resources. Being homeschoolers we didn't have to prepare our daughter for school and therefore my daughter was not familiar with Pete the cat stories prior to receiving this set, but after watching YouTube, she loves his songs. My five year old only recently began to read so she can't do the books completely on her own yet, but she has lots of fun with them. She loves the noises that the Pete the cat pen makes and she enjoys working her way through the interesting activities in the books. I like that the pen has a muted but lighted mode, too, for more quiet times. The stickers are a bonus incentive and I like that the books have a specific place to put them. We are very pleased with this set and definitely recommend it. We did receive a free set in exchange for our honest opinion about it.

Pete the cat pen is holding a guitar, and offers encouragement to children. The Pete the cat pen can be used for any dot book. Pete the cat pen requires two AAA, which are not included. This set comes with two awesome easy to use books. They are also brightly colored making bit fun to look at! My son doesn't even realize he is not just playing he's learning. If the child is correct the pen lights up green, my son gets excited. Pete the cat pen also congratulates the child. How encouraging! This set teaches reading,math, and science making it fun for the child. I have an older special needs child that loves these wonderful book also. **I received this product FREE for my unbiased honest review**

I reviewed the I Love Kindergarten set and I loved it- and I love this set, too! {I rec'd this set in exchange for my honest review.} The Kindergarten Rocks from Pete the Cat is as awesome as the I Love Kindergarten set! I still love the Pete the Cat pen, the great illustrations, and the great quality of this products. Like the first set, this set reviews K concepts- and are slightly more advanced than the last set. Book 1 reviews proper sentence punctuation, number sequence, letter sounds, opposites, additon & subtraction, etc. Book 2 reviews compound words, counting larger numbers, riddles, complex shapes, graphs, rhyming, time, etc. I would recommend this set for anyone who has a Kindergartener in the second half of the year. I also hope the EI makes additional learning books to go along with this Pete the Cat line of Kindergarten products!

Level 2 is just more of the same fun. My son had a great time with this interactive book. He doesn't even see it as learning! He just wants to move the pen so he can see the cat light up and know he is right. Our only difficulty was the pen had to be in the exact center for the green eyes (right answer) to appear. Frustrating when he knows he is right and can't get it in the exact spot the book wants. Otherwise we enjoyed the different content throughout. The pictures and questions were quite engaging. *I received this product for my review and all opinions are my own.

We got this for my child's 4th birthday. She loves it! It worked a few times and then stopped. Even clicking the right answers, the eyes glow wrong (as if it were the wrong answer.) It only marks things wrong now. Didn't even last a full day. Highly disappointed. She was looking forward to this. Emailed support and never heard back.