Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?: Back to School
Nintendo DS · Wii
Game dossier
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An educational adventure that helps young players practice letter recognition and basic spelling with Elmo.
The briefing
Elmo's Letter Adventure is an educational 3D action-adventure game designed to help children ages three to six develop letter recognition and basic spelling skills. Players take control of Elmo and explore three fantasy worlds: Big Bird's Farm, Grover in Outer Space, and Ernie's Underwater World.
The adventure begins on Sesame Street, where players can interact with familiar characters and visit Elmo's Room to practice, view credits, and watch preview videos. Each fantasy world includes two game environments and a bonus world. After collecting the required letters, players solve word puzzles in the bonus area.
Sesame Street characters provide verbal guidance, while an onscreen controller offers button prompts. Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulty settings can be changed during play, and the game does not require a memory card.