Jump Start Learning Games: ABC's

by Vivendi Universal

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00001XDWD
• Item model number: 4327
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 24, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,370 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #49 in Software > Children's Software > Reading & Language
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Three excellent early reading activities are provided in this inexpensive CD. Kids will love practicing their ABC order to make a path for a train. They'll also enjoy steering a sled through the snow while collecting letters and objects that contain certain sounds. Both the content and format of the activities is very engaging. Kids or parents can easily adjust the program's volume, and we were pleased to see that both content and game play levels could be determined. While more of these well designed activities would have made this an all-star program, what's there is worth buying at such a reasonable price.
Teaches: early reading, letter sounds, abc order, upper and lower case letters, reading simple words
Age Range: 3, 4, 5, 6 Copyright © 2000 Children's Software Revue

Amazon.com Product Description

In JumpStart Learning Games: ABC's, the JumpStart gang has a mystery on its hands. Someone spilled juice in the JumpStart train's caboose and didn't clean it up. Children join Eleanor Elephant and friends on a fun-filled train adventure to deduce "Who left the juice in the caboose?" As kids travel to different locations and play learning games, they earn clues and use their deductive reasoning skills to solve the mystery. Along the way, kids can also listen to six fun songs, which reinforce letter recognition, letter sequencing, and letter sounds.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good cheerful fun, December 7, 2000

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"jaclynns-mom" (Warrenton, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jump Start Learning Games: ABC's (CD-ROM)

My daughter has had a lot of fun with this game. It is filled with lively cheerful music and adorable characters that she even likes to pretend to be when not on the computer sometimes. She was about 2 1/2 when we got it and it was just about right. It is mainly filled with letter recognition games in the form of matching. It is not a great brain teaser but it does give them an objective to work their way through. They have to find out who left their juice in the caboose through process of elimination. They get a clipboard with a passenger list that they can even print out along with a magnifying glass and a thinking hat. The final reward is slow in coming and it can lose their interest along the way. But it saves the game for you and you can spend days acheiving it if you like. They also make a video tape that mimics the game and is a great motivator to complete the game and see the ending.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful learning experience, December 18, 2000

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"flickjunkie" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jump Start Learning Games: ABC's (CD-ROM)

This software delivers great bang for the buck. My son is almost three and he loves this program, which is designed to help children learn the alphabet. He calls it Juice Caboose. It has numerous characters that are fun and the music is charming. The exercises are challenging, but not impossible.

I believe that interactive learning software is a much better way for children to spend time than watching TV or videos. This is a good program because it holds the child's attention and creates a fun learning experience. I recommend it highly.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jump Start ABC's, March 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Jump Start Learning Games: ABC's (CD-ROM)

My son really enjoys this software. He loves the cartoon characters and the fun songs that they sing and dance to. I like the way each word lights up while the characters are singing songs. That way you can follow along. He learned to recognize his letters by playing this CD. It's a good way for a young child to develop listening skills and to follow directions. My son really likes playing the sled race while finding words that begin with the same letter. I like the fact that there are three levels of play. (easy, medium, hard). When you master the easy level you can go on to the next level. I would recommend this CD to anyone with young children ages 3-5, because they will learn pre-reading skills in a fun and motivating way.