JumpStart Kindergarten

by Knowledge Adventure

Product Features

• Ages 4 - 6
• Windows/Macintosh CD-ROM

Product Details

• ASIN: B00001XDW7
• Item Weight: 4 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,071 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #17 in Software > Children's Software > Reading & Language
  • #39 in Software > Children's Software > Activities
  • #71 in Software > Children's Software > Early Learning

Product Description

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Not to be confused with the first JumpStart Kindergarten that was released in 1994, this more recent version contains three additional activities and has improved graphics plus a stronger emphasis on phonics. After typing in his or her name, your child sees a pleasant looking kindergarten classroom. Clicking on any object in the classroom will launch one of 18 activities. There's a nice variety of choices, from a game that reinforces the concepts of left and right, to an open-ended clock exploration game. The structured activities automatically adjust in challenge level, and kids earn gold stars that accumulate and win them a trip to the petting zoo. Like the original version, this update playfully presents important kindergarten concepts.
Teaches: pre-reading, math, phonics, telling time
Age Range: 4-6 Copyright © 2000 Children's Software Revue

Product Description

Join Mr. Hopsalot in a Classroom Adventure!Product InformationJumpStart Kindergarten  Classic Versions presents information to children in a fun and playfulenvironment.  Mr. Hopsalot the Rabbit invites your child to explore hisinteractive classroom and garden where fun music and games are the reward forcuriosity.  Packed with 16 games and puzzles that teach over two dozenfundamental skills JumpStart Kindergarten covers a full year of pre-readingearly math language and creative arts.The primary goal of this program is to give preschoolers and early start intheir learning endeavors. An additional purpose is to help kindergarten students improve upon the skills which they acquire in school on a daily basis.You can track a child's success to attempt ratio in the product and modify thedifficulty of the activities by automatically increasing or decreasing thelevels depending on a child's success rate throughout the activities.  Thedirected activities encourage active exploration of the program by automaticallydirecting your child to modules which have yet to be used or in which your childneeds more skills practice.A fun way to learn!Educational FeaturesEachactivity in the program is intended to develop one or more of the followingskills taught in the kindergarten class:Reading Skills: Visual Discrimination Auditory Discrimination Vocabulary Oral ComprehensionLanguage Arts/Composition: Word Identification Rhyming Identifying Letters of the Alphabet in SequenceMathematics Skills: Numeration Basics of GeometryComprehension of Time: Telling Time (analog) Telling Time (digital) Distinguishing Between Night and Day Holidays and the Months and SeasonsActivities Include Counting with Mice ABC's Song Letters Blocks - learn the order of numbers and letters (improve number and letter sequencing skills) Dolls - learn to order sizes Puzzle - create a puzzle by learning about numbers letters lett

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Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jumpstart Games are Great for Little Scholars!, May 20, 2006

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AnnaMaria Jackson (Montgomery, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JumpStart Kindergarten (CD-ROM)

This title is third in the Jumpstart series of learning games (it starts with Toddlers) and is typical of the high quality, fun learning games produced by Knowledge Adventure. The characters are engaging for the designated age group, and the activities are both fun and encourage learning. The game increases the levels depending on your child's skill (not by a preset formula) making them more or less challenging depending on the individual, and the progress report helps you see exactly what areas your child needs help in. This software is a great compliment to the Jumpstart series of workbooks. Highly recommended!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars jump start k, March 29, 2010

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anastasia - See all my reviews

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This review is from: JumpStart Kindergarten (CD-ROM)

Both my 18 year old daughter and my 5 year old son have enjoyed this product. My daughter had all the Jump Start programs from kindergarten to the 8 th grade. She would do them a year ahead of the year she was enrolled in her private school. My son is in public school so he is right at his grade level. The games are fun and with some easier and some challenging. This variety gives him the chance to select what he is ready for at the momement. After using it a few times he is now independant in navigating throughout the program. It's highly interactive with great sound to accompany the visuals. I feel it has helped him with his critical thinking skills more than anything. He's so proud when he finishes a game or task. We love it !

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great game, September 9, 2011

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Mari - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: JumpStart Kindergarten (CD-ROM)

This game helped my litte brother over the summer so he would not forget what he learned in preschool. It helped with his math and his reading which was a struggle for him. Overall it is a great game.