Jumpstart Advanced Preschool [Old Version]

by Knowledge Adventure

Product Features

• Motivating reward system keeps children engaged
• 4-CD set helps kids practice and build essential preschool skills
• Activities address 50+ skills from math and pre-reading to music and art
• Based on state educational standards; auto leveling adjusts to child's pace
• Learning Profiler determines child's learning style and adjusts play

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000EXU99K
• Item model number: 20159
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 9, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,166 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #61 in Software > Children's Software > Activities

Product Description

Product Description

JumpStart® Advanced Preschool Descriptions The Complete Get Ready for School Program Ages 1 ½ – 4

JumpStart® Advanced Preschool is the complete Get Ready for School program. Now including JumpStart Toddlers, it delivers more fun and enriching learning activities than ever in this 4-CD set. Kids learn over 50 skills in phonics, counting, music, art, languages and more. Prepare your child for Preschool and beyond.

Disc One – Toddler School Time
Learn fundamental concepts from shapes and colors to numbers and letters.

Disc Two - Preschool Fundamentals
Explore music, shapes and patterns and develop counting, phonics and vocabulary skills.

Disc Three - Language Club
Discover the French, Japanese, Spanish and English languages. Explore customs, music, food and more.

Disc Four - Art for Fun
Enjoy hours of creative playtime! Make a storybook, create a card or design hands-on crafts Over 50 Skills Taught

Pre-reading
• Phonics
• Letter Recognition
• Vocabulary
• Upper & Lowercase letters
• Beginning Sounds

Math
• Number Recognition
• Counting
• Quantities

Art & Music
• Shapes, Colors & Patterns
• Musical Instruments
• Musical Styles

Languages
• Spanish, French & Japanese
• Basic Vocabulary
• Numbers
• Colors

Special Features
• Learning Profiler determines child’s learning style and adjusts play
• Automatic leveling adjusts to child’s pace
• Motivating rewards system keeps children engaged
• Based on state educational standards

System Requirements

Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP
Pentium® II 266 MHz (Pentium® II 300 MHz or faster for XP) – 64MB RAM (128 MB RAM for XP) – 12x CD-ROM drive – 16-bit color – Windows-compatible sound card

Macintosh® Workstation
PowerMac G3 266 MHz or faster – OS 9.2.1, 10.1.5, 10.2.3 – 64 MB of RAM (128 MB RAM for 10.1.2 and up) – 16x CD-ROM drive – 16-bit color

Product Description

The Complete Get Ready for School ProgramJumpStart® Advanced Preschool is the complete Get Ready For School program. Now including JumpStart Toddlers it delivers more fun and engaging activities than ever in this 4-CD set.Disc One Toddler School TimeLearn fundamental concepts from shapes and colors to numbers and letters.Disc Two Preschool FundamentalsExplore music shapes patterns and develop counting phonics and vocabulary skills.Disc Three Language ClubDiscover the French Japanese Spanish and English languages. Explore customs food music and more.Disc Four - Art for FunEnjoy hours of creative playtime! Make a storybook create a card or design hands-on crafts.Over 50 Skills Taught!Pre-Reading Phonics Letter Recognition Vocabulary Upper & Lower Case Letters Beginning SoundsMath Number Recognition Counting QuantitiesArt & Music Shapes Colors & Patterns Musical Instruments Musical StylesLanguages Spanish French & Japanese Basic Vocabulary Numbers ColorsSpecial Features Learning Profiler determines child s learning style and adjusts play Automatic leveling adjusts to child s pace Motivating reward system keeps children engaged Based on State Educational StandardsSystem Requirements:Macintosh® Workstation PowerMac G3 266 MHz or faster OS 9.2.1 10.1.5 10.2.3 10.3.1 (Toddlers and Art for Fun Discs OS 9.2.1 and OSX Classic Modes Only) 64 MB of RAM (128 MB RAM for 10.1.5 10.2.3 10.3.1) 16x CD-ROM drive 16-bit color Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP Pentium® II 266 MHz (Pentium® II 300 MHz or faster for XP) 64 MB RAM (128 MB RAM for XP) 12x CD-ROM drive 16-bit color Windows-compatible sound cardFormat: WIN 98ME2000XPVISTA/MAC 9.1-9.X10.1 OR LATER Genre: EDUCATION UPC: 876930001079 Manufacturer No: 20159

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Alright--but won't get much use from us, November 9, 2009

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mommyofone - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jumpstart Advanced Preschool [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I have been shopping for a fun and educational computer game for my three year old for several weeks now--who would have thought it would be so difficult! The product descriptions and reviews listed for this product (JumpStart Advanced Preschool) are contradictory and confusing, so I thought I would share what I have found since purchasing this game.

This is a 4-CD set. Each CD contains a distinctly different game. The CD must be in the drive to play each game.

Disc 1 is called Explore and Learn and was formerly sold as JumpStart Preschool Classic. This game consists of a school room in which many objects are clickable. Some lead to educational activities, others lead to educational songs/animations. Each activity has three levels of play (after a certain number of correct answers, it will ask if you want to advance to the next level). The activities/songs/animations cover quite a diverse variety of educational skills--I was impressed. However, my daughter and I find play to be very slow and cumbersome. More often than not, she knows the correct answer long before the characters finish talking, and it takes so long for the activity to advance that she ends up clicking all over the screen trying to get it to do something.

Disc 2 is called Fundamentals: My First Adventure and was formerly sold as Jumpstart World. This game requires online registration prior to play. Very little content is offered with this CD. Paid membership is required to access further content. The game is a 3D virtual world that can be freely explored and provides many fun and/or educational activities and interactions. Navigation through the world certainly requires different skills and thinking processes than traditional "workbook style" children's computer games, which is good. However, the world is in constant motion and I worry about exposing such young children to such overwhelming visual stimuli. I have no intention of getting the membership.

Disc 3 is called Language Club and was formerly sold as JumpStart Languages. This game consists of four houses (English, Spanish, French, Japanese). Entering each house leads to a room in which many objects are clickable. Some lead to activities, others lead to songs/animations. Each activity has three levels of play. There are a few fun things to do and a tiny bit of cultural information may be picked up by the player. However, I doubt very much that much of the languages will be picked up. The characters speak in voices that are impossible to understand (unless you already know what they're saying) and the foreign words are not displayed on the screen.

Disc 4 is called Art for Fun. This program essentially consists of several different "backgrounds" and coloring sheets. Blank spaces can be filled in with colors, stickers can be added to the pages, and sometimes text can be added to create a story. In my opinion, this offers only very limited creative options. My daughter has not been very interested in it so far.

One review expressed concern that circles and ovals are mixed up in this program. I have only come across circles in any of the games (never ovals). The circles are very slightly flattened, and it is possible that some players would prefer that they be called ovals.

This product does not contain JumpStart Toddler. I have not come across any player assessment tests. The software was easy to install and works reasonably well on our computer. It does crash occassionally.

Bottome Line: This product was not quite what I was looking for. I was hoping for an educational game somewhere in between discs 1 and 2: a game with a linear story line that requires educational activities/puzzles to be solved in order to progress. I did not find that with this product. Disc 1 is the only game that is likely to get much use from us, and I imagine that it will not keep my daughter's interest for long because it is so slow and cumbersome.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GREAT!, September 11, 2006

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Dana Perkins (College Grove, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jumpstart Advanced Preschool [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

We bought this for our 3 year old, and she was able the pick up on it very quickly! It has helped prepare her for preschool tremendously! We are going to get her the Kindergarten one for Christmas this year.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Product for a child who loves the computer, January 19, 2007

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D. Young (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jumpstart Advanced Preschool [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

My son received this for Christmas (2 1/2 years old). He loves it. He gets into it by himself and manuevers through all the games without help. I love the ability to review what he is doing, and move him ahead if I feel he needs to. This is his favorite computer game of all...