Jumpstart Advanced 2nd Grade

by Knowledge Adventure

Product Features

• Motivating reward system keeps children engaged
• 4-CD set helps kids practice and build essential 2nd-grade skills
• Covers reading, writing, math, science, social studies, art, and music
• 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: 5.6 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: B000EXW510
• Item model number: 20165
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 9, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 1.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,203 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Product Description

JumpStart® Advanced 2nd Grade Descriptions The Complete 2nd Grade Readiness Program Ages 6 – 8 years

The JumpStart® Advanced 2nd Grade 4-CD set takes children on a worldwide adventure teaching them critical skills through engaging, interactive learning activities. They will develop a full range of language arts, math, science, music, and art skills. Kids can even adopt, groom and train a virtual pet in the new Pet Playground.

Disc One – Fundamentals
Develop skills in subjects like language arts, math, reading, and music.

Disc Two- Field Trip Adventure
Explore the cultures and music of nine different countries.

Disc Three – Mystery Club Vol. 1
Investigate crime scenes, uncover clues and unravel mysteries.

Disc Four – Pet Playground
Adopt your own virtual pet. Teach it tricks, buy accessories and play pet games.

Over 50 Skills Taught

Reading and Writing
• Vocabulary
• Reading comprehension
• Synonyms and antonyms
• Spelling
• Capitalization
• Parts of speech
• Contractions

Science
• Life cycles
• Plants and animals

Social Studies
• Continents
• Countries
• World landmarks
• Cultures
• Foreign phrases

Math
• Addition and carrying
• Subtraction with borrowing
• Time and money
• Fractions
• Estimation and rounding

Art & Music
• Music styles and notation
• Art styles and art vocabulary

Special 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 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

Pet Playground CD#4 Requirements
Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP
Pentium® III 1GHz – 256 MB RAM – 32 MB DirectX compatible 3D video card - 12x CD-ROM drive – 200 MB Free HD – 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

Knowledge Adventure JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade The JumpStart® Advanced 2nd Grade 4-CD set takes children on a worldwide adventure teaching them critical skills through engaging, interactive learning activities while auto-leveling helps children learn at the pace that suits them. They will develop a full range of language arts, math, science, music, and art skills. Kids can even adopt, groom and train a virtual pet in the new Pet Playground.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money, January 15, 2008

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Frustrated Mom (Medford MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jumpstart Advanced 2nd Grade (CD-ROM)

I bought this for my daughter this Christmas. She was excited to use it but it brought nothing but frustration. She used the preschool version years ago and loved it so I thought this would be great. Was I Wrong!!! The directions are confusing and unclear. The pets playground doesn't even work. It crashes my computer every time we try it. The fundamentals disc didn't let her pick the character she wanted, it kept defaulting back to another character and maneuvering through the program was extremely confusing and very user UNFRIENDLY!! Not what you want from a childs program. How can a 6 or 7 year old figure this out if her 40 year old mother can't understand it! This product is poorly manufactured, I am extremely disappointed and I won't be buying from this company again.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad for Macs, January 6, 2008

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Jeff Shepherd (San Diego) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jumpstart Advanced 2nd Grade (CD-ROM)

You should only get this if you have a PC. They advertise that the 4th disk (Pet Playground) is PC only, which is fine. But the 3rd CD (Mystery Club Vol. 1) while saying Windows/Macintosh on it has nothing but PC .exe and .dll files -- nothing I can use on my Mac.

The first CD (Fundamentals) works on my Intel Mac in OS X native mode (OS X 10.5). It crashes on my PPC PowerBook G3. The second CD (Field Trip Adventure) is Classic only. It won't run on my Intel system, but is OK on my PPC.

My reaction to this (without running the programs) is that they are just throwing a bunch of stuff together. Here's a CD we made back in the OS 9 days, here's one we've made recently. Webkinz is really popular so we're tossing in virtual pets as well. Perhaps I'd be more impressed if I could get everything to run, but I'm seriously considering returning this mess.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Geared more to boys., September 14, 2007

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Ami "Book Lover" (Utah) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Jumpstart Advanced 2nd Grade (CD-ROM)

I purchased this for my daughter. She does not play it very often. It is not something that interests her. This game seems more geared to boys. Another issue is that the instructions are not clear. I had to play and figure out the games first, to explain to my daughter. I tried to let her figure it out on her own but she was getting frustrated. It took me an evening to sit down with trial and error to figure out how to play the games. I would not purchase it again. I would not recommend it to friends, in fact I would suggest against it if they have girls.