Customer Reviews

JUMPSTART KINDERGARTEN ADVANCED

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

My then 4 year old son received Jump Start Advanced Kindergarten for Christmas. He loves it and continues to come back to play again and again. His favorite is the animal field trip. he is learning so much about different type of animals. He has played this set of games over 10 times in the last few months and I feel like there are many more aspects of the software he hasn't even seen.

Definitly worth your money! I would buy it again in a second!!

My 2 boys (ages 2,4) absolutely love the Jumpstart CDs. The older one has been using the Toddlers CD from age 2 - before he could use a mouse. While the keyborad can be used for most acitivites on the Toddler CD, the mouse introduction is fun and simple. There are activities appropriate to different ages and encourage independent play. I find that the kids enjoy being able to do it all themselves. These CDs keep my 2 rambunctious boys occupied for hours!!!

All of the reviews of this product gripe about the installation. Not one person talks about the product once it is installed. Maybe it never works for them. I bought JumpStart Kindergarten and my 4 year old totally loves it. I had no problems at all installing it, and we don't have a "state of the art" computer for her. It is Windows 98 though. Anyway, the games and fundamental skills it teaches are really helping to prepare my daughter for kindergarten. She's learning better how to maneuver the mouse and do double clicks and learn patterns and listening skills. There's so much to do. We haven't even gotten through 1/3 of it yet. I also bought Jumpstart Toddlers when she was just under 2, and she absolutely loved it. It was her favorite game. All in all, I love their products. Have never called tech support and can understand the frustration at having bad help. It wouldn't deter me from buying this product though. Some of the products even come with a free video which my children cannot get enough of. They are educational and fun. My kids love to sing & dance to the Kindergarten video "Why did the bus stop".

Of the three CD set only the Fundamentals one runs on a Mac OS X. The other 2 will work only in Classic mode, so if you've upgraded to Tiger you are out of luck. Besides it seems this company is now defunct. jumpstart.com redirects you to Vivendi Universal which does not even list this product line on their site. Too bad that folks like Jumpstart and Reader Rabbit have stopped supporting Mac OS.

I received the new version 2010 that requires internet access and very $$ membership once your child has completed a few levels. This is not the older version I thought I was ordering by the picture and description. Good chance this will be going back. Not much point in having CD's if you end up having to purchase membership online.

My 5 year old has been hooked on Jumpstart 3-D since he was 3. The Advanced version isn't nearly as detailed or immersive as the 3-D series, but it also doesn't require a subscription. The games are varied, and will keep pre-schoolers and kindergartners engaged. Some of the games might require a little instruction from an adult, but as with all Jumpstart products, they do a great job of guiding the player through the games and explaining what to do. Good for an introduction to the Jumpstart world.

I have this program running on my Windows XP Dell and it has no issues at all. My daughter LOVES this program, and begs to play on it. The math program is so much fun and really made her understand addition and subtraction in a fun way. This program is the first of my jump start programs I plan to buy.

Knowledge Adventure is really great. I have a 4 year old son who is unable to be enrolled in Preschool due to some confusion where I live. So I wanted to buy a game that was going to be educational for him. I've had the game for 3 weeks, and my son is doing much better with counting and the alphabet, then most of the kids who are even attending preschool!

My Five-year old loves this software, especially the animal kingdom, he loves playing the games and getting an idea for nature and intro to science. The fundamentals are fun and teaches him at the same time.

I am very frustrated with this software. It comes with 3 CDs. However, on my system (a new Dell w/ XP), only one of the three applications can be started. Oh, they all three can be loaded, but only one (the crafts CD) will start. I've tried everything from running it as administrator, running it as a regular user, running in Windows 95 mode, running from the CD, running from the hard driving, using the shortcut, drilling down to the .exe, kicking the box.....everything -- but it won't start the application. My daughter will finish college before she gets to use this software!!!!