- Platform: Windows 98 / Me / 95, Mac
- Media: CD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
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JumpStart Pre-K enables prekindergarten children to sharpen their abilities with letters, numbers, shapes, and colors. Eight interactive learning games and 10 delightful songs guarantee giggles and tons of fun while introducing important social concepts such as manners, sharing, and safety.
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55 of 55 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Award-Winning?,
By "jennysh27" (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews
This review is from: JumpStart Pre-Kindergarten (CD-ROM)
My just-turned 3 year-old already has quite a variety of educational programs, but I thought he was missing something by not owning any of the award-winning JumpStart series. However, I am not terribly impressed with this title. Of the five activities that I tried with my son, two have very vague directions. I clicked around for awhile trying to figure out the goal and then consulted the help file to be sure. Part of the problem with those games and some others is that you inadvertantly complete the task by random clicking or manuevering. I was especially annoyed with a phonics activity that asks for the letter that begins a word, but keeps them in alphabetical order. My son, who knows his alphabet thoroughly, but now needs to practice the sounds in words, is able to get all the answers without even listening to the words. Finally, my son finds the reward area boring and leaves immediately every time he gets there. In general, there are some cute ideas in this software which aren't very well implemented. I much prefer the Reader Rabbit series and especially Blue's Clues.
53 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
My 2 year old is a Computer Wiz Kid,
By terri8888@aol.com (Fruit Cove , Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: JumpStart Pre-Kindergarten (CD-ROM)
My 2 year old loves this. It took him about 2 weeks to get the hang of the mouse. and now he thinks he can play anything. I love that it keeps up with his progress and I can check to see what he needs help on. My 5 year old loves playing it too. Also you can set the levels for each childs progress........
42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Child pleasing activities, good at giving gentle hints,
This review is from: JumpStart Pre-Kindergarten (CD-ROM)
My 2 year old son has gotten pretty good at using the mouse, and was getting tired of programs that work by any random click, so I tried this title to find something a bit challenging. He is really enjoying it. Most of the activities are probably a bit above his learning level, but the program is great at gently helping so that he can make things happen and learn at the same time. He especially likes the alphabet connect the dots that makes a cake with a moving picture, and his 5 year old brother that generally has no interest in computer games liked that part a lot too. My younger son also loved the reward area you get to go to when you have 4 stars for completely activities. You get to place moving stickers in a park area---it's quite simple but easy to use and very fun for him. I do think it can be a bit easy at times to finish activities sort of at random, and like many titles like this, if you have a click happy child, they tend to stop the explanation of how to do the activity before the talking is over---I always wish the program would just finish telling you what you have to do even if your child starts clicking madly! However, in general this is one of my favorite beginning learning programs.
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