JumpStart Advanced Kindergarten

by Vivendi Universal

Product Features

• Provides superior interactive game play tailored to each child's individual learning style
• Fun activities that encourage active learning through movement games
• Skill leveling that automatically adjusts game play and content to each child's growing abilities
• Enhanced motivational game reward structure
• Advanced curriculum to better prepare kids for the next grade

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000639VM
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 20, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,114 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Conceptually, the activities are excellent in this multiple subject program. Letters are sounded out and assembled in phonics activities, objects are added and subtracted in concrete fashion in a numbers game, and a flower garden is used as a basis for a sequencing activity. The drawing and music sections are both excellent, although in these pleasant activities, the verbal feedback from the characters is a distraction. Kids earn carrots as rewards which can be turned in for rides in a hot air balloon. Children take a short preferences quiz at the beginning of the game which results in customized activities, though this feature didn't seem to be working in the early version we looked at. Even without this feature, the activities are solid.
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Age Range: Copyright © 2001 Children's Software Revue

Product Description

JumpStart Advanced Kindergarten brings a world of learning to life for your child!

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Customer Reviews

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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than the Original, July 3, 2002

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Jasmine T. Baer - See all my reviews

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

We purchased "JumpStart Kindergarten" for our son about 8 months ago. It was a solid product from which he enjoyed learning. This new "Advanced" version is even better than the original!

Game layout is improved, as are the animated characters. Whereas the original featured mostly "Hopsalot," the Advanced version features more of the JumpStart characters (six in total). The incentive for learners to keep playing (outside of the fact that the learning activities really are FUN!) is the chance to "build" a customized bumper car and enter a contest to collect the most special objects.

Features include the progress report, and a new and neat assessment test. First-time users take the assessment test, and have the option of letting the computer set the difficulty level for the learning activities, or they are allowed to set them manually.

Like other JumpStart titles, users enter a treehouse which serves as a schoolhouse. Inside the treehouse, there are three characters (learning stations), each focusing on a different subject (reading, music, and art). When exiting the treehouse to the back of the school, users meet three other characters (learning stations): spelling and phonics, addition and subtraction, and patterns and sizes.

Users click on a character to enter that particular learning area. Successful answers are counted and tracked by character-specific objects (bows, bubbles, flags, musical note, etc.). After collecting 4 of the objects, a carrot is awarded and tracked with the on-screen bushel basket. After earning 10 carrots, users "soup-up" their bumper cars, and "unlock" a new competition area. In the competition area, users compete against the computer, or another player, and try to collect the most track-specific objects (candy, sea shells, etc.). The user collecting the most gets his/her "picture" in the "newspaper."

Catchy music, good animation, characters that aren't too cheesy (although the female elephant's voice may annoy some), TERRIFIC learning activities, and a fun game to encourage working with the learning activities all add up to a great addition to your youngster's software collection.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Educational Fun!, June 27, 2002

By A Customer

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

These games are really fun to play and they're packed with education. My five year old likes counting bottles in the math game, especially when they pop into bubbles. There's a music activity and a science garden where kids search for animals or plant flower patterns. The phonics game is actually helping my son grasp reading. He also likes to play the race car games. He's already won two racetracks and is working on winning them all.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jumpstart computer series, January 31, 2003

By A Customer

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

My husband and I purchased the Jumpstart computer cds for our 6 children for Christmas. We began with just the ones for their grades and ended up buying ALL the cds except for the baby one! To say we are pleased with this series would be a gross understatement! Our children can't get enough! They have improved our 3rd grader's grades and attitude and helped the others learn more while having a whole lot of fun! We recommend this to anyone who has children - they are worth every penny!