Product Description

Mr. Hopsalot the Rabbit invites your child to explore his interactive classroom and garden, where fun, music and games are the reward for curiosity. Packed with 16 games and puzzles that teach over two dozen fundamental skills, JumpStart Kindergarten covers a full year of pre-reading, early math, language and creative arts.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #597 in Software
• Brand: Knowledge Adventure
• Model: 2235
• Released on: 2005-05-26
• ESRB Rating: Early Childhood
• Platforms: Windows 95, Mac OS 9 and below, Windows 98, Windows XP, Mac OS X
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: 1.25" h x 5.25" w x 7.50" l, .31 pounds

Features

• Also teaches counting, ordering, sequencing, shapes, colors, and telling time
• Kindergarten learning software packed with 16 games and puzzles
• Content teaches over 2 dozen fundamental skills
• Covers full year of pre-reading, early math, language, and creative arts
• Topics include pre-reading, word identification, vocabulary, and rhyming

From the Manufacturer
Packed with 16 games and puzzles that teach over two dozen fundamental skills, JumpStart Kindergarten Classic covers a full year of pre-reading, early math, language, and creative arts.

Skills Taught:

• Pre-reading
• Word identification
• Vocabulary
• Rhyming
• Counting
• Ordering
• Sequencing
• Shapes
• Colors
• Telling time

Customer Reviews

Wow, what a neat Software
These CD's have been around for years and I never bought them with our first child, but wow what a difference it made for my pre-kindergartner. He is spelling, reading, etc. And he is addicted to the PC (in a good way). Highly recommended.

jumpstart kindergarten classic
I bought this for my 3 year old grandson. He just loves it and asks to play it every time he comes over. He can run this program all by himself. He is learning so much from this including recoginizing patterns,colors,and story sequencing. I love it because it gives me a brief rest in our busy day together. I strongly recommend all the jump start software.

Brain-dead-- your child will soon be, too
I wish I could give this zero stars. Aside from containing some errors, it is full of activities that will dull your child's mind. Just a couple of examples:

* The "art" section (sounds cool, eh?) contains pre-drawn pictures that you can scribble on with a pencil, or fill in regions with a paint bucket. Nothing else. This is a waste of money for anyone who already has Microsoft Paint, and does nothing to advance your child's knowledge of or appreciation for art, or ability to draw, or to do anything else except click a mouse. Of course, any software will do the last.

* The "music appreciation" section does not teach any musical skills whatsoever. The child is merely asked to click on several buttons, each of which plays a different tune. Then the "reward" is given-- a carrot. It was at this point that my three-year old turned to me and said, "Daddy, this software is really dumb". I had to agree.

The reading section does not teach reading, etc.-- I could go on, but I won't. I will not try anything else in this series. I wish I could give this negative stars.