Product Description

The Complete Kindergarten Readiness Program! The JumpStart Advanced Kindergarten 4-CD set helps children practice and build essential Kindergarten skills. Engaging activities address over 100 skills from math and reading to music and art. Disc One – Fundamentals. Master critical math, reading, science and music skills! Disc Two – Animal Field Trip. Discover over 40 amazing animals! Sixteen activities help you learn all about animals and explore their natural habitats. Disc Three – Arts & Crafts. Paint, paste, color, sticker, and design your very own masterpieces! Disc Four - Pet Playground. Adopt your own virtual pet. Teach it tricks, buy accessories and play pet games.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #747 in Software
• Brand: Knowledge Adventure
• Model: 2191280
• Released on: 2006-05-01
• ESRB Rating: Early Childhood
• Platforms: Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP
• Format: CD-ROM
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .35 pounds

Features

• Motivating reward system keeps children engaged
• 4-CD set helps children practice and build essential kindergarten skills
• Activities address 50+ skills from math and reading to music and art
• Based on state educational standards; auto leveling adjusts to child's pace
• Learning Profiler determines child's learning style and adjusts play

From the Manufacturer
The JumpStart Advanced Kindergarten four-CD set helps children practice and build essential kindergarten skills. Engaging activities address over 50 skills from math and reading to music and art.

Disc One--Fundamentals: master critical math, reading, science, and music skills!
Disc Two--Animal Field Trip: Discover over 40 amazing animals! Sixteen activities help you learn all about animals and explore their natural habitats.
Disc Three--Arts and Crafts: paint, paste, color, sticker, and design your very own masterpieces!
Disc Four--Pet Playground: Adopt your own virtual pet. Teach it tricks, buy accessories, and play pet games.

Over 50 Skills Taught!

Reading

• Phonics
• Listening comprehension
• Consonant and vowel sounds
• Word building
• Vocabulary
• Sequencing stories

Science

• Stages of life
• Comparison and contrast

Art

• Colors
• Shapes
• Creativity

Math

• Counting
• Addition
• Subtraction
• Making equations

Music

• Instrument sounds
• Musical patterns
• Musical styles

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

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Customer Reviews

Great Game!
When my 5 year old is playing this game all of her siblings gather around to watch. They really like this game. The concepts are well presented and the learning is fun. I really like that even if they miss and pick the wrong answer the game lets them try again. We have had this game almost a year and my children still love it. It does a great job with addition, counting, colors, recognizing patterns, spelling, sounding out simple words, story ordering and it is just fun.

Some discs okay - but others are horrible!
My daughter loves the Animal Field Trip game and the Arts and Crafts game. The Fundamentals game isn't as interesting for her - but it is probably a bit over her head (she is only 3). The Pet Playground game is horrible! There are only 2 games available - you have to play them many times just to buy a pet and then many more times to buy anything more for your pet (such as food, grooming supplies, etc). Plus, several areas of the game are locked out unless you have "Jump Start World" which costs up to $90! There is no warning or infomation on the box that implies that any additional purchases are needed to play the full game. I guess the 3 working discs we received were worth the $15 we paid.

Product is misleading
We recently purchased this program & my 5 year old was immediately engaged and excited. Once she got to level 2 out of about 12 it tells her to "get her parent to log on to jumpstart.com and buy a membership". I'm not interested in a $75 annual membership and clearly feel that she can't get the full benefit of the program I purchased. It would be nice to be able to access the remaining 10 levels without shelling out more $$. We've gone online to use their "free" games to see if this allows her to pass to the next level but that doesn't work either.