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| From: Knowledge Adventure
Category: Software
List Price: $9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 511
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 7.91666666667 years
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0.1 x 0.1
MPN: 100722
Model: 20218
UPC: 876930001680
EAN: 0876930001642
ASIN: B000I82J6W
Release Date: May 1, 2007
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| Features:
| • | The smart, fun way to achieve success in school | | • | Personalized learning that responds to your child's pace so that kids stay challenged and motivated | | • | Interactive learning design provides new play experiences every time your child signs on | | • | Parents get activity tips, helpful ideas, and progress reports | | • | Unique 3D design and immersive play |
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Product Description
JumpStart World is the smart, fun way to achieve success in school! Kids' educational games are designed to instill confidence, joy and excitement around learning. Welcome to JumpStart World Kindergarten, an evolving 3D learning environment full of whimsical lands, lively activities and friendly characters.
Amazon.com
Welcome to JumpStart World Kindergarten, a series of 12 Adventure Packs or learning units that actually progresses in response to your child's own learning pace. It's super-personalized, wildly imaginative and really fun, but don't let that fool you--it also teaches critical skills correlated to state standards so kids get a real jumpstart in life. | 
Over 60 learning games and missions
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Unique 3D design and immersive play
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Kids can make the world their own
| The Smart, Fun Way to Achieve Kindergarten Success
Your child's adventures start at Camp JumpStart! Get ready to become the Ultimate JumpScout by earning the first two JumpScout badges. Kids learn about friendship and teamwork as they meet the characters, discover the learning arcades, the art studio and My Cabin, and play and learn together. Stay Connected
As part of your JumpStart World experience, we've designed a Parents Corner where you can get additional tips and ideas to help your child enjoy learning even more. - Get educational tips and creative ideas from our monthly gurus and experts.
- Search hundreds of Parent Tips to help turn everyday moments into learning opportunitites.
- Get instant access to tips and activities that reinforce your child's learning.
Reward Your Child
Studies show that children learn better when parents are involved. The Super Gem Reward Store allows you to reward your child's performance with customized certificates. - Delight your child with rewards that only you can create.
- Create Rewards that your child can redeem: A Trip to the Park, Going Out for Ice Cream, Going Ice Skating, and many more.
- Use our simple tool to create your own rewards to honor your child's learning achievements.
Get your First 2 Adventure Packs Today:
- Over 60 learning games and missions that teach more than 30 skills
Subscribe to Keep the Adventure Going:
- Get a new Adventure Pack automatically downloaded to your computer for just $7.99 each. Based on your child's progress--at least one each month. 12 total Adventure Packs per grade.
Each Adventure Pack Includes:
For Kids:
- Over 30 learning games and missions
- Over 15 skills
- New areas of the world to discover
- One new badge to earn
For Parents:
- Progress report e-mails and Parent Tips
- Access to the Member's Website and online access to educational experts
- Access to the Super Gems Reward Center
See what your child can learn in JumpStart World | | At the heart of the JumpStart World is the Learning Curriculum containing hundreds of lessons around key skills to help your child advance progressively. | 
Take a tour of the specially designed 3D world | | New studies show that children who learn in rich media environments retain knowledge longer. JumpStart World surrounds your child in a 3D world with learning and fun, as it rewards and recognizes each achievement along the way. | Key Features of JumpStart World
- Children pick a character and explore a world full of exciting places.
- Unique 3D design and immersive play make kids feel like they're inside a world of adventure and learning.
- Challenging missions teach math, reading, spelling, vocabulary, science, art and more.
- Kids can make the world their own: They can create art in the Art Studio to decorate the world, customize their cabin, or make a Me-shirt for their character to wear.
- New lands and new challenges open up according to your child's progress.
- Children can choose from over 15 pets to adopt and care for--groom, feed, and buy hats for their pet to wear.
- Race other JumpScouts in tournaments for trophies in Dinosaur Raceway.
- Play fun games with JumpStart characters--Hops likes Hide and Seek and Kisha likes to race.
- Kids earn Super Gems at the Math and Reading Arcades. They can then trade in their gems for special rewards.
- Kids earn badges on their way to becoming the Ultimate JumpScout Explorer.
- The World changes with the seasons and holidays using a real-time calendar.
- Parents receive personalized progress reports and activity tips.
Ages
Skills Taught
- Math: Sorting, Shapes, Graphs, Counting, Measurements, Calendars
- Reading: Rhyming, Phonics, Letters, Sounds, Listening Comprehension
- Critical Thinking: Spatial Awareness, Visual Discrimination, Directions
- Social Skills: Friendship and Teamwork
- And much more!
Benefits
- Empowers Children to Succeed
- Builds Confidence
- Rewards Achievements
- Enhances Social Skills
- Stimulates Creativity
- Engages Parents
Research: The Building Blocks of JumpStart World
Research has shown that children's "play" can encourage and improve their ability to learn. JumpStart World keeps children motivated to "play and to learn" because JumpStart World recognizes each achievement along the way. The result is non-stop play and learning that will involve the entire family.  | Children and Technology White Paper
(.pdf - 84k) | | | | | JumpStart World White Paper
(.pdf - 124k) | | |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Wish i had this when i was a kid! November 19, 2008
Jumpstart World is one of those games for kids that make me remember back to my childhood. I'm a big videogame player and growing up i recall playing learning games in school like Math Blaster, or Oregon Trail. I got the chance to demo JumpStart World and wow, i'm just blown away. Educational games for kids have come such a long way from when i was in school playing them. Theres just so much content for kids to tackle, math, spelling, arts and crafts, owning pets, and just exploring the world. I think that's the best part about this game- it's that it finds a way to make it all FUN. I really do wish i was lucky to have played this growing up, and i highly recommend it for kids who are excited about learning!
The best educational game. November 17, 2008
I can not say enough wonderful things about jumpstart. I home schooled my kids for kindergarten so I bought them this to help out and make learning fun. They LOVE it!
They don't even know they are learning. It is fabulous. If you have dial up you will need to get the off line version which works just as well! My daughters look forward to getting their super gem and earning those keys. It's a big event in our household. I would recommend this to anyone. My girls are now in first grade and still come home from school eager to play! You must buy this!
 Waste of time November 13, 2008
My 5 yo daughter and I are both dissapointed. We've tried installing this game on 4 different computers, and even had our neighbors try, and it just keeps shutting down. I'm surprised a product like this came from Jump Start.
DIRTY! and caused a huge fight! DONT BUY! November 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The box makes the game sound like you have unlimited access and that is partially true. You have access for only the first two lessons! True your child can continually play the same mundane games over and over, but all messages to your child are to keep going. My daughter was heartbroken when I told her that I was not going to keep paying a monthly fee.
You are basically paying a premium price for a TRIAL. It's dirty and I will not buy anymore Jumpstart games.
Buyer beware.
Couldn't install on Vista64 August 10, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was not able to install this software on Vista-64. The box also does not make it clear about having to register personal information online just to install the software. A subscription is not clear on the outside of the box, and I'm still not sure whether the monthly payment is absolutely required. I couldn't find anything on the box about even requiring a monthly payment. On Vista-64 at the beginning of installation, the installation software opened an Internet Explorer box to register (which the software says is needed for tracking your child's progress). Why can't they just track the progress on my computer??? Most software doesn't open a web browser, and this step is obviously fraught with problems.
After registering through the web browser, the installation software failed to install. The company's website describes this problem and says to download a file called JSWorldRegIniPatch to fix this problem. I downloaded that file, ran it, and tried to reinstall. After registering again, the software would still not install. I went through this about 10 frustrating times and gave up. There aren't many places to deviate from the installation/registration path, so this points to software that isn't correctly designed and correctly tested.
After this frustrating experience, I tried returning this broken software to the store where I bought it, and they said the best they could do was to replace it with the exact same software... A lot of good that would do. The store finally agreed to a store credit after they couldn't install it either. Anyway, this may work fine on 32-bit Vista, but wouldn't even install on my PC. The fault of this broken software complete lies with the company who created it. It is not hard to create software that installs correctly, but for whatever reason, this company decided that it would be best to intrusively gather information about its customers and to charge a monthly fee. In trying to implement these unfriendly policies, they created software that won't even install.
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