Amazon Minimum Age: 5
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Knowledge Adventure
EAN: 0876930001697
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone 10+
Feature: The smart, fun way to achieve success in school
Format: CD-ROM
Item Dimensions: Array
Label: Knowledge Adventure
Manufacturer: Knowledge Adventure
Model: 20223
MPN: 100722
Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: Knowledge Adventure
Release Date: 2007-05-01
Studio: Knowledge Adventure

• 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

• PC World

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 First Grade, an evolving 3D learning environment full of whimsical lands, lively activities and friendly characters.
Welcome to JumpStart World 1st Grade, 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.

The World changes with the seasons and holidays

Over 80 learning games and missions

Unique 3D design and immersive play

The Smart, Fun Way to Achieve 1st Grade Success
Your Child will make new friends, visit the learning arcades, art and music studio and complete fun missions to earn their first two Leadership Keys.

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 80 learning games and missions that teach more than 40 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 40 learning games and missions
• Over 20 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 import photos to decorate their world. They can create billboards, cards and special pictures.
• New lands and new challenges open up according to your child's progress.
• Includes Sing-Along music videos in the Art and Music studio that teach phonics the karaoke way.
• Kids earn Super Gems at the Math and Reading Arcades. They can then trade in their gems for special rewards.
• Kids earn Keys on their way to becoming the Ultimate JumpScout Leader.
• The World changes with the seasons and holidays using a real-time calendar.
• Parents receive personalized progress reports and activity tips.

Ages

• 5-7 years

Skills Taught

• Math: Addition, Subtraction, Telling Time, Fractions, Picture Graphs
• Reading: Phonics, Consonants, Vowels, Sentences, Comprehension
• Critical Thinking: Problem Solving, Patterns, Attributes, Classification
• Social Skills: Friendship, Knowledge, Dedication
• 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)

Customer Rating:
Summary: Jump Start World
Comment: I found the Jump Start World Kindergarten at SAMS Club a year ago. Since I am a homeschool mom, I figured it would be a good "game" for breaks and free time. Well, the kids, then 5 and 3, loved it and within a month I bought the additional units. Once my Kindergartener finished all the units I called to buy the 1st grade units and found the Jump Start World Club and we joined. I was able to download directly to the PC, no more disks to deal with. I received the pre-school (3-5), 1st Grade (5-7) and 2nd grade (6-8) all for one price. My now 4 year old who was taking her time through the Kindergarten program, finished the pre-school program in two months and had a new interest in the kindergarten program. My now 1st grader is more than half way through the 1st grade program and they play in their Worlds almost every day. My 1st grader tells regularly when we are working on schoolwork, "I did that in Jump Start World!" and Zips through her assignments. Now my sisters have gotten into the program for their kids. My whole family completely enjoys this product and I believe it is worth every dime I spent on it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good game IF you invest in all 12 "packs"
Comment: I bought this game as a compromise for my kindergartener and 2nd grader. For my kids, who don't have a play station or play a lot of computer games, this provides excellent, fun instruction on how to control an avatar and play a bunch of different types of games using both the keyboard and the mouse. It was hard for them at first because they kept getting lost in the Jumpstart "world," but now they have mastered it and have a lot of fun just visiting their favorite places. Most of the games themselves are pretty lame -- my kids only play them when they need to earn points to buy things, or at the end of a level to complete the required number of games to advance to the next level.

As a learning game, it takes awhile to ramp up to a challenging level. In fact, my kindergartener is in the 7th level and only now encountering academic challenges that are hard for her. For a first grader, I think I would recommend this only to reinforce things they already know and to strengthen computer skills. But, I give it 4 stars because despite the weaknesses that I see, it is a good wholesome game that my kids LOVE!

And while it annoys me that you have to pay an extra, hefty fee to get the full game, I think it is worth it. The kids blow through the first two levels, but the subsequent levels last much longer. My kids have been playing for more than 3 months and are only a little over halfway done!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: problem not resolved for weeks. Customer support needs improvement!!
Comment: The games are good. My daugter who is 6 loves them. But after she finishes Unit 1, she keeps getting "here at jump start camp, we have a few more things to do before we start the next adventure, why don't you quit the game and start over?". We could not get rid of this no matter what we tried. Unit 2 never enables for us. Called their customer support, emailed them.......so far we were asked to send some files off our hard disk to them and no response after that........
We have been trying to get them to resolve this issue for weeks now.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great software!
Comment: We've had good luck with Jumpstart learning products in the past, so it was a no brainer buying this, and we're very impressed with how far the graphics have come! My 6 and 5 year old have such a great time trying to earn gems to buy different things, as well as winning trophies and keys for completing tasks. They are in head to head competition over who can get through the levels first, and are learning many different skills along the way from reading to math and problem solving...not to mention familiarizing themselves with the computer. Jumpstart makes it fun by allowing the kids to decorate their own cabin, get their own pet, and place the artwork they create around on the many billboards throughout town. It's very interactive, keeps their interest, makes learning fun...overall an excellent product!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A Must-Have Title for Your Children!
Comment: My wife and I are very selective about the content of the "screentime" (our household term for the time they can have in front of the computer, TV, and/or Wii) we allow our almost five-year daughter and our six-year-old son (who is nearing the end of his kindergarten year), and thus we strive for a healthy mix of quality education, exercise, and of course, fun.

Suffice to say that our children absolutely love JumpStart World 1st Grade and it is almost always their first choice for their individual screentime. They faithfully work through the educational exercises to earn gems with which they can buy things at various venues in the intriguing 3D world. When they reach various milestones they enthusiastically announce to us what they've accomplished, which is a source of satisfaction and joy to us as well as to them.

As our children are ahead of the curve we did start them both on the first grade level package and don't regret that decision. Our eldest is progressing faster, of course, and after a month is on Unit 5 of 12 (which, as noted in other reviews, meant we spent the $64.99 for the additional 10 units, but were glad to do so), while our daughter is on Unit 2.

We highly recommend this series and place it at the top (by a wide margin) of all the PC children's titles that we have.

As an aside, if you have been frustrated by the annoying requirement of far too many children's software packages (including this one) that the CD must be in the drive, go to alcohol-soft.com and download their Alcohol 52% (bizarre name, I know...) which allows you to create virtual drives on your hard drive with images of the respective CDs. The free version allows up to 6 virtual drives, while the $27 full version handles up to 31. Works great, and frees you from the CD changing hassle.

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