Product DescriptionJump Start Advanced 1st Grade Ensures The Mastery Of Fundamentals In Reading Math And More. Prepare Your Child For 1st Grade And Beyond With This 4-cd Set!disc One: Fundamentals - Build Essential 1st Grade Skills. Learn Skills In Math Reading Spelling And More. Includes An Introduction To 2nd Grade Concepts.disc Two: Music - Explore A Fascinating Musical World. Learn About Melodies Rhythm Instruments And Harmony With Fun Toe-tapping Songs! disc Three: Art Club - Create Masterpieces Using Your Imagination. Bring Out Your Creativity With Hours Of Fun Activities. Create Cards And Banners. disc Four: Pet Playground - Adopt Your Own Virtual Pet. Teach It Tricks Buy Accessories And Play Pet Games. Take Care Of Your Loveable. (note: Pet Playground Cd Is Windows Only)over 50 Skills Taught! readingphonicsconsonants Soundsshort& Long Vowelsblends digraphsvocabularysyllablesreading Comprehensionwriting:sentence Buildingspellingpunctuationparts Of Speechalphabetizingsciencelife Scienceearth Sciencenutritionmathaddition subtractioncounting Coinsfractionsskip Countingsequencingsocial Studies:communitiesworld Regionsart:colorsshapes And Patternscreativitymusic:melodyrhythminstrument Familiesthinking Skills:problem Solvingsorting By Multiple Attributespatternswindows System Requirements:windows 98/me/2000/xppentium Ii 266 Mhz (pentium Ii 300 Mhz Or Faster For Xp)64 Mb Ram (128 Mb Ram For Xp)12x Cd-rom Drive16-bit Colorwindows-compatible Sound Card pet Playground Cd (windows Only) windows 2000/xppentium Iii 1ghz256 Mb Ram32 Mb Directx 9.0c-compatible3d Video Card24x Cd-rom Drive450 Mb Free Hd Spacedirectx Compatible Sound Card mac System Requirements:powermac G3 266 Mhz Or Fasteros 9.2.1 10.1.5 10.2.3 10.3.1 (music And Art Club Discs Os 9.2.1 And Osx Classic Mode Only)64 Mb Of Ram (128 Mb Ram For 10.1.5 10.2.3 10.3.1)16x Cd-rom Drive16-bit Color pet Playground Cd (windows Only)
What Others Say
JumpStart Advanced 1st Grade
NOTE: This review is really on an older version, but the only difference I know between the two is that the older one has no Pet Playground disc. Thus, I have copied this review to this page because I think it will be helpful.
JumpStart Advanced 1st Grade 3-CD-ROM set, December 18, 2007
A Kid's Review
Hello, I'm StoryMaker, a JumpStart fan. JumpStart Advanced 1st Grade was among the first JumpStart games I've owned; only JumpStart Kindergarten (Deluxe, not Advanced, version) predates it. I think I (or someone else) got it for Christmas a LONG time ago. Since this particular version of JumpStart Advanced 1st Grade comes with 3 CD-ROMs, I will review each individually. (There is also a 4-CD-ROM version, BTW.) My ... Read More
Emotionally manipulative, inconsistent, poorly designed software
We got the First Grade package for our 6-year-old last year. I haven't been overly impressed with the Art, Music, or Fundamentals CDs, but wasn't annoyed enough to write a negative review. My 4-year-old, however, who has been desperately wanting a puppy, discovered the Pet Playground today, and after watching him play for 2 hours, I had to write a review.
In a nutshell, it is a 3-D game where you choose a character, and go to the Learning Center to play educational games, to earn "jewels". These jewels can then be used to purchase a pet and other accoutrements for
your pet: food, shampoo, brush, tricks, hats. My 4-year-old earned enough jewels to buy himself a little brown puppy, a boxer by the looks of it. He named it ... Read More
NOT Mac compatible
Although Jumpstart Advanced 1st Grade V2.0 says that you can use it on Mac OSX, it apparently does not work if you have above system 10.2.3. Since as of May 2007, almost no one would be running 10.2.3, this makes it effectively not Mac compatible.
We bought Jumpstart Advanced 1st Grade V2.0 for our son, and he is very disappointed. I contacted Knowledge Adventure support, and they informed me that if we could only use it above system 10.2.3 if we had Classic OS Support on the computer. In fact we do still have Classic on the computer our son uses, and it still doesn't work. The available documentation tells very little even about how to install the game. I have not heard back from Knowledge Adventure regarding my second or subsequent emails. If I do, I will change this ... Read More
Very good collection
Very good collection of educational games. The concept for the Scooter portion is a little complex. It drives the user to exercise each type of game several times to collect items. You need to get one of each to complete a scooter and one of each to complete a track.
Portions of the scooter game are clumsy in their controls. For example: the scooter race - to control the scooter, you must tap the right and left arrow keys to turn in that direction, but the scooter does not auto center.. so if you tap twice left, you need to tap twice right to go straight again. It can be a little frustrating, but my kids are very adaptable, and they handle it well.
The 4th disk is a bit strange (Pets) It is a small demo version of a ... Read More
Expected more from Jumpstart
We recently purchased this software for my son. He is in 1st grade and LOVES to play educational games on his computer. Unfortunately this has been a let down for both of us. The background music is way too loud and interferes with the voice that gives the directions for each game. It is very difficult to understand what they are trying to tell my son to do. Also there has been at least one game (maybe more) where he would do what they were telling him, but they still said it was wrong. How frustrating!
So far he still enjoys playing this game, and hasn't given up on it yet. There are some good areas and I think he will get some benefit, but there is definitely some improvement needed!!
