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| 60% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Knowledge Adventure Catalog: Software Release date: 2007-05-01 Audience age target: Everyone 10+ Suitable before (months): 95 Media: CD-ROM Format: CD-ROM Model: 20218 Ean: 0876930001642 Upc: 876930001680  Tip: compare prices with similar software products |
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 Written on January 18, 2008 Summary: Great Learning Tool My five year old had played JumpStart games in the past so we got this for him for Christmas. It really makes learning contagious as it's so much fun he doesn't even realize he's learning new things as he goes. One small warning, however. This game only provides the first couple modules of content. After that JumpStart hits you up for a subscription or a lump sum payment for the additional content. Once your child starts playing the game it's pretty hard to stop and not pay for the expansions.  Written on January 11, 2008 Summary: Your one stop for PC edutainment!! I started searching the net for preschool software after being sorely disappointed with LeapFrog's Clickstart computer. I wanted my son to learn how to use a mouse and keyboard but the Clickstart was simply too easy for him. I stumbled across this game while searching here on Amazon. I went to their website and downloaded the free trial and tried it out before I let my son play it. It took me over 2 hours to complete all the learning games and that was only playing each one once, and obviously I was speeding through them much faster than a child of the recommended age would. This convinced me that the title would provide many hours of fun for my son, so I decided to let him try it. He LOVES it!! Now, he's just shy of 3 so not quite yet preschool age, but he picked up on the controls immediately. He is able to navigate with the arrow keys perfectly while walking around the world and in the learning games. In the games that require the mouse, he still needs my assistance in moving the mouse but he is all too eager to point out or say the answers and I click on them for him. (Working on finding him a child-sized mouse to alleviate this!) Everything about this game entrances him. The graphics, the sounds, the adorable characters and voices, everything is top notch and he feels like a big boy playing games like mommy and daddy, and the best part is, he's learning at the same time!!! The joy on his face when he gets new gems after completing a game is priceless. One slight gripe of mine is that they didn't disable the windows key, so my son will accidentally hit it once in a while, minimizing the game. He doesn't yet understand how to bring the game back up but I'm always sitting right beside him when he plays so I fix it for him before he gets annoyed. I love that you can create your own custom certificates to reward your child for their progress. Each time they receive a super gem, they can go to their mailbox and receive a certificate that you make on the parent website. I do wish they could receive the certificates more often because I have a feeling it will take my son at least a few weeks to earn a super gem but we can reward him in our own ways in addition to the super gems. I also love that the program keeps track of your child's progress and emails you frequently about how they're doing so you know what they need to work on. You do have to pay for the additional adventure packs (8 bucks each) which is a bit steep. I wouldn't have had much issue if they were a few bucks cheaper, but the way I see it, there are so many activities for him here that buying him a new adventure pack for 8 bucks every month is much cheaper than buying him another full priced game that will only hold his attention for a few days. I highly recommend downloading the trial. It lets you play all the way through the first adventure and will give you a good idea of what to expect. If nothing else, let your child play the trial for a few weeks and if they master the first area, you can then make the decision if you want to purchase the full game. It's a steal for 20 bucks, in my opinion!!  Written on December 19, 2007 Summary: Dissapointing I bought this with very high expectations but was sorely disappointed. The concept is awesome and if it worked they would be an industry leader. However, we encountered several bugs in the game that made it completely non-functional in certain learning games. If all the games were not accomplished the program would not let the child progress to the next unit. So we reached a point that the game was completely static and unable to move on. We contacted the customer service department and while they were able to fix a few things that were screwed up they stopped answering our e-mails when we got to a bug that couldn't be addressed.  Written on December 3, 2007 Summary: Beware of Subscriptions I liked the product; my daughter learned a lot. Now I am trying to cancel, because every time she uses it, our credit card gets charged $7.99. I had to search for how to cancel; the website says cancel by calling a long distance number (not an 800 number). The number has a long, long wait on it. I have better things to do with my time. Buyer, beware. Written on October 8, 2007 Summary: Great game that excites all kids We purchased this program for my daughter (from our wholesale club not here) and we could not be happier. My 4 1/2 year old has started Kindergarten and this is a really nice balance for her...she can do it all and it seems to grow to challenger her as well. Additionally my middle son (7 years) also loves to play with it and has even asked if they make one for 2nd grade (guess that is our next purchase!). I dont know what the others are talking about with the "subscriptions" we have not seen anything about that and have played it a bunch! I am wondering if there is an extended version that we bought...not sure. Either way we are very pleased with the quality of this program! |
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| Our price | $8.49 | - | $18.49 | $19.99 | - | $14.99 |
| List price | $9.99 | $9.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 |
| Lowest used price | $1.99 | $6.99 | $9.99 | $6.99 | - | $10.99 |
| Lowest new price | $2.59 | $4.70 | $11.43 | $4.32 | $4.75 | $13.80 |
| Catalog | Software | Software | Software | Software | Software | Software |
| Release date | 2007-05-01 | 2007-05-01 | 2006-05-01 | 2007-05-01 | 2001-06-25 | 2006-05-01 |
| Audience age target | Everyone 10+ | Everyone 10+ | Early Childhood | Everyone | Early Childhood | Early Childhood |
| Suitable before (months) | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | - | 48 |
| Media | CD-ROM | CD-ROM | CD-ROM | CD-ROM | CD-ROM | CD-ROM |
| Format | CD-ROM | CD-ROM | CD-ROM | CD-ROM | CD-ROM | CD-ROM |
| Model | 20218 | 20223 | 20161 | 20228 | 380848 | 20159 |
| Ean | 0876930001642 | 0876930001697 | 0876930001093 | 0876930001741 | 0772040808488 | 0876930001079 |
| Upc | 876930001680 | 876930001697 | 876930001093 | 876930001765 | 772040809942 | 876930001079 |
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