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Item # 28882
Ages: 2 - 4
Publisher: Knowledge Adventure
Original
List Price: $39.95
Runs Under: Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, Win 7, Mac OS X Classic,
8.6-9.2
Packaging: Jewel Case
Our Price: $16.95 $ 9.95
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There's No Stopping a Kid with a JumpStart!
Product
Information
Leap to an early
understanding of letters, numbers, shapes and colors in
Casey’s colorful classroom bursting with animation and song. Packed
with twice
the learning activities of most other educational programs, JumpStart
Preschool
has 10 irresistible interactive puzzles, games and play areas.
The award winning JumpStart Elementary Learning System is
based on nationally
recommended curricula and actual teacher lesson plans. The result is an
incredible variety of activities that makes learning fun.
Choosing the best educational software for your child can be
challenging. The
JumpStart System makes it easy by taking what children learn in school
and
organizing it by grade, so real grade-based learning is reinforced in
every
JumpStart product. The innovative classroom setting presents your child
with a
familiar environment, filled with animated friends who provide
encouragement
through an amazing variety of games, puzzles and songs, all of which
teach a
full year of preschool learning.
Skills
Learned
- Pre-reading
- Letters
- Numbers
- Shapes
- Colors
- Differences
- Sequencing
- Counting
- Quantities
- Spatial Relations
- Listening Skills
- Music
- Songs
- Vocabulary
- Phonics
Product Features
- Friendly Guides - Sweet and
cuddly animated hosts greet and encourage your child in each activity.
Meet Casey Cat, Pierre Polar Bear, Kisha Koala and Elanor
Elephant.
- Continuous Challenge - The
program automatically monitors successes and attempts and adjusts the
difficulty levels in each activity. Children stay challenged because
the levels match their ability. This JumpStart innovation tracks up to
99 children.
- Letters, Numbers, Shapes -
Develop visual memory by finding identical pictures, letters, numbers
and shapes. Successful matching is rewarded by trumpeting,
high-stepping, dancing animations.
- Counting and Quantity - Count
the numbers of turtle eggs and help Mama turtle find her correct
nest.
- Sequencing - Connect numbers
and letters in the correct sequence by clicking on the dots. Finished
pictures spring to life.
- Spatial Relationships -
Associate relative sizes in four puzzle games of the beach, zoo, sea
and shapes.
- Differences - Distinguish
between objects with different colors, shapes or letters. This
pre-reading skill later helps preschoolers identify the difference
between letters, such as b, d, and p.
- Listening Skills - Listen to
verbal clues and apply deductive reasoning to find where Felicia the
Fish is hiding
System
Requirements
Windows:
- Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista
- Pentium II 300 MHz or faster
- 128 MB of RAM
- 100 MB free Hard Disk Space
- 640x480 resolution with
256-color capability
- Windows-compatible Sound Card
and Speakers
- 12X CD-ROM drive
Macintosh Requirements
- Mac OS X Classic, 8.6-9.2
- Power Mac G3 233 MHz or faster
processor
- 32 MB of RAM
- 100 MB free Hard disk space
- 16-bit color display with
256-color capability
- 16X CD-ROM drive
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