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- 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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What our customer's say!

"Jump Start World", 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.

"Good game IF you invest in all 12 "packs"", 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!

"problem not resolved for weeks. Customer support needs improvement!!", 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.

"Great software!", 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!

"A Must-Have Title for Your Children!", 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.

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"Slow, needs internet connection, poorly thought out", This is the lousiest children's software I've ever seen. I think the previous reviews must be that of an earlier version. I am returning it to Amazon . Save yourself the trouble -- don't purchase it.

What are the issues?

(1) My kids use my old laptop -- a machine with 512 MB of RAM, Pentium-III 500 MHz CPU and 32 MB of video RAM. Not the greatest machine, granted ... but the software is slow as molasses on it.

(2) The game will not work unless the CD is the drive *AND* the
machine is connected to the internet. I'd rather not connect my
5-year old's machine to the internet. Thank you very much.

(3) Navigation in the game is not with a mouse but with arrow keys.
And if a kid presses an arrow key in a "disallowed" direction, there
is no beep or anything. So, the kid keeps pressing the key and gets
frustrated.

(4) Every 10 minutes or so, the software freezes with a "loading" message. Looks like the CD is not complete. It actually downloads
content from the internet each time. I suppose this is to prevent
piracy. But do you really want to support a company that doesn't trust
its customers and is willing them to let them endure long waits?

If I could give this game 0 stars, I would give it.


"Great educational software for kids.", JumpStart World 1st Grade JumpStart World 2nd Grade

My kids really enjoy playing them and they are learning age-appropriate problem-solving skills in a kid-friendly video game like environment. Along with the math, spelling and reading sections, I particularly like the fact that the games promote good listening (i.e. following directions) skills. The kids have "tasks" to complete in order to open different sections of the world, rather than just wandering around aimlessly playing games. There are also parent reports that enable you to see how they are progressing (i.e. where their strengths & weaknesses are). You get 2 adventure packs with this software and then you can go to the website to order a new pack to be automatically downloaded every month (costs about $7.99 per month). I would definitely recommend these products. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was because it was long to install (first instance only).

"Great for kids, not for parents", My 6 year old son has not put down this game since I bought it for his birthday. He can play for two hours at a time. As far as the game goes, it is excellent.

But there are down sides to this game. No where on the packaging does it say that the game CANNOT be played without an internet connection. The manufacturer will not give me a straight answer as to why the game has to be connected to the internet to play. So I cannot take this game with us on outings or in the car because it will not run outside of our home.

Also, I spent $20 for the game. Now if I want the "entire" game, I have to dish out an additional $8 per month to get the rest of the game. That seems quite unreasonable for a game for a 6 year old!! I thought I was buying the "entire" game when I bought the CD.

The description also says that the parent will get emailed progress reports on how their child is doing, which is true, for the first few months. Then comes the $8/month email to keep it going. I just think that this is a bit much to ask.

So my son will play this game until it runs out, or whatever happens after two adventures.

"A must buy, really great software for kids on summer vacation!", I went ahead and bought this software after reading a review of this software in the Houston Chronicle (you can probably find it online) which gave it the highest praise. After watching my son "play" his way through the first unit for the past couple days, I am recommending it without reservation. He's about halfway through with the first unit and although it's another $60+, I intend to go ahead and purchase the extra 10 "units" for this. I will update this review when I have information on the quality of the extra-cost units.

The software runs smoothly and looks good. There are fun sounds and activities wherever you turn. And, it actually looks like my child is getting a great review of things he learned in kindergarten and if his interest stays as keen as it has been for the last three days, the software should have him ready to start the school year with a little headstart.

By the way, I volunteered every other week for the past year at my son's kindergarten's media lab and helped the class with software such as KidPix and M.I.N.D. Institute software. At the time, I wished there was a way to bring these software packages onto my home computer (but they cost thousands of dollars so that just wasn't an option). This looks like the software I was wishing for at the time. It is aligned with the types of things in school curriculums, and is set up for running at home.

And, it runs great on a 4-5 year old Windows XP computer. Absolutely no issues with installation, although there were more steps than usually required so that I, as a parent, could configure the setup. I think the configuration was time well spent as I can now open my parental version of the game and have a dashboard that shows me how my child is progressing.

My six year old son (finished kindergarten two months ago) has been engrossed since we started it up. In prior years, he has played all the usual kids games since starting on the computer at age 3-4 so he's not new to the computer. He's a smart kid (I think) but pretty much right at grade level in all areas as far as his achievement in school. These games are challenging enough to keep him entertained but he has not yet gotten frustrated. It's great that he now has a game that reinforces reading and arithmetic skills in a fun and motivating way. Also, the software designers have done a great deal of work in tailoring rewards and trophies that keep things interesting and motivate kids.

So far, over two days, he's spent about 2 hours each day working on the game, and this morning he was up at 630 am and sitting at his computer in his pajamas to keep trying to win his first "key".

Updating Nov 20, after 3 1/2 months. Still loving this software. The important fact in this update is that after completing 7/12 of the game, I am still completely satisfied with the quality of the modules that are coming through download. This justified, for me, the additional cost for adding in the optional modules (I bought all of them instead of a monthly subscription). I far prefer this game to any other gameboy/cartoonnetwork/gamecube/pc game my son has. It's also the most expensive but after 3.5 months he's only about 7/12 of the way through the modules for first grade. The reason I like this software is because it drills and teaches MATH and READING skills. This has been a much better learning tool than the homework assignments he finishes in 2 minutes every day. Disadvantages: The computer crashed and we lost the hard disk storage of his progress. When we reinstalled we had to start over from the first step of the game. That was tedious and I had to sweeten the reward incentives (built in to the game with parental controls). The offer of a Laser Tag outing after a certain level of progress was necessary to get him moving on it again.

In summary, once 1st grade is completed, I think I'll be buying 2nd grade.