Jumpstart Advanced 2nd Grade |  | From: Knowledge Adventure
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 1644
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows 2000
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 7.91666666667 years
Operating System: Windows 98
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: JUMP2NDGRDADV
Model: 20165
UPC: 876930001130
EAN: 0876930001130
ASIN: B000EXW510
Release Date: May 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Motivating reward system keeps children engaged | | • | 4-CD set helps kids practice and build essential 2nd-grade skills | | • | Covers reading, writing, math, science, social studies, art, and music | | • | Based on state educational standards; auto leveling adjusts to child's pace | | • | Learning Profiler determines child's learning style and adjusts play |
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Product Description
The Jump Start Advanced 2nd Grade 4-CD set takes children on a worldwide adventure teaching them critical skills through engaging, interactive learning activities. They will develop a full range of language, math, science, music, and art skills. Kids can even adopt, groom and train a virtual pet in the new Pet Playground. Disc One Fundamentals
Develop skills in subjects like language arts, math, reading, and music. Disc Two- Field Trip Adventure
Explore the cultures and music of nine different countries. Disc Three Mystery Club Vol. 1
Investigate crime scenes, uncover clues and unravel mysteries. Disc Four Pet Playground (Note: this is a Windows only CD)
Adopt your own virtual pet. Teach it tricks, buy accessories and play pet games. Over 50 Skills Taught: Reading and Writing - Vocabulary
- Reading Comprehension
- Synonyms and antonyms
- Spelling
- Capitalization
- Parts of speech
- Contractions
Science - Life cycles
- Plants and animals
Social Studies - Continents
- Countries
- World landmarks
- Cultures
- Foreign phrases
Math - Addition and carrying
- Subtraction with borrowing
- Time and money
- Fractions
- Estimation and rounding
Art& Music - Music styles and notation
- Art styles and art vocabulary
Special Features - Learning Profiler determines child's learning style and adjusts play
- Automatic leveling adjusts to child's pace
- Motivating reward system keeps children engaged
- Based on State Educational Standards
System Requirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP - Pentium II 266 MHz (Pentium II 300 MHz or faster for XP)
- 64 MB RAM (128
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| Customer Reviews:
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 The instructions were clear to me! May 30, 2009
Hi, StoryMaker here. I never actually owned this exact product, but have owned a very similar 3 CD version (which can be bought here: JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade [OLD VERSION]), and since the two are so similar, I am putting my review for the 3 CD version up here too. I'm sorry that others found this game unclear or defective - I think it's very fun & educational! (Tip: Maybe it wouldn't be defective if you bought the other version.)
Hi! I'm StoryMaker, and I'm a HUGE JumpStart fan. JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade 3 CD set is a very fun and educational game I
enjoyed when I was younger, so I'm here to review it. Since it has 3 discs, it will be more like 3 reviews, so you might want to just skim
over it or only read some of the sections. Also, keep in mind there is an older, 1-disc version of this game, Jumpstart Advanced 2nd Grade, and a newer, 4-disc version, (seen here). Let's get
started!
DISC 1: FUNDAMENTALS
This is basically the "main disc" (evident by the fact it was the only disc in the original version). It stars CJ Frog and Edison Firefly, two
agents in the JumpStart Intelligence Agency, who, with the help of JIA head Frankie the Dog and inventive Hopsalot the Rabbit, must undo
the damage caused by the evil Dr. O's mischief. Hopsalot has decided to make machines to clean up O's messes, but he's missing a few parts, which CJ, Edison and you must get from games located around the world. One problem with this game is that there are only 8 different activities, and 3 of them (the Russia game, the Africa game, and the New
Orleans game) are so-so (I think that the New Orleans game is fun now, but when I was in 2nd Grade I didn't). However, I think the other
games are actually fun enough to make up for it! Take the Frogger-style South American game that can teach a wide variety of subjects while still being fun. I also would like to point out the Antarctica game, which taught me my roman numerals, the France game, which taught
me the words "monochromatic" and "polychromatic", or the Australian game, which is great for practice. The plotline is also funny and creative (and even better if you played an earlier JumpStart Advanced game and are familiar with the characters). The logic game in Hopsalot's lab is also intuitive. Plus, if you click on different things in different locations, you can learn more about that area of the world. I
give this JumpStart a thumbs-up!
DISC 2: FIELD TRIP ADVENTURE
The first thing you ought to know is that this is a renamed and very slightly modified version of the JumpStart Around the World game
packaged with the 2000 version of JumpStart 2nd Grade. Second, you need to know this game is not very educational. Basically, you pick
different trips and travel around the world, playing a Pacman-style game with math problems to collect tokens. It sounds like a good
concept, but there weren't as many geography facts packed in this game as there could've been. It's pretty fun, but the Brady Bear character is annoying, and it can lead to some minor frustration. For example, when moving from place to place, you must pay a few tokens and play a (completely non-educational) game. But if you lose the game, you don't get your tokens back. Also, sometimes there can be minor glitches in the Pacman game and it's harder to get the coins you deserve. Overall, a fun game, but since it's hardly educational, it's better as a reward for doing well in the Fundamentals disc.
DISC 3: MYSTERY CLUB VOL. 1: DETECITVE ACADEMY
This is a fun game where the user solves various mysteries involving the disappearance of Edison Firefly. Along the way, you will play fun
games (some, but not all, educational). This is more educational than Field Trip Adventure, but not as educational as Fundamentals. I like
the games - some are thinking games, some are arcade games. There's one game I have a few quibbles with. In it, you "interview a witness",
but in order to "make the witness feel comfortable", you need to pamper them, giving them things they eat, making it snow if they're too
warm, and talking in the fashion they like, or else they won't answer your questions. The game itself is kinda fun, but one thing that I don't
like is if it's a "cool" person, they don't like it if you talk "nicely", and there's this one witness with pale skin and buggy eyes that can give you nightmares (OK, that's just an expression, it didn't give ME nightmares). Overall, though, it is a good game.
So, is this 3 CD set worth it? Yes, by all means. None of the discs are perfect, but it's a pretty round package, with lots of thinking, learning
and fun. I recommend it for any 2nd Grade JumpStart fan or parent of a 2nd Grader. I also recommend JumpStart Advanced 1st Grade [OLD VERSION]or the newer Jumpstart Advanced 1st Grade V2.0 for a 1st Grader. Signed, StoryMaker. "Gotta trust the kid's review!"
 Don't waste your money January 16, 2008
Frustrated Mom (Medford MA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this for my daughter this Christmas. She was excited to use it but it brought nothing but frustration. She used the preschool version years ago and loved it so I thought this would be great. Was I Wrong!!! The directions are confusing and unclear. The pets playground doesn't even work. It crashes my computer every time we try it. The fundamentals disc didn't let her pick the character she wanted, it kept defaulting back to another character and maneuvering through the program was extremely confusing and very user UNFRIENDLY!! Not what you want from a childs program. How can a 6 or 7 year old figure this out if her 40 year old mother can't understand it! This product is poorly manufactured, I am extremely disappointed and I won't be buying from this company again.
Bad for Macs January 6, 2008
Jeff Shepherd (San Diego)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
You should only get this if you have a PC. They advertise that the 4th disk (Pet Playground) is PC only, which is fine. But the 3rd CD (Mystery Club Vol. 1) while saying Windows/Macintosh on it has nothing but PC .exe and .dll files -- nothing I can use on my Mac.
The first CD (Fundamentals) works on my Intel Mac in OS X native mode (OS X 10.5). It crashes on my PPC PowerBook G3. The second CD (Field Trip Adventure) is Classic only. It won't run on my Intel system, but is OK on my PPC.
My reaction to this (without running the programs) is that they are just throwing a bunch of stuff together. Here's a CD we made back in the OS 9 days, here's one we've made recently. Webkinz is really popular so we're tossing in virtual pets as well. Perhaps I'd be more impressed if I could get everything to run, but I'm seriously considering returning this mess.
 Attention Mac users ... December 4, 2007
L. Lovick (Texas, USA)
If you use a Mac, you should be aware that the fourth disc (Pet Playground) that was added to version 2 does not work on a Mac. You might be able to save money by getting the older version that has just three discs anyway. Jumpstart Advanced 2nd Grade (PC & Mac) Otherwise, the other discs are fine. My daughter has had JS Preschool, Kindergarten and 1st grade also, and loved them. She plays this one some, but does not seem to find it as interesting as she did the others. It could be the content, or perhaps she is just getting burned out on Jump Start.
Geared more to boys. September 14, 2007
Ami (Utah)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I purchased this for my daughter. She does not play it very often. It is not something that interests her. This game seems more geared to boys. Another issue is that the instructions are not clear. I had to play and figure out the games first, to explain to my daughter. I tried to let her figure it out on her own but she was getting frustrated. It took me an evening to sit down with trial and error to figure out how to play the games. I would not purchase it again. I would not recommend it to friends, in fact I would suggest against it if they have girls.
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