JumpStart 5th Grade |  | From: Knowledge Adventure
List Price: $19.99
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Seller: Hoots Loot
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 369
Format: CD
Platforms: Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows 2000
Media: CD-ROM
Age: 9 - 12 years
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 4 x 4 x 0.4
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: L5JS5TGRAJ
UPC: 798936836137
EAN: 0798936836137
ASIN: B000R99JXI
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | For Ages 9 - 12 | | • | Kids Learn: Reading Comprehension, Addition, Subtraction | | • | Multiplication, & Division, Geometry, Fractions, Decimals | | • | Art, History, Geography, Critical Thinking, Reference Skills | | • | Windows 2000/XP/Vista |
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Product Description
[Ages 9 - 12] Use your 5th Grade problem-solving skills to stop the villainous Dr. X from destroying the city! Pack extreme fun and exciting adventure into learning while you search out the clues, unlock secret codes, and expose the villain's menacing plan. Master over 25 skills in Math, Reading, History, Science, and more! Continuous Challenge - Auto-leveling helps children learn at the pace that suits them. Endless Fun - Creative games, challenging activities, and exciting adventures keep children involved for hours of learning fun. Varied Learning Styles - Seven different learning styles help kids achieve better understanding. Kids Learn: Reading Comprehension; Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, & Division; Geometry, Fractions, & Decimals; Environmental Science; Art History & Appreciation; U.S. History & Geography; Critical Thinking & Reference Skills.
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| Customer Reviews:
 You'll need Google September 25, 2009
poltroon (Mendocino County, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My daughter loves the 3rd grade and 4th grade disks, and begged for this one.
She has spent a lot of time playing with this game, so I'm glad that we bought it, but of the Jump Start nth grade series, it is by far the weakest. The biggest issue is the art history sections and crossword puzzles, full of painters that I've never heard of and trivia that seems largely irrelevant, over the head of most adults, let alone kids. There's no instructional material before the puzzles that introduces the kids to these painters, either; they're just expected to know it. I can tell that a lot of parents felt the same way, because whenever I googled to find an answer, I found that someone had already posed that exact, obscure question and gotten it answered online.
So maybe that's the point of this game. To teach your 5th grader-to-be about the power of online search. I suppose at that, it would be a success... but only if your child has the ability to access Google while playing, and/or if you the parent are willing to help with those puzzles.
We also had some trouble figuring out how to do the complex math problems, multiplying multiple digit by multiple digit numbers. Only after much trial and error did we finally realize you were intended to do the whole problem on the computer, showing each step and then add them together, rather than just enter the final answer, as you did with every previous level of difficulty. An example problem or more specific help would have saved us about 40 minutes of frustration.
 Jumpstart always a winner July 6, 2008
Lysa Wright (Rochester, NY United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
While this was a little advanced for my kids at first (they just finished second and fourth grade) they BOTH enjoy the game, now, and are less intimidated by the advanced information. Kids learn fast! And since they were toddlers, I've been most happy with Jumpstart educational games above all other brands.
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