Jumpstart Kindergarten

Both my 18 year old daughter and my 5 year old son have enjoyed this product. My daughter had all the Jump Start programs from kindergarten to the 8 th grade. She would do them a year ahead of the year she was enrolled in her private school. My son is in public school so he is right at his grade level. The games are fun and with some easier and some challenging. This variety gives him the chance to select what he is ready for at the momement. After using it a few times he is now independant in navigating throughout the program. It's highly interactive with great sound to accompany the visuals. I feel it has helped him with his critical thinking skills more than anything. He's so proud when he finishes a game or task. We love it !

I purchased Jump Start Preschool several years ago for my grandchildren to play when they come to visit and recently added Jump Start Kindergarten to the collection. They love them both. The two year olds play them with my help and by the time they are three can insert the cd, click on the icon, start the game and go from one activity to another independently. Several of them visit often and head for the computer as soon as they come in the door. These cd's are great not only for their entertainment and educational value but they also help children to be comfortable with the mouse and keyboard.

In grade school, I remember us lovingggg computer class.These old computer games were so much fun, and we learned a lot!I know these discs are old, but because they are still listed on Amazon, I thought they would still work.Disappointed because I purchased a few, and each ran too slow and froze up the laptop screen.

I saw in the reviews that some people didn’t get the game pictured and received one with a dog on it so I was a little nervous about that. I sent this to a friend so I’m not sure what the cover looks like but it doesn’t matter because my friend told me that her son loves it!!! She almost couldn’t get him off of it lol very happy with my purchase. Would definitely recommend

When I tried to install on our Windows-7 PC I got an error message saying it was not compatible with 64-bit Windows.Doing some research it seams that this is truly "classic" software designed for old 16-bit systems. Windows is only backward-compatible one generation... so 16-bit software will work on 32-bit windows (usually) and 32-bit software will work on 64-bit windows (usually), but 16-bit will NOT work on 64-bit.The good news is that if you have Windows-7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate you can install "XP-Mode" which will let you run windows-xp as a virtual machine. You can then install this in XP and run the program that way. The really nice thing is that you can make a shortcut from the program inside the virtural-XP and place it on your Windows-7 desktop and it will appear to run like any other normal program. Setting this up took about a half-hour (after 15 min or so to download the installer).Here is the link to download XP-Mode: [...]

When I was younger my mom bought this and I would play it constantly so of course when I found it on Amazon I immediately purchased it for my boys without thinking. Luckily my mom had a spare desktop (which is probably the same one I used haha) that was old enough to play this game. My 3 year old really enjoys playing this JumpStart but with kindergarten being the new 1st grade, my 5 year old thinks it's a baby game. I will definitely buy more JumpStart games for them.

Since I don't want Quicktime on my computer this was a waste of money. Quicktime has a habit of taking over your computer whether you want it to or not. Last JumpStart game I buy. Wish Amazon had listed Quicktime in the spec requirements.

I opened what looks like the photo you see here, but the Disc said JumpStart ADVANCED Kindergarten. Unfortunately, it has issues running on modern PC's, you need to change your settings to make it run, and install Quickplayer. It didn't hold my daughters attention for long, it might be too much for her just yet. There's delay between clicking and verbal instruction, and she gets frustrated and wants to give up. I grew up with these and remember them being a lot more user-friendly.