JumpStart Toddlers and My Learning Scrapbook
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend DeeDee Duck and all her animal friends guide your little one through this magical world and along the way build a solid foundation of early learning skills. Capture all the wonder of these years with My Learning Scrapbook software disc that is also included for children to create a personalized memory book.… Product details and pricing info |
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31 Customer Reviews Posted
- Buyer Beware - May not work on your computer
- I love the JumpStart line of products. I purchased this for my child and tried to install in on a computer that operates on Windows XP. No luck. The sys req are for Win 95/98. Tech support says that it MAY not work on the XP sys, but should on older versions. So I pulled an old computer out of storage that has Win 95 on it. No luck there either. Tech support won't help because they no longer support Win 95. Maybe it would work on Win 98, but I give up. This is the 3rd disc from Knowledge Adventure that I have encountered problems like this on...and I am pretty handy with computers.
- 2005-01-06, 9 of 9 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- EXCELLENT learning for all learning styles
- This product is exceptional! My advice is purchase it! For those who cannot use the mouse they can hit the keys to learn shapes, colors, animals, counting...etc. There is a music section for those who respond well to music. It is soooo toddler safe. You can't make a mistake by hitting a wrong key! True, if you continue to hit keys it will go on to the next example. Use this to help teach your child to hit one key (the space bar for example) and count or observe the monitor before hitting the space bar again. Practice with the mouse is wonderful...again there is no wrong way or problem with using the mouse incorrectly...it is excellent at teaching mouse skills while learning letters, etc. It also has two levels so the kids can be more challenged when ready. My daughter LOVES the painting area where she can create her own work of art and print it if she wants to! Great for hand eye coordination and more learning of letters, shapes, colors, etc. Great product, I would HIGHLY recommend this, in fact I am purchasing it now for my brother's daughter as a Christmas gift. Happy shopping! Buy this one!
- 2004-11-05, 5 of 5 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- The CD won't work in my Windows 98 or my Mac Os X.
- I cannot return it either (J&R policy). What a rip--no wonder it was only $10--it won't work in any of the current operating systems. DON'T BUY IT!
- 2004-07-24, 6 of 6 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- What are you thinking?
- Ok.. I do not own this title. I am looking for something to buy for my 18 month old since he's bored with jumpstart baby. I have a major issue with most of these reviews --- MANY people say that a big problem with this software is that it requires the parents to be there and do it. DUH. These are toddlers - little kids! Of course a parent should be sitting right there helping out!!! My son loves moving the mouse around because I taught him how to do it, not some software. (white curser on black blackground did the trick, btw). I have no intention of plopping my baby down in front of the computer and walking away. It's just like watching the TV - a parent (or other adult) needs to be sitting right there explaining stuff and interacting with him. I don't understand how you can give a bad rating simply because it requires an adult to interact with the child. If there's something wrong or bad with the software, I want to hear it. But saying it's bad because it forces a parent to spend time with the kid is not a good reason for a bad rating!
- 2004-01-17, 10 of 15 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Teaches Mouse Skills
- Regardless of what other reviewers said this is THE ONLY SOFTWARE WE HAVE FOUND THAT TEACHES MOUSE SKILLS. We bought this software along with toddler verisons of Reader Rabbit, Winne the Pooh, and Sesame Street when our oldest child was about two. For over a year she was frustrated with not being able to make the games do what she wanted. Then one day we helped her 'find the animals under the leaves'. The game responds to mouse movement so clearly that in less than an hour she had it down. Now she can use the mouse to do what she wants in all her computer games with little assistance. Unfortunately, the kids stepped on and broke our Jump Start Toddler CD. We have been trying to teach mouse skills to our younger children using the other games we have, but the games just aren't cutting it. We'll be getting another copy of Jump Start Toddler soon.
My advice is to buy it at 18 months. Play the 'find the animal' game once every 3 weeks. When your child is able to understand how the mouse works, they're ready to play more often and try the other games on this software. Then get the preschool versions of Jumpstart and/or Reader Rabbit ready for the day they get bored with the toddler games.
- 2003-11-26, 3 of 4 people found this review helpful, Rated:
