JumpStart

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The box of JumpStart Advanced 3rd Grade from 2003 to 2006
The box of JumpStart Advanced 3rd Grade from 2003 to 2006

JumpStart is a series of educational games produced by Knowledge Adventure. For unknown reasons, the series is distributed as Jump Ahead in the United Kingdom.[1]

Games in the JumpStart series are designed for a variety of ages, from infancy through preadolescence. The games combine adventure, puzzles, and problem-solving, and typically feature a printable progress report. In general, JumpStart games designed for younger children tend to include more activities than those for older children.

As in the Learning Company's Reader Rabbit/The ClueFinders series, there is a clear divide between the products for second and third grade. The games for second grade and under typically feature cuddly animal characters in colorful settings, while the games for third grade and over feature principally human characters, with a villainous character who must be thwarted, in considerably less colorful settings. Though the divide is quite evident, there is some overlap, especially in the games for second and third graders.

Also like the Learning Company's series, the grade-based JumpStart titles include a recommended age range of three years despite the fact that most children will only be two ages within one grade. For example, JumpStart 4th Grade has a recommended age range of eight to ten even though most fourth-graders will be either nine or ten, grade-skipping being the only for an eight-year-old to become a fourth-grader.

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[edit] Games currently in the series

  • JumpStart Artist
  • JumpStart Explorers
  • JumpStart Advanced Preschool
  • JumpStart Advanced Kindergarten
  • JumpStart Advanced 1st Grade
  • JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade bundle
  • JumpStart Advanced 3rd Grade bundle
  • JumpStart Advanced 4th Grade bundle
  • JumpStart Frankie's Field Trip
  • JumpStart Math: 1st Grade
  • JumpStart Math: 2nd Grade
  • JumpStart Numbers
  • JumpStart Power Prep series
  • JumpStart Phonics: Read and Rhyme
  • JumpStart Reading: 1st Grade
  • JumpStart Reading: 2nd Grade
  • JumpStart Spanish
  • JumpStart Spelling
  • JumpStart SpyMasters: Max Strikes Back
  • JumpStart SpyMasters: Unmask the Prankster
  • JumpStart Typing
  • JumpStart World: Kindergarten
  • JumpStart World: 1st Grade
  • JumpStart World: 2nd Grade

[edit] Games retired from the series

Cover of the original version of JumpStart 4th Grade
Cover of the original version of JumpStart 4th Grade

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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