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WOW! This is a fantastic program!
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 12 / 13
Date: July 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User
This is one of the best educational software programs I have ever seen. The graphics, interface design and games are fantastic. My daughter is fascinated with history and she loves exploring the different places and times around the world. I love the fact that kids can earn crafts to do offline. The crafts are related to the historical time period and they are very simple and easy to make with minimal supplies. The directions are short and simple and they provide all needed templates, outlines, etc. For example, you can make an Incan headress with just paper, and a pilgrims vest out of a paper bag. You can also earn stickers to print and put on your own wall map or print the one they provide. This is just a superb program and one your child is sure to enjoy!
JumpStart Explorers teaches history, geography, and science
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User
Hello, everyone! You can call me StoryMaker. JumpStart Explorers is fun and teaches, like Knowledge Adventure's other JumpStart products. Meet CJ Frog and Edison Firefly, two partners who travel all over! CJ's neices and nephews, some frisky tadpoles and polliwogs, drop by one day, in search of a rainy day game of hide-and-seek! CJ and Edison agree to seek, but those tadpoles go into CJ's time machine to hide all over the world and all over time! CJ and Edison need your help to track down the tadpoles. I love the sphynx decorating activity in Egypt! You choose a head, make a face, and add some extra things! Also, the cat-taking-care-of activity is fun and funny (the cat makes expression-filled funny noises when you put pink makeup on her!) I learned a lot of history from this program. I like the dogsled activity, but it is sometimes hard to control. It also has some great jokes and stuff. The llama spitting at you is not the best, but you would expect it to not be good for a llama to spit at you, even if the llama is in the computer. I want to try some of the craft instructions you get as presents! They look cool! Overall, a nice, exciting, fun JumpStart game that teaches history and other things. Signed, StoryMaker. "Gotta trust the kid's review!"
JumpStart Explorers review
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User
You can call me Russian Blue Witch (RBW for short). The first thing I want to say about this game is it's great! It all starts when one rainy day the tadpoles dropped by without knocking. They want to play hide-and-seek, but instead of just hiding, they climb aboard CJ's time portal to hide within time. They think that CJ will never find them there. Think again, small tadpoles! With your help, CJ and Edison zoom thru time to rescue those pesky tadpoles. The age range dosen't seem correct, because I am over the top of it. I learned everything it teaches about Egypt before, but with practically everything else I'm stumped (without playing this program, that is). Anyway, it's very good at teaching you while you play a fun game. It has games where you take care of animals, games where you pick plants, and other games that are great fun! One of my favorite games is in the pilgrim area where you prepare for the feast. The only problem is, it dosen't last long. They also have mazes where you collect items on your way to the end of the maze, but the problem is the maze is timed and so you feel like you have to skip over some bonus items to make it to the finish in time. It is a great game for all ages and I highly reccomend it. ~Russian Blue Witch
Great game for young and old!
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User
Hello, and welcome to my review! This game taught me and my older sisters a whole bunch of facts about Ancient Egypt, the Pilgrims, China, and Antarctica. You go to different times and places to play educational (sometimes) games and to do an interactive hide-and-seek game. The most annoying thing is that when you replay the game on the same user you miss some of the games and cutscenes that you get the first time. There's also a maze game that's REALLY boring and hard, it also doesn't teach anything. You can skip it but they don't make that clear at all. One of the great educational games is a brief quiz about the place you're going to. Despite my criticism, this is a great game. Sincerely, Chocolate Dog.
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