JumpStart Toddlers and My Learning Scrapbook | 
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| From: Vivendi Universal
Category: Software
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 5293
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
Genre: Childrens Early Learning Software
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Age: 2 - 4 years
Operating System: Windows ME
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 9.3 x 2
MPN: 771086
Model: 71086
UPC: 020626710862
EAN: 0020626710862
ASIN: B00004THQH
Release Date: July 6, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
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.
Amazon.com Review
Toddlers explore a bright garden world where they can make snails count and critters with instruments play the Blue Danube Waltz. Their playmate is an engaging duckling named DeeDee, who's visiting her grandmother. DeeDee's gran has a heck of a fun place: there's a Treehouse of Shapes, a Numbers Pond, a Garden of Colors, a Musical Waterfall, a forest full of Peek-a-Boo Animals, and ABC Toadstools in the garden. Go inside and there's Gran, all set to play Picture Playtime. All seven activities can be initiated and played with a sweep of the mouse or by hitting random keys--no clicking required. Parents should plan on guiding younger toddlers around this program. DeeDee's explanations are no substitute for seeing Daddy do it. JumpStart Toddlers sneaks the learning in everywhere. While you're counting in the Numbers Pond, sweeping the feather cursor over a lily pad makes a letter of the alphabet pop out, and DeeDee cheerfully interrupts her counting to utter "A!"(or whatever the letter is). Letters also appear like subliminal advertising behind the Musical Waterfall. Music is everywhere on this CD-ROM as well; each activity has a corresponding song, belted out in DeeDee Duckling's Broadway best. We occasionally find JumpStart's characters a bit cloying, but whoever designed DeeDee gave her some of the very same qualities that make toddlers so endearing. DeeDee fidgets, rubs her nose gleefully, and chews on the ends of her bonnet ribbons. The Learning Scrapbook that comes packaged with this CD-ROM is simply a series of printable templates that parents can use to build a baby scrapbook in that cutesy JumpStart graphic style. (Ages 18 months to 3 years) --Anne Erickson
Amazon.com Product Description
JumpStart Toddler is a deluxe two-disc software set. Disc one lets toddlers join Dee Dee the Duck as she explores Grandma's house and magical garden. Especially created play areas stimulate the abilities of growing minds, imaginations, and energetic fingers. In fun learning activities, toddlers receive positive onscreen responses to any keystroke or mouse movement. Disc two offers the JumpStart My Learning Scrapbook, which makes it simple to chronicle all of your child's important "firsts." Celebrate with a page for birthdays, holidays, vacations, and other family events. Each page can be printed, sent via e-mail, or uploaded to a family Web site. Import your favorite photos, personalize the words, and watch your toddler delight in this exciting self-portrait.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 26 more reviews...
 Buyer Beware - May not work on your computer January 6, 2005
Ohio Mom
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
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.
 EXCELLENT learning for all learning styles November 5, 2004
M. Berry (Antioch, California)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
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!
 The CD won't work in my Windows 98 or my Mac Os X. July 24, 2004
CAM43 (Manhattan)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
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!
 What are you thinking? January 17, 2004
10 out of 15 found this review helpful
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!
Teaches Mouse Skills November 26, 2003
Minnesota Mom
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
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.
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