Jumpstart Advanced Study Helpers V2.0 | 
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Category: Software
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $8.74
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 3975
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows Xp, Windows 2000
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.4
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 20171
Model: 20171
UPC: 876930001574
EAN: 0876930001192
ASIN: B000EXS4B0
Release Date: May 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 3-4 business days
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| Features:
| • | 2-CD set of 1st- through 5th-grade content turns studying into a game | | • | Covers 4 basic math operations, plus fractions, decimals, and percents | | • | Spelling and grammar issues like digraphs, contractions, and vowels | | • | 2000 spelling words and 800 math problems, all pre-programmed | | • | 6 challenging levels of difficulty; customizable content; for ages 6 to 12 |
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Product Description
With JumpStart Advanced Study Helpers 2.0 makes it fun for kids to learn. It's got a full set of learning exercises for better adding, subtracting,multiplying and dividing skills. It also covers numbers and spelling, putting kids on the fast track to better test scores.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Educational fun for everyone! January 9, 2008
Hi, I'm StoryMaker, a JumpStart fan. Once, I got JumpStart Study Helpers Math Booster from the library. I liked it a lot, so I asked my parents for the JumpStart Advanced Study Helpers 2-disc set, which comes with both Math Booster and Spelling Bee, for Christmas. As you might be able to guess, I got it. It isn't perfect, but it's worthwhile without a doubt.
Math Booster: This is the better of the two discs. Frankie the dog introduces kids to 3 fun, arcade-styled math games. It is also sold individually as JumpStart Study Helpers Math Booster. You can choose a level and a subject to practice, or you can even use your own math problems and construct lists using the editor. This means that this CD-ROM is good for a large variety of ages. (It's best for Grades 1-5, but can adjust to higher grade levels.) Since there are only 3 games, they bore after a while, but they still are pretty fun for a pretty long amount of time. I'd say that this is a fun, good way to practice math. Unfortunately, in one otherwise-very-fun game, "Galactic Pinball", obstacles often can send you zooming to wrong answers, which can frustrate kids easily. Also, the custom lists you create in the editor only are available on the user name they were made on. Despite the few downsides, this is a very fun & worthwhile way to practice math, no doubt!
Spelling Bee: Spelling Bee is fine, but definitely not as good as Math Booster. It is similar to Math Booster in various ways - again, Frankie the dog introduces kids to 3 arcade-styled games, and you can choose a level & topic OR you can use the editor to make custom lists - but there are a few points that make this not as good. For one thing, two of the games just require you to spell ONE LETTER of a word. Luckily, you can click on the Gameplay Options button and set the gameplay difficulty harder to make it require you to pick 2 or 3 letters, but A) this also makes the games longer and B) they still don't teach a whole lot. The game which I think is the most fun and educational enough is called "Fish Frenzy", and requires you to catch falling fish that have correctly and incorrectly spelled words on them. Of course, you try to get the ones that are spelled correctly. This is educational enough, I think. However, another bad thing is, when creating custom lists of your own spelling words, you must also type in 3 incorrectly spelled versions of each word. This can be a real pain. Some of the reviews on the individually sold version of this (JumpStart Study Helpers Spelling Bee) say that the voice that tells you the words is hard to hear, but I don't really think so. Overall, this is good for a little spelling fun, but as a teaching tool, it's not very good.
Overall, JumpStart Advanced Study Helpers is definitely would be worth the money, especially since you can get it for less than ten dollars. I'd say this is good educational fun for ages 6-12. Signed, StoryMaker. "Gotta trust the kid's review!"
 The game is too fast paced September 29, 2007
Michelle Tomlinson (Miami, Florida United States)
I was excited to find a study helper that could be customized and this product allowed me to choose spelling words and arithmetic problems that my son should have been able to manage. Although the theme was fun and very much like a game that it kept my son interested, I found that choosing the answers was too fast paced. My son became anxious about missing his answers, rather than spending time working out the answers. If there was a way to reduce the speed, I'd be a happy mom.
 You Can Put Your Own Schoolwork Into This One May 13, 2007
M. Pinkley (Illinois)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Although the Study Helpers has only 3 games on each disc, they allow you to enter your own math problems and spelling words. I find that the children learn their spelling and math memory problems much faster when they are able to play games which they already know. The beauty of having a computer game is that the child has to respond quickly and thus is really learning to be able to remember what they are trying to learn. This is especially helpful with the multiplication facts as some children try to skip count their way through the testing process and find themselves in trouble later on.
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