Jumpstart Reading With Karaoke | 
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| From: Knowledge Adventure
Category: Software
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $17.95
You Save: $12.04 (40%)
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 3617
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows 2000
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.2 x 1.6
MPN: 876930005381
Model: 20033
UPC: 876930005381
EAN: 0876930005381
ASIN: B000A7MFN8
Release Date: July 6, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Effective way to help children develop important learn-to-read skills | | • | 200+ early reading words; 24 original read-along Karaoke songs | | • | 8 unique learn-to-read activities; progress reports to track reading success | | • | Additional songs and videos available at www.jumpstart.com | | • | Easy-to-use microphone included |
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Product Description
In JumpStart Reading with Karaoke is a fun, exciting and interactive tool for teaching children how to read. They'll lovereading along with Val the cat -- they'll get instant feedback and encouragement for each sound and word they say. When they master new words, they'll head over to the Karaoke Clubhouse to showcase their new reading skills with read-along songs and videos. Sing it! Kids use their new words to read and sing 24 original read-along Karaoke songs 8 Unique learn-to-read activities More than 200 early reading words Progress reports to track reading success Minimum System Requirements Operating System - Windows 2000/XP Intel Pentium II (or equivalent) 400Mhz DirectX 9.0 compatible video card w/ 32 MB memory 128 MB RAM 24x speed CD-ROM drive 300 MB available on hard drive 16-Bit color @ 800x600 DirectX-compatible full duplex sound card DirectX 9.0 Microphone (included)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Jumpstart Wouldn't Start February 1, 2006
Victoria Reynolds
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
My 6 year old got stuck on the first screen, I dont know if it was broken or not, the microphone is very flimsy, didn't seem to work she kept screaming her name into it, but she couldnt continue. If the microphone doesn't work you can't continue.
 few drawbacks January 16, 2006
softwarejunkie (USA)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
this software is pretty good except for the karaoke part. my daughter is three and half and finds it difficult to click on the mic (only while it flashes) and quickly say her part (before the fast moving blue stripe reaches the end).
this could be a better software for bit older kids who can coordinate it faster. or a parent has to sit with the kid and help with the karaoke part. i feel, they should allow a bit more time for the kids to react and act especially when we are talking about younger kids.
my daughter loves this software but gets frustrated with the coordination of the mic in short span of time.
 Amazing! December 30, 2005
P. Herrera (Tulsa, oklahoma)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Simply amazed for the quality of the product.
My kids love it! Everybody at home love it!
Is very well done, easy to use and very very instructive.
Super Kids Reviews December 20, 2005
Max Martin (Houston, TX)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
JumpStart Reading with Karaoke starts with the basics - letters and sounds - and moves in a logical progression through phonograms and word families (e.g. cat, bat, mat, rat), letter blends and digraphs (e.g. tr and ck), sight words, and simple sentences. The program uses repetition, feedback, rhyming and rewards to reinforce the subject material through a series of 7-8 exercises and games repeated for each of 24 songs. All along the way, users are actively challenged to read, listen, speak and repeat new sounds and words.
Kids Appeal:
Our young testers generally liked JumpStart Reading with Karaoke. They liked it's interactivity, short exercises and variety, and they loved listening to recordings of their own voices. However, some of them exhibited difficulty with the karaoke portion of the program, because the songs were previously unknown to them, and as beginning readers they could not easily follow along with the lyrics on the screen.
Fun ways to learn to read December 13, 2005
FrKurt Messick (Bloomington, IN USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I was amazed first at the sound quality of the songs on this software package - there were two dozen songs, in addition to the general background music and sound effects, and they were all very catchy and fun songs. I'm still humming the Reading with Karaoke version of the A-B-C song, which has an innovative second verse that introduces the sounds (rather than just the letter names) that many of the letters make.
The graphics are very sophisticated and well done - this is like watching a television-quality animation programme, which is what is often needed to catch the attention of the target audience for this software (4 - 7 year old children). However, this can be presented to the children as television with a difference - a child will enter his or her name into the computer, and Val, the host cat, will interact directly with the child.
Thanks to the use of the microphone and more sophisticated analysis software, the interactivity becomes very personal, as the child speaks words into the microphone, and the computer then gives feedback. This feedback even incorporates the child's own voice repeated back. The Karaoke portion is done in a cafe, where the child can sing along with the music and follow along on the screen, just like a regular Karaoke machine.
This is a very good system for teaching basic sight words, pronunciation with letters, letter combinations, words that rhyme, word families, beginning spelling for simple words, and basic vocabulary for younger learners. Adults working with children will also find the animations and the songs entertaining.
The truly wonderful part of the technology here has to be the interactivity provided by the microphone and the graphics that respond to the sounds using the child's own voice. I can imagine that this will be something that can capture and hold the attention of children for hours, and they won't feel like they are being forced to learn anything (which is never a good way to teach). Their success in learning the words will help them with their singing career on the Karaoke machine.
Knowledge Adventure follows this with software for later ages, too, so as the child grows, so can their involvement with similar types of software. I have seen the Knowledge Adventure 'Math Blaster' software, too, and that is also an excellent tool for use with kids to learn another difficult subject.
The software was incredibly easy to install (no fuss at all), and runs smoothly both on a Dell and HP pc using Windows.
Five stars (more if permitted)!
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