Jumpstart Advanced 2nd Grade Review

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(More customer reviews)You should only get this if you have a PC. They advertise that the 4th disk (Pet Playground) is PC only, which is fine. But the 3rd CD (Mystery Club Vol. 1) while saying Windows/Macintosh on it has nothing but PC .exe and .dll files -- nothing I can use on my Mac.
The first CD (Fundamentals) works on my Intel Mac in OS X native mode (OS X 10.5). It crashes on my PPC PowerBook G3. The second CD (Field Trip Adventure) is Classic only. It won't run on my Intel system, but is OK on my PPC.
My reaction to this (without running the programs) is that they are just throwing a bunch of stuff together. Here's a CD we made back in the OS 9 days, here's one we've made recently. Webkinz is really popular so we're tossing in virtual pets as well. Perhaps I'd be more impressed if I could get everything to run, but I'm seriously considering returning this mess.

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JumpStart® Advanced 2nd Grade Descriptions The Complete 2nd Grade Readiness Program Ages 6 – 8 yearsThe JumpStart® Advanced 2nd Grade 4-CD set takes children on a worldwide adventure teaching them critical skills through engaging, interactive learning activities. They will develop a full range of language arts, math, science, music, and art skills. Kids can even adopt, groom and train a virtual pet in the new Pet Playground.Disc One – Fundamentals Develop skills in subjects like language arts, math, reading, and music. Disc Two- Field Trip Adventure Explore the cultures and music of nine different countries.Disc Three – Mystery Club Vol. 1 Investigate crime scenes, uncover clues and unravel mysteries.Disc Four – Pet Playground Adopt your own virtual pet. Teach it tricks, buy accessories and play pet games.Over 50 Skills TaughtReading and Writing •Vocabulary•Reading comprehension•Synonyms and antonyms•Spelling•Capitalization•Parts of speech•Contractions Science•Life cycles•Plants and animals Social Studies•Continents•Countries•World landmarks•Cultures•Foreign phrases Math•Addition and carrying•Subtraction with borrowing•Time and money•Fractions•Estimation and rounding Art & Music•Music styles and notation•Art styles and art vocabulary Special Features•Learning Profiler determines child's learning style and adjusts play•Automatic leveling adjusts to child's pace•Motivating reward system keeps children engaged•Based on State Educational StandardsSystem RequirementsWindows® 98/ME/2000/XP Pentium® II 266 MHz (Pentium® II 300 MHz or faster for XP) – 64MB RAM (128 MB RAM for XP) – 12x CD-ROM drive – 16-bit color – Windows-compatible sound card Pet Playground CD#4 Requirements Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP Pentium® III 1GHz – 256 MB RAM – 32 MB DirectX compatible 3D video card - 12x CD-ROM drive – 200 MB Free HD – Windows-compatible sound cardMacintosh® Workstation PowerMac G3 266 MHz or faster – OS 9.2.1, 10.1.5, 10.2.3 – 64 MB of RAM (128 MB RAM for 10.1.2 and up) – 16x CD-ROM drive – 16-bit color

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