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JumpStart Typing
List Price: $19.99Price: $3.94 You Save: $16.05 (80%)Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Amazon Minimum Age: 84 months
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Vivendi Universal
EAN: 0738981035512
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Format: CD
Item Dimensions: 31
Label: Vivendi Universal
Manufacturer: Vivendi Universal
Model: 3551
MPN: 771716
Platform: Macintosh, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
Publisher: Vivendi Universal
Studio: Vivendi Universal
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Editorial Review:
Designed specifically for kids, JumpStart Typing gives children a critical technological edge with a product that's fun to play and easy to use.
Learn essential keyboarding skills, such as hand placement, correct posture, letter combinations, number and punctuation keys, and upper and lower case--and have fun at the same time. (Ages 7-10)
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Comparison to Jumpstart 3rd Grade
Nobody has really compared this program to Jumpstart 3rd Grade, which features the same charactors, so I've decided to do it. Perhaps the best metaphore is that Jumpstart 3rd Grade is like a theatricaly released film and Jumpstart Typing is like a direct-to-video release. For one thing, there is no CGI animation in Jumpstart Typing, like there is in Jumpstart 3rd Grade. For another there is a lote less at stake in the plot. Jumpstart Typing isn't really like a prequel or a sequel, just a different ... Read More
Rating:  - Defective Program
This program displayed upside down on all three of our computers. Knowledge Adventure Customer Service was absolutely terrible -- basically nonexistent.
Rating: - great!
Oh my! I learned to type so fast, it works so well!!! You are in a gym, and you have to rescue the coach. You get cards to unlock him from a little jail, and at the end you get a trophy. I'm about to get my trophy for my 2nd game. It takes a while, you learn to type, and its just lots of fun! You'll love this item!
Rating:  - Fun games, but...
I got this for my 8 year old, who loved the various games, but really wasn't learning to type. There aren't enough lessons for real beginners to develop some skills and speed before they have to start earning points for games. Also the length of time some of the games took to earn points was way too long. I'm an extremely experienced typist and even I got tired. So, I'm in the market for something else...
Rating: - Jumpstart is a waste of money
The entire program can be "won" by holding down one key or rapidly typing anything. "Power cards are supposed to be earned by learning typing, but there is no system check to ensure children are even trying to hit the right keys during "timed tests." My school was cheated by purchasing a program that first graders learned how to circumvent.
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