JumpStart Advanced 3rd Grade
© 2003 Vivendi Universal Games
This 3-CD set offers 55 activities designed to reinforce typical third grade skills, with content based on the national standards for reading, math, science and social studies. Each CD is a separate program, with its own installation and record-keeping. The first CD, called Fundamentals, is a time travel adventure with activities that cover math, history and science. There's plenty of good content on this disk, but children have to sit through long introductions and other animation sequences. Still, testers stayed with this adventure for hours. The second CD, Far-Out Field Trips, contains eight fun sporting events that reinforce history, art and science skills, but there too many repetitive tasks required in order to advance to the next game. The third disk, called Mystery Club, contains seven games and ten mysteries that require logic and problem solving abilities to play. Tasks include word games, spatial relations challenges and auditory puzzles. The bottom line? This hefty package contains plenty of content (plus a few flaws) in an animated, boppy format that creates a playful setting to practice a range of school subjects.
$29.99, Macintosh, Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Teaches: typical 3rd grade subjects, including, math, reading, history, geography, spelling, parts of speech, art, problem solving