JumpStart Spanish

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Summary: Learning lots of Spanish words
Review: Because we know almost no Spanish we are learning a lot. We have fun using the words throughout our day. What I don't like is when you get something wrong the game shows you the correct answer to pick. Then you still get rewarded for it. I think it would be better if the game would make you keep guessing or start a new word. You can't truly know how good or bad someone is progressing because the answers are given after two wrong guesses. My final analysis is that this is a good learning program for just the basics of Spanish, especially for my three and a half year old and my five year old.

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Summary: Not Very Impressive
Review: I also don't understand the glowing reviews of this program. Infact, there is a serious repeatable bug in the program that Jumpstartthinks is just fine. I contacted them, and their customer supportindicated that there are no correct personal name translations fromSpanish to English. Juan for instance has no direct translation toEnglish--Juan is Juan--but yet the program definitely implies that ittranslates to an English name. The problem is that it is a differentname each time you restart the program. They told me this was done onpurpose and would not be fixed. Sorry, ..., if it confuses a grown-upimagine what is going through a 4-year-olds head! END

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Summary: Great Program
Review: I bought this for my 4 1/2 year old niece last x-mass, she loves it! She was taking some Spanish in pre-school, so I thought this might help...now the teacher wants to use this in the class! My neice loved the reward system of collecting stars by sucessfully completing a task, then once she got 5 stars she could select a fish to add to her fish tank! This was highly motivating to her. She has used other software in the year she has had this...but she always comes back to this one. I consider this a sound investment...now I'm looking for one that is a little more difficult for her birthday.

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Summary: Quickly Bored
Review: I don't understand the glowing reviews of this program. We picked it up for our 4-year old son because he is interested in learing Spanish. He quickly got bored of it (within a couple weeks) and has learned practically nothing from it. He doesn't like the explore mode. He is used to playing different activities like in his preschool games. That's what he enjoys. In this, you can't productively play the games until after you use the explore mode to learn the words. I wish they had found a way to teach you the words while playing games.

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Summary: My Daughter's Spanish is being Enhanced !
Review: I have a 3 year old and she's been using Jumpstart Spanish since she was 2.5 years old. She just loves it, it keeps her entertained in a productive way. The colors, sound, graphics, songs,and characters are excellent. The only section of the program I am not satisfied with is the conversation section. My daughter does not seem to mind it though. She enjoys coloring and singing songs and playing games that teach her because it's so interactive. The BEST part of all this is that she is her Spanish is getting better and better! I like this program so much that it will be my nephew's birthday gift this year! Thank You "Jump Start"!

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Summary: My kids love it!
Review: I have three kids, ages 2,3 and 8 that literally fight over who gets to play this game. My 2 year old boy would sit and play this game for hours if I would let him, it really captures his attention with the bright, colorful graphics, and catchy songs. My daughter who is 8, gets ready for school extra early just so she and her 3 year old sister will have time to play this game. Not only is it fun for them, they have really picked up alot of Spanish words from playing it. I only wish they would make a Spanish 2!

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Summary: Jumpstart is a wonderful teacher!
Review: I need to learn a very basic spanish to communicate with my employees. I purchased Jumpstart just for fun, and have learned much more than I had expected. This CD is perfect for children, it's fun, and as an adult, I too use it as my personal teacher! A good investment.

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Summary: My kids love it!
Review: I read one review from Oakland and she said the sound was muffled. Well it must be your hardware because my kids who are 3, 5, and 7ys old can understand and repeat everything. They just love it. They spend hours on the computer listening to Spanish. I really like the vocabulary as well as the fact that they ask questions in spanish so they can also learn how to ask a question as well as answer it. It is great. I've tried many spanish tapes and software and this is the only one that they were really interested in using.

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Summary: A great start for my kid's Spanish
Review: I thought that Jump Start Spanish was a really great program for my son. I noticed that his accent really improved after playing it a lot, and the rewards of funny new creatures for the clubhouse aquarium really motivated him to do the activities. He literally dragged me over to see each new fish. I liked the songs, they really got stuck in our heads. Unfortunately, my 2-year-old used the disc to go surfing on a hardwood floor, so the game is now only frightening birds away from my mom's persimmon tree, but I would highly recommend it for all non-surfing Spanish-learning kids.

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Summary: Fun and educational!
Review: My 5 year old daughter sometimes gets bored with software that is too difficult or too uninteresting. This one is right on! She's learning (and we are too) while she's having fun painting, counting, etc. Simple but interesting games that hold attention and introduce Spanish words.