Jump Start Adventures: 3rd Grade
Reviewed by Cynthia A. Sorrels
Published by Knowledge Adventure

Age Group: Age 8 and Up Type: Thinking Games Price: $ 29.95 US

Description:

>Polly Spark, the daughter of a brilliant scientist, has programmed 25 robots to alter history and make it match up with her nonsensical pop-quiz answers. Hey, where there's a will, there's a way, right? Your job is to capture all 25 of the robots so that history remains as it truly is and Polly has to do her test correctly. You'll start by figuring out how to get into the castle - of course, Polly has locked you out! Good luck - you'll need all your skills to get past Polly and her robotic friends.

Features:

• Covers Language Arts, Math, Science, History, Art and Music.
• Have fun thwarting Polly while reinforcing 3rd grade curriculum.
• Progress Reports can be printed.
• Difficulty level can be set manually or automatically.

Reactions:

Polly Sparks is so bratty and obnoxious that it's actually fun to thwart her. Kids will use all their skills in figuring out the puzzles - and they might even learn a thing or two along the way. This is not a high-pressure game, kids work at their own pace and save their progress from game to game. Even those who have no trouble solving the problems will take a week or two to solve the entire mystery. This program is quite engaging, and kids will have fun as they solve puzzles and track down history-changing robots.

Additionally, a second CD is included for Knowledge Land, a 3-D world for kids set up on the Internet. Kids can chat with each other, command a virtual character while exploring play multimedia games, collect interactive trading cards and much more!

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