JumpStart Reading for Kindergartners

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JumpStart Reading for Kindergartners is a subject-based JumpStart game released by Knowledge Adventure in 1996. It focuses on a kindergarten reading curriculum.

Hopsalot wants to find the lost Carrot Patch treasure. The player can visit Hopsalot's family and friends and play games to help him find it.

Characters[]

Hopsalot
Hopsalot's Grandpa - He lives in the bayou and enjoys telling stories.
Hopsalot's Grandma - She lives in the far north and coaches a hockey team of penguins.
Gracie - Hopsalot's big sister. She lives in the southwest and makes pinatas.
Romulus - Hopsalot's cousin. He lives on a ranch with cows.
Flash - Hopsalot's cousin. He lives on the beach and loves to surf.
Bebop - An old friend of Hopsalot. He lives in the big city and plays a horn.
Einstein - Grandpa's pet egret.
Crazylegs - A monkey who is friends with Flash.

Activities[]

Play in Hopsalot's burrow.
Help Einstein deliver mail to Grandpa.
Play a game of hockey with a team of penguins.
Break pinatas with Sister Gracie.
Make words on Romulus' farm.
Help Flash win the surf race.
Help Bebop finish the lyrics to his songs.

Songs[]

Educational Concepts[]

Phonics
Rhyming
Word-building
Sentence-building

Re-releases / Bundles[]

In 1999, JumpStart Reading for Kindergartners and its first grade and second grade counterparts were packaged and sold together as the JumpStart Learn to Read bundle.

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References[]

↑ Knowledge Adventure. What's New. Archived on May 1, 1998. Retrieved on September 17, 2019.

[1] Knowledge Adventure. What's New. Archived on May 1, 1998. Retrieved on September 17, 2019.

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