Jumpstart Learning Games Music Ages 5-8 | Both of my kids love it!

Jumpstart Learning Games Music Ages 5-8 | A wonderful program for ALL ages!

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	Jumpstart Learning Games Music Ages 5-8 Windows, Macintosh \| Vivendi Universal average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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Join Hopsalot on an enchanting adventure through the four different lands of Music World. The magic and harmony of the Land of Music are being threatened by Sir Sour Notes, and the instruments need your help. Help Hopsalot restore the Royal Orchestra to King Harmony's kingdom by collecting the sour notes scattered about the land. Along the way, you'll play games that teach important music skills such as beat, rhythm, tone, and melody. (Ages 5-8)

Both of my kids love it!

We checked this out from the library time and time again. The kids have asked for their own copy for Christmas. My kids were 4 and 6 when they first found it; now 5 and 7, they still dig it! The older one takes piano lessons and this helped supplement her initial learning. I strongly disagree with the unfavorable reviews.

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A wonderful program for ALL ages!

Pros: I am a K-5 music teacher at a school district in Texas and have used Jumpstart Music with ALL grade levels with much success. The Kindergartners must have prior instruction with the rhythms before attempting to use this. However, after a few lessons to prepare, they were very successful. I recently allowed by 4th and 5th graders to use it and they were completely happy with it. Even though they saw it only goes to third grade level when first putting your name in the system, they realized pretty quickly that many of the rhythms go beyond 3rd grade level. They were challenged and for many who came from another district and perhaps had no prior music training, it is a great way to get them caught up with the class.

Cons: The only negative thing I can say about this has to do with the sounds they make for the rhythms (i.e. ha...haha....for quarter note and two eighth notes). However you CAN turn the voices off and remind the students to say the rhythms the way they were taught in class.

Great program!! I highly recommend it!!!

Dallaslady

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A great introduction to a variety of music concepts!

Our game arrived last night. For the most part my [...] loved playing it. I thought the variety of musical activities and the story line made the program fun. She takes violin lessons and it reinforced a number of the concepts she had learned. Sir Sour Note is a bit creepy but she didn't seem to mind.

She especially liked the area where she could make her own music and listen to what she had created. I was impressed by how quickly she picked up the various activities. And yes as one reviewer said I needed to stay in the room with her. But I don't see that as a negative.

The only down side (as others have mentioned) is that the rhythm areas where you copy an animated character's rhythm are a bit too challenging to mimic with a space bar. The space bar is too sensitive for little fingers and makes extra beats. The software is old generation, but not dated. It is inexpensive so worth the money. Hopefully it will be updated because it is hard to find good music software for children!

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