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[b]1st Grade Jump Start
Educational Computer Game by Knowledge Adventure
Frankie's Treasure Hunt[/b]

First Grade Jump Start, an educational computer game for first graders by Knowledge Adventure,
starts outside a school house where the player meets Frankie, a friendly dog, and the school's hall
monitor. The hall monitor explains some of the rules of the game. Frankie has a boat and is ready
to look for treasure on some of the nearby islands. However, before Frankie and the player can
hop on the boat, they must help out at the school house, completing activities. As activities are
successfully completed, the player earns clues for a treasure hunt.

The school house has several rooms to explore. These rooms include a classroom, music room,
the cafeteria, the playground, and more. In each room, there are two or more activities to
complete. After three completed activities, the player can sail the boat to one of the islands by
answering and following the clues given. At the island, the player uses the final clue to find the
hidden treasure. The player's chest fills with more and more treasure each trip, and gold coins are
awarded as well.

The activities are educational but fun. Skills taught include science, word matching by meaning or
rhyme, reading comprehension, working with coins, time, spelling simple words, measurements,
equations, and much more. The activities include things like pizza making, a snack machine, kids
on pogo sticks, and a strange food maker. Kids will love the crazy foods that come out of the
food maker, and will enjoy putting toppings on pizzas.

In most activities, the instructions are not difficult to understand as long as kids are listening to
the introduction to each challenge. Additional help is available with the push of the button. Help
can also pop up if the wrong answer is given too many times.

This is a game kids are likely to play again and again, focusing on their favorite activities. Kids
will enjoy visiting the islands and collecting treasure and coins. The islands themselves are
interesting. There is a castle, an underwater island and more.