Popsalot

Popsalot is an activity in JumpStart Math for Kindergartners. It is designed to teach sorting skills at a kindergarten level.

Premise
The CloudTown Family needs help in order to collect birthday balloons for Guthry's birthday party.

Description
In order for the family to start collecting balloons, Breezy the cat has to blow the balloons up first. The player can wake up Breezy from her catnap by moving the mouse cursor across her to pet her. When Breezy is awake, she will blow up lots of balloons.

Next, each family member will ask for balloons with certain attributes. For example, the mother may ask for blue balloons only, and the father may ask for green balloons only. The player must sort the balloons by clicking and dragging each one to the correct family member. If there are any balloons left over that don't fit any family member's requirements, those balloons should be given to Hopsalot so he can let Breezy pop them.

Lastly, before the CloudTown family members take the balloons away, the player answer a question related to how many balloons each family member has.

Digital manual description
What's a birthday party without balloons? Help Breezy blow up the balloons and then sort them into bunches so the CloudTown family can deliver them to Guthry's party!

SKILLS: Sorting by Attributes/Data Analysis
 * To blow up the balloons, pet Breezy until she purrs. Just move the cursor back and forth over Breezy's body and watch the balloons fill up.
 * Click on each balloon and drag it to the right person in the CloudTown family.
 * If there are any extra balloons, give them to Hopsalot and he'll have Breezy pop them.
 * Once you're done sorting the balloons, you'll be asked a question about the balloons before the CloudTown family takes them to the party