Diner

The Diner is an activity and location in JumpStart Pre-K. The activity is designed to teach sequencing skills at a prekindergarten level.

Location
The Airport is one of the buildings in the Pre-K Town. Clicking on it from the main town screen takes the player to a closeup of the building with several interactive spots, and causes the Diner Song to play. Clicking on the building will then take the player to the activity.

Activity
The player must arrange a sequence of platters according to Kisha's instructions. At first, the platters are shown in the correct order, and then the sequence is scrambled up. The player can click on any platter in the sequence to pick it up, move the platter with the mouse, and then click again to drop it in a new position in the sequence. The activity is complete when the player has correctly arranged four sequences.

Digital manual description
Dish up the diner dinners in sort order.

Object: Rearrange the food on the counter according to Kisha's instructions. Levels: As the difficulty level increases, you are asked to sort more items and to try more times before receiving a hint. Rewards: When you have correctly rearranged four counters full of food, the waitress will write a special message on the board for you. If you do a good job, you'll earn a star! When you have all four stars, you'll earn a visit to the Park for a special reward. Educational benefits: This activity challenges your child to memorize sequences, listen to instructions, and compare and sort objects according to their attributes.
 * Listen to Kisha's instructions about how to arrange the food (for example, from smallest to largest, largest to smallest, light to dark, dark to light, more to less, less to more, or in alphabetical order). Click anywhere to start the game.
 * To move a dish, click on it so that the dish becomes the cursor. Then move the cursor to another dish and click. The other dishes will slide over to make room for the dish you moved. Now keep working until all of the food is in the right order!
 * Hint: Look closely at the start of each round to see the dishes in the right order before they are mixed up!

Trivia

 * Although the digital manual mentions a waitress writing a message on the board, this is not seen in the actual game. Instead, when the player is ready to earn a star, a piece of levitating chalk creates a drawing on the board, and no characters other than Kisha appear in this activity.
 * This indicates that a waitress was originally intended to appear in the activity, which is further supported by concept art by Curtis Ratica, one of the developers of JumpStart Pre-K, which depicts a pig waitress working at the diner. (See here for more details.)