Bebop's Home

Bebop's Home (also known as Hide and Seek and Hide and Seek with Bebop) is an activity in JumpStart Kindergarten (1994) and JumpStart Kindergarten (1998). It is intended to teach listening and deductive reasoning skills, in addition to letter sounds (if Bebop is hiding in the Classroom Closet) or telling time (if Bebop is hiding in the Clock), at a kindergarten level. The player clicks on Bebop to make him disappear and he'll give a clue to where he is hiding. The user must then find Bebop hiding somewhere in the kindergarten classroom (or outside, in the 1998 version).

Clue Examples

 * "Tick-tock! I say tickety-tock!"
 * "I hide in the closet!"

1994 version
Develops listening and deductive thinking skills

Click on the hamster cage in the classroom to play a game of hide and seek.

Meet Bebop. He is one cool hamster who wants to play hide and seek with you. Click on Bebop to start a game. Bebop will disappear and leave a clue behind. Listen to the clue very carefully. The three places where Bebop will hide are: (1) the closet, where you will need to think about words, letter sounds and prepositions; (2) the clock, which will test your knowledge of time; and (3) the picnic area, where you will need to follow directions and think about clues very carefully. If you go to one of these places and see his note, you know he is hiding there. Click on the note whenever you want to hear the clue again. When you think you have found him, click on the part of the screen where you think he is hiding. If you're right he'll let you know. To return to the classroom click on the arrow on the upper left hand side of the screen.

Object
Meet Bebop. He is one cool hamster. What's his favorite game? Hide and seek! Can you find him somewhere in the classroom, or is he hiding outside?


 * Click on Bebop's Home to start a game.
 * Listen to the clue.
 * Bebop might be hiding in the closet, around the clock, on the bulletin board, or in the picnic area.
 * Bebop will leave a note.  Click on the Note on the Toolbar to hear the clue again.
 * Keep following him!  You'll find him.
 * To return to the classroom, click on the arrow in the lower left of the screen.

Educational Benefits
Your child will practice listening and following directions. In each area where Bebop may be hiding, your child will practice the skills that are taught there.