Carousel

The Carousel is an activity and location in JumpStart Pre-K.

Location
The Carousel is one of the buildings in the Pre-K Town. Clicking on it from the main screen takes the player to the activity. The Carousel Song plays right after the clicking on the building.

Activity
The player must help mice get on the carousel by matching each mouse to the correct carousel horse.

Digital manual description
Match each mouse to a carousel pony.

Object: Match the number of balloons the mouse is holding to the number or set of shapes shown above the pony. Levels: At level one, match the number of balloons to the number shown above the pony. At level two, match the number of balloons (one to five) to the number of shapes shown above the pony. At level three, match the number of balloons (five to 10) to the number of shapes shown above the pony. Rewards: When you answer correctly, the mouse gets to take a ride on the carousel and the clown gets carried away trying to hang onto all those balloons! 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's matching and counting skills. To succeed, your child needs to understand the concept of one-to-one correspondence. The moving carousel introduces a time element that requires your child to sharpen his or her abilities and focus at once on the correct answer.
 * Count the number of balloons the mouse is holding in the lower right part of the screen.
 * When you see the carousel pony with the same number or the same number of shapes above it, click on either the pony or the mouse.

Trivia

 * This is the only area in JumpStart Pre-K where Pierre is the host.
 * A pre-release screenshot from KnowledgeLand depicted an early design of this location with numerous changes from the final in-game design.