JumpStart Reading for Kindergartners

JumpStart Reading for Kindergartners is a subject-based JumpStart game released by Knowledge Adventure in 1996. It focuses on a kindergarten reading curriculum.

Hopsalot wants to find the lost Carrot Patch treasure. The player can visit Hopsalot's family and friends and play games to help him find it.

Characters

 * Hopsalot
 * Hopsalot's Grandpa - He lives in the bayou and enjoys telling stories.
 * Hopsalot's Grandma - She lives in the far north and coaches a hockey team of penguins.
 * Gracie - Hopsalot's big sister. She lives in the southwest and makes pinatas.
 * Romulus - Hopsalot's cousin. He lives on a ranch with cows.
 * Flash - Hopsalot's cousin. He lives on the beach and loves to surf.
 * Bebop - An old friend of Hopsalot. He lives in the big city and plays a horn.
 * Einstein - Grandpa's pet egret.

Activities

 * Play in Hopsalot's burrow.
 * Help Einstein deliver mail to Grandpa.
 * Play a game of hockey with a team of penguins.
 * Break pinatas with Sister Gracie.
 * Make words on Romulus' farm.
 * Help Flash win the surf race.
 * Help Bebop finish the lyrics to his songs.

Educational Concepts

 * Phonics
 * Rhyming
 * Word-building
 * Sentence-building

Re-releases / Bundles
In 1999, JumpStart Reading for Kindergartners and its first grade and second grade counterparts were packaged and sold together as the JumpStart Learn to Read bundle.