This summer my 7 year old has been homeschooling with the aid of some great online learning
games/adventures and I just wanted to share them with you. These would be an excellent edition to any homeschooling home or any home or that matter where you want to show your kids how easy is is to have FUN while they learn.
Knowledge Adventure has several options in Educational Software but the series we have is called JumpStart World. They have games for toddlers to second grade. Honestly these games are so cool I think it might be hard to try any others…these are top notch. They are 3D and have VERY good graphics…not cheesy or cutsey at all. My hubby plays online role playing games and he was quite impressed with the quality of these.
They are also very educational and engaging. In JumpStart World first grade you have 12 levels of play and the first level begins in the learning arcade where you have 18 lessons to complete..of course they are so fun the kids never know they are lessons. One of my son’s favorite lessons involves swimming through the ocean collecting rubies and avoiding eels. This helps him with motor skills and hand eye coordination and then after one round he is transferred to a screen where you have to put mixed up numbers in the correct order. Once you do that you can go on and play the game some more.
Another lesson involves watching and listening to a story and then afterwards answering questions about the story. Other lessons require you to match objects, find the one that doesn’t belong, finish patterns and sequences, solve problems, and locate missing words in sentences. Disbursed among the lessons are adventures and they get better the further along you progress. You can unlock hidden caverns, look for treasure, and learn to scuba dive. You also collect gems (kind of like points) along the way and you can buy game gear with them to make the game more fun. The whole game world they have created is really remarkable and it is based on natural and state curriculum standards.
If you subscribe online the adventure keeps going too and more units, lessons, and adventures open up. I love the fact that they have really created a FUN, engaging way to learn. I also love that they provide incentive for kids to want to keep doing the lessons and progressing further. My son likes to play 1-2 times a day for an hour or so…taking breaks to do other things, play outside, etc. His progress and “grades” upload to the Jumpstart web site after every session so I can login at any time to see what he was working on and how he did…this helps me identify anything he is struggling with. In the parent area I can also create custom badges and awards if I want to. I can see why this game has won over so many parents!
Next up we might try the Math Blaster game they have…since I love Jumpstart World so much I know I can pretty much expect awesome quality and a great learning environment from this one too.
译文:
知识大冒险游戏，专为在家学习者设计
今夏，因为有很多非常棒在线学习冒险游戏，我7岁的儿子一直在家学习到现在了，跟大家分享一下。对于很多有homeschooling的家庭甚至任何家庭甚或者想让你们的孩子懂得学习是如此的富有趣味的家庭来说，这个文章特别的好。
在教育软件领域有很多种知识冒险游戏可供选择，我们这个系列叫做“Jumpstart 世界”,从蹒跚学步到二年级都有。诚实地说，这些游戏太棒了，都不想再选择其他款游戏——这个绝对是首选。（这些游戏）属于3D游戏，有很好的算法图，一点也不嗲昵。我的小宝贝玩角色扮演游戏，深深地被这种高水准所感染。
这些游戏也是非常具有教育性,很有魅力。“Jumpstart世界---一年级”有12关，第一关开始进入“学习走廊”。在“走廊”里要完成18节课的学习。当然这个游戏是非常有趣的，小孩甚至根本感觉不到是在学习课程。我儿子最喜欢的几个游戏之一就是游过海洋，路上一边拣红宝石一边注意别碰到鳗鱼。这个帮助他掌握推动技巧和手眼的一致性。然后过了一节，把混杂在一块的数字正确排列整齐。只要你做能够完成下来的，想玩更多游戏。
另外一个是边听边看一个故事，然后回答关于这个故事的提问。其他的课程要求配对物体，选出不属于同一类的，完成拼图，解决问题，选出句子中缺失的单词（等等）。课程剩下的是大冒险，且完成得越好，进度越快。你可以打开隐藏着的洞穴，然后寻找宝藏，然后学习潜泳。一路上也可以拣宝石（一种像点号的东东），购买游戏道具让游戏更好玩。他们制作的整个游戏世界真的是很棒，都是基于自然的进度和国家课程标准的。
如果你在线注册了的话，大冒险会不断有更多的单元、课程和大冒险游戏开放。我喜欢这样一个真正创造了充满乐趣而有无限吸引人的方式促进学习（的游戏）。我也喜欢他们能够提供这样一个机会，让小孩子持续地上课，取得一点点的进步。我儿子喜欢一天玩一个小时左右，在间隙到户外耍耍。他的进度和“年级”在每节过后都会上传到“Jumpstart世界”网站，因此我可以不时地看看他在做什么，怎么做的。在父母这角度，如果我乐意，我还可以自定义徽章和奖金（发给我儿子）。（这样）我就知道这款游戏为什么赢得了这么多父母的青睐。
以后我们可能还会试一试他们开发的“数学爆破手”，只因为我是如此地爱“jumpstart 世界”。我知道在这款游戏里，我可以期待具有更棒效果的游戏和绝好的学习环境。