Author: Jinny Gudmundsen
Kids get jump start on reading with karaoke game Jumpstart Reading with Karaoke helps kids learn to read by having them perform special karaoke songs using an included microphone.  |  | | Using the included microphone, youngsters can learn to read by singing back karaoke lyrics in 'Jumpstart Reading with Karaoke.' | | | Knowledge Adventure |
In this clever Windows software title, kids earn tickets to unlock new karaoke songs by playing eight learning games that teach the words found in the new songs. In the games, kids practice early reading skills including identifying the sounds of the alphabet, learning consonant and vowel sounds, blending letter sounds, rhyming, reading sight words, building vocabulary, practicing reading comprehension and reading aloud. In one of the games, kids sort words into talking garbage cans by identifying each word's beginning sound. In another, they help put alphabet-adorned packages into a delivery truck in an order to spell a word. Once in the truck, the word is highlighted, and kids are asked to read the word into the microphone. Several of the games incorporate similar use of the microphone to reinforce the learn-to-read process and provide personal feedback. The software uses voice recognition technology, so it "knows" if the child is reading the word correctly. | 'Jumpstart Reading with Karaoke' | | | | Score: 5 stars (out of 5)
Best for ages 4 to 7
Publisher: Knowledge Adventure
Price: $29.99,
Platform: Windows. |
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Kids can unlock 24 original learn-to-read karaoke songs that sequentially teach more than 200 words in specific word families. Knowledge Adventure partnered with Christopher Smith, a kindergarten teacher and award-winning children's recording artist, and the Big Fins, a Southern California music group that specializes in children's music, to write and perform the music. Additional songs and videos will be available at www.jumpstart.com. For children who are drawn to music, Jumpstart Reading with Karaoke is a brilliant way to teach reading. The software ingeniously incorporates the children's voices into the activities by having them frequently speak or sing into the microphone.
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