<s>
JumpStart	B-Application
Toddlers	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1996	O
educational	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
fourth	O
within	O
the	O
JumpStart	B-Device
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JumpStart	B-Application
Toddlers	I-Application
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
her	O
then	O
two-and-a-half	O
year	O
old	O
son	O
,	O
for	O
whom	O
she	O
could	O
not	O
find	O
age-appropriate	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Referring	O
to	O
this	O
title	O
,	O
U.S.	O
News	O
&	O
World	O
Report	O
's	O
article	O
False	O
Promise	O
commented	O
,	O
"	O
parents	O
have	O
been	O
told	O
that	O
it	O
's	O
their	O
responsibility	O
to	O
prepare	O
children	O
for	O
a	O
multi-tasking	O
,	O
technology-driven	O
future	O
,	O
so	O
they	O
"	O
JumpStart	B-Device
"	O
their	O
babies	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Speaking	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
suitability	O
for	O
those	O
who	O
may	O
not	O
have	O
the	O
precision	O
required	O
to	O
click	O
narrow	O
targets	O
,	O
Fine	O
motor	O
skills	O
in	O
children	O
with	O
Down	O
syndrome	O
's	O
Maryanne	O
Bruni	O
cites	O
JumpStart	B-Application
Toddlers	I-Application
and	O
Reader	B-Application
Rabbit	I-Application
Toddler	I-Application
as	O
preschool	O
programs	O
that	O
reward	O
any	O
mouse	O
movement	O
of	O
keyboard	O
press	O
with	O
an	O
audiovisual	O
cue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newsweek	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
(	O
and	O
JumpStart	B-Application
2nd	I-Application
Grade	I-Application
)	O
as	O
superior	O
to	O
previous	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
noting	O
they	O
"	O
successfully	O
balance	O
letting	O
youngsters	O
explore	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
using	O
animated	O
hosts	O
to	O
spur	O
them	O
on	O
"	O
,	O
adding	O
that	O
they	O
"	O
both	O
understand	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
reward	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citing	O
JumpStart	B-Application
Toddlers	I-Application
as	O
a	O
key	O
example	O
,	O
Macs	O
for	O
teachers	O
praised	O
the	O
title	O
for	O
its	O
"	O
neat	O
activities	O
...	O
accessible	O
from	O
a	O
classroom	O
setting	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
activities	O
that	O
teach	O
essential	O
early	O
learning	O
skills	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Discovery	O
School	O
site	O
(	O
quoted	O
in	O
Cyber	O
Rules	O
)	O
recommended	O
JumpStart	B-Application
Toddlers	I-Application
2000	O
,	O
"	O
best	O
for	O
older	O
toddlers	O
(	O
or	O
those	O
who	O
have	O
graduated	O
from	O
their	O
baby	O
and	O
other	O
toddler	O
software	O
titles	O
)	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
rating	O
of	O
4-and-a-half	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
stars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
childhood	O
education	O
today	O
notes	O
,	O
"	O
although	O
the	O
graphics	O
in	O
JumpStart	B-Application
Toddlers	I-Application
can	O
be	O
moved	O
for	O
an	O
activity	O
,	O
they	O
cannot	O
be	O
controlled	O
or	O
manipulated	O
into	O
any	O
other	O
form.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
consistently	O
placed	O
on	O
the	O
PC	O
Data	O
's	O
Best	O
Education	O
Software	O
for	O
MS-DOS/Windows	O
list	O
throughout	O
1996	O
and	O
1997	O
alongside	O
other	O
Jumpstart	B-Device
titles	O
peaking	O
at	O
#8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
1997	O
,	O
JumpStart	B-Application
Toddlers	I-Application
took	O
in	O
somewhere	O
between	O
$4	O
million	O
and	O
$5.16	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
became	O
one	O
of	O
many	O
preschool	O
titles	O
to	O
join	O
the	O
best-seller	O
list	O
,	O
alongside	O
Sesame	O
Street	O
Elmo	O
's	O
Preschool	O
(	O
1996	O
)	O
,	O
Ready	B-Application
to	I-Application
Read	I-Application
With	I-Application
Pooh	I-Application
(	O
1997	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Jumpstart	B-Application
Preschool	I-Application
(	O
1995	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jumpstart	B-Application
Toddlers	I-Application
2000	O
would	O
also	O
reach	O
at	O
least	O
7th	O
on	O
the	O
PC	O
Data	O
best-selling	O
chart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
Chicago	O
Sun-Times	O
,	O
Knowledge	O
Adventure	O
"	O
started	O
the	O
baby	O
trend	O
when	O
it	O
introduced	O
JumpStart	B-Application
Toddlers	I-Application
in	O
1996	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
was	O
picked	O
up	O
by	O
MacUser	O
that	O
July	O
to	O
describe	O
the	O
new	O
software	O
category	O
Jumpstart	B-Device
had	O
helped	O
create	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
children	O
's	O
software	O
had	O
previously	O
been	O
dominated	O
by	O
titles	O
for	O
older	O
children	O
like	O
Mavis	B-Device
Beacon	I-Device
Teaches	I-Device
Typing	I-Device
and	O
Where	O
in	O
the	O
World	O
Is	O
Carmen	O
Sandiego	O
?,	O
by	O
1997	O
sales	O
of	O
software	O
for	O
children	O
under	O
5	O
had	O
risen	O
from	O
179,000	O
units	O
two	O
years	O
prior	O
to	O
1.5	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
November	O
,	O
U.S.	O
News	O
&	O
World	O
Report	O
noted	O
that	O
JumpStart	B-Application
Toddlers	I-Application
,	O
Davidson	O
&	O
Associates	O
 '	O
Fisher-Price	O
Ready	O
for	O
Learning	O
:	O
Toddler	O
(	O
1997	O
)	O
and	O
The	O
Learning	O
Company'''s	O
Reader	B-Application
Rabbit	I-Application
Toddler	I-Application
(	O
1997	O
)	O
were	O
all	O
vying	O
for	O
the	O
lucrative	O
18-month-and-under	O
demographic	O
over	O
the	O
holiday	O
season	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Wired	O
's	O
Susan	O
Kuchinskas	O
similarly	O
applied	O
the	O
neologism	O
to	O
categorise	O
JumpStart	B-Application
Toddlers	I-Application
,	O
JumpStart	B-Device
Baby	O
,	O
and	O
BowWow	O
House	O
's	O
BabyWow	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
pediatrician	O
T	O
.	O
Berry	O
Brazelton	O
considered	O
lapware	O
like	O
JumpStart	B-Application
Toddlers	I-Application
"	O
an	O
assault	O
on	O
a	O
young	O
child	O
's	O
developing	O
mind	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
just	O
two	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
JumpStart	B-Application
Toddlers	I-Application
was	O
competing	O
in	O
a	O
crowded	O
lapware	O
market	O
with	O
contemporaries	O
in	O
the	O
edutainment	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
