Posted on November 20, 2009 by JumpStart
We have received so many comments from fans about how much they love the fall theme at JumpStart.com that we thought it was only appropriate to make a variety of fabulous winter environments for your child to enjoy during the holiday season!
Your child will have the option of choosing from Christmas, Hanukkah or generic winter [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2009 by JumpStart
November has really been a busy month for us here at JumpStart, and we’re only halfway in! Yesterday concluded our Time to Escape! Sweepstakes. Between the Tweets and the story responses on the contest’s page, we received nearly 600 entries, and many of those were simply amazing stories of family adventure and imagination. If you [...]
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Posted on November 13, 2009 by JumpStart
Is your child a daredevil?
If so, Free Fall Mountain might be his or her new favorite feature at JumpStart.com! In just a few weeks, this sky diving arena will be added to the Speed Drome off of MainStreet. After suiting up in flight gear, Jumpeez will be teleported to the bottom of Free Fall Mountain. There [...]
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Posted on November 11, 2009 by JumpStart
Following the popularity of our spooky scavenger hunt for Halloween, your child will now be invited to participate in a Thanksgiving-themed scavenger hunt starting today, in the online world at JumpStart.com.
We’ve placed 20 Thanksgiving items throughout the world. 10 of which will be located on MainStreet, and the other 10 will be found in the [...]
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Posted on November 9, 2009 by JumpStart
Are your kids looking to get some extra coins to buy that dragon or pony? Starting later this week, your kids will be invited to strap on a helmet and launch themselves out of the new Prize Cannon to collect a daily prize! With prizes awarding up to 20 coins, this off the wall contraption [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2009 by JumpStart
Here at JumpStart, we’ve been working hard on creating a new area for Jumpeez to enjoy. It’s called Free Fall Mountain, and it plays off of the popularity surrounding the Launch Pad feature. Your kids will quite literally be reaching new heights when they visit Free Fall Mountain for a bit of sky diving! Check out [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2009 by JumpStart
Good news, everybody! JumpStart’s Escape from Adventure Island has been officially approved to be released on the Nintendo Wii™ console! It is now set to be on store shelves on November 17. And I must say, we’re pretty excited about it here at JumpStart.
In Escape from Adventure Island, your kids are going to be covering [...]
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Posted on October 23, 2009 by JumpStart
With JumpStart.com’s new buddy list feature, your child can meet up with real-life friends inside the game! So if your child’s neighbor, cousin or teammate is also using JumpStart.com, the kids now will be able to virtually explore, dance and learn together!
If you would like some help getting started with buddy lists, read on…
How do [...]
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Posted on October 21, 2009 by JumpStart
Starting today, your child will be invited to join a spooky scavenger hunt in the online world at JumpStart.com!
We’ve stashed 25 Halloween items throughout the world.
Since our designers did such a spooktacular job hiding the items, we know that some of our smaller explorers might need some extra clues. If that sounds like your little [...]
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Posted on October 20, 2009 by JumpStart
Since there have been so many new additions to JumpStart.com lately, we wanted to take a moment to give you a more in depth look at an area your little explorer might not have discovered yet – the neighborhood!
After playing with friends and participating in all those learning games, your child might need a place [...]
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