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 November 4, 2009 by JumpStart
You are formally invited to enjoy the crunchiest season of the year at JumpStart.com!
You can kick off the new theme by heading to the Jumpee Threadz shop to pick out the perfect Fall outfit. Get your friends together and recreate the First Thanksgiving as pilgrims and Native Americans, gathering around the set out feast, next [...]
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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 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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Posted on October 16, 2009 by JumpStart
If your child loves MarineLand, just wait till they see our latest world – FutureLand! The design is more streamlined, the learning material is more difficult, and the adventures are more fun and exciting than ever – making FutureLand perfect for your 8 to 10-year-old explorers.
Take a good look at the futuristic games our development [...]
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Posted on October 15, 2009 by JumpStart
Hello JumpStart fans!
From Petz to Ridez to Buddyz, we’ve been adding all sorts of exciting new features to our online world recently – most of which sport a trendy “z” at the end of their names. Over the past week, a few of you reached out to us to say that, trendy or not, this [...]
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Posted on October 9, 2009 by JumpStart
In the next few weeks, JumpStart will be introducing an exciting new feature to the online world – “Buddyz” lists! Your kids will now be able to meet up with their real-life friends inside the world at JumpStart.com. But don’t worry; just like all of the features on JumpStart.com, your child’s “Buddyz” list and the [...]
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