Happy Good Neighbor Day, parents! To celebrate, JumpStart invites your children to host a neighborhood party! Is there something your kids want to celebrate? Or maybe they just want to hang out with other Jumpeez on the block. Well, what are they waiting for? Today is the perfect day for some friendly festivities in their [...]
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Have you noticed a few changes around your children’s JumpStart toolbar? If you haven’t already, check out some of the fresh, new ways your kids can personalize their JumpStart adventure! As your children explore JumpStart’s many lands, they can now use the updated dashboard to manage and share information with their JumpStart friends. There, Jumpeez [...]
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Have your kids seen the new JumpStart dock yet? Now everything a Jumpee needs to navigate through the game is all in one place, on a snazzy, compact little toolbar. Not to mention there are a couple of awesome new features that will make communicating with other Jumpeez much easier and much more fun! So [...]
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JumpStart is already a fun, safe place for your kids to chat with friends without sharing private information. Now, we want input from you on what else your kids would like to say to their JumpStart friends and Jumpeez they meet around the world! We want to keep adding fun new silly greetings, questions, friendlies [...]
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Do your kids love to chat and make new friends? Do they wish there was a better way for Jumpeez to socialize on JumpStart while still maintaining the current safety standards? If so, we’re pleased to announce they’re in luck because our new and improved canned chat has arrived!
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From FutureLand’s IQ Actionizer to DownTown’s Brain Training Arcade, we’ve clued you in on some of the best educational destinations on JumpStart.com. But did you know that even the time your kids spend outside of these specific educational games is valuable learning time? “Following and creating patterns, making comparisons, cause and effect, hand-eye coordination, following [...]
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Spilled milk, phones ringing, under-the-table-leg-kicking, a blaring television, fingers texting, over-the-table-elbow-shoving… is it possible to pack anything else around the family dinner table? As busy and chaotic as meal time might seem, the dinner table is the perfect place to serve up some conversation family-style. Forget what Miss Manners once said and start encouraging your [...]
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-From the Desk of Heather Tuttle, Curriculum Writer- Christmas lights, Hanukkah menorahs, the Kwanzaa Kinara…the holidays are full of symbols that represent a variety of cultures, beliefs, and traditions, making this the most wonderful time of year to help your little ones notice that not everyone celebrates the season the same way they do. Oftentimes [...]
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UPDATE: Buddy Lists are currently available on JumpStart.com. 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 [...]
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“Nice to meet you,” says Bugsy FlameCloud. “Where are you going?” asks Jack SlothSprout. “I am going to explore JumpStart,” Bugsy FlameCloud replies. “Follow me!” JumpStart.com is taking children’s gaming to new heights with the addition of canned chat! Jumpeez can now communicate with one another using pre-selected words and phrases. We know kids love [...]
Filed under: Behind the Scenes, Learning Tips, Technology and Kids | Tagged: computer skills, reading, social skills, technology, what's new | 3 Comments »
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