Hey, JumpStart fans! We recently announced that rooms are officially live, and we’re excited! We know that your kids will find all sorts of creative ways to decorate their rooms … and we’d love to see what they come up with. In fact, we’re going to give 300 coins to the owner of the best [...]
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If you’ve ever visited the online world at JumpStart.com, you know just how much fun it is to design the perfect Jumpee! Whether you opt for the cat ears, the blue skin, or the pirate hat, you can make a Jumpee that is uniquely you. This spring, one lucky young man from Maryland designed a [...]
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Last week, JumpStart launched our new multiplayer features, officially making the virtual world at JumpStart.com a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game! Now, players can interact with each other via facial expressions (emoticons) and dance moves. And soon, we’ll be introducing canned chat, which will allow players to communicate via age-appropriate, pre-selected phrases. We’d love to [...]
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Just a nice sunny afternoon, hanging out with friends over a leisurely cup of coffee and catching up… Does this sound like your life? Probably not. If you are like most parents, between coaxing tangles out of hair, curing boo boos, shuttling kids to ballet and cooking up a tasty dinner, it’s nearly impossible to [...]
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Question: My 4 year old daughter loves to play computer games (educational). She sometimes spends more than 2 hours playing every day after school. What is the appropriate time spent on the computer as far as the eyes are concerned? We have a laptop but should we buy a special screen to protect her eyes? [...]
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These days, it’s not uncommon for kids to be more tech-savvy than their parents. Between cell phones, computers, and video games, many kids access the Internet daily. So how can we keep up with all the new-fangled devices the kids are using and still make sure they are safe? Read on for the scoop on [...]
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The Basics Let’s begin with the basics – what is a virtual world? Put simply, a virtual world is a place where people create a character (avatar) and interact with other people or their surroundings. Often based in magical or fantasy realms, virtual worlds do not necessarily follow the rules we humans are stuck with [...]
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The JumpStart Art Team is hard at work developing a virtual meeting place which will live at JumpStart.com. This “main street” will include an expanded avatar builder, arcades, shops, and will quite literally be a virtual playground for kids ages 3-12. So how exactly does the art team create a 3D building? I caught up [...]
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