Jumpstart is an award-winning adventure based 3D virtual world that is personalized and imaginative. It teaches math, reading and more to children ages 3-10.
Jumpstart recently contacted me and offered me the opportunity to try a free membership to their site in exchange for a review. C and R do not spend much time on the computer, but they do enjoy the educational games they are allowed to play. They were excited to try something new.
They both enjoyed the time they spent playing on the site, but I have to admit that they were also occasionally frustrated by the site. The most frustrating thing for them was waiting for games to load. They are both used to sites where they just click and play with very little or no time waiting for games to load. Part of the problem for us is that our computer is old, so maybe newer computer users will have less waiting time.
Once I spent some time figuring out the site, I was able to help them navigate through it better and they definitely enjoyed every minute spent on the site. They enjoyed creating their own avatars and unlocking new adventures. C and R loved the Jumpstart characters more than anything. I found the educational aspects of the site to be great; there are so many different learning opportunities there. Also, other than our issue with waiting for games to load, the site is very user friendly. I think Jumpstart provides a fun learning adventure and we will definitely use the site.
If you would like to try the site with your children, Jumpstart has offered a free three month membership to one of my readers. To enter to win this giveaway, please leave a comment. Be sure to leave an email address so that I can contact you if you win. This contest begins immediately and ends at 12:00 PM on Tuesday, September 7, 2010.
Disclosure: I was provided with a JumpStart membership at no cost by Knowledge Adventure in order to test the products’ abilities and give my own personal opinions on it. The opinions I have given are mine and may differ from others but were not influenced by the company or the free product provided.
5 comments:
My son would LOVE this. For a family without a TV that (mostly) followed the no tv til age 2 rule, we let him have an awful lot of computer time now. (I just don't have the heart to say no, when he sees me on it so often). He'd love the new activities -- thanks for the give away. :)
I think my son would love this. He loves his weekly computer time, and we have Jumpstart for the Wii. B
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My 6 year old son would love to try this!
I would love to sign Maddie up! She adores anytime she can be a 'big girl' on the computer!
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I would love this for my daughter! She loves computer learning time!
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