Have you ever wanted a safe site for your children to play on that has it all? No more constant web surfing needed after you visit TVOKids! This site is filled with an enormous range of activities for children ages 2-5 and 11 & under  to enjoy.  It has games targeted towards reading, math, science, art, spelling, music, and sports, just to name a few.  TVOKids really provides a way for children to improve a number of important skills while still having a great time.  The fun doesn’t stop there, in addition to having a range of games, they also have a variety of videos which range from cooking instructions to providing tips and help on homework.

Each age group has it’s own home page with links to the games, videos and more.   I played games and watched videos on both age group sites and found them both worthwhile.  One of my favorite games on the older children’s site was called Dino Dan.  In this game you are provided with tools to find the fossils just like a real life archaeologist would  such as a sonar, a shovel, a brush, and a shifter which all need to be used at specific times.  You advance through the game by finding fossils in the dig site to form a number of different extinct dinosaurs.    

In addition to the dig site, another cool feature of this game is the Dino Lab.  This section includes a Hatchery (where dino eggs are cared for), a Yearbook (which shows some of the game’s character Dan’s friends), and a Dinocyclopedia (where you can learn about all the dinosaurs whose fossils you’ve found).  There are also a couple of dinosaur themed mini-games within that are unlocked after finding a certain number of complete dinosaur skeletons. A cool option about this game is that you can but aren’t required to create a login account.  This is nice for continuous play action and does require a parent’s email.  If you child likes dinosaurs they will most certainly love this game, I know i did!

Not to leave out the 2-5 age group site, a game that I thought was particularly entertaining and educational in the category of reading and spelling was called The Adventures of Sir Readsalot.  This game reads a page of a story aloud in a very silly sounding voice, while simultaneously highlighting each specific word.   This really allows the child to connect the sound with the visual spelling of the word.  After the short part of the story is read one word disappears and you must click around the  castle background to find the letters that make up the word.  Almost every object is click-able and moves around a little when clicked.  Even if you don’t click on the correct one to find a letter, you can enjoy the reaction from the object you did click as it moves around.  The game also helps you out in finding the letter if you are having trouble by providing a red arrow which will point to the desired location.

In conclusion, TVOKids felt very safe in my opinion  and had a variety of fun activities for kids.  The site is free and I have yet to see any ads located anywhere really on the site, which is nice since ads seem to pop up everywhere.  I highly recommend this site. Enjoy!

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Under $20

Preschool

Jump Start Pet Rescue for the Wii – For Under $20 this game is an INCREDIBLE bargain for 3-6 year olds.  See my complete review here.

A Subscription to Jump Start.com where your preschooler – early grade schooler can learn while having fun. Full review here.

Pajama Sam and Other Humungous Games – Putt Putt and Fredi Fish are WONDERFUL adventure Games for the PC (and some for the Wii) to help children think logically. I have the full review here and these games are perfect for ages 3-7. You can see my full review here.

Grade School

Tropix & Tropix 2 — Available for the PC, Nintendo DS or through Shockwave online. This is a wonderful educational and fun game for ages 6-12.  See my full review here.

Pajama Sam and Other Humungous Titles – Pajama Sam and Spy Fox are adventure games that make you feel immersed in the story and help teach logic and problem solving.  These are for ages 5-10 and you can see my full review here.

Try a month on one of the top social educational networking sites for kids.

Many of these sites are $5-$6/month and the one way to get to know if it is worth the money and if your child will get their money’s worth is to pay for one month as a trial run.  Here are my picks for this year:

Moshi Monsters (Age 6 and up) – See full review here. Awesome, safe, educational and fun site for kids.

Secret Builders – (Ages 6 and up) – See full review here. Safe, educational site combining gaming and adventure.

Super Secret – (Ages 10-16) – See full review here.  Fun, safe and keeps the kids interested and learning.

Zula World – (Ages 5 and up) – See full review here. Safe, educational and fun.

Teens & Whole Family

Machinarium – My review for the free version is here and the full version is only $20

Auditorium – My review is here.  For $10.99 you get the full version of this INCREDIBLY beautiful and musical game.

IPhone/ITouch Gift Card — If your child has an ITouch or an IPhone — a gift card for $20 can go a long way.  Many games are just $.99. Click here for a list of my Top 5 ITouch/IPhone  Educational Apps.

Under $50

MOST games for the PC and Nintendo Wii an Nintendo DS Fall into this category.  I stand by my recommendations for last year.  You can find the ones for the PC here and the ones for Nintendo DS here.

In addition I recommend 6 month or yearly subscriptions to the above social networking learning sites for kids re-listed here:

A Subscription to Jump Start.com – Ages (3-6) where your preschooler – early grade schooler can learn while having fun. Full review here.

Moshi Monsters (Age 6 and up) – See full review here. Awesome, safe, educational and fun site for kids.

Secret Builders – (Ages 6 and up) – See full review here. Safe, educational site combining gaming and adventure.

Super Secret – (Ages 10-16) – See full review here.  Fun, safe and keeps the kids interested and learning.

Zula World – (Ages 5 and up) – See full review here. Safe, educational and fun.

Teens & Whole Family

Super Mario Brothers Wii – My kids just got this “for my husband” for his birthday and it has become a new family favorite.  We are HUGE Mario Brothers Fans and this game does not disappoint.  There are many new features including the ability for 4 players to play simultaneously which is tons of fun. Check out the link in the picture or here to see all the amazing reviews on amazon.com.

Wii Sports Resort – This game continues to be fun for the whole family.  My whole review is here for this fantastic game.

Over $50

The Whole Family

ITouch — This is THE portable device for kids.  If you have a wireless connection at home or know some place in your area that does – your child has access to download games, music, movies, tv shows and more without even plugging in the ITouch.  Many apps (applications) are free.  You can use this as an IPOD, web browser, game player and even to text.  All the goodness of the IPhone without the cell phone monthly cost.  One of my favorite things is there is no more STUFF.  When my kids receive game; CD Roms, DS and Wii games can take up space…. With this you and people who want to give your children gifts can just keep adding money to the Apple Account with gift cards and everything fits right on that tiny ITouch.  This was my son’s request for his birthday so instead of clutter he got useful games, apps to help him with school and a few of his favorite TV shows and songs uploaded.There are many different versions of the ITouch and they are priced according to how much space is available on them but all of them have most the same wonderful capabilities.

Wii – The Nintendo Wii has JUST lowered it’s price to just under $200 which makes it an even more incredible deal. If you have followed my blog for a while you know I have enjoyed over 3 years of fun with the Wii and cannot say enough good things about it. It has us all playing together and up off the sofa doing so.  I reviewed my favorite Wii and DS Games last year here.

There have been SO many amazing non violent and educational sites and games released over the last few years.  It is my honor to review them and boy do my kids love that I do!  I wish you all a very happy holiday and if you ever have any games or sites you think I should look at — please email the link to me with a description.  Thanks so much for your support.

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As far as kid’s computer games go for the Wii – Jump Start Pet Rescue is one of THE BEST games I have found for 3-6 year olds. My children have played Jump Start Games since they were 3 and to see these characters come to life in a Wii game is WONDERFUL!  From designing their own avatar, to adopting pets to playing educational and fun games — Jump Start Pet Rescue will keep children entertained and learning for a long time.

My daughter, who is six loves this game.  She is a very good reader so thought a couple of the games were easy but still enjoys them and running around taking part in the many activities Jump Start has to offer. This game really makes children think and offers so much content that is educational AND fun. From designing their own “jumpee” (avatar) to running around and doing tasks and solving educational games — your child will be entertained AND learning for a long time. Enjoy this video to see some of the fun things Jump Start Pet Rescue for the Wii offers.

Some of my daughters favorite activities have been picking out a pet to play with, feed and train, exploring the worlds including going down the cool water slide and playing the MANY games that are offered.  Honestly my daughter is not easily impressed with games and she was blown away by this one.  Younger children might need a little help getting acclimated but the game design is very intuitive and this is the perfect game to begin your child with to learn how to use the Wii remote.

The game has 5 different worlds to explore with saving pets your main mission.  Your child will talk to and interact with the many fascinating and loved Jump Start characters to guide them to their missions.  There are games that educate in everything from math, letter recognition, repetition, memory and more.  Pet Rescue seems so vast and my daughter has played it four times for an hour each (my limit on games) and still has barely scratched the surface.

I think you can tell I like Jump Start Pet Rescue, huh?    I have reviewed many Jump Start products like their have a brilliant site (I reviewed it here and since they have added MANY additional features).  I also have reviewed  many of the wonderful games they offer for preschool through school aged children.  It was amazing to see these characters come to life for the Wii and I cannot recommend this game enough for ages 3-6. Thank you Jump Start for yet another amazing product.

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COMPUTER GAMES

There are many Dr. Seuss computer games and I highly recommend them. Now that they are older you can find some for under $5.00 a piece at amazon and they are well worth a lot more than that.

In the following reading games you can either have the stories read to you or you can play along. It will still read the story to you in play mode but you can stop on every page to explore. If you play along you have mini games throughout and just about everything your child clicks on will do something. I have so many wonderful memories of laughing playing these with my own kids. If you get The ABC game — try and find the little yellow guy hidden throughout every page. So funny and will get the kids laughing and give them a task while they are learning!

The Cat in the Hat

Green Eggs and Ham

Dr. Seuss’s ABC’s

The other Dr. Seuss games are wonderful and I have mentioned them before. My favorite is:

Dr. Seuss’s Preschool Learning is a GREAT game. There are 10 mini-games to play that teach memory, math, sorting, reading, etc…. Emma Sue a little girl very much Dr. Seuss style has lost her mom. You are helping her to find her by gaining clues as to what she looks like every time you solve a few levels of each mini-games. Yertl the turtle is here along with some other favorite Dr. Seuss characters. Fun for all and the difficulty increases as your child gets better at the games.

Seussville University

I was happy to find Seussville University. Seussville University offers games/activities in each of 4 categories; Math, Reading, Reasoning and Science. I will tell you what is offered in each category and recommend my favorite games from this site.

Math

There are 4 printable activities for your preschooler/kindergarten child to work on math. “The number 2, Zowers in Showers, Practice your Addition and Connect the dots. There is one math game in this category; “Count the Zindows in the Windows“. This game is wonderful for color recognition and early counting. The instructions are written and it might say “count the yellow findows”….

Reading

The printable activities include; “The Letter B”, “Pup in Cup”, and “The Ball is small”. The reading game is “Help Mr. Brown Color Letters“. This game is great for letter recognition and early mouse skills.

Reasoning

There are three printable activities for this age; “Which one if different”, “Which Two are the Same”, and “Wet foot, Dry foot”. There are two games under this category; ” Which One Comes Next” and “The Cats Concentration Game“.

Science

In this category you can print out an activity page which is called “Mr. Brown Can HOO” OR you can play 2 Science related games. “Find the Animal that doesn’t Belong” is just as it sounds and is great for young children. The instructions are written so you will need to read them to your child. “The Lorax Save the Trees Game” helps kids develop mouse skills as they have to collect 10 seeds in a bucket that are being thrown. Afterward they get to plant ten seeds as they decorate a Seuss scene and watch the animals move in as the trees are planted.

These games are from the University section of the site. If you go directly to Seussville you will find even more activities and games. I reviewed the preschool learning section but I highly recommend checking out the other things Seussville has to offer.

Dr. Seuss’s characters always entertain and the learning games are ones I feel most pre schoolers would have a lot of fun with.

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Kid Zui has over a million pre-approved links, games, videos and photos. It also offers a whole new way for children to surf the internet. All sites have to be pre-approved to have your kids go to them or you have to add them to their approved list. Kid Zui also sends you an email as often as you like telling you what sites your kids have visited.

My son is 9 and has just discovered you tube, which as you probably know is not policed. We have strict rules in our house he is only allowed on it when an adult is around but that somehow wasn’t putting my mind at ease! At Kid Zui the kids will ONLY see SAFE and approved you tube videos through the Kid Zui browser.

Your child makes an avatar when they enter and have lots more options to add friends, share sites, change clothes and appearance and boy do they have tons of stuff to explore. There are 3 main sections; Web, Photos and Videos where they can go to search or choose from the many things listed.

They also have the ability to tag sites they like and share them with friends. You can also monitor who they add as friends and even take a friend off their account if you do not approve. This really puts internet use for kids in a whole other category – “SAFE”!

Children have the ability to find games, videos and pictures they never knew existed in a very safe environment. It is taking my children a little while to get used to the browser and where everything is and how to access “their old favorites” but it is well worth the time for me to sit down and explore with them. Funny thing was I was on my computer in the kitchen and my son on his in the living room and he told me he was frustrated he couldn’t get to something. I was able to login to my account as a parent and see that he was entering the name for a song not in the music section but in the photos search and I explained to him how to do it. I will know each and every site, click and search my kids make and that makes me feel safer.

My children are great kids that understand internet safety and I was still worried they would click and ad and somehow get off site to an unsafe environment. Parents can add sites to their children’s account as they see fit but the child will have to ask you first! This puts my mind at ease which is priceless and is why I just purchased a one month membership to try out the additional features.

What does the Paid Membership Include?

For $7.95 per month (and reduced rates if you sign up for more months at a time) you get even more features. I NEVER sign up for a new site upon first looking at it and broke that rule this time. While it is definitely worth it for the free membership some of the perks of the paid membership made me break out the credit card!

The MAIN thing that got me to sign up for a paid membership was they have a section called Homework helper where they have games/sites that are particularly good at helping with what the children are learning in school broken down by grade. My son is in fourth grade and while he is a good student — they have raised the bar quite a lot and he can use some extra help. Learning by playing a game will get a lot less complaints than sitting down and doing an hour more of math at the kitchen table.

Other things included are more backgrounds, options for dressing your avatar, more tags for games, adding favorite sites, creating your own channel with your own content, even more information on your children’s use shared with you, the ability to block individual websites.

OVERALL

Kid Zui is awesome and gets a glowing review from me for so many reasons. Safety being #1. I also love that it introduces them to age appropriate sites in a safe environment. They can get the feel of “surfing the web” with only child safe sites to go to. If a child gets to a game in a site that hasn’t been reviewed yet it sends a message to the team at Kid Zui that they want it reviewed for approval. My children can “surf the web” and find other sites, videos, pictures and games recommended by other children. I love that I can see EXACTLY where my kids are going on the internet and what they are searching for. At my children’s ages it is innocent but I know my son is heading towards the tween years fast and it is comforting to know I have this in place before he arrives!

While the paid membership offers a bit more the free version is just as safe and offers all the same sites in a wonderful platform. I highly recommending installing Kid Zui on your computer if you have kids at home that want to go onto the internet. Please send me comments on how you are finding Kid Zui.

A HUGE THANK YOU to Mimi at Mindful Mimi for recommending I check out Kid Zui! Thank you Mimi for thinking of me — this is a wonderful find as a mom AND for a recommendation! GREATLY appreciated!

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Putt Putt is for kids ages 3-6 and is a car traveling with his dog sidekick. You are putt Putt the Car and you travel around finding inventory items to solve many little problems and to finally solve the game. In Putt Putt Saves the Zoo you have to help the baby animals find their mothers. This has some cute mini-games as well as funny characters and tons of locations and inventory items. In Putt Putt Joins The Circus you have to help the acts get back what they are missing so they can perform. This game has even more locations and the younger children will definitely need help in the beginning. We have many other Putt Putt adventures – I would say the easiest to begin with is Putt Putt joins the Parade. My daughter also enjoyed Putt Putt Travels through Time and Putt Putt Goes to the Moon. Because these games are older — please check what systems they play on before purchasing. Some of them have been updated to work on XP and newer OS versions for MAC but others have not. Another great thing is these are some of the highest quality adventure games at the lowest price you will ever find – I have gotten a few for under $5.00 at amazon.

Freddi Fish is a girl fish traveling with her sidekick Luther the little fish and is for ages 4-7. My favorite is Freddi Fish: Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse. Someone is stealing toys and scaring the kid fish by pretending to be a ghost. Help solve the mystery and play some wonderful mini games in the process. The objects to find change each time you play for great repeated play. There are many other Freddi Fish games you can look at here. The first one released for the Wii is Freddi Fish: Kelp Seed Mystery and unfortunately it has not received such great reviews so far. I hope they release more because this is a wonderful series and I feel younger kids would get a kick out of playing it on a bigger TV screen.

Pajama Sam is a little boy who is in his PJ’s solving his adventures. Ages 5-8. He and Spy Fox are my favorite of the Humongous Series of games. My favorite of this series is Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When it’s Dark Outside. This is also the first one in the series they made into a Wii version: Pajama Sam: Don’t Fear the Dark and it is getting GREAT reviews. We also got a LOT of game play out of Pajama Sam: Thunder and Lightening Aren’t so Frightening and Pajama Sam 3: You Are What you Eat from Your Head to Your Feet. All of these change objects each time so you can play them repeatedly and not get bored. Pajama Sam games have tons of locations so for a little adventurer – it might seem overwhelming. These are great games to help your children out with at first. You will be entertained as well – they have humorous characters and interactions.

Spy Fox is a Fox who is a Spy and uses lots of cool spy gadgets to solve mysteries. This requires a little more thinking outside the box and is probably better for the seasoned adventurer. This series is best for ages 6-9. My favorite is Spy Fox: Dry Cereal which was also the first made into a Wii Game: Spy Fox in Dry Cereal which is getting good reviews. In all the Spy Fox games you have to report into headquarters and swap out gadgets to use depending on what part of the adventure you are on and need to solve. You need to talk to characters to gain information to solve the game. This game is wonderful for logical thinking. It has even more locations than the previous series. Spy Fox has a great sense of humor and the jokes keep coming in this series. Some other notable ones are: Spy Fox: Operation Ozone and Spy Fox: Some Assembly Required.

I will admit I am biased since adventure games ARE my favorite genre but THESE HUMONGOUS games are AWESOME. I love games the kids can play and sue their brain and the parents can watch and help out in and enjoy as well. As I mentioned because of the age, make sure the games are compatible for your operating system and enjoy the benefit of getting games for under $5.00! Even the Wii Games are under $20.00. A bargain considering how much entertainment your children AND you will get playing them.

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Here’s a video that highlights some of the things you can do in Wii Music:

LESSONS

There are lessons that are recommended first and here you will unlock different tunes and instruments. If you think you might get bored of playing Twinkle Twinkle 20 times – you might want to start here and at the games to unlock more songs and instruments before venturing to the Jam Sessions. There are Jam Basic Lessons which show you basic moves of performing with each instrument (with the wii remote and nunchuk), You then get Jam Mastery Lessons which give tons of good tips on mastering your own styles. A hint here is you have to get things right — it seemed when my 5 year old was playing if she missed even 2 notes the lesson would keep repeating. See Drum Mode below for Drum Lessons with the Balance Board.

GAMES

Mii Maestro

Wave the Wii remote to conduct the orchestra. Experiment to get different results. If you are playing with more than one person you have to be sure to get your rhythm in synch – something my kids and I never QUITE perfected.

Handbell Harmony

Cute game! Have different people play the different color handbells. When your color bell gets to the line of bells wave your Wii remote or nunchuk.

Pitch Perfect

Our favorite and beating level 4 on this unlocks more songs and instruments! This is very much a multi-player game. The Wii picks a person at random to answer a question. You may need to line up Miis from lowest pitch to highest pitch, pick the Mii with the highest pitch, pick 2 Miis that have the same pitch, etc. GREAT for sound recognition and fun to play as a group.

Jam Modes

Instrument Improv

Freely select and play the instruments you have unlocked in this mode. Instruments have four different types of controls and all are easy for children and adults to learn. If you forget or don’t know how to play a certain instrument there are always handy “How to Play” windows to click on. You can choose to play alone or have other characters play with you. When fully unlocked there are over 60 instruments and 50 songs to choose from.

Jam Session

Quick Jam or Custom Jam

In Quick Jam mode you have the song, stage, instruments and band parts selected for you and jump right into playing.

In Custom Jam mode you get to choose it all! Song and Stage selection are fun for mixing it up! Instrument and Part selection allow you to choose who will be playing what for melody, percussion, Base, Chord and harmony. Each has many different instruments, most are traditional but you will see the occasional one that will have your kids screaming with delight and wouldn’t be found at your average concert! (Cheerleaders, being in a dog or cat suit, singing in “mii” as well as DJ turntables, rapping and more). This is our favorite way to play and each time it is very different as we all choose different parts to play and mix up stages and song selection.

When in the “Jam” you can push the (-) button on the Wii Remote to see the notes that they suggest you play. They do allow for total improvisation but this is a good guide to have the song sounding like it usually does!

Making Videos

After performing you can keep a video. Not only do you rate how you thought the performance was, but you make a jacket cover with the Miis on it as well as a choose a background and title. If you know other families/friends that have Wii’s you can send them your videos for them to view and rate as well.

Drum Mode

Use the Wii Balance Board, set up in front of your chair and you will feel like you are at a real drum kit. This will take you through lessons to play the drums. VERY fun and you will have good feel of how to play the drums if you sit down and take these lessons.

Wii Music has so many ways to play that are fun. If you are an advanced musician this would probably seem a bit childish to you. However if you are looking to teach your child about music or want to learn yourself – this is an awesome game. I feel this would be an awesome resource for home schooling parents to teach their children music and have some fun at the same time.

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JUMPEE

When you first sign in you can alter your character that you will be using to explore the site. The best part is you can change the jumpee every time you log in and multiple times if you want. The Jumpee has many more options than some other interactive sites for making your person distinctively yours. You can edit their; hair, hat, face, shirt, pants, shoes, eyes, mouth, clothes, and color of the clothes and skin.

My daughter, Christina commented on this as one of her favorite parts about Jump Start.com:

I like Jumpstart.com because you can always change how you look. You can have different color hair, eyes, and try out different clothes for your characters each time you play.”

Jukebox:

Feel like exploring the land to a different tune? Stop by the jukebox and find one that fits. There are many options to choose from and I know my daughter enjoys stopping here right after she has adjusted her jumpee to her liking to decide which music she will run around to that day.

Theater

Watch movies that include animation and video. Very cute and the kids enjoy the different music.

Storyland (Ages 3-5)

This is a whole other land within Jumpstart. In Storyland kids can change the look of their house, watch movies that include fun sing along music videos, go to the dressing room to change, visit the school for MANY educational games or go to the library to play with the ABC book and the books you complete. The graphics are very cute in the school games and I think they are perfect for this age group. From number and letter recognition, to concentration type games for memory, lining up smallest to biggest, sorting and puzzles – these games encompass most of what a nursery school or kindergarten child would need to know. The games have cute graphics and will have the kids playing over and over again as they continue to collect prizes.

From my reader Marilyn L:

“My 4 year old daughter loved Storyland. She has not mastered moving around with the keyboard so the ability to just use the mouse in Storyland makes it more fun for her to navigate on her own. She stayed with the games in the schoolhouse for a long time and enjoyed planting flowers outside.”

In Storyland you ask some of the jumpstart characters how you can help them. As you complete missions and games your storybooks in the library fill with color. Once completed you can read the books. As you maneuver around Storyland with the mouse you will see you can interact with many things. You have a camera you can take pictures with. You can then put any of the photos taken on the billboard. You can plant flowers, display prizes and much more. This is a perfect environment for children ages 3-5.

From Nancy W:

“My 3 year old son LOVED the theater in Storyland. They had videos of many songs from his music class including “Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” and “If You’re Happy and You Know It”. I had to help him with the mouse but we had a lot of fun singing and dancing with the characters. Very cute animations.”

From Natalie:

“My 5 year old loved the games in Storyland. It is perfect for preparing her for kindergarten for the fall. Her favorite games are the Critter Creator and Matching Ladybugs.”

Getting back to Non-Storyland activities….

ARCADE

Right now the arcade has two games but you can tell more are on the way. The game Dragon Playtime is GREAT for little ones. It has you taking care of your pet dragon by feeding it, playing with it and keeping it clean.

Margo says:

“My 4 year old son loved playing with the dragon. He liked that you can give it a ring to play with and play tug of war with it like a dog. He kept laughing at the sounds it made.”

The game Robo A GoGo is better for older children (5 and up) and is like Dance Dance Revolution. You have to push the corresponding keyboard keys as they get into their outline above to make your robot dance well. Miss and see you robot “not do so well”. The cute thing is you can design your own robot and play in multiplayer mode.

Justin said “It was cool to make my own robot — I like the silly things you can use as a hat”.

You can see from the many machines they have at the arcade that many new games are coming soon and I look forward to it.

There are other games as you wander around Jumpstart.com Wander over to the mine cart to play Ghosttown Grab. In Ghosttown Grab you run around the Ghost Town to collect bags of money – great for getting kids better at maneuvering around with the keyboard keys. You can tell by all the construction signs there is a LOT of great stuff being added to JumpStart.com. Right now there is tons of stuff to keep the 3-5 year olds busy and learning and I am sure there will be more activities for the older ones as they expand.

“Jenna really enjoyed running around getting the money bags. It was tough for her at first but then she got better at using the keyboard. I can see how this and the other games will help her develop her computer skills.” – Lisa T

The 3D environment and graphics are beautiful in JumpStart.com and you feel like you are in the story. I am looking forward to the additions to the site and thank Jump Start very much for sponsoring the contest for my readers and for offering quality content! Thank you to my readers that responded! I hope more of you will check out Jump Start.com

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One of my daughter’s comments about Jump Start was, “I like Jumpstart.com because you can always change how you look. You can have different color hair, eyes, and try out different clothes for your characters each time you play.”

What do You or your child have to say about Jumpstart.com?

Check out the video to see JumpStart.com in action:

Please see my previous posts for details:

Jump Start Contest

Jump Start Contest Extended

Stay tuned for my full review, comments and contest winner announcement on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009. Thank you and have fun playing on Jumpstart.com!

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Prizes:

– A copy of the newest version Jump Start Kindergarten called “The Legend of Grizzly McGuffin” AND

– Free 3 month FULL membership to jumpstart.com as a prize.

The rules are below and please see my previous post for reviews on the fabulous Jump Start products.

What to do to enter the Jump Start.com Contest:

1) Visit Jumpstart.com (free to play as a non-member). Or if you want to try out the full membership for one month you can use the Promo code 02CENTS to get a month of membership for 2 cents.

2) Email me a comment on or before Saturday January 17, 2009 11:59PM EST to: jennymannion@yahoo.com with SUBJECT: JUMPSTART CONTEST

I will NOT be accepting entries via the comments section (sorry) you MUST email me and follow the following directions for eligibility (sorry about being strict on this but I have been spammed repeatedly when opening up comments):

– In YOUR EMAIL TO ME: Tell me WHAT you like about Jumpstart.com and your name (at least first name and last initial) and a valid email address. Alternatively you can send in something your child said they liked about the site.

– THE SUBJECT OF YOUR EMAIL MUST READ: JUMPSTART CONTEST

(If you have a website, you can include that url info too)

3) I will include comments submitted by readers in my review of Jumpstart.com on Tuesday January 20. At the same time I will announce the winner. I will assign a number to each comment I receive in the order received. The winner will be chosen by a random number picker.

4) If you are the winner you will need to supply an address as to WHERE to mail the prize.

PLEASE feel free to email your child’s comments to me. Children play with games differently and something your child might find another might not find out about for MUCH longer. It is cool to see the different discoveries kids make when playing with games.

As an aside I thank my readers for helping jennymannion.com to achieve a wonderful web status of being in the top 100,000 websites worldwide via the Alexa ratings.  I love writing for both my blogs and it is a great honor to have made it this far.

Please continue to email me games you would like me to check out. Enjoy Jumpstart.com my daughter LOVES IT and remember to pass on the word for the contest.   Thank you!

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