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** UPDATE** winner and such. Yeah! A winner! Congratulations Alicia O and the Gang for winning the *FREE* 3 month membership to JUMP START and all the site has it to offer! If your children are like Elijah, they will love it from the beginning! Now, they do get to chose their own avatar...Elijah? He was all concerned because he couldn't switch his hair color, and thought it wasn't light enough! He had so much fun creating himself! Enjoy!

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I love contest. And while this is a contest, I am not going to make you do anything crazy other than admit how awesome I am {ahem} 

In May, Corey and I were talking about how we wanted some good computer programs for Elijah this summer, for him to use w

hile Asher is napping. I wanted something fun, educational and that had reading skills and math applications. I am big on having kids know number sense and the base 10 system, in order to truly master math. 

We talked about it and looked a few things, but hadn't bought anything. 

Suddenly.... it came. 

An email telling me about the Jump Start online learning center. Yes, that Jump Start, the ones who do the books I bought for Elijah for Christmas, the ones like this? 

They now have an online learning site. It is pretty cool. You and your child can create your own avatar, then play on different games. Elijah was able to complete "missions" where he had to complete different learning tasks, and play online games. We played one game where he had to pick rhyming words, and others where he "flew" with a jet pack and choose the rhyming words. I was sitting there, trying to help him, and he turns to me and says, "Mom, I can do this myself you know." Um, fine. However, I am a teacher, we help. 

When it was time for dinner? Elijah begged to go back and play more. I am planning on having him go though the site a few times a week and continue the learning games.

What I like is that he can complete and go through the site with some guidance from me, but he is able to feel as though he can master it himself. Younger children, of course, are going to need more guidance, but will still enjoy it. The graphics, characters and music are all fun, upbeat and will draw your child in. Asher was dancing at our feet while we played poor kid obviously gets his rhythm from me.

Now, for you? I am GIVING AWAY a 3 month membership to the JUMP START website! You and your child will have unlimited access to all the site has to offer for 3 months! I am sure you will love it as much as us! 

How to enter you ask? Simply leave me a comment, telling me a learning story, a way you'd use the membership, or telling what an awesome contest/giveaway this is. 

Extra entries? Umm. Tweet about this and/or follow me on twitter {ahh, ha! that is how others get all these followers!} 

CONTEST RUNS UNTIL JUNE 12th at 12 pm. CST! Enjoy!