Hola Hola Jumpiteerz! Do you remember our song The world in Books? It’s one of our favorites because it’s our attempt to speak of the importance of learning new things about the world around and that is something that we want to instill to kids. We found a great resource of free audiobooks for children where you can find some of the all time favorites such as Pinocchio, Tom Sawyer, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Alice in Wonderland and Polyanna just to name a few.

So Jumpiteerz let us know what you think, alright?

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Hola Hola Jumpiteerz! Mari here, hey what’s your favorite animal? Mine’s a Tiger and I got really excited to see Woo Kids Jr post some printable coloring pages for Tigers! Here’s one you can click on for a bigger picture which you can then print and start coloring.

For the rest of the coloring page got to Kids Jr.

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Hola Hola Jumpiteerz! As you know we’re all about learning and we want to introduce you to the Kids Knowit Learning Network for children. There are a lot of sites out there that are a repository of information but don’t have much interactivity, this website in particular contains educational content for kids in not just video format but also text and does so by connecting to other networks.

Kids Knowit was created by an educator so the content in here is of real value to parents who their children to learn new stuff. The only thing we don’t like is that the videos can’t be embedded like YouTube but we’ve cropped some screenshots below of a Pirates Movie educational video so you can get an idea of what this is about.

Go over to Kids Knowit and see for yourself, we recommend it!

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The Jumpitz Corporation Steps Up Its Commitment To Entertain Military Families Around the World by Proudly Announcing Today a Combined Partnership With the American Forces Network (AFN) and Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE) to Air Jumpitz Award Winning Kids’ Content and Take its Popular Live Performances to U.S. Bases Around Europe This Summer.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) February 23, 2010 — The announcement follows the Jumpitz incredibly successful "Operation Jump for Joy" concert for hundreds of military families aboard the USS Midway in San Diego over the holidays. The concert later aired multiple times on the Pentagon Channel which can be viewed by nearly one million people around the world. Press Release.

Kids can’t seem to get enough Jumpitz programming.

Winner of multiple national parenting awards, the Jumpitz take preschoolers on a journey into a magical, whimsical land of song and dance where children learn to solve problems by doing and discover that by "jumping in" anything is possible! With a call to action of "You Can Do It, So Let’s Jump to It," the Jumpitz short stories and songs empower children to engage, be curious and be creative. Sixty-one of The Jumpitz Shorts, "Shortcutz," and music videos premiered January 4th, 2010 throughout the AFN|family channel. Jumpitz Snapshot. Many of the same military families who can now view the Jumpitz through AFN’s global footprint will be able to enjoy the troupe live and in person this summer.

Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE) has graciously agreed to help extend "Operation Jump for Joy" into an overseas tour by bringing Jumpitz Live! to American families stationed throughout Europe. This summer–from July 7th through July 20th–the Jumpitz will perform for families at bases in the U.K., Germany, Belgium and Italy.

"We are so excited to be able to bring the Jumpitz brand of energetic engagement right to the children of our armed forces this summer," said Phyllis Schwartz, President and CEO of The Jumpitz Corporation."Operation Jump for Joy is our way to show support and introduce fun and of course try to bring Joy to this important and committed group of families. Our relationship with both AFN and AFE is a wonderful and important extension to our brand and who we are."

"Armed Forces Entertainment is honored to host The Jumpitz this summer as they travel through Europe providing a family friendly entertainment experience for the whole family while focusing on the young dependents,” said Edward F. Shock, Col, USAF, “These young children are asked to cope with the burden of going through six months to a year or even longer without one of their parents due to deployment; and they are often overlooked when it comes to scheduling entertainment opportunities. We are excited to see The Jumpitz, first hand, and witness the positive impact they will have on the children. We also look forward to sending them on other tours where we have military and their dependents living overseas."

“Kids can’t seem to get enough Jumpitz programming,” Said Larry Marotta, AFN’s Chief of Television. “It’s fun, invigorating and well-produced, but most of all, it opens doors to growth and achievement. We’re proud that Jumpitz is part of the AFN|family and look forward to more in the future.”

AFN|family is one of a group of television channels operated by the Department of Defense for the benefit of service members and their families deployed in 175 countries around the world and on U.S. Navy ships at sea. AFN|family targets children from preschool through high school age with the very best and most-popular American television programming designed for those age groups.

About The Jumpitz Corporation
The Jumpitz® is an award winning, live action preschool brand of edutainment that uses story, song and dance to empower kids to ENGAGE, BE CURIOUS and BE CREATIVE. Launched in late 2008, the Jumpitz began with its award-winning and critically acclaimed DVDs for preschool children. Recognized by Parent’s Choice, NAPPA, Kids First and Dove, The Jumpitz continue to broaden their audience and industry appeal with the highly popular Jumpitz Live! concerts. For more information, http://www.jumpitz.com/.

About American Forces Network
The Department of Defense operates AFN American Forces Network®. AFN, a worldwide radio and television broadcast network, serves nearly one million American service men and women, Department of Defense civilians and their families overseas, stationed at bases in 175 countries as well as 140 U.S. Navy ships at sea. AFN broadcasts the most popular American radio and television programs from all the major networks. AFN is a service of the American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS), a component of the Defense Media Activity (DMA). For more information about AFN’s programming, please visit http://www.myafn.net.

About Armed Forces Entertainment
The official Department of Defense agency for providing entertainment to U.S. military personnel overseas, Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE) and its performers have the honor of supporting soldiers, airmen, marines and sailors by bringing them the very best in American entertainment. AFE hosts more than 1,200 shows around the world each year, reaching more than 500,000 personnel at 270 military installations. AFE is proud to present our troops the finest American entertainment and proud to represent the thousands of entertainers who have volunteered their time to give them a well-deserved break from the action. For more information about AFE, please visit http://www.armedforcesentertainment.com.

Contact: Heather Erickson, The Jumpitz Corporation, heather@thejumpitz.com (619.540.1450)

Contact: Larry Sichter, AFN public affairs, larry.sichter@dma.mil (951.413.2319)

Contact: Jennifer Milikien, Armed Forces Entertainment public affairs, Jennifer(at)rc-co(dot)com (210.829.1953)

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Hola hola Jumpiteerz! Meet Quasi the Robot. A fast speaking witty robot built by students at Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center in Pittsburgh. Quasi can talk and create human-like expressions and body movements, with some human help.

The picture above is from the recent International Toy Fair a few days ago and the video below is from a few years back.

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Kid Metalica Band Drummer – Amazing videos are here

Here’s Levi Eshleman a 3 year old drummer kicking it! How cute huh?

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Hi mom or dad, we know that as a parent you probably get asked a LOT of questions by your young and curious child about the world and everyday things such as ‘Why do we blink?’ that probably leaves you scratching your head. The web is a vast repository of information where you can find out things about pretty much anything and so we found a really cool article about Answers to Common Questions Parents Can’t Answer Their Kids that you’ll get a kick out of!

If your kid wants to know why we blink, here’s the answer:

The very front of your eye is made of an extremely sensitive see-through screen rather like the windscreen on your parents’ car.

It’s very important that it stays clean and moist so that you can see as well as possible.

So every ten or 20 seconds, your eyelids close, spreading a thin layer of tears over your eye which washes off any bits of dust or anything else that may have got into it, like a car’s windscreen wiper with squirty screen wash.

If we didn’t blink so much, we wouldn’t be able to see properly, so it’s lucky we do!

Dr Rob Hogan, president of the College of Optometrists

Check out the article as there are more questions with answers to get you prepared for when those questions come you’ll be ready!

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Hola Hola Jumpiteerz! Just like you’re a fan of the Jumpitz we’re fans of Superheroes like Spider Man and Super Man because they all stand for something positive.

If you could be any superhero which one would you be and why? 

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Hola hola Jumpiteerz! Do you remember Disney’s the Jungle Book? Do you remember Mowgli and his bear friend Baloo? In school we’re told that Bears are dangerous and we should stay away from me if ever get to encounter them in the wild (and you should! )but we’re curios to know if humans can be around them and maybe find out if Mowgli and Baloo aren’t just make believe.

You know we love to learn and one of our favorite things to learn about are animals so there’s no better place to look than National Geographic. Yipee! As we were looking at the new videos section and found a really cool video about bears in the wild and how people (highly trained) actually do get close to them. Yup those cute furry animals are actually rather friendly and according to the scientist they are more afraid of us humans.

Hope you enjoy the video and you should know there’s a really funny scene where the Bear is scratching his back against a tree a-la Baloo that really made us lauhg!

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