JumpStart Languages

JumpStart Languages is an Early Discovery JumpStart game released by Knowledge Adventure in 2001. It is designed to teach French, Spanish, and Japanese for ages 3-6. It also teaches about the cultures of America, France, Mexico, and Japan.

This game was also released as Jump Ahead Discover Geography in Europe, and released as Frankie: World Explorer in Great Britain.

Gameplay
The game takes place in the JumpStart Worlds Fair. There are four pavilions for the languages English, French, Spanish, and Japanese, each hosted by one recurring JumpStart character and one character created specifically for the game. In each pavilion, activities can be played in order to earn "globe pieces". There's a central building hosted by CJ and Edison in which you can access printable activities and crafts, as well as access short clips called "Video Voyages" that may be "bought" every time the user earns four globe pieces.

Activities
Each of the four languages pavilions has its own version of each activity.
 * Kitchen Hide-n-Seek Game - Find the hidden flag by clicking on the items around the kitchen.
 * Outdoor Adventure Game - Two players compete to win in a board game styled activity. The player whose piece reaches the end of the path first wins. The player always gets a globe piece whether he or she wins or not.
 * Puppets of the World Game - Help dress up puppets for the Puppets of the World Show.
 * Listen and Learn Story Maker - Read stories and select different items to appear in each story.
 * Decoration Coloring - Help decorate the Language Pavilion by coloring different objects.
 * Telephone Number Fun - Try to memorize and repeat the sequence of numbers.

Extras

 * Folk Songs
 * Fine Art
 * Time of Day
 * Video Voyages
 * Make Your Own World Festival Printables

Characters

 * CJ
 * Edison
 * English (American) Pavillion: Frankie, Roxy
 * Spanish (Mexican) Pavillion: Hopsalot, Serafina
 * Japanese Pavillion: Kisha, Hiroshi
 * French Pavillion: Pierre, Chloe

Songs

 * JumpStart Languages Theme Song
 * Body Song (From Puppets of the World Activity) (Multilanguage)
 * O Susanna (US)
 * I've Been Working on the Railroad (US)
 * De colores (MX)
 * Tengo una muñeca (MX)
 * Sakura Sakura (JP)
 * Snow (JP)
 * Au clair de la lune (FR)
 * Frere Jacques (FR)
 * Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Multilanguage)

Re-releases / Bundles
JumpStart Languages was re-released as JumpStart Advanced Language Club  as part of a JumpStart Advanced Preschool bundle.

It was also released with Chick-fil-A Kids' Meals as part of a promotion.

Trivia
In every Pavilion, the "Decoration Coloring" and "Puppets of the World" activities share one kind of background music, and the "Kitchen Hide-n-Seek" and "Outdoor Adventure" games share another.

Goof
In the French Pavilion, when the "Story Making" activity is chosen, either by clicking Chloe or her book, her red skirt turns blue as she opens the book.

Credits
See JumpStart Languages/Credits