Comments on: Free Online Activites for Children

By: Gigi

Gigi — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:03:29 +0000

There are quite a lot of educational web sites for all ages. What we need is a quality directory indeed. A couple of sites I like, A great math site to improve your skills http://www.noetic-learning.com A great site to know about our government http://www.kids.gov/ A great site for Preschooler http://www.starfall.com

By: nathan mcgee

nathan mcgee — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:56:08 +0000

The library website is often a great resource too. Our local library website has resources for kids that include games and an entire list of animated stories. Sometimes for bed time we sit together with the lap top and pick a book from the list. While the stories have a narrator, often they ask me to turn the sound off and read the story .

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By: Kristy @ Master Your Card

Kristy @ Master Your Card — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:43:35 +0000

My sister has been looking for some fun activities for her kids, 3 and 18 months. The kids have both gotten into the habit of sitting in her lap while she works, so it's no something they both want to play with. She's been doing the Disney TV website for the most part, but she said the games are a little advanced for their younger years. I'll definitely pass these tips on to her! Thanks for sharing! Kristy @ Master Your Card´s last blog post..Credit Counseling Services: A Primer

By: Shevy

Shevy — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:38:19 +0000

My Dear Child (age 6, in Kindergarten) also goes on PBS Kids and CBeebies but she also likes Kids CBC and Treehouse. Her fave though is Webkinz. She likes decorating rooms for her pets and is very good at some of the arcade games, including Lunch Letters (teaches typing skills) and Bamboo Bash (a Tetris clone that's good for spatial relationships). She can get to level 3 in Lunch Letters and usually somewhere in level 2 or 3 of Bamboo Bash.

I laughed when I read Lauren's comment. The baby (2 next month) is very dangerous around the computer! I once left DC and her 4 yo niece playing on Webkinz and went to the bathroom for literally about 2 minutes. I came back to find that the baby had pushed them away from the computer and taken it over. As I came into the room she looked at me and bent over, redoubling her efforts. I pulled her away and discovered that she had gotten into my administrative password (I wasn't even logged in as Admin) and was *changing* it! I was just lucky that she hadn't been able to replicate the new password the second time in order to make it take effect.

By: Amiyrah

Amiyrah — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:10:35 +0000

noggin.com. I let him watch a few of the shows from the tv station, so it's great for him to go on there and practice is alphabet, shapes and numbers with characters that he already knows. Amiyrah´s last blog post..Shop Rite deals 2/22 -2/28

By: Kiersten

Kiersten — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:01:37 +0000

Thank you for the recommendations! I had never heard of “IXL” or “Jitterbug”. At http://www.growingfree.com/Websites.html , there are lots of links for games, online stories, and other activities to do with kids. I add to it as I come across things I think my children might enjoy. There are also many educational sites for older kids at http://www.growingfree.com/SchoolSubjects.html

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:13:38 +0000

For the really young kids we love BabySmash. It lets your 18 month old "type" on the keyboard and use the mouse without doing horrible things to your computer.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:10:46 +0000

My almost 3 year old's two favorite sites are + Starfall as well--just the abc portion + Boowa and Kwala--the younger kids portion of Up to Ten--I got a set of grandparents to spring for the premium version as a Christmas gift, but there's plenty to do for free, I just wish I could get him do the other languages available. Gabriel´s last blog post..Hypotheticals

By: Shannon

Shannon — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:12:11 +0000

Here’s a pretty cool site kids may like http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/ It’s an online “doodle” and paint pad which loads quickly. More enjoyable with a tablet or touchpad but a mouse will do. You can also submit your own work and view paintings made by other users as well. I also liked the cute games at http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/ not really educational but just plain wholesome fun!

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