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What websites does your 4-8yo like?

post #1 of 14
1/25/11 at 9:12am
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My 6yo son has liked pbskids.org for a long time... but I suspect there are some others out there that we don't know about.  We tried the free trial of pbskids Play! and he really liked it, but I didn't want to pay a subscription.  What do your kids like?

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post #2 of 14
1/25/11 at 9:26am

Kidzui, Starfall, kidshealth.org

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post #3 of 14
1/25/11 at 11:47am

Line Rider

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post #4 of 14
1/25/11 at 9:50pm

Hi op, how's it going? (The last time I tried to pm you, your mailbox was full.)

 

My guy likes youtube. He watches a lot of How It's Made type videos as well as Betty Crocker. He goes to starfall.com as a default when I won't let him have more screen time (typically he only gets screen time during his sister's nap but I'll let him watch starfall beyond that.)

 

I don't want him doing too much more online at this point. However, in another year or two I plan on trying out www.cosmeo.com. It's $10 a month, but from the time I spent looking over their site I think it could be well worth it.

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post #5 of 14
1/26/11 at 6:48am

Wiglington and Wenks, Zon, YouTube and KidsTube, Lego, Game Ninja

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post #6 of 14
1/26/11 at 6:51am

The free ones include:

http://www.starfall.com/

http://www.poissonrouge.com/

http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/home/

http://www.toytheater.com/index.php  (plainer looking, but some great simple games esp under the math tab)

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post #7 of 14
1/26/11 at 7:43am
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Thanks so much to each of you!

 

SundayCrepes... my box should be open now... i wiped a bunch of stuff out.  We are well!

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post #8 of 14
1/26/11 at 7:55am

My 5yo DS loves Up to Ten.  Thousands of free, gentle games, some stories.  Seems to be translated from French, so sometimes a few words/phrasings are a little off from standard American English, but it's not a problem for us. 

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post #9 of 14
1/26/11 at 10:51am

My son LOVES coolmath.com. He is addicted to the Bloons Tower Defense game (ok, I've tried it, too and it is really cool... and they do spell it "Bloons" for some reason)!

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post #10 of 14
1/26/11 at 12:17pm

www.funbrain.com

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post #11 of 14
2/1/11 at 6:35pm

Starfall is fun.  He's getting into Timez Attack which is a free download (impressive graphics and tracks progress!) for learning multiplication.  Another favorite is shepphardsoftware.com.  He is a little bit obsessed with maps, and this website is what triggered that love for geography.  After 3 years, he still absolutely adores anything map-related.

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post #12 of 14
2/5/11 at 12:37pm

Has anyone tried the paid membership for starfall? Is it worth it. It is only $35 for the year and the free ones you can get to my son likes...What do you think?

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post #13 of 14
2/7/11 at 9:09pm

My son loves Zoodles. It's an add on for Firefox, but I'm pretty sure you can get it for other browsers. I like it too because even the free version tells me which sites he's really enjoying and what areas he's focusing on. Right now (3 yo, 1 mo) he is focusing on his ABC's by himself. He loves starfall, which he accesses through Zoodles. If he tries to go outside the browser, it won't let him. I like it, too.

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post #14 of 14
2/8/11 at 11:11am

we just found www.brainpopjr.com  It costs money, but we are doing the free trial right now. 

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