[susanl1202]

My son, who is 5 (6 in May) is allowed occasional play on two websites:

www.pbskids.com
www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies

Are there others that you would recommend with a similar mix of story telling, games, crafts etc?

Any suggestions welcome.

 

[LaughingHyena]

http://gcompris.net/

You have to download the games rather than play on a website but they are free and my 2 (3 & 5) really enjoy them.

 

[weasleyx]

http://www.starfall.com

The 4 1/2 year old I nanny for loves this - it is focused on phonics and learning to read, but it also has other fun games.

 

[kindergirl77]

We love Starfall.com, Nickjr.com, PBSkids.org, and disney.com has a preschool page that my 6 year old still loves along with my 3 year old; http://home.disney.go.com/preschool/

 

[limabean]

My DS really likes Up To Ten. The "Boowa and Kwala" section is for ages 0-6 and the "Games" section is for ages 6-10. And there are tons and tons of games to choose from -- it's fun!

 

[Vancouver Mommy]

kids CBC is a fave around here.

 

[hakeber]

We love Boowakwala.com...and it is bilingual in French and English. We also love Starfall.

 

[katiecat]

My son loves the TVO kids and Charlie and Lola websites.

http://www.tvokids.com/
www.charlieandlola.com

Both obviously related to tv (though Charlie and Lola was originally a book series).

 

[susanl1202]

Thanks so much for all the suggestions - I'm going to check them out.

 

[amandaleigh37]

poissonrouge.com - love these games, sometimes I ask DS if I can have a turn

 

[sunny*pa*mom]

My 5 year olds favorite site is http://www.physicsgames.net/.

 

[rachelernst]

Peepandthebigwideworld.com

Lego has a software module you can install, sorry don't remember the name, but it allows you to build custom things with blocks.

 

[ChristaN]

Has he played with the cyberchase games on PBS' website: http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/allgames.html ? Dds always thought those were fun.

Also, not only for the brilliant

, Mensa has a neat kids' site called Mensa for Kids that has a lot of fun games some of which are educational and some of which are just fun: http://www.mensaforkids.org/play_template.cfm

 

[lonegirl]

www.jumpstart.com
http://www.cbc.ca/kids/games/

 

[arniflora]