Mar 19
The Fisher-Price website has a load of games for kids. I’m not a fan of all of them but there a few good ones. The Toddler and Preschool sections may also be useful for older kids who are still learning basic alphabetics or basic English vocabulary.
Our favorite so far has been the ABC (Alphabet) Zoo Game, which is really good for toddlers and even babies who can use a keyboard but can’t really manage the mouse yet.
Mar 17
I’m not sure if they are politically correct or not (see the depictions of Native Americans), but the BBC has a number of good online literacy games for kids. I believe these games are best for kids who’ve mastered basic alphabetics and blending.
Mar 17
I just discovered this alphabetics website. I’m going to try it out on my kids. I suspect they won’t like it as much as some other sites with more bells and whistles, but I think the site’s activities are probably good at teaching alphabetics.
Mar 6
I think it’s clear that my blog’s audience consists of mainly my kids so here’s one that’s sure to be a hit. Reading Between the Lions is a popular children’s television program. Here are four Lions playlists from various YouTube users:
Feb 27
A year ago, my daughter (then 4) sprung “Parents need to teach their kids sign language!” on my wife and me. We, of course, didn’t know any sign langauge. Luckily our friend gave us a bunch of Signing Time videos and she’s been studiously learning it. She knows how to label tons of things and she’s started stringing words together. As she learns to spell, she’s associating the hand signs with the written letters. Now she wants to learn Chinese and Spanish, so she does keeps us busy.
I just looked up these Signing Time playlists for my daughter. We haven’t tried out the Signing Time Kids website yet, but I’ll have my kids play with it this week.
