http://www.kidyos.com/
Kidyos.com is really cute and geared for little ones. The children in my school and our 4 year old annex would really enjoy this. I will make sure the reading specialist shares this web site with the teachers. I played Caillou for a few minutes and the games were geared for very young children ages 1- 6. They were engaging for small children. If the child became distracted, the characters nicely reminded them of ways to play. Of course, the playing was all involved in learning, but in such a fun way.
There were several ways to go when you begin. When you choose the various games, you go to that area. I went to some singing horses, which were really quite silly, but I could even use it in music class as they were singing in 4 parts, and you could click them to either sing or not. It was interesting to hear them with or without certain parts.
You could build a dollhouse, put tracks together on a train track so the train could go. You could travel in the kitchen for activities there. It is a great site for little ones. It would also be good for children with learning disabilities and may be in a repeated grade. Also, children who speak another language would find it good for learning words in English. If you know young children, this would be a great!
This would be good not only in the classroom computers, but on each computer in homes with young children. I know we got a computer when our oldest child was turning 2 and he took to that Apple IIe really quick. Children are smart enough to learn to use the computer to play games. It is amazing how young they can be. These are wonderful and should be used by all wee lads and lassies. (That is how you speak when you are in Scotland, which is where I was this past summer, working with kids for the 4th summer in 9 years.)
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