Juba is a marvelous example of what happens when truly committed, creative minds get together to create a fun and interactive website for young children. Clearly the Juba creators were tasked with designing a site that embraced the concept of whole brain teaching. There are loads of learning opportunities including numerous ways to enhance your […]
This is without a doubt one of the most ingenious, cool and fun ways to learn math in a “real-life” setting. Hats off to Six Red Marbles for totally wowing our testers. Utilizing a faux celebrity world to convey math techniques while linking it to and promoting financial literacy is a stroke of genius, especially
Edmodo takes students, teachers and parents to communicative heights that no social network has yet to figure out. Setup and control are all in the teacher’s hands. The site only allows questions to be posed to the whole class or directly to the teacher. Direct interaction between students or private messaging is not an option
Who amongst us can’t use a little spelling and vocabulary brushing up? Vkidz knows the answer is all of us and still they went ahead and created a website to help the youngest amongst us (our kids). It is a site that really is focused on helping children with spelling and vocabulary work from school.
Time4Learning impressed our testers for providing them with a new method for utilizing technology in their child’s learning, especially in the homeschooling environment. Combining lessons with a nice variety of educational teaching games, students can enhance and/or reinforce their education. Subjects include language arts, science, math, social studies and more from preschool right through middle
We don’t know what the name means but we do know that Ohanarama is a great new, safe, online destination where families can connect, learn & play together. Parents are given complete control over who is invited into their own space, this is protective and wise but also serves to reinforce bonds with relatives who
We found that Shutterfly was very familiar to our testers and many told us it was their photo sharing and printing site of choice. When we asked them to evaluate the new Custom Path offering, which gives users the tools to create truly customized photo books, they were intrigued and excited. The anticipation was rewarded
Utilizing the enduring appeal of Looney Tunes and enlisting their timeless characters to teach phonics and reading on the web is nothing short of a stroke of genius. Managing to deliver extremely sound educational lessons that really do teach children to read impressed our testers enormously. The site itself is easy to use and navigate.
The MathBlaster website is awash with eye candy. Gorgeously detailed graphics in full vibrant colors invite the player in and let them feel as if they were actually moving through a high tech space station armed with a blaster shooting targets along the way. What is really going on of course is the reinforcement of
A marvelous educational and entertaining web based experience for children, Jumpstart impressed our testers yet again with it ability to attract, engage and delight children in a fully immersive environment. The educational component is perfectly aligned with the curriculum your child is learning in school so that this becomes both reinforcing and further exploring topics
