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Friday, December 18, 2009

Terrific Tot Sites ~ Up to Ten

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UptoTen.com is a site that has over 1,300 free games for children ~ mazes, puzzles, coloring pages, songs, stories and more. While some of them are geared toward older children, there are more than a few that can be played with your little one!

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A neat feature of the site is the Boowa & Kwala ‘First Clicks’ tutorials. The ‘First Clicks’ lessons guide your child through different basic keyboard lessons that gradually build up in difficulty ~ things like mouse rollover, click and action, or click and color. Depending on your child’s computer abilities, he can learn some basic skills here through fun and simple games and activities.

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If you are searching for a particular type of game or if you want to focus on a specific educational category, the search pages are handy! You can type in a question, or choose the category you are hunting for to find a game targeted to that area.

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Once you decide on the category you are looking for, your search results are sorted by the title/description, category, age range, site popularity, and also provides the skills that the activity will focus on {memory, listening, observation, understanding, oral expression, etc…}.

Some of the fun games we enjoyed: Dress Your Daddy, Hide and Seek in the Dark, Hanging Lamp Patterns, Salty or Sweet, and Kite Pairs. The site offers many other games too, so stop by and check them out!

Hope you enjoy this Terrific Tot Site! To see more featured sites, click here!

1 comment:

The Stoner Family said...

What a great blog!! THanks for the ideas!!!