Sunday, March 14, 2010

Sprout Online

Sprout Online.com explores PBS Sprout with your toddlers. This website was especiallydeveloped for toddlers to develop their skills and knowledge. there are many interesting games, which the parent together with the child can explore games, crafts & colouring, Shared galleries and look at educational videos.

Navigation through this site is simple type in the following link " http://www.educational-freeware.com/  when the page opens scroll down and click on sprout and  have fun exploring the world with your three or four year old as the child learn how to use the computer with your guidance. 
This site was partnership with Compast Corporation, HIT Entertainment, PBS and Sesame Workshop, their programmes are usually very inspiring and educational. From the main menu you can visit many sections on the website.
children can do crafts and colouring and even submit their workon the website. Also they can save their "favorite tab", for future reference. the site also has music and video that the child can practice or sing along with Barney, Big bird and even Thomas the tank engine. there are lots of values and morals to be derived from this site, which will help your child to develop creativity, fine motor skills, sorting, matching, and much more.
Here are some other educational links you can visit
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

http://typingsoft.com/aa_typing_tutors.htm is a drill and practice tutorial.

http://www.sumdog,com/ is a drill and practice but also learn mathematical concepts (9-13yrs.).







8 comments:

  1. this seems very interesting, I would definitely try it with my four year old cousin.

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  2. Very relevant, this is what children that age need!

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  4. I guess I will be able to use the activities on this site when I start tutoring at the daycare during the four months off from school. I extremely thrilled that it is linked to PBS. org. It is interactive and it suits the age category.

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  5. This sounds very good indeed. I would definately try this with my son.

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  6. Wow! I love this blog! It is very informative and quite applicable to the classroom!

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  7. This is amazing and very interesting.

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