by: Mike Smith
We did an extensive search in trying to find something healthy, informative, and equally fun for preschool, kindergarten and first grade kids to do online for a limited amount of time on a daily basis. Let us look at what parents want for their preschool and kindergarten kids and what they actually get.
What do parents actually want?
Parents generally want their kids to get used to computers at a young age, but not get addicted to the same. Hence the “limited amount of time” is a key requirement to any young children’s website.
Parents also expect that the website should be generally healthy and suitable for kids. The website should teach the kids the essential concepts of early child-hood curriculum, such as, numbers, alphabets, analytics etc. It is a huge plus, if the kids are taught in a subtle and entertaining manner, without giving them a burdened feeling that they need to learn. Such a fun learning approach, goes a great length in addressing their generally short attention spans. In other words, the kids should learn while thoroughly enjoying the time spent on the website. Research has shown, that this is quite an effective way to motivate kids to learn.
In the fast paced world today, most parents are busy with both parents working. In such a scenario, the website needs to be able to engage the young kids without the parents necessarily having to baby sit them along.
The bottom line is that TV engages kids, but a well designed children’s website should be able to engage and interact with the kids much more effectively, while providing the necessary learning.
What do parents actually get?
To our surprise, our search showed that not many sites came close to the above expectations. Here are some of the things we found on the web for children, based on our extensive survey.
One thing that our search revealed is that there are several social networking websites for kids. Sensible parents of preschoolers or first graders wouldn’t feel comfortable with their kids doing social networking on the internet before doing social networking in the real world.
We did an extensive search in trying to find something healthy, informative, and equally fun for preschool, kindergarten and first grade kids to do online for a limited amount of time on a daily basis. Let us look at what parents want for their preschool and kindergarten kids and what they actually get.
What do parents actually want?
Parents generally want their kids to get used to computers at a young age, but not get addicted to the same. Hence the “limited amount of time” is a key requirement to any young children’s website.
Parents also expect that the website should be generally healthy and suitable for kids. The website should teach the kids the essential concepts of early child-hood curriculum, such as, numbers, alphabets, analytics etc. It is a huge plus, if the kids are taught in a subtle and entertaining manner, without giving them a burdened feeling that they need to learn. Such a fun learning approach, goes a great length in addressing their generally short attention spans. In other words, the kids should learn while thoroughly enjoying the time spent on the website. Research has shown, that this is quite an effective way to motivate kids to learn.
In the fast paced world today, most parents are busy with both parents working. In such a scenario, the website needs to be able to engage the young kids without the parents necessarily having to baby sit them along.
The bottom line is that TV engages kids, but a well designed children’s website should be able to engage and interact with the kids much more effectively, while providing the necessary learning.
What do parents actually get?
To our surprise, our search showed that not many sites came close to the above expectations. Here are some of the things we found on the web for children, based on our extensive survey.
One thing that our search revealed is that there are several social networking websites for kids. Sensible parents of preschoolers or first graders wouldn’t feel comfortable with their kids doing social networking on the internet before doing social networking in the real world.
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