Online Educational Games/Learning

Recently there was a discussion about this on the parents list at work. Some of the top picks were as follows:

Starfall : R has used this extensively. We introduced this to him at 18 months (especially their basic ABC section) and he started liking it. He went from spending 5 minutes to a good 30 minutes by the age of 2. He has now moved on to the other sections on the site which are very nice too. Overall this is a must-try site.

PBS Kids : R loves Word World and Sesame Street sections on the site. The Word World section is extremely entertaining and has lot of learning games. See my old post for more information. My only complain is that the site is extremely slow.

Literactive : Focused mostly on reading. Good site !

Nick Jr : I personally haven't tried this one but have heard great reviews from a lot of friends. I do plan to try this out sometime soon.

Tux Paint : The site provides an open source drawing software for kids. Again haven't tried this but the site has been highly recommended by a lot of parents

UpToTen : Looks like a cool site. Need to see if R likes it.

Story Line : On-line video streaming software where actors read the stories. R is a big fan of books so I might try this out soon. For now, we are focusing on been the "actors" ourselves :).

Common Sense Media : Provides information on a lot of sites and also reviews about them.

If you know of any other good sites, feel free to post the link in the comments section.