Great children’s educational website

In my hunt to find what I believe to be a good children’s website for Week 3 class, I consulted the reading What Makes a Good Kids’ Website?

I have discovered that “good websites” will be meaningful and involve the children through having them create something online, be challenging and interesting to the child as well as provide the opportunity for any child to participate in their own way.

If a children’s website has features that allow for the child to excel, it increases the child’s confidence and views on their abilities.

This reading also identifies the layout of the site determines if it is user friendly or not.

Of course, safety is a concern as well. I have learnt that a good site should ask for adult consent when asking for information, have a Privacy policy, be monitored by adults and display identifiable features of adverts and editorial topics.

With these aspects in mind, I found a site that I believe is great for children. It is: National Geographic Kids. kids.nationalgeographic.com

It features a range of activities, games, videos of other children, facts, related links, opportunities for children to Blog through “My Page” and a simple to follow layout. It also contains the safety features listed above.