It is not unusual to find your youngster flicking through websites looking for games, as they become more and more at ease with the internet. However, the internet can be a dangerous place for a child so here are some great educational websites that will teach them while they are having fun.
Spatulatta is a cookery website that will help teach your child how to cook. The website contains kid-friendly recipes, basic cooking skills and 350 step-by-step video recipes. It is designed to help foster a new generation of cooks and introduces kids to healthy, fresh and basic ingredients.
Toporopa will teach your child about Europe in a fun and interactive way. There are specially designed quizzes that will test your kid’s knowledge on the member countries, flags, cities, monarchies, politics and geography to name a few. The website is available in Danish, Dutch, French, German, Irish, Norwegian, Sami and Spanish.
Funbrain offers free educational games, online books and comics and is designed to develop skills in maths, reading and literacy. The site helps kids to build up the knowledge they have acquired in class and put it into practice. It is suitable for preschoolers and helps parents introduce them to the internet.
PrimaryGames allows kids to play maths and reading games and even allows them to read online storybooks. The website offers printable colouring pages that your child will enjoy so they don’t have to be staring at a computer screen to get the full benefit of the site.
Teach your child about space with this great website from NASA. There are great real life pictures that your little one will love looking through. The site allows your youngster learn about the animals and plants that live at the NASA centres across America, learn how their age and weight varies on different planets and discover the different spacecrafts that NASA uses.
Pottermore allows your child explore the world of Harry Potter and uncover new content from J.K. Rowling. If your little one is a Harry Potter fan they will love following the stories, competing for the Gryffindor House Cup, brewing a potion and choosing a wand.
If your child loves animals they will love Switch Zoo. The site allows your child to visit habitats, make new animals and learn the facts in each animal. There are some great puzzles and your little one can even be an Animal Relocation Officer and be in charge of returning smuggled animals back to their hometown.
