9 Free Learning Websites for Kids

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9 Free Learning Websites for Kids

These are a few of the websites that we allow Ally to use. Each one will be rated by her according to how fun they are. (Her idea)

1. Switcheroo Zoo - here kids can learn all about animals and play games. This is one of my favorites because it has virtual field trips, puzzles, scavenger hunt, and much more. I catch myself answering questions with her while she is playing games. Her favorite game is making her own animal.

Ally's review- 10/10

2. Funbrain - this one is packed full of Math and Reading games. There is also an arcade and playground. The games on this site don't have names, but her favorite has two characters on a teeter totter. You have to toss one of the characters in a pool. They do have some games that are not educational but, they are still suitable for children. 

Ally's review-9/10

3. PBS Kids-has educational games based on the cartoons they show on their t.v. station. This is more for the younger ones because an 8 year old is grown according to Ally. However, she does like the games Dr. Daniel and My bedtime.

Ally's review- 10/10

4. Into The Book - helps elementary aged children work on reading comprehension. This one has them draw out what they read and plays the drawing back to them as a slide show as the story is being read back to them. I love this site, but Ally is not so crazy about it. 

Ally's review- 2/10

5. Starfall - is more for the little ones learning to read.  It has some great games. Actually both of my girls used Starfall when they were learning to read. She likes the songs and the game Who am I?

Ally's review-10/10

6.Seussville -  doesn't have many learning games. They do have printable worksheets.

She didn't review this one since they didn't really have many games. She said it would be unfair to them.

7. Storyline Online - the best way I know to explain this site is an online library. Well kind of. It has a few books, but the cool thing about it is they read they book to your child. I may be the only parent that gets excited about a site or app that will read to my child. Yes, I do read to her daily and she reads to me daily, but some days I get tired and those little things do help. 

Ally's review- 0/10 (only because it's not games)

8. ABCya - this one has games grouped according to grade. The grade levels go from kindergarten to 5th grade. I'm not sure how accurately grouped they are because Ally plays the 5th grade level. She is extremely smart too. 

Ally's review- 7/10 

9. Highlights Kids - has games, stuff for them to read, and crafts. When I was younger we would get Highlights books and I always looked forward to getting them. This is a virtual Highlights book basically. We do a lot of Science experiments around here and this is definitely one of our go to sites.

Ally's review- 8/10

So here is the basic sites we use. We do use a few others, but I just wanted to go over a few of the most used. These are just Ally's, Emma has a whole other list she uses since she is older. I would love to hear of any other great educational sites out there. I'm sure there are tons I've never heard of.