I have found a fantastic website that almost every parent will find useful. Its called supernanny.co.uk.
Based on the popular television show, supernanny.co.uk contains loads of resources to help parents deal with difficult family situations. Aiming specifically at parents seeking advise about their children, the site is clearly laid out, with the title of each helpful article appearing in the homepage. The site is a few years old but is constantly being updated with new information and handy hints and tips for British parents.
I found the site useful for a variety reasons. Firstly, it covers a wide range of different parenting issues, such as team work between both parents, education, discipline, and health and fitness. I found the section on excerise very useful. There is an article that suggests 15 ideas on how you and your child can excerise together. The article taught me how important it is to encourage children to excerise. Obviously, good health is important, but excerise can help a child sleep better and focus the mind. It can also eliminate some behavioural problems that stimulate from an overactive mind. This is a particular problem I was having with my youngest son. He was frustrated and mentally over active, which led him to lash out at times. Luckily with regular organised excerise, this seems to have stopped.
I would strongly recommend this site. Yes, its an excellent site if you need advice, or you are experiencing difficulties with your child. But even if you’re not, it’s still useful. There’s always room for improvement and almost all the articles are written from parents who have had similar problems, so the information is relevant and not overly authoritative.
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Whilst browsing the internet the other night, I stumbled upon a great children’s website and a great resource for parents and teachers alike. I have young children who, like most youngsters, are amazed with my computer and are constantly trying to get on it. But monitoring the content they are watching can sometimes be so time consumi-ng, it’s almost impratical. Enter www.ecomiki4kids.com, the answer to my prayers!
To sum up, this website is fab. It’s colourful, interactive and very educational. The aim of the site is to promote enviromental awareness to children using fun characters and games. The site is completely free from third party advertisments. It even has a teachers corner and a parents corner to inform adults on exactly what the site aims to promote, how to use the features, and put your concerns to rest.
It requires a flash driver to work properly, but this can be downloaded for free. The site will educate your child on the enviroment, everything from daily conservation in the household to climate change and even the Polar Ice Caps and the Rainforest. As the user journeys through the website, they collect coins according to how much information they have learnt. They can then spend the coins on customising their characters.
The site is very creative, colourful and screams fun. It will instantly grab your child’s attention. It’s also extremely user friendly for both adults and children. Thank you Ecomiki4kids, your site has proved an instant hit with my children.
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Prongo
Like all parents, I am naturally cautious when I allow my children to surf the Net. I am scared to let them wander the REAL world let alone the Cyber one! But instead of saying “No” to Internet usage completely, I decided to explore the Web for suitable sites I could potentially introduce to my children.
As a result, I came across Prongo.com. This interactive site offers children with features which are ‘Fun, Positive and Safe’. It also allows kids to access educational games from which they can actually learn something.
Prongo is user friendly and offers games on topics like Mathematics, The Stock Market, Memory games (for brain stimulation) and there is also a ‘Wise Wizard’ who answers any appropriate questions the children might have (without setting them loose on search engines like Google). There are also Brain Teasers which quiz the children on areas such as; Human Body, Outer Space, Inventors, Dinosaurs and The Earth.
Whilst Prongo is great for educational purposes, it also offers extras such as childish jokes posted by other kids and contains links to other child-friendly sites!
Overall, Prongo is a great site to occupy the kids with in the evening, once they have completed their homework and finished their dinner of course (vegetables too!).
If you are like me, and have children with various different tastes then its difficult to find a website that they can all enjoy. Especially since that website has to be child-friendly and easy to use. One website that I think every parent should be aware of is the BBC.
The ‘Online Resources’ in the children’s section of the website is amazing; it’s a colourful, interactive site that looks fun and appeals to kids of all ages.
All the fun TV shows that kids are familar with can be found here as well the latest music, celeb interviews and games. There is something fun for everyone, no matter what your child is interested in.
But thats not all. The best thing about this site, and the main reason I love it, lies ins its educational value. Kids can learn all sorts of things — from how to be environmentally aware to cooking skills. It even has a kids’ version of the news for kids who are bit older and interested in the world around them.
I strongly recommend this site and encourage parents to check it out!