Archive for the 'Sites for Kids' Category

Signing with Baby

Posted by on March 17th, 2007
Filed under: Parenthood, Sites for Kids, Tips and Resources.

We knew early on that we definitely wanted to sign with Pooky. Using sign language with babies is a great way to teach them to communicate with you physically before they’re able to verbally. Our hope was that, instead of crying out in frustration, Pooky would eventually sign to us that she was hungry, needed [...]

Child-friendly Search Engine

Posted by on November 16th, 2006
Filed under: Sites for Kids.

A new search engine just launched yesterday: Zoo.com
The folks at InfoSpace have created a search engine that produces child-friendly search results from Google, Yahoo!, and Wikipedia as well as several news sources. According to InfoSpace,
Unlike other engines that allow users to set filtering from high to none, Zoo.com has developed and uses a strict keyword [...]

Are We There Yet? Road Trip Survival

Posted by on November 8th, 2006
Filed under: Parenthood, Sites for Kids, Tips and Resources.

Boy, do I remember those family road trips from when I was a kid. 6 children and 2 adults in a car that was definitely not big enough. We never flew anywhere because it was just too expensive with such a large family which meant that family vacations took the form of looooong drives. Rest [...]

Learn to Read Online

Posted by on November 6th, 2006
Filed under: Sites for Kids.

Starfall is a free website with some great online activities that helps in teaching children how to read. Although the site says it’s geared towards 1st graders, I believe it’s never too early to start. Pooky has definitely already shown interest in viewing moving images on the computer. While she’s too young to handle the [...]