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Today I have Alexis Montgomery guest blogging. Please be sure to check out her unique guest post. Guest posts are always welcome, please contact me.Keeping kids on track with their studies is hard enough throughout the school year, but when summer hits, forget it! Pulling out a math book or their assigned summer reading is bound to result in complaints at the least and outright tantrums at the worst. Do you really want to deal with this all summer long? Isn’t there a better way to engage your kids in educational activities that they might actually enjoy? As a matter of fact, there is.
Today’s child is plugged into a world of technology that was unavailable even a couple of decades ago, and they pick it up with astonishing speed. So if you can find a way to work around their interests, there’s absolutely no reason you can’t make learning fun. In fact, a lot of other people have already had the same idea, as there are a huge number of websites geared towards making education fun for kids.
FunBrain may be one of the best education-based websites for kids in that it is organized by subject, age, and grade level. You can browse any one of these options to find the areas your child needs help in. The best part is that the site makes learning more attractive to kids by offering everything in the format of a game, so that they can have fun even as they’re challenged. There are age-appropriate skill games, adventure or sports games that incorporate math and reading skills, and practical applications like quizzes. In addition, they offer web comics and blogs for boys and girls of different age groups.
Primary Games also offers a lot of original games broken up by subject, with options like Princess Math, where players can practice basic math skills with a twist, such as adding the cost of dresses and tiaras to fit a target number, typing speed tests, and Carto’s Magic Maps, an adventure game that allows players to travel through time collecting maps.
PBS Kids is another good site that has educational games that incorporate characters from your kids’ favorite PBS shows. And these are just a few of the many websites that cater to your child’s thirst for knowledge.
You will need to browse a bit to find the sites that best suit your child, in terms of their needs and interest level, but with all of the options available, your sure to find several that are acceptable. The main thing to remember is that whatever you choose should be kid approved, or they’re going to end up dragging their feet. If you can get them going to the website on their own, without prompting, you know you’ve found a winner.
Alexis Montgomery is a content writer for Online Degree, where you can browse through various online degree programs to find a college that suits your needs.
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