Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Zoodles

If you have a toddler or preschool aged child (or know someone who does), you should totally sign up for zoodles. It is a safe online educational hub of preschool websites/games. It combines pbskids, disney, and starfall to name a few. It also buffers out all the adds and is 100% easy! All I have to do is pull it up for Marlee. She can direct herself from game to game or to the art section. It even has a favorite section she can click on to see previous activities she has completed.

The best thing about the website is that it charts what she's learned. It sends me a progress report that is also available online. You can also select what areas you want your child to have more access to while online.

It has a free 14 day trial that grants you access to all of the websites perks. We had one day left on the free trial, so I went ahead and signed up for 12 months at 39.95! On days that she doesn't nap, she can hop on there and play away. She even asked this morning to get on instead of watching her morning cartoons. Marlee is very independent, so it is right up her ally!

Here's a tree she drew on the computer yesterday. (It saves the artwork, so you can see what they have drawn in the past.)

Playing a Curious George game.

2 comments:

Elizabeth Lyng said...

Charlotte would totally take computer time over the TV any day. I'm gonna have to check this out tonight - thanks!

Danielle said...

Oh my gosh THANK YOU!!!! That has always been my biggest complaint about Disney and NickJr is all the ads. It drives Ryan crazy when he accidentally clicks on one and it navigates away from what he was doing. Checking this out for sure!