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Interesting and Educational Web Pages for Children?

Posted by Cliff on from the exposing-young-minds-to-the-digital-world dept.

watashiwananashidesu asks: "I am a teenager with no siblings and a a good number of little cousins. Being something of a nerd, I'm incredibly popular with these cousins, especially the ones who are 8-11. Recently, when my first cousin (female, 8) was over, I began a collection of links that she might enjoy--sites that were appropriate and fun. Now that the Cold/Flu season is over, I can expect more visits from my first, second, and third cousins, and I'm left with a dismally small collection of links (eight, to be specific) for them to peruse. Also, the few I have are unsatisfactory; they're mainly corporate sites like Barbie.com and Lego.com with a few non-corporate games mixed in. None of the sites have any educational value, least of all about the things that I really want to expose them to--science, math, literature, and computers. In fact, I especially need sites that will teach them about computers, so that they'll be able to better keep in touch with me, when we're all older. What are some good sites I can bookmark for my cousins that are: educational, appropriate for children aged 5-11, (mainly three boys and two girls), fun, not a security threat, non-corporate (though this last one is optional) Also, how can I make my friends/protégé(e)s/cousins make the best of what few links I have or manage to find?"

8 of 450 comments (clear)

  1. first post by tinrib · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    sorry - life long dream

  2. Goat Sex! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't forget about http://www.goatse.cx/ the kids love it!

  3. How about playing catch or something OUTSIDE? by tstoneman · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Kids spend far too much time watching TV and doing nothing real.

    Why not pick up a baseball and teach them to throw? (You do know how to throw a ball, don't you?)

    Maybe bring them to the science museum, or teach them how to build models, or get a chemistry set and teach them about basic chemistry.

    How about going on hikes into the forest, or biking, or playing street hockey, or soccer, or throw a frisbee around?

    Why the hell would you want to teach an 8 year-old kid to sit on their ass in front of a computer screen at such a young age?!?!? They have plenty of time to do that shit during college, hell that's when I started.

    Forget Virtual Reality and think Real Reality, bro.

  4. well then... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Keep Dreamin' Buddy.

  5. about TLDs by gearheadsmp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Teach them about Top Level Domains(TLD's) - lets they start typing stuff like this.

  6. A good site to learn human behaviors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Rodney King is
    back in the news today....breaking the law again of course. Anyone else
    think the LAPD should have beat him harder?

  7. Hardly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is how someone should write coming out of high school, as grammar and spelling are (should be) fundamental.

  8. An excellent question by I+Am+The+Owl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Goatse.cx is an excellent place to start looking - they are very open and are an excellent starting point for many questions your child is going to ask sooner or later.

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    --sdem