February 21st, 2011

Choosing Free Online Preschool Game

Since ancient time games were indispensable for kids development. Any time a child is playing, he grows socially, emotionally and even cognitively. Nowadays, the traditional doll or the LEGO games have to face a serious rival: the Personal Computer present not only at home, but also in almost all kindergartens.

PC-kids' friend
Willy-nilly children adore playing on such machines, as they can click buttons and apart from this, the computer will never say: “It is dinner time, stop playing!” or “I’m too tired to play with you!” So, pretty soon the PC becomes the child’s best friend. It may seem convenient at one point, because the machine can successfully replace a baby-sitter, but the computer keeps the preschooler away from other kids, artistic activities; besides the purpose of video games usually stimulates an awkward behavior.

Numbers, alphabet and color
What should you do as a parent? Well, you should definitely have control over the types of games your child is playing and in the same time control the time you child spends in front of the computer. In order to help you, here are some educative and amusing games your preschooler could play free online:

A first category of educative games you should take into consideration are the ones that could help your child to learn easier and faster to count. With an attractive design and funny sounds this kind of games would certainly make you preschooler love mathematics. Some examples of mathematic games are: “Count the score”, “Shapes and numbers”. The “Shapes and numbers” game provides some printable pages; consequently your kid could still be playing the game while he is away from computer.

In addition to this first category we could mention the games that help the preschoolers learn their ABC in a pleasant way. We all know that children love animals; so we recommend a game that brings together the zoo and alphabet. “The ABC’s Zoo” takes your child through a funny Zoo tour. Each time the kid presses a key the animals from the Zoo appear and the kid will hear the beginning letter of the animal’s name and also the entire name followed by the sound it makes.

Moreover from the same category “Phonics” is another game that helps you child learning the ABC while having fun. This ABC game brings the possibility to check what your child has learned by clicking an option called “See what you’ve learned”. Games based on audio learning help kids to learn even the correct pronunciation.

Finally, a special category of games are the one that help your child develop an artistic sense: online coloring pages. Playing with virtual colors and images the preschooler would pass an important exam for lifetime: color recognition. Besides there are other lessons a kid learns while he colors: paying attention, concentrate and deal with limits. The Internet gives the opportunity to choose from hundreds and hundreds of free online games, but choose the ones that do not turn your kid into an uneducated teenager or sociopath.