(a) http://www.lil-fingers.com/games/index.html

This is a colourful and interesting websites with the main tabs all arranged on the left side for navigations. The icons and pictures are considerably large enough to be easily clicked on. There are various sections that cater to the young children. This website serves to educate young children through interactive means of technology.

1. Stories
   Firstly, the wording that appear together with illustrations are big and easily comprehended by young children. Next, several stories are accompanied by voices to read the storyline as the child move from page to page. Listening plays a part here for young children. At the end of the story, a book of the similar topic is suggested for adults to consider buying if they wish to teach children more about that particular topic.
   
   
2. Games
   In this component, there are games that suit children of different age from 2 onwards. The number of 'baby icons' roughly represent the age that it is cater to. There are a wide range of different games which are interactive and encourage the usage of mouse with stimulating pictures and icons.
   
   
3. Colouring Pages
   Colouring pictures are available for printing. Although the website itself does not provide tools for children to colour the pictures online, that is a variety of pictures to select from.
   
   
4. Holidays
   Under this category, there are stories, games and links related to a certain festival. This come in handy when children want to learn about the holiday through the means of Technology aids. This is also useful for adults to get ideas of what to teach about the festival to young children.

Lastly, this website has also provided links to websites that are suitable for young children to explore on. Once children played several games and read a few stories from this website, they have a choice to other resources instead of stopping from there.

(b) http://www.nick.com/games/index.jhtml

This is an entertainment website that cater to young children. As the website has cartoons and shows that are found the nick channel, children can easily relate and understand the meaning of the pictures. This would allow easy navigation especially with large picture icons. There are icons on the top of the page as well as pop-up menu on the lefthand side. Also, with the icons appearing on every page, it is easy for children to explore as they can have direct link to another part of the site. The moving animations that appear on this website is also very appealing to young children. Similarly to the first website that I have recommended, there are several sections that children can explore from.

1. Games
   Under this section, there are different categories where children can choose from, for example, new games or game of the week. There are a wide ranges of games with different genre.
   
   
2. Shows/Movies
   The are games and information provided in relation to the listed shows. Children would encourage to read the information to learn more about the show/movie.
   
   
3. Sites
   Again, similarly to the first website, this website also provided links to other games for young children to explore and play with.

However, as the wording are relatively small, adults can guide children while they explore the website, teaching them what each icon would change the pages.

Grace, Jasmin & Candice
Three simple girls that took up the Early Childhood Education Course in Ngee Ann Polytechnics.
Our aim is to be able to understand more about young children.
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Coming from different schools, we all went through at least 10 years of government education. We are brought together based solely on our interest in learning about young children.


Grace : grace@np.edu.sg
Jasmin : jasmin@np.edu.sg
Candice : candice@np.edu.sg

November 2008



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