When you have an eight year old niece, there are certain familial duties which fall upon one’s shoulder. One of them goes by the onerous name of “˜homework help’. Most of us will not be able to escape the dreaded H-word throughout our lives. The first part was spent in evading it for ourselves; the latter seems to have been taken over by our relatives.
Thankfully, they have something which most of us didn’t have when we were growing up ““ the World Wide Web.
Kids develop an early IQ for technology these days and computers aren’t any different. Take computer games for example; a kid’s inner chip seems to know its way around the levels that games throw up.
Putting online games and education together is an idea that’s coming up. Call it edutainment or plain fun, it takes the labor out and puts in the play.
Thankfully, there’s a growing legion of such web services with educational games which are helping to turn the concept of education on its head.
One among this legion is Games Classroom.
Games Classroom is about educational games alone. Games Classroom aggregates games from around the web. It is also specifically designed keeping the basic learning needs of K-6 students (i.e. from Kindergarten to Grade 6). This is the age where kids need to get their basics in order and the site games help them to brush it up.
According to the website, all content has been designed by professional and experienced educators. Care has been taken to understand the needs of both parents and their wards while designing the educational games.
Learning & Kids Play ““ A Bit Of Both
Here’s how I took my little niece through the first courses. The un-cramped layout made it easy to get a hang of all that’s there on Game Classroom. The site is centered on math’s games and language arts games. There are lots of ways to approach the learning you want to impart, but the easiest way is to select the grade level at the top first. The levels of the games are obviously designed keeping the grades in mind.
All educational games are neatly arranged in two sections (Math and Language Arts) and then on by skills (lessons) which have the games listed under them. Click on any of the icons to advance to the page where you can play the game.
The page gives a short description and a click on Play Game starts off the Flash games on the host website. If you like the game, you can also check out the related games given at the bottom.
Each game has been collected and placed on the site to teach one specific skill. Cartoon animals are used to teach uppercase and lowercase letters to kindergarteners, in the next grade ““ kids can use chicken stacks to learn words by sound. The games are gradually progressed upwards and one can easily follow it to master the basics.
Serious Parenting With Homework Help
You can leave the kid alone to work out the games on their own. But to reinforce the concepts, try out the Homework Help section. This section gives a lot of pointers to parents on how to carry on the teaching with interesting assignments and learning tips. A link to an external resource is also added.
The site’s appeal lies in its simplicity. The games don’t overwhelm the parent or the kid. Also, the content seems to pretty much cover the basics that need the buttress. Yes, there are a lot of educational games out there.
Take a look at some we have covered before ““
Top Educational Websites For Children That Are Fun
Sporcle ““ Cool Games That Make Learning Fun Again
5 Cool Free Internet Games for Kids That’ll Make them Love Math
Game Classroom has a place there for sure. Let us know if you think that it has a place in your curriculum too.
Tagged: education • fun • homework • kids • learning • online games
