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![]() Dip. in Leadership Dip. in Teaching NgeeAnnPoly ECH Graduate 2012 Currently Teaching @ Technology Child Development Centre Nursery 2 Class Email/PersonalBlog
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Monday, June 7, 2010
The first educational web activity(game) i found on the web would be at Julias Rainbow Corner. The website includes games, goodies for kids, parents area and an area called Fun4Brains.
Starting off with the games corner, (Fun&Games). There are 7 different topics for the child to choose from. First off would be the Numbers corner. (Numbers!) There are 5 different games for the children to choose from. The first game would be 'Blast Off!'. At this game, the children will have to click on 'Go!' and the countdown from 10 to 1 will begin. At this page, the children can click anywhere in the page and there will be a voice that will say out anything they click on. After the countdown has reached zero, the rocket will blast off and the children can restart the countdown again. I feel that this is beneficial to children as the voice will be able to say anything at the page and the children would not need adults to be beside them and explaining what to do. Also, the countdown can be repeated. Thus the children can repeat the countdown of numbers from 10 to 0 as many times as they want. Being children, they like having things repeated and they learn better through constant repetition. Overall, i feel that this activity is very effective in teaching children number 0 - 10. The second game in the math corner would be 'Count the ants!' At this game corner, there will be ants shown at the bottom of the screen. The children will have to count the number of ants seen and click on the correct number. I feel that this is beneficial for children aged 3 - 4 as they are just starting to count. This game is very animated and this will ensure that the children's attention is captured and secured for at least 15minutes. Children enjoy doing this over and over again. Through this activity, the children will be glued to the game while practicing counting over and over again. The third math activity would be 'Count 1 to 20!' At this activity, the voice will count from 1 to 20 while balls bounce in. This activity does not require the children to click on anything. However, the animation of this activity will be sufficient to intrigue the children and capture their attention as they count along. The next activity at the math corner is 'Let's count to 10!' At this area, the children have to click on a number and an animation would appear, counting to the number they clicked on. Below are some examples, number 2 and number 7. Every number has a different animation and even has sounds to make it more interesting for the children. The last activity at the math corner is 'Get the kids to school!' At this activity corner, the children are required to state how many children are on the bus before the bus will continue moving forward. When the children guess the number of children correctly, the bus will move forward and there will be a lot of animations(bus moving, cars going past etc) as well as music to attract them to continue playing the game. I feel that this game is good for children of all ages (3 - 6) Although it may seem like a simple activity, the animations and sounds will be very interesting to the older children as well. This concludes the math corner. In the next segment, i will be talking about the second topic. Which will be 'Fun for brains' At this segment, there are 3 activities to choose from. The first part of the Fun for Brains segment would be 'Games Games Games'. ![]() At this area, there are 4 games for children to choose from. The 4 activities are 'Lets see the whole rainbow', 'Lets play a feelings game', 'Puzzles' and 'Connect the dots'. Moving on, the second part of the Fun For Brains segment is 'Julia's playroom!' At Julia's Playroom, the children are free to click on anything in the room. Almost everything in the room can be clicked on. For example, click on the photo frame would change its colour, clicking on the switch would turn on and off the lights, clicking on the bear would make its mouth move. Also, not only will there be animations, there will also be sounds that match the animations. I feel that this is very exciting for a child as they are free to choose what they want to click on, and everything they click on has a reaction to it. The last part of the Fun for Brains segment would be 'Poetic Videos'. At this corner, children are able to choose 1 out of 3 poems which will be read out to them. I feel that this is good for the younger children as they are still unable to read and are only able to listen and speak. At all the pages, there will be a sidebar leading to other segments if the child is bored with the current game he or she is playing I feel that this is good as the children are given choices and are able to make their own decisions. Overall, i feel that this website is good for children to have web-based learning as it provides a variety of activities from math, science, art and craft, language arts and more. Rating on the activities: Colours 3/5 Might be too overwhelming for the children Animation quality (Realism) 3/5 Animations are of quite poor quality Context (Font size, Font, etc) 5/5 Font size and font used are both of appropriate style and size Layout (Navigation) 3/5 There is a sidebar for easy navigation, however the sidebar is quite messy and does not have text to explain the where the links brings you to Instructions (Rules, etc) 2/5 No proper instructions, however, the games are all quite user friendly and idiot-proof for adults. For children, perhaps having direct instructions would be beneficial. Educational Purposes 4/5 Definitely has a positive impact on the children's learning Overall Rating: 20/25
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