Review of the Children's Educational Website: Starfall
Let me introduce you to Starfall.com As a para-educator, one of my jobs is to assist students with their testing. Many of these tests are done on computers and I have recently helped kindergarteners do their STAR testing. After the kids were done with all their tests (reading, writing and math) they were directed to the Starfall website until all their classmates were done. I was curious about this website as a I noticed that kids were very engaged and it seemed like a great resource for learning. I had the chance to explore and even play! It was fun to be a kindergartener once again, although I did not have these types of computer games as a child. Starfall is great for young children. It is geared to kindergarten and it has games and activities for reading and mathematics. It is kid friendly and very easy to navigate. It is made to be used with both the mouse and touchscreen. Children can practice their ABCs, numbers, colors, sharpen their reading s...