Top 10 Preschool Educational and Fun Websites

We are living in a brand new world. A world of technology! When I was little, I played Barbies, colored in my coloring book, watched Saturday morning cartoons and The Muppet Show at 7:00pm. I played outside from sun up to sundown and never heard of a gig, byte, a thumb drive or a mouse (unless we caught one in the trap). My preschooler has heard of them and is pretty good with the mouse. Here are the Top 10, tried and true preschool websites, my son has enjoyed.

1. www.sproutonline.com (PBS and Sprout Characters, Elmo, Calliou, Superwhy, Thomas The Tank Engine, etc. Games, Coloring Pages, Videos, Crafts and Recipes) Free
2. www.starfall.com  (Learn ABC's, Learn To Read, Dress-up Gingerbread and Snowman, just to name a few. This is my sons favorite.) Free 
3. www.fisher-price.com  (GeoTrax, Little People, Power Wheels, etc. Coloring Pages, Online Games, Puzzles, Memory Match, Shapes and Colors, etc.) Free 
4. http://funschool.kaboose.com  (Click on the Preschool at the right. Online Games, Coloring Pages, Fun and Educational) Free 
5. http://kids.aol.com/KOL/1/KOLJrGames  (Letter Games, Shapes, Numbers, Printables, Music & Stories) Free 
6. http://treehousetv.com  (Calliou, Dora, PBS Characters and NickJr. Characters. Videos, Online Games and Coloring, etc. ) Free 
7. http://disney.go.com/disneyjunior  (Disney Characters. Online Games, Stories, Videos and Coloring) Free
8. www.seussville.com  (Cat in the Hat Characters. Book Videos, Online Games) Free 
9. http://duplo.lego.com  (Duplo Animations, Activity Sheets, Online Games and Coloring Pages) Free
10. www.kneebouncers.com  (Have fun learning while you play. ABC's, numbers, Online Games, Sight Words, Guess Who, Popping Bubbles, etc.) Free Trial Week. $2.95 a month or $19.95 yr.

Keep your child safe by installing a kid safe browser, Create a seperate Windows account (a Guest account to protect your files) and to protect your computer itself, you can download a program like Toddler Keys to prevent tiny hands from fiddling with your computer by locking your drives, the keyboard, and the mouse.