Website

The first website that we have picked is http://www.juliasrainbowcorner.com/html/funandgames.html
We have evaluated its activities as well as its quality as accordingly:

Curriculum match
There is a range of themes that are commonly of large interest by majority of the children. For example, there were themes like Animals and Colours that were used in the online activities and games on this website.

Age appropriateness
There are many colour illustrations and meaningful icons that can be easily understood by children. There is proper instructional support as well. The website is very animated and a large variety of sound effects were used. These sound effects sound very real and captivating (animal sounds).

Instructions
Specific icons are provided for children to easily obtain instructions. These instructions are not shown in words form. Instead, they are auditory; verbally read to the children using simple descriptions which make it more interesting and easier for children to understand.

Child control and Independence
Teacher can apply child control when helping them to choose the age appropriate learning activities. The website encourages independence as it is easy to navigate especially with the help of the audio recordings.

Expanding interests and complexity
It expands children’s interest as there are topics which most children will be interested in. For instance, there are themes on Animals which could be a topic that captivates interest of children for an extended period of time.

Content concerns
The content of the website is free of stereotyping, demeaning or explicit languages. Not only does the website contain themes of children’s interest, it also encourages recycling habits in children through the online games that it provides.

Real World Models
The settings and situations of the online activities are realistic relevant to child’s life. There are illustrations of animals which gives realistic auditory effects which clicked on. Also, activities are relevant to children’s lives as it teaches them common but important knowledge like the importance of recycling.

Technical Quality Features
It operates consistently however, there are no online activities to be installed or downloaded.

The other website that we chose was http://www.storyplace.org/storyplace.asp
We chose storyplace.org because of the reasons as followed:

Curriculum match
There is a range appealing themes which are of majority children’s interest. These include pets, babies, colours, music, shapes, teddy bears, vehicles as well as animals. The activities provided on the website is very much appropriate as not only does it accommodate to children’s interest, there are also activities for parents as well.

Age appropriateness
The website provides a variety of activities which are age appropriate for more than a group of children. It offers online activities which can cater to pre-school students as well as elementary school students.

Instructions
Most instructions are read out and easy to understand as only simple vocabularies have been used.

Child Control and Independence
The website allows children to explore by themselves. Most of the links are rather straight forward and illustrated to help children to understand and explore on their own. Thus, promoting independence! However, children may still need parental aid when it comes to navigating through the list of ‘other themes’ as the list is wordy and there are no illustrations.

Expanding Interest and Complexity
This wesite is colourful and have good illustration. It has voice and sound effect for the story as well.

Content Concerns
The website provides a wide range of contents appropriate contents which do not incorporate any stereotyping, demeaning or explicit language, or violence.

Real World Models
Even though the characters of the story might be extract for the kids, the storyline is related to the child's life. Children can name the character in the story by themselves. At times, children can also chose the character with the given selection.

Technical Quality and Features
There are no other programs is needed to be installed or downloaded.



both websites have been taken off from-
http://www.mostlymommies.com/games.html