My 10 year old daughter loves spelling and math quiz websites. But I am very strict about what she looks at. There are some very weird 'kid sites' out there. Can anyone please advise me of a site that is educational and 'safe'.
We live in New Zealand where we use the metric system, so if anyone can help I would very much appreciate their advice.
A few years ago at a hospital book fair, I bought a book entitled "The Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages", 2nd edition. It is really just that: a reference for topics which are alphabetically listed, along with a paragraph describing each website. This book is great! (I am very strict also) It was published in 1997 and has probably been replaced by a newer version. The author is Jean Armour Polly and in looking up her information for you, I see she also has a website: <http://www.netmom.com/> the publishing company for the book is: Osborne/Mc Graw-Hill 2600 Tenth Street Berkeley, California 94710 U.S.A.
Of course a pop up blocker helps as well so your daughter doesn't end up where she shouldn't be. Good luck
By (Guest Post)
09/17/2005
dear Ang try the british BBC education websites, they are perfectly safe and very good. Also metric!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/ love [another] Ang