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ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age.
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Learning ratings
Best: Really engaging, excellent learning approach.
Very Good: Engaging, very good learning approach.
Good: Pretty engaging, good learning approach.
Fair: Somewhat engaging, okay learning approach.
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Website reviews for hobbies, thinking & reasoning

15 results
  • Review
    Spatulatta

    Inspire kids' inner chef with this recipe site.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    3
    (Website, 2012)
  • Review
    Design Squad Nation

    Fun PBS site introduces kids to engineering.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    5
    (Website, 2012)
  • Review
    BrainPOP

    Videos and activities are fun, accurate, and valuable.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    4
    (Website, 2012)
  • Review
    Teen Nick

    Good site for teens to watch and discuss fave Nick shows.
    AGE
    13
     
    Learning
    2
    (Website, 2012)
  • Review
    Zui.com

    YouTube-like site for kids is good for play and discovery.
    AGE
    5
     
    Learning
    3
    (Website, 2012)
  • Review
    Make: Online

    DIY site encourages kids to tinker, create, invent, think.
    AGE
    14
     
    Learning
    3
    (Website, 2012)
  • Review
    TweenTribune

    This site's prescreened stories will keep kids up on current events.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    3
    (Website, 2012)
  • Review
    BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper

    Vast library of links a boon for kids doing online research.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    3
    (Website, 2011)
  • Review
    HowStuffWorks

    Excellent tool for kids with nuts-and-bolts questions.
    AGE
    12
     
    Learning
    2
    (Website, 2011)
  • Review
    BrainPOP Jr.

    Animated educational content for kids to explore, for a fee.
    AGE
    5
     
    Learning
    5
    (Website, 2011)
  • Review
    ZisBoomBah

    Healthy meal planning made fun and practical for kids.
    AGE
    7
     
    Learning
    5
    (Website, 2011)
  • Review
    Instructables

    Encyclopedia of cool DIY projects, but not all for kids.
    AGE
    13
     
    Learning
    3
    (Website, 2010)
  • Review
    Ziggity Zoom

    Fun, light learning for preschoolers and early readers.
    AGE
    5
     
    Learning
    2
    (Website, 2008)
  • Review
    MoshiMonsters

    Take care of creatures and learn a little in virtual world.
    AGE
    9
     
    Learning
    2
    (Website, 2008)
  • Review
    Kikki's Workshop

    Bulldozers, dump trucks, excavators. Kids will dig it.
    AGE
    5
     
    Learning
    3
    (Website, 2005)