What’s the Story?

WIGGLETIME, the newly designed Web site from the Wiggles, is a colorful and expansive virtual world that allows kids to openly explore in their Big Red Car, visit with the Wiggles, interact with the characters, watch videos, and play games. The site clearly made education and early child development a priority, as all of the games have an educational bent, and parents have access to a neat tracking tool that lets them follow which games their kids are playing, and see what skills are being built and reinforced as a result.

Is It Any Good?

The best part of Wiggletime is its educational element. On the whole, though, the site still seems a bit unfinished. For all of the size and color of the world, there is really not that much to do in each location (and very, very little to do without a paid subscription). Each room features three or four colorful items that would appear to be interactive, yet only a few of them really are. Also, of the games that are available, some are not as intuitive as they could be.

Another odd choice is that, in a game clearly aimed at younger children, the in-game instructions are written for much older children, if not solely for parents. A nice voice-over on the instructions would solve this easily. In general, this is a site that appears to have its heart in the right place, but has not fully realized its potential.

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