Parents' Guide to

Game Classroom

By Erin Brereton, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 5+

Fun homework helper supplements kids' classwork.

Website http://www.gameclassroom.com/
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Based on 6 parent reviews

Home Project Manager
Home Project Manager Parent of 8 and 12-year-old
September 5, 2010
age 6+

Interesting, but you have to register

It is not true you don´t have to sign up. If you don´t, you wont be able to access specific content.

This title has:

Too much consumerism
Great messages
MathWiz55
MathWiz55 Parent of 3 and 7-year-old
December 23, 2009
age 5+

Lot's of Fun

My kids loved this site, its safe, my eight year old loves it, and I've seen a significant improvement on report card.

This title has:

Educational value
Great messages
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What’s It About?

Game Classroom features dozens of games that reinforce math and language lessons, grouped by grade level and topic. Many of the games are housed on sites from companies like Scholastic and PBS, but kids can play them within the Game Classroom browser. Because the games come from other sources, their instruction level varies. Some include hints and additional information; others don't. To increase the education factor, Game Classroom also offers videos, worksheets, and other reference materials on topics such as fractions and spelling.

Is It Any Good?

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Parents say: (6):
Kids say: Not yet rated

From days-of-the-week questions for kindergarteners to geometry problems for sixth-graders, GAME CLASSROOM offers fun, informative ways to build on what kids are learning in school. The site's organization makes it easy to find age-appropriate activities. Parents will also find creative ideas about how to teach subjects to kids in the site's homework help sections.

Although some of the games are from other sites, kids can play them without ever leaving Game Classroom because the games appear within its browser window. While that ups the safety factor (kids shouldn't accidentally stumble across any objectionable sites, and the games come from kid-friendly sites like PBS Kids), they'll still see any ads that appear on the game site homepages.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about what websites they think are best to play games on. How can you find Web sites that have age-appropriate games that you'd enjoy?

  • Why would a website from PBS be a better choice than a game site you found by Googling the word "games"?

  • What kind of games aren't OK to play? Do some games have too much violence?

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