Summer holidays are fun, packed full of travels and adventure that offer many opportunities for new learning experiences. They are also very long, and you may like to supplement your child’s vacation with access to some fun educational websites. Links to our recommended sites can be found on our menu bar on the right of this post. We also draw your attention to following outstanding sites: BrainPOP Jr. (www.brainpopjr.com), is a new learning program specifically geared for children between 5 and 8 years old. Topics are carefully chosen and presented in animated cartoon movies that are narrated with fun and understandable language for children. It is the successor to BrainPOP (www.brainpop.com) which is more suitable for 9-11 year olds.
The audio-assisted, kid-friendly navigation of both sites allow children to easily move through various sections, including Science, Health, Reading, Writing, Social Studies, Technology and Math. Each entertaining, animated movie is also supplemented with quizzes that are read aloud, as well as games and innovative features to assist parents. You can sign up for a free two week trial and after this can purchase a subscription if you wish.
More about BrainPOP Jr.
“The extraordinary success of BrainPOP inspired us to create BrainPOP Junior, designed specifically for younger children,” says BrainPOP chairman and CEO, Avraham Kadar, M.D.. “We think we’ve developed a ‘magical’ mix of joyful exploration and education that will allow children of all backgrounds to understand subjects like never before. We truly believe BrainPOP Jr. is an important milestone in the future of education, and we look forward to receiving feedback from parents, teachers and children.”Developed to be used by families at home and as part of lesson plans at school, BrainPOP Jr. allows users to customize the pacing of the movies and to give children the chance to answer questions independently or make predictions before proceeding.”We were repeatedly asked by teachers, ‘What do you have for younger students who love BrainPOP but need content that is easier for them to digest?'” says Karina Linch, a vice president for BrainPOP Jr., who as a teacher used BrainPOP in the classroom before recently joining the company. “BrainPOPJr. is the perfect tool for children as early as kindergarten.
More about BrainPOP
BrainPOP, founded by Avraham Kadar, M.D. in 1999, is the leading producer of animated educational movies for grades K-12. Millions of students regularly watch BrainPOP movies and exchange messages with a dynamic cast of five characters who lead them through related activities on the BrainPOP web site: interactive quizzes, comic strips, and experiments. BrainPOP has won multiple education and media awards.
In early 2006, BrainPOP also launched BrainPOP en Español (http://es.brainpop.com/) designed for Spanish-speaking students