Learn while you play

As parents you would have already realized that the moment you ask your kid to learn something, they would start whining and would find many excuses to skip the process.  However, when the moment you say you are going to play a game, they would jump on their feet all excited.  It is being proven that kids learn better and their assimilation levels are better when they are taught while playing.  Do you know that there are many sites that provide you the opportunity to let your kids learn while they play.  One of my favourite is star fall.    This is free service site to motivate kids to improve their phonics.  It is perfect for any kids from pre-school to second grade/class.  This works perfect for parents visiting US and who would like their kids to pick up American accent quickly.  However, this can be used by all kids alike.  It starts with letters and their exact pronunciation.  The next one is to make short words using these letters and reading.  It has short stories that the kids can read to get familiarised with the words.  The next section is 'Its Fun to Read'.  This is awesome.  This gives lot of fun things for kids.  It mixes reading with some basic science like head, eyes arms etc.  It has art gallery, magic, music, poetry, riddles and much more.  The last one is 'I am Reading'.  This is a good one too.
When we came to US from India, my daughter was visiting this site almost everyday and having lot of fun but at the same time learn from it.  I can confidently say that she quickly adapted to the accent and could easily catch due to this site. Do visit and let you kids play and learn.  The site address is http://www.starfall.com/. 

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