One of the challenges parents face each year is how best to occupy their kids over the summer, optimally with a combination of fun activities that support academic progress. Brain Chase, a five week online summer learning challenge for 2nd through 8th graders, is designed to do just that. That the program is conceived as a real-life treasure hunt is both motivating and entertaining. Weekly animated video segments follow t...Read more

This DVD does a fine job of making material many kids otherwise find challenging highly entertaining and easy to absorb. Viewers join young student Kevin as he is whisked away to the Super Science Station by Marko the Pencil. There they join the very earthy Terra, an earth science expert who helps explain a wide variety of concepts, including the solar system (and a memorable acronym for recalling the order of the planets...Read more

Everything about this free website conveys quality, from its appearance and functionality to its entertaining, kid-safe content and design. It is easy to navigate and offers plenty for both children and parents to enjoy. The site offers parents a variety of inspiration and ideas for activities, projects, and traditions that bring the family together year round. For kids, there are dozens of enjoyable activities - games, r...Read more

We can't say enough good things about this DVD, which uses the immersion method to teach French to children. This means everything is spoken only in French, an approach that puts kids on the fast track to fluency by letting them connect words directly with images. This is, after all, how they learned their native language, and younger children find acquiring a second language no more difficult than their first. The DVD's ...Read more

In this 52-minute animated video, kids go on a fun learning adventure with Kevin, a boy studying for a test on the human body. Together they join Marko the Pencil and Bailey, a life science expert, on the Super Science Station to learn about the human body. They explore the body's major systems - skeletal, nervous, muscular, circulatory, urinary, respiratory, and digestive - before moving on to the five senses. Kids ident...Read more

This DVD makes it easy for children to learn key vocabulary words in six different languages. The main menu allows viewers to choose either Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, Italian, German, or English and then takes them directly into a colorful, fun-filled animated video. Kids learn colors, numbers, and the names of many common household objects, including articles of clothing, toys, furniture, and more. The content is...Read more

In this, the 32nd Nancy Drew video game adventure from Her Interactive, Nancy sets off to find a treasure hunter's missing partner and the legendary treasure he is suspected of stealing. The key to finding the treasure is to learn about the celebrated ship he captained, the Heerlijkheid, currently docked in the Icelandic town of Skipbrot. The plot is thick with twists and turns, ominously interesting characters, and a tra...Read more

Petra's Planet is a browser-based virtual world in which children can explore faraway lands, make new friends, play mini-games, go on fun quests, and earn mystery rewards. After choosing an avatar, kids are given their initial allowance of KIPPs, a virtual currency with which they can purchase virtual items from the impressive inventory available in the The Adventure Shop. They can choose from an array of costumes, furnit...Read more

Kids step into the wonderful world of dragon-training with this free online game based on DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon. It is a highly interactive environment in which players raise and train their own dragons, race against fellow Viking competitors, perform science and experimentation in the Alchemy Lab, raise crops, and manage their own farms. This multiplayer online game gives players the opportunity...Read more

The Rock 'N Learn gang brings its knack for making learning easy to the practice of sight words, the most frequently used words in the English language. Brad, Susan, Chip, and Festus help kids become great readers by turning learning into fun and games, with plenty of music and singing to heighten the learning experience. Kids learn over 60 sight words (taught in context to help build comprehension), with plenty of the so...Read more

Whistlefritz brings their inimitable flair for making learning fun to this boxed set of 5 DVDs and 3 CDs. Kids adore the lively, playful onscreen interactions, a factor that attracts them to return again and again, watching, listening, and immersing themselves in the Spanish language. The remarkably high production values, along with a charming blend of animation and live-action, serve to create laughter-filled learning e...Read more

Leap and friends Tad, Lily, Burfder, Matilda, and Cousin Toad are all fired up about his assignment to write an exclusive inside story about the reopening of the Letter Factory. Amid that excitement, the group discusses and explores what adjectives are for and how to use them to strengthen storytelling. But when the gang arrives for a tour of the factory, they discover gaps in the assembly line, excess steam in the letter...Read more