Little Explorers lets children browse the World Wide Web and become familiar with this incredible source of information and culture. Since a pictorial interface is used, even the youngest children can explore the Internet and come to appreciate how people from all around the world are contributing to this vast repository of human knowledge.
The picture dictionary format allows children (even pre-readers) to choose the topics they want to link to by simply clicking on a letter and then choosing and clicking on a picture.
For example, if a child wants to link to dinosaurs, they first have to figure out that dinosaur starts with "D", and click on the "D" in the frame above. Clicking on the letter "D" gets them to the "D" page. Then, to get to the dinosaur link, they click on either the picture of the dinosaur or the word "DINOSAUR".
All the sites included in Little Explorers have pictures to interest even the youngest child. The content of some of the pages is at a level often thought of as being for older children. In fact, even preschoolers benefit from the exposure to more advanced material, and they appreciate the great variety of subjects. And, any time they want, they can just click on a letter to go on to another selection.
See our page of Easy Web Tips to Teach Children, covering computer and web basics, including using a mouse, links on the web, scrolling, etc..
While surfing the web, children can learn about a variety of topics, including the sciences, math, culture, art, crafts, languages, government, music, and more topics are being added all the time. See our Index of Activities by Subject for curriculum planning.
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