Expert: Candace Huber - 7/15/2004

Question
I want to find fun, and educational "free" games for my 3 yr old daughter to play online. Can you help me.

Answer
Hi Jannae,

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner but I was having computer problems.  I have a huge list of games. You'll have to go through and find ones that she can do.  There will be a lot of games that she might not be able to do but she will grow into them.  

If the links are not clickable then copy and paste the entire link into your web browser. You might also have to do this if you email program breaks up the link and makes only part of it clickable.  You'll then need to manually copy the entire link and paste it to get the link to work!

Hope this helps,

Candace


http://www.onawhim.us/kidszone_nonflash.html (my site) http://ivyjoy.com/coloring/coloringlinks.html (incredible listing of kids coloring page websites) http://www.kidprintables.com/(Coloring Pages) http://www.coloring.ws/coloring.html
http://www.sitesforparents.com/index3.html (more links to great websites) http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/ http://www.make-stuff.com/ (cool site) http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/ (one of my all time favorite websites :) http://www.edhelper.com/kindergarten/Kindergarten.htm (Ed Helper...school printables http://www.mrsjones.org/ (Mrs. Jones.org) http://www.preschooleducation.com/ (preschool education)

Next is a list of online game sites that I have found on the internet. You'll need to go through and see if they fit your needs.  My kids favorites are first. They are ages 6 and 4.

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/config.html
http://www.prongo.com/
http://www.unclefred.com/ (Drawing with Uncle Fred) http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/ (lots of games fun and educational) http://www.juliasrainbowcorner.com/
http://www.funbrain.com/
http://pbskids.org/
http://www.uptoten.com/
http://www.nickjr.com
http://kids.f9.net.uk/flash/games.html
http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/ (These games are probably too old for kids under 6 but we love this site!)

More gaming places but we usually stick with the top list.

http://www.crayola.com/kids/games/
http://www.kidsplanet.org/games/ http://tcm.childrensmuseum.org/bones/kids_mazeGame.htm
http://www.nwf.org/kidzone http://www.dressupgames.com/kidmisc.html
http://disney.go.com/games/today/index.html
http://www.kidspsych.org/index2.html
http://akidsheart.com/holidays/christms/chgames.htm (online Christmas
Games)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/index.shtml
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/
http://www.edu4kids.com/ http://www.globalgang.org.uk/games/index.htm

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/games.htm
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/kids/games.htm
http://www.factmonster.com/ http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/0,17446,,00.html
http://www.cyberkids.com/
http://www.syvum.com/online/ http://www.fbi.gov/kids/games/games.htm (FBI
kids) http://www.fema.gov/kids/games.htm (FEMA kids) http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/geogame/ (Discovery School) http://www.mysterynet.com/ (mystery games) http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chgames.html (Brain Games) http://www.literacycenter.net/parents_teacher/letter_center.htm (literary games...letter recognition) http://www.edbydesign.com/automath.html (Math
Games)
http://kidshub.org/kids/kids.cfm http://www.lego.com/eng/play/games/ (Lego
Land) http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/ (World Almanac) http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/games.htm (interesting games) http://www.coolmath.com/ (Cool Math) http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/cycle.html (EPA water cycle) http://www.carmensandiego.com/ (Carmen San Diego) http://ecokids.earthday.ca/pub/splash.cfm (ECO Kids) http://www.spacekids.com/playanddo/playanddo/ (Space Kids) http://www.brainpop.com/ (Brain Pop - Cool STuff) http://www.JuliasRainbowCorner.com
http://www.mentaljokes.com/cube.html (Brain Games) http://www.iknowthat.com/com?COOK= (might not be free?) http://www.sodaplay.com/

Here are a couple of places to find free games or game demos to download. You'll need to search through the games to find some to suit your kids.

http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/ http://www.microsoft.com/kids/freestuff/default.htm
http://www.free-games.com.au/Free_Kids_Games/
http://game.downloadatoz.com/roxies-reading-fish/
http://www.webfreebees.net/kidslinksinc/kids-games.html

If you need more sites please email me again anytime.  :)

Hope this helps.
Goodluck and Have Fun,