Kinder Site, (http://www.kindersite.org/)
was founded by Ziv Avidor. Ziv has a Bachelors degree in Science and a Masters
in Science, Biology. He has been working for the last 16 years as a programmer
and for 14 years running his own company with responsibilities for system
analysis, design and consulting to institutions and business on building large
scale, bespoke database applications. He has worked with government ministries
and authorities, museums, sports clubs, a college, political parties, zoos,
banks and quotes businesses. He also has a departments that builds Internet and
Intranet sites.
Kinder Site offers early learners, with the aid of
care-givers, a tool to find and use content in the form of games, songs, and
stories. The website will soon allow children, alone or with assistance, to
select content. The child will be able to create a personal list of favorite
games, songs, or stories to refer to later. This option is still under
construction but will be made available soon. Caregivers will also be able to
build a “my page” for a child with recommendations or required games.
The mission of the Kinder Site is to build a resource that
can be used by teachers and adults for enhancing and motivating young children
from the age of 2 years to (1) build their first technology skillset, by
finding and using appropriate content on the Internet, in the form of games,
stories and songs, within a sage and engaging environment, (2) to enhance the
learning of English, as a first or second language, with a huge range of
motivational games and tools, and (3) to offer academic educational researcher
a tool that can measure and correlate data on children’s use of content on the
site according to their research criteria.
Kinder Site is for all preschool and Kindergarten children
and English Language Learners. Kinder Site offers thousands of links to games,
songs, and stories for young children. I chose this website because I teach
Kindergarten and I am constantly on the lookout for activities, games, and
songs to engage my students in the learning process. I also like how Kinder
Site offers activities for English Language Learners, because on Guam, more
than half of the students in each class are from another ethnicity, where
English is their second language. Also, as a Kindergarten teacher, my classroom
is usually the first experience that children have in a classroom setting-
they’re scared, nervous, and most times distant from their peers and teacher,
and I want to create a setting that they will feel comfortable coming to and
learning in. I feel that teaching content in a fun, interactive, and creative
way will spark interest in learning and school, and I feel that’s what Kinder
Site will allow me to do. I look forward to sharing this website with my
students. I’m sure they’ll enjoy it as much as I had finding it.
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Thank you for providing such a detailed review of Kindersite. I enjoyed navigating through the games, songs, and stories this site had to offer.
ReplyDeleteThank you for bringing up the importance of the child's "first experience" in your kinder classroom. It's important to give a good impression, not just to kindergarten students, but all grade-level students. I like how this site stretches the content before and beyond the age of five. I can use the games section for my students. I really like the Dvolver Movie Maker. Plus, I can certainly use it for my children, Elias who is almost two, and Audrey who is seven. Thanks for your review, Kasaundra.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this site. This is something I would enjoy sharing with my students to enhance their learning experience. I'm sure they will be pleased with the content this site has to offer.
ReplyDeleteKasaundra, after reading your blog, I explored the website more. I noticed my daughter sitting on the couch watching TV. I invited her over to see the site herself. She was so engaged in the activities. She even made her own movie, and gave the characters dialogue. I was impressed by the language she used as a seven year old. It really beats just watching TV.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this site. I will definitely bring this into my classroom to motivate my struggling readers. Actually, I think many of my students will enjoy this website.
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