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RAYLIT is another web 2.0 tool that is available for teachers and parents of 3 through 8 year olds. This site consists of educational games, video and activities for children. The lessons are interactive stories, and rhymes. It is one hour sessions that educate and entertain with characters that are funny and engaging. The curriculum in Raylit covers analytical skills, phonics, reading, writing, numbers, and science. They have characters that say they put fun in learning. When you type in your child’s name a character comes on and greets your child by name. The educational games are loaded by age and there are over 750 educational games and videos. In the introduction the character gives the child an interesting fact. In particular the character gave a fact about butterflies and how they use their feet to taste food. With each change of activity the character uses the child’s name to introduce the new activity. The site is very interactive and most students can navigate through the site by themselves. I did notice that when they showed videos, the captions under it was not age appropriate because no one was reading the captions to the pre-schoolers. Even with that, I think this site is a valuable resource for pre-school to primary school teachers and parents. With this web 2.0 children can work independently. I found that most of the material presented is age appropriate and I really like that once a child’s name is clicked the characters continually call their names. This makes this website more personable and for children in this age bracket it commands their attention. Raylit does teach and the characters explain concepts to the children. They ask questions in a game format to make sure the children have grasped the concept. One of the good things about Raylit is that it’s a free site and there are no ads. Parents can rest assure that their child will have an educational fun time using this site to prepare them for school.
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