Interactive Teaching Website for 3-6 Year Olds

[AshBradley]

Good Morning,

My name is Ashley Bradley and I'm currently studying at the University of Sussex on a Multimedia & Digital Systems degree.

My third year project is to create an Interactive teaching website aimed at the 3-6 year old market and I was wondering if a few of you wouldn't mind giving me some feedback into what you would expect from such a site

I've created a survey

FreeOnlineSurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=padhdevs8m11i30815969

however this is just a crude method of feedback , if there is anything I've missed or anything you would suggest , please contact me at [email protected]

thanks very much :)

Ash

link doesn't work?

I (my 5 yr old) would expect something that was really fun and kept him entertained, rather than feeling he 'at school' if you see what I mean.

I think it should have different sections depending on age because obviously, until they are in Yr 1, the EYFS is appropriate and then, it should reflect that it's following the yr 1 curriculum.

I definitely think it should be structured in the same way that everything is taught at school, in line with the DCSF website.

Obviously anything to develop fine motor skills using the keyboard and mouse is great, such as directional games and drawing perhaps. Hope this helps and recognition games to help the learning memory etc.

Sorry can't get link to work either. I think the most important thing for me is that the child would have some indepenedence and be able to navigate the site by themselves - my two (age 2 and 4) love www.poissonrouge.com for that reason - you don't need to be able to read and its simple to understand...

I also agree with luciemule something linked to eyfs stage goals would be good

(ps you may want to check with mnhq that they are happy for you to do this - I know you're not media but there is a media request section :) )

Instructions need to be very simple phrases and preferably spoken as well (My non-reading 4 year old DD can navigate most of the CBeebies website on her own because of this).

Would have to look more like a "game" than being educational (anything that looks like school will be an instant turn off). Or intersperse "fun" bits between the educational bits.

As an example, my DS played this "game" when he did the Great Fire of London in Y1, and still asks to play it long after he's finished the topic.
www.fireoflondon.org.uk/game