I have three young children, two of which are old enough to use computers even if they are still preliterate. There are a lot of great games for them on the internet, but there are also many, many sites they need to avoid.

After spending an embarrassing amount of time finding – and testing – various online game sites, I added two categories to my references section. A section of games for pre-literate children and a section of games for young literate children. But don’t let the categories fool you – even if you don’t have children, they are a lot of fun. The best site I found was Orisinal, make sure you check it out (in the pre-literate section).

And one of the great things about doing all this “research” was that my children really appreciated it. So not only did I have fun putting it together, my children now have a safe homepage for gameplay.