www.Clubpenguin.com is a brought to you by Disney and is not a site that I would use at school or at home with my own children. This site requires a monthly membership of $7.79 per month, or $6.95 per month for six months, or $5.00 per month for twelve months. This seems to be a site that children can experience a version of social networking. They build a home for their penguin, earn coins to buy things for their penguins which reminds me of Farmville on Facebook. Children can chat with each other while playing the game, but from what I could see, being a non-paid member, there wasn't enough to spend the money on it. I didn't see any educational type games or activities. My seven year old clicked around on the free trial for about three minutes before she handed the computer to go find something else to do.
What I do like about the site is that it is available in six different languages, so all children can use the site. The chat tool has phrases that have been approved for chatting, so you don't have to worry about what your child is saying or what someone else is saying to your child while they are playing. There was also a section with kid friendly recipes, outdoor games, and some other activities that parents and children might enjoy doing together.
All in all I am not impressed with this website. If someone has seen something fantastic that I missed, please let me know.
I think there are a lot of great sites out there for kids, then there are some that are simply just a waste of time. I would think it being Disney it would have been better. Reminds me of when I went under Nickelodeon. I thought there might be some good stuff on that site and I was let down. With Disney and Nickelodeon being so popular and all the money they have, you would think they would have better sites. They need to hire some experts. :-)Thanks for your sharing.
ReplyDeleteWow I was really surprised to read the prices for a subscription to this website, that is like Netflix subscription! This site looks really cute and I can see why children would be attracted to it, but I agree with Krista that there are better sites out there. I do agree with you though that having the website available in six different languages is really neat. Even with all of the resources available today this does not seem to be that common of a feature.
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