Driving Kids - Free Online Educational Games for Kids

Do your children regard math as irksome and tedious? Prove to them that math is fun and exciting! Especially when it’s applied online and with a cheerful crowd of peers! World Maths Day, an online educational event taking place March 3 at worldmathsday.com, may be of help with this.

This online project was created by 3P Learning for school students aged 5-18. World Maths Day allows participants to “compete in real time to correctly answer mental arithmetic questions in quick-fire 60 second games,” describes voxy.co.nz.

Last year, this online activity brought together about 2 million students from 204 countries. World Maths Day 2010 will try “to set a Guinness World Record for the Largest Online Maths Competition,” said a representative of the event’s creator.

Don’t worry if it is too late for your child to register this year: World Maths Day has big plans for March 2011. And keep in mind: kids are always welcome to improve their skills at fun and exciting math using a free educational online game… Driving Kids!

Childcare, education and educational online games: guess what’s the most expensive!

What do you think is more expensive for parents: to pay for kindergarten or for university? In China, for instance, EducationNews.org writes that “kindergarten costs more than college.” According to Chinese parents and teachers, it is hardly possible “to find a reputable kindergarten in Beijing that charges less than 1,000 renminbi ($150) a month, which is a quarter of an average salary in the capital.” At the same time, “tuition and accommodation at Peking University, the country’s best” require a little bit more than $100 per month.

Unfortunately, high childcare costs would seem to be typical nowadays not only for China. “Childcare costs in England, Wales and Scotland are continuing to rise, a survey by the Daycare Trust suggests,” the BBC informs us. For example, “in Wales, nursery fees for children aged two and above rose by 11.3%.”

Sure, childcare and education have never been the cheapest things in the world. But should it be really so expensive nowadays? And what could you propose to make these services more accessible?

How to play

Bring children to bus-stations they need: children in red clothes – to Apple station, children in green clothes – to Wood station, children in yellow clothes – to Sun station, children in dark blue clothes – to River station.

Educative value: ploblem solving game.

Bus Stations screenshot

• Where is this game? This mini-game is located in Bus Station.
• How much does it costs? It costs 25 auros to start.
• How much I can earn? You can get 50 auros!
• Premium Members only? Yes.
• Any Awards? No.

How to play

An airplane drops down cubes suspended on parachutes. You have to snag them before they fall into the sea. If you find it difficult – you can use the help line above.

Educative value: game with counting and numbers.

Parachutes screenshot

• Where is this game? This mini-game is located in Hydroport.
• How much does it costs? It costs 30 auros to start.
• How much I can earn? You can get 50 auros if you count all 10 numbers of this mini-game!
• Premium Members only? No, free for all Driving Kids Members.

How to play

In this game kids will try theiself as helicopter pilot. Your task is to fly on helicopter carefully inside of each figure.

Educative value: drawing and numbers.

Helicopter Pilot screenshot

• Where is this game? This mini-game is located in Construction Yard1.
• How much does it costs? It costs 10 auros to start.
• How much I can earn? You can get  25 auros if you complete all 10 tasks of this mini-game!
• Premium Members only? No, free for all Driving Kids Members.