The other day, I found out that my son was cutting his second molars. He was irritable and had no appetite for the past three days. He kept asking for a hug. I thought about entertaining him with online games for kids. I knew then that he felt better since he allowed me to let him sit on a separate chair. We were able to visit only one site, the rest I dropped by alone in case the need arises.

This is the very first online game site we were able to explore. I immediately loved it. The games were divided into three: infants, toddlers and preschoolers. Hear your infant giggle with peek-a-boo, check out your toddler’s progress with the ABCs Zoo Learning Games and enjoy Phonics Learning Games with your preschooler. The site is visually appealing, the moment you’ll open it, you will immediately love it.

The site’s tip for parents: If you have some free time, you might find it’s beneficial to get online and play a few of these learning games yourself before sitting down at the computer with your child. You know your child best; having a preview will help you determine which online learning activities are most appropriate for your infant, toddler, or preschooler’s stage of development … and which games are so much fun your child will want to play them again and again!

Browse With Me has the top free games for infants and toddlers. With more than 300 games to choose from, the site has the best kid games the web has to offer. Each link has been reviewed by their staff and is currently a favorite among users of their web browser for kids. Usage of their kid friendly web browser is not required for any of the kids games listed.  All sites are compatible with virtually all current web browsers.

Before you start playing with your baby online, this site will teach you how to start right: teach your infant or toddler some basic mouse skills by clicking anywhere and the ball comes to you. It’s very simple and it teaches a child how to move and click with a mouse. Once your baby knows how to use the mouse, all the games available will provide both parent and child hours of educational entertainment. All games were reviewed and approved.

Toddle Toons is a collection of 12 online games designed especially for babies and toddlers from 10 months to three years of age. The games require no mouse or keyboard skills on the part of the toddler but they are full of opportunities of interaction. While sitting on your lap, children can press any key or click the mouse to pop a bubble, make a “happy” shape, catch balloons, and more.

The most important interaction, however, takes place between the adult and child!  With your help, ToddleToons allow babies and toddlers to build language skills and to learn concepts such as cause and effect, big and little, up and down, happy and sad, colors and shapes, body parts, and more.

Tots can have fun while interacting with online games and music activities. Your child can sing along with the jukebox to twinkle, twinkle. Toddlers can also play the musical piano and drum instruments. They can create master pieces of art with the online coloring book and sketch till their hearts content in the sketchpad. Your little tots can also print the drawing or colored picture.

The site features Play with me Sesame and other toddler friendly characters. It teaches skills like learning numbers and letters, colors, patterns and drawing, counting, songs and rhyming and learning opposites. There are lots of activities to keep them going!!

Here you’ll find ideas for online games, downloadable games, children’s video games, virtual world fun, kids coloring pages, party games …and even kids’ games for a baby shower! These games are suitable for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and kids up to eight years old.

Lil’ Fingers is a storybook site for toddlers with educational games, storybooks and coloring pages. Their toddler stories, activities & holiday sections are designed with bright colors & big buttons for little fingers.

KneeBouncers is a whole lotta fun for the itty bitty ones. Free online games for babies and toddlers providing a whole lot of thumping, bumping, crashing, bashing, smashing, splashing, popping, bopping, wiggling and especially giggling.

This is probably the biggest and best game site for kids. According to them they get 5 million visits with 110 million page views from more than 200 countries. They have more than one thousand games for free members. They also offer premium membership with more games plus full screen version and minus advertising. The games are for kids up to 10 years old. This is a safe place to play and learn where your child will feel right at home, right away.

Playing internet games with your baby will give them an opportunity to learn and have fun. The games will help them in the key aspects of their development: hand-eye coordination, problem solving, recognition, social/interactive and creative. Remember to limit or moderate their online game time.

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