| Kids Online Virtual Worlds are growing strong with | | | | Throughout the sites you will find kids free |
| new websites launching quite regularly. With | | | | games, free avatar chat, free avatar creation and |
| different sites offering different features like kids | | | | dress-up and many other free activities but best |
| online games, creation of their own virtual avatar, | | | | of all, free kids safety features. |
| 3d chat, there is sure to be a kids online website | | | | The virtual website designers also understand that |
| to appeal to most. | | | | parents would preferably like their children to be |
| Parents seeking safe online entertainment that is | | | | learning whilst they play. So kids are presented |
| appropriate for pre-teens are flocking to the | | | | with games and activities that seek to educate |
| online websites. The kid-friendly websites are built | | | | them in maths, english, science, culture, history, |
| with varying safety features to help protect | | | | music and much more. They learn important |
| children from internet risks. In most cases the | | | | keyboard skills and to interact with other children |
| interactive chat features available to children are | | | | in a safe environment, all whilst having fun. |
| filtered or controlled to help protect their identity. | | | | There are many different virtual homes to appeal |
| These controls also limit what can be said from | | | | to a wide variety of kids personalities. With many |
| one child to another. Email permission from | | | | different avatar types for children to choose, |
| parents is also a feature at many online virtual | | | | including penguins, ponies, cartoon characters, |
| worlds for kids. Parents are asked to give | | | | bears, dolls, pets, plush pets, farm animals, robots, |
| permission to major activities that kids wish to | | | | and even monsters. A child may be able to |
| undertake. In other cases parents are sent a | | | | dress-up their 3d avatar in all kinds of cool |
| regular update of what activities a child has been | | | | costumes or clothes. They can use their unique |
| involved in at the site. | | | | avatar character to travel through different virtual |
| Membership to these kids websites is usually free. | | | | environments, like exotic islands, houses or even |
| Though free virtual worlds for kids are what the | | | | famous historical places. Along the way they may |
| majority of the sites offer, they do offer more | | | | be asked to collect cool virtual items or earn |
| activities for paying members. This is not to say | | | | rewards to help improve their next visit. |
| that the free activities are not appealing to kids. | | | | |