Monday, August 27, 2001		Kids chat

HEY kids! Welcome to our weekly kids chat It’s Monday again and we are back with new things for fun, education and entertainment.

Fluppy: What fun! These days the schools are in full bloom and I am overly burdened with tons of homework. Where does one get time for fun and entertainment? For me it’s only education as of now.

Cliaprti: Hey Fluppy! Why are you sounding so low?

Windy: Have you not heard Cliparti! All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. However, for Fluppy I think, it should be "All work and no play makes Fluppy a duffer boy.

Fluppy: That’s too much, Windy.

Cliparti: Hey Guys! Ceasefire. Do not worry Fluppy, I have a lot of good things for you to do in your free time.

Fluppy: Like What!

Cliparti: You can visit zoo and see a lot of animals.

Fluppy: But as I said I hardly get any time these days.

Cliparti: So what Fluppy, you can at least log on to http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm and visit this E-Zoo. You can see a lot of animals here and can also learn about them.

Windy: If reading stories entertain you more then you can log on to www.eduplace.com/tales and read a lot of interesting tales and stories. The stories written on this site are written by kids from all over the world and some of these stories are quite interesting too. Some of the interesting tales on this site include The Surprise Garden, Our Class Project, What’s wrong, A day at school etc. You can even read the Horoscope for the day in this site.

Cliparti: That’s quite interesting. Isn’t it Fluppy?

Fluppy: Yeah Indeed It’s interesting. But for a change I have a site for Windy.

Windy: For me! Ok C’mon

Fluppy: It’s www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors

Windy: Brians! Yeah I knew if it has something to do with brains, then it has to be for me.

Fluppy: That’s why Windy! I said this site is for you. It’s not brains and its brians. You will be able to learn a lot about the common errors in English on this site and will be able to enrich your knowledge.

Windy: Grrrr

Cliparti: Oh That’s wonderful! Isn’t it Windy.

Windy: Yeah sure, but except what Fluppy said.

Fluppy: Did I say anything wrong, Cliparti?

Cliparti: Will you both ever stop fighting…

Windy: Anyways

Fluppy: So, Cliparti! What else you have for our friends.

Cliparti: I know of another site, which can help you prepare your younger brothers and sisters for studies. This is Microsoft’s kids site and is available at www.microsoft.com/kids/mpt. This site will help you prepare your younger brothers and sisters for pre-school through 2nd grade for learning success with all essential skills. This is a great site for fun learning of the young ones and is the only comprehensive, grade –based learning solution with TutorAssist technology.

Windy: I also know of a site, which will make your math fundamental quite sound. This is www.aplusmath.com. This site provides you with a lot of interactive way of learning, using flash cards and also by playing interactive games. The games like Math Word Find Puzzle are interesting and highly interactive. I can say for sure that this site will make Maths an interesting subject even for those who do not like it.

Fluppy: That’s really nice and I can also get benefited from it.

Cliparti: That’s all I have for this week. See you next week.

— Ira Verma