Interactive Games For Kids On Animals

Animals focused online games for children are an extension to the animated films that used to be made with a focus on children. From Madagascar to Kung Fu Panda to the latest Rio- all the films dealt with animals and how it’s important for them to be in their natural habitat.

These games therefore, not only help familiarise small children with different species of animals and gain knowledge about their habitats, food habits, hunting activities but also learn to appreciate nature. These games especially help kids learn about the extinct and endangered species of animals like dinosaurs and white tigers. And since children from urban settings have mostly never seen animals beyond cats and dogs, these games become all the more interesting for them.

1. National Geographic for kids:- They offer the most amazing videos and games for children, based on animals. Different games focus on different animals. They have rainforest rescue, pouncer’s gadget, frog flicker, great turtle race, different versions of GeoGames, armadillo alley etc. by ways of rescuing the animals, the children also gain sympathy for animals. These games cover animals that children do not generally hear about in their classrooms, like ring-tailed lemurs, herons and snow owls.

2. Petgames- My Pet Care:- They have online games categorised very well according to animals- like horse games, hamster games, ferret, lizard and turtle games. All these games deal with different learning themes like rescuing animals from dangers, adopting animals as pets to help save them and playing with animals.

Bunnies and easter eggs for example focuses on getting some very cute and cuddly bunnies safely from one side of the river to the other. The morning walk teaches children how to take some dogs for a regular walk avoiding/ dealing with all the dangers on the way.

Hamster race is a game where children are required to guide a hamster safely around a given track by just clicking the mouse. This game helps children improve their hand- eye coordination.

Net pet adopt gives the children an option to adopt a pet- it could be a cat or a dog. Then they are required to take care of the pet, thus learning something very practical.

3. Sandiego zoo:- They offer adventurous trips online to kids, with different animals. Children could go for an elephant odyssey, or a safari park adventure. They could also join a polar bear in a plunge. They even have the option for kids to draw, colour and share animals. The entire website has been made like a jungle set-up with lush green leaves. The site also has very good sound system where children can talk to some animals and birds. The animals have been categorised for kids to choose from- amphibians, mammals, insects, birds and reptiles. Thus, they also inform children on what all categories for animals exist and which category a particular animal belongs to.

Children can take to the web site for free; however, this limits the game they can have in the digital world. Settled memberships start at $7.95 US per month. 6 months is $39.95 US and 12 months is $59.95 US. A account allows participants unrestricted access to any or all games, inspired functions, priority host access and new activities. An original area of the site is the Coins for Change program. The program is definitely an online charity where players donate their 'coins' for numerous real-world charitable causes. The website will come in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German.

Animated animals and a very colourful interface make these online games very interesting to play and learn from.