Media Review

Website: Websites for Wee Ones: A round up of websites to entertain your toddler

We have taken out most of the Maisy books from the library and have moved on to other Maisy memorabilia. They have finger puppets of Maisy, Charley and Tallulah and a stuffed Maisy at Munro's Books on Government Street, and I found the Maisy's Fun Club website. We have not spent much time in front of the computer with Natasha to read the on-line versions of the books that they have, but I have printed out some of the colouring pages for her and one day we will probably play the games on the website.

I fell in love with the wood Anamalz toy collection as soon as I saw them. I was trying to get Natasha to pick between two (so that I would buy 4 of them not 5), but she was too busy playing with a stuffed cat. I guess I was more interested in them than she was at first. Once we brought them home, though, she has chewed on them and played with them and is still excited by her cow. The website has several short animated vignettes with different animals that Natasha loves to watch over and over. There is some music about being a crocodile or swinging through the jungle, so you may want to look quickly for the mute button when you go to the site to check it out.

It's always fun to find a new friend at the library. We have discovered Maisy, Bing and most recently Max and Pinky. The second Max and Pinky book that we brought home had a website address on the back cover, so I decided to look it up. Natasha was pointing at the screen and calling out their names when the boy Max and pig Pinky appeared.

Sometimes the way you find a website is a mystery later when you try to recreate your trail of clicks. I came upon the Pingu site when I found a Thomas and Friends site, but I forget where how we discovered the Thomas site. I had not seen Pingu in years, and decided to see what the site had in store for us. Like so many children's websites, there are games on this site, and I have to admit that I have played more than one game of Fish Run. Natasha likes to watch when I play and to say "Go!" just like I do when I am deciding when to make Pingu jump to the next iceburg.

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