Yahoo! Kids Games offers many different flash online game for children to play, with or without the presence of a parent. The website has vibrant colors and moving animations, which are sure to grab the attention of many youngsters. For the purpose of this review, educational games were looked for.

The first educational games to pop up were to disappointing spelling games. There are four of these games, and their formats are outdated and uninteresting. The games look like they were designed by an amateur or several years ago. Something else 'that is disappointing is that the search function doesn't appear to work correctly. Searching for "educational" "spelling" and "words" comes up with nothing, despite the fact that there are word spelling games on the site.

Other games on the site that aren't as educational do appear to be fun, and engaging for children, but they offer little beyond entertainment. This would not be the site to turn to to look for educational games for kids, although the parents' section of the games site offers tips for parents about internet safety which could be useful. ( )