Poptropica Educational Kids Games: Exploring the Virtual World
Poptropica is another online environment for kids to play virtual games, read electronic books, travel and explore, and safely communicate. Poptropica has over twenty million young internet users and is growing rapidly. Poptropica is supported by Funbrain.com in creating games that are both fun for kids and educational.
Check out this YouTube video on Poptropica:
The game looks pretty fun and interactive. The large selection of educational games is particularly interesting. Kids can also develop computer skills and the chat is safe as no personal information can be shared. Poptropica launched just one year ago in 2007. There are currently 6 islands for kids to explore with 5 more on the way. Poptropica was created by the Family Education Network.
Here is a list of the current islands:
1. Shark Tooth Island
2. Time Tangled Island
3. 24 Carrot Island
4. Super Power Island
5. Spy Island
6. and the first one Early Poptropica
One of the fun looking islands is the Poptropica Super Power Island:
Pretty cool. Poptropica is free with no subscription costs. You can change your avatar outfit, skin, hair, and more using the Custumizer tool.