Monday, October 8, 2001		Kids chat

HELLO friends and welcome to our weekly kids chat.

Cliparti: Hey guys! Whatz up there?

Fluppy: Life is cool.

Windy: Cool??? Huh!!! Are your exams over Fluppy?

Fluppy: Nope!

Cliparti: Then how come you are so cool this time, Fluppy.

Fluppy: Well! That's a secret.

Windy: Oh! I guessed it. You have been exempted from exams, being the most stupid student.

Fluppy: Okay, so you are telling me that from your own experience.

Cliparti: Okay guys! Stop fighting and let's know from Fluppy his secret of being so happy even in the exam time.

Fluppy: Here are the secrets. The first is that my father has promised me to take on holiday in the coming vacation, if I do my exams well. The second is that I have got huge resources of information on all my subjects on the Internet. So now I feel that taking exams would be no big deal and I'll be off on a holiday this vacation.

Cliparti: Is it so Fluppy. Would you not like to share information with our friends.

Fluppy: Why not! The Website I found is http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick! This is a great site with its contents covering almost all subjects like science, mathematics, arts, geography, history, literature and languages.

Windy: Does it also have stuff for higher classes?

Fluppy: Indeed it has. This site is for kids of all age group and has a database of over 600 subjects. You can search these subjects alphabetically and can find details listed therein.

Cliparti: So that means it has 600 + course-related subjects.

Fluppy: No, these subjects are not just limited by the educational courses but has subjects related to everything around you.

Windy: Then it must be boring also as all study and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Fluppy: Never mind Windy, the category of subjects also include games. Moreover, under every subject listing there are a huge number of links also. So, one subject does not just mean limited pages of text as you can explore several other links on that subject.

Cliparti: Wow that's great! Isn't that Windy?

Windy: Yeah Indeed! But I am a bit confused.

Fluppy: CONFUSED!!!

Cliaprti: Confused due to what?

Windy: This is such a nice site, how come Fluppy could find it?

Cliparti: Not again Windy. Fluppy really has got a good stuff for our friends and you should rather congratulate him.

Windy: Oh Yeah! Congratulations Fluppy for doing something not expected from you.

Fluppy: Is that a compliment or a taunt and by the way why was it not expected from me?

Cliparti: Come on guys! Stop that fight and let's move ahead.

Windy: Yeah! That would be better.

Cliparti: Fluppy, did you find any other interesting information for our friends.

Fluppy: No I found that site only.

Windy: I have a good site for our friends and it is www.surfnetkids.com. This site has some contents similar to the one mentioned by Fluppy, but I think that it is also a great site.

Cliaprti: Does it also have the equally big number of subjects?

Windy: No, it has a small directory of topics covering arts, crafts, music, computers and Web, games and hobbies, geography, holidays and history, language arts, math, pre-school and K, science etc. and is thus a more focussed site.

Fluppy: That's good

Windy: It also has a lot of other interesting material in the form of topics that includes study skills, online encyclopedias, online Harry potter games, business games for kids, digital photography, geography, fractions, maths, paper crafts etc. These archive of topics are categorised yearwise and have a huge resource of information.

Cliparti: Wow that's great Windy.

Fluppy: But what about some fun stuff

Windy: I was expecting that from you little Fluppy. It also has a huge collection of games and is categorised into a separate directory of games. So, Fluppy, you can easily do what you are best at.

Fluppy: What does that mean?

Windy: Play games on the Net on the pretext of learning online.

Cliparti: Now you have started that all over again, Windy. I think let's sign off for now, before you get involved into a fight again. Bye for now friends and see you next week. Till then, study hard and take care.

— Ira Verma