Zoodles Review and Giveaway

About Zoodles Kid's Browser:
Our goal is to give kids a safe place to play and learn online. We knew that we couldn’t just give kids a typical browser and send them off to explore. Most sites today are way too complicated for young kids to navigate on their own, and they don’t provide enough safety from all the bad stuff lurking on the web.

So, we started from scratch. We built a FREE browser, especially for kids, that makes it simple for them to find lots of fun activities – all by themselves. By launching the icon on your desktop, your child will enter a full-screen mode of Zoodles that will keep them from exiting out and finding inappropriate content or accidentally deleting your important files.

5 Lucky Readers Will Win a 3 Month Premium Membership

My Take:
Zoodles is a great way to allow kids to explore online.  I am a parent that does not allow my kids online often, because I don't feel they have the ability to navigate the internet and do not understand what is inappropriate content.  With Zoodles I can assist them to log on to the computer and leave them be to explore!  It was a quick and easy download and is super simple to use.

Each child can be set up with a separate toybox.  This toybox is filled with age and skill appropriate games.  We aren't just talking a few, we are talking hundreds!  Many of these games feature my kids favorite characters which makes it fun and entertaining for them.  My 5 year old daughter's current favorite is the Imagination Movers The Missing Scribble Sticks where she gets to draw prompts that are then inserted into the story that is played for her when she is done.  She loves seeing her creation pop up on the screen during the story!

As a parent there are many things I love about Zoodles.  I feel I don't have to hover over my children when they are playing.  The browser covers the entire screen so they cannot accidentally click on something else allowing them to explore the internet or your computer files.  When they want to quit, it is a multi-step process so again, they can't just accidentally end up somewhere you don't want them to be.  The Parent Dashboard allows me to see exactly what games they have played, how much time they spend on each one and what subject content applied.  I can block ads, "push" certain content (like math for my 9 year old and reading for my 7 year old!) and really customize their experience.  I also receive weekly emails letting me know all of this info!

Free and Premium accounts include:

• Full screen child browser
• Virtual toybox filled with content that is education as well as appropriate for age and skill level
• Safe browsing with only approved URL's (in my opinion the most important feature!)

Premium Accounts additionally includes:
(Pricing for the premium account is currently $7.95/mo, $39.95/ 6 mo., $59.95/yr.)

• Ad blocking
• Parental Monitoring
• Promote time on specific educational subjects
• Educational reports showing skills your child has been developing
• Ability to block sites
• Ability to block specific characters
• Ability to block games and activities
• Reports Showing types of content your child is playing with

 Zoodles is giving 5 of YOU a 3 month Premium Membership!

All of you can log on to http://www.zoodles.com/ and sign up for your free account.  However, I am happy to have the chance to award 5 of my readers the chance to upgrade to a Premium Account for free!  You have until Saturday, February 6 to enter.  I will be choosing the winners at random and posting  them next Sunday, February 7. 

Here is how you can earn your chances to enter:
(one chance per action)

(please leave a separate comment for each and an email address to contact you)

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   Follow Life in the BAT Cave (or tell me if you already follow)
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  Become a fan on facebook
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  Tell me your child's favorite website to visit
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  Share ways you limit your child's screen time
  
  

*Disclaimer:  I was provided a complimentary 6 month Premium Membership from Zoodles.  No other compensation was received.  All opinions are my own and formed from my experiences with the product.  I found this opportunity through The Product Review Place.