How often does your 5/6 y.o. go online?

Sunflower7777

DS1 (will be 6 in June) is increasingly asking for computer time to go online and play games. He has computers one day a week in kindergarten, so that has introduced him to starfall.com and abcya.com. He usually asks to play online after he gets home from school, and likes pbskids.com and disneyjunior.com and cartoonnetwork.com. I let him play for about 20 minutes at a time. 

How often does your 5/6 year old go online? What web sites do they like? How do you feel about letting them play online?  

Littlejen22

Never. The computer is in the office and DH usually works from home. I need to teach him the mouse before K starts in September. 

winomom22

Almost daily for the last 2 years. We like the same websites as you as well as nickjr and the cartoon network.

 

mylove2005

Never, she does not even ask to play on my computer

MichelleWP

My 6 y/o plays maybe 20 mn a day, he plays Minecraft with my 8 y/o (we built a server so they can play together). He also plays on Planet Turtle in Chinese (they play that in school, he's in immersion). My 4 y/o plays about the same amount on starfall and nickjr,com. I'm usually right there and know what they are doing so I'm fine with it.

pookie2005

Once every couple of weeks maybe for half an hour or so at a time. She only likes pbskids.org so far though.

2Gma

Online about 2x/week.  I try to limit it to about 30 mins at a time.  She visits the same sites you mentioned including LeapWorld. 

She does get to choose either one tv program,leapster game or computer time once a day. I find any more than that she gets so crabby after playing/watching.

Angela814

Never at home. She has a computer class once a week at school.

august06mom

pookie2005:

Once every couple of weeks maybe for half an hour or so at a time. She only likes pbskids.org so far though.

This is us too. I find that DS gets super-frustrated sometimes using the computer, so I don't like offering it as a choice for his screen time. This is partly selfish  because his TV time is usually my unwinding or making dinner time, neither of which I can do if he needs me to hover over him and help him make popups go away or find the screen when he accidentally clicks away.

Heidisean

About 1 time very week or two. She does have an iPod that she loves to listen and dance to music with and uses that about 3-4 days a week for about an hour.

 

cristiana

Both of my older kids (7 & 4) play it frequently. Mostly PBS kids and disney and the like. They also really like the watch the Disneyland/world rides on youtube. DD has homework online, so she's on it pretty much daily.

Dougsgirl4ever

She is required by Kindergarten to go on-line & read books on a special site they have called Raz Kids.  They computer reads a story to them, they have to read the story, & take a 4 question quiz.  I try to get her to do it as often as I think about it.  She usually does 3-4 books at a time.  Just to play never.

mattswife91805

she gets online at home about 2x a week. She plays on disneyjr, nickjr, starfall and abcya.com.

3Girls3xsTheFun

Never. She plays games on the iPad occasionally, but they are apps.

They don't even use the internet in kinder. She uses a computer daily, but not the net.