I recently discovered this unique world that has captured kids imagination. Its called webkinz, I came across this over thanksgiving break when my nieces and nephews age 4 and 7 had asked that I buy them this stuffed animal. Its not only a stuffed animal, in each animal there is a code that you enter in this website website http://www.webkinz.com/us_en/. You enter your code so that you can adopt your pet into webkinz world. Here all the stuffed animals come to life. You get to name your pet and choose their sex. After a successful adoption you are shown to your room, where you start with a 2000 dollars in kinz cash so that you can decorate your room, buy new furniture, clothes and food for your pet. To earn more money there are an array of quizzes for every age group that is a fun way to learn and earn more money, to more items for your pet like pools, TV, refrigerator etc. There also arcade games as well. The pets rely on their owners for food, exercise, and all their other needs. There is a meter that keeps track of there feeling such as the happy meter, healthy meter, and hungry meter etc. The other fun thing about this site is that it allows the kids to invite their friends to come and see their rooms, they can play games with their friends and also chat with their friends.
This website allows kids to interact with their stuffed animals as if it were a really pet. They can have fun as well as learn responsibility. This is an amazing concept that utilizes kids penchant for loving animals and also introduces the kids to the computer and the different methods of interacting online.