FREDSHOUSE

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE for Fun, Learning, Education, Tutoring and Puzzles!

FredsHouse is here to show that fun and learning are best when taken together. Sometimes the difference between the two will be deliberately blurred, sometimes it will just naturally turn out that way.

The site is truly intended for kids of all ages from "one to ninety-two," but areas that work well for younger children will say so. Every age gets its turn.

FredsHouse hopes to be a "grreeat" resource for kids, parents and teachers, both in itself and for finding other resources on the web for all kinds of interesting, informational and fun things.

Please note that a link to "Fred's Navigator" is provided on every page. If you get lost or do not have a "back" control on your browser, the Navigator can link you back to any page in FredsHouse.

A very strong effort is made to locate and provide links to free "stuff," in the belief that the availabiity of free information and resources is still one of the best features of the web.

Additionally, as access to the web has been difficult for some families, because it has been expensive, it will help if, once on-line, families can find good things that don't cost them a further dime. (Please note that the cost of equipment and Internet access has been falling and perhaps it will come into the range of many more people in the not-so-distant future. So sites like FredsHouse may, if lucky, become even more widely accessible and useful.)

FredsHouse should challenge kids, students and viewers to think for themselves. Often, inverse presentations are used in mirror-fashion, to stimulate imagination and question preconceived notions. Sometimes the site will appear to be a puzzle in itself, and a playful thing might happen "when you least expect it."

Words are used throughout that may not always cater to the easiest level of understanding, but they are linked to The Instant Dictionary. The viewer/reader can look them up at once and return to the text, so that just going through the site will build vocabulary skills.

Fred's Instant Encyclopedia links highlighted text to a web site that Fred feels will give the most comprehensive information on the subject, making FredsHouse even more educational and fun! "Most comprehensive" sometimes means that, while it may not be the "best" site in itself, it will get you to more of the good sites more efficiently, so your exposure will be more thorough in the long run. This is why it is so important to explore links in these sites!

Please be sure to follow links at the sites that FredsHouse references, in addition to Fred's own links, so that even more resources will be available to you.