Poisson+Rouge

[|Poisson Rouge] //(Red Fish)// is a multi-lingual educational games site which focuses on learning through exploration. It is primarily text-less, because, in the words if its developers "most people, even adults, do not read instructions", they also wish to make the game free for interpretation by the child, so the child may play it however they wish. For example: one game has you fly a plane, there seems to be no purpose, but as you fly you may run into a cloud, which then dissipates, it is then up to the child whether the game is to hit the clouds or avoid them, or perhaps a child will come up with some different challenge. Being text-less these games rely on visuals and audio clips, thus catering for a variety of learning styles, through these games children can learn about letters, numbers, words and how the world works in general, all while developing mouse skills and having fun.

In The Classroom
Though this game is intended for pre-school age children, it can be educational and enjoyable for a wide variety of school-age children, centering perhaps around those in the earlier years of primary school. Also, though educational, it is perhaps better to use it as a reward as the exploratory nature of it does not lend itself towards any sort of structured learning. In small classes, perhaps specialised units of autistic or learning disabled children, it can be combined with a finger touch smartboard, thus tapping into their kinesthetic learning style as well as their visual and auditory learning. In larger classrooms one may have it on a computer to the side for individual students in your class who may need the help to settle down and get back on task. Finally in a computer lab free time on the Poisson Rouge site can be the reward for completing a more strenuous or structured task.