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Here you'll find reviews of some of the best preschool websites featuring many of your kid's favorite characters!

Peppa Pig, Thomas and Friends, Postman Pat and 3rd and Bird are just some of the delights awaiting your young children.

Have you visited Aven's Corner or Tractor Tom's farm yet? Don't forget to zoom about with Roary the Racing Car!

I've chosen these wonderful preschool online game websites just for you and your kids - enjoy :)

The best preschooler online games sites

Peppa Pig
Let's leap straight into some muddy puddles with Peppa Pig! You can watch a clip, meet five-year-old Peppa and her brother George, view the gallery or play the games:

• splash in the puddles and help Peppa spell
• make Mrs Chicken happy by hatching lots of eggs
• help characters navigate through the mazes
• and paint with Peppa and George

Roary the Racing Car
Meet the characters, read stories, singalong and more in this preschool online game website. Aimed at 2 to 6 year olds, it features a young, red, and rather cheeky racing car called... Roary!

Roary's all about being positive, helpful, living healthily and being safe on the road. There's the Bumper Car Challenge, a simple Roary racing game, a Roary matching pairs game, as well as printable activity sheets.

Tractor Tom
... is back! The latest Tractor Tom preschool online games include a drag and drop "who's who" activity, a game where you have to get the sheep into the pen, and Tractor Tom jigsaws, activity sheets and video clips.

If you child likes Tractor Tom I'm sure they'd love to help Auntie Mabel down on the farm in this fantastic interactive farm game on CBeebies. Visit the cowshed, the vegetable garden, the orchard... and so on. And don't crash the plane when you arrive at the farm!

Fireman Sam
I grew up with Fireman Sam, and he's adapted well to the 21st Century! This bold, bright site has plenty of fun preschool online games featuring Fireman Sam and his fire engine, Jupiter.

Music to Your Gears lets your child listen to and copy fire truck sounds - and they can record their own "Jupiter song" too. Play Lifeboat Launch or go to the rescue with Radar the sniffer dog. Lots of quality color printables, as well as videos - and a special parents' activity section - all go to make this a great site for little kids.

3rd and Bird
Explore the world of 3rd and Bird with Samuel Lovebird, meet the characters, and enjoy the games and activities. World whistling champion Michael Barimo provides some wonderful birdy sound effects!

When your child completes a game, they can print out a certificate and color it in. The Schools and Nurseries section of the site provides free printable worksheets, so do check that out. Super little site.

Aven's Corner
Aven's Corner offers colorful, fun, original online preschool games, many of which open up into full screen mode.

Games come in three levels - some kids will love them all!

• Simple mouse and keyboard games: clean Mr Smiley's teeth (great brushing sound effects) or point, click and pop bubbles

• Exploring, counting, creating games: try Farm Yard, where your child simply moves the mouse around and enjoys the resulting squawks, moos, and animal activity. The Tadpoles game is great fun too!

• Matching and memory games: identify caterpillars and watch them change into butterflies... or choose words to describe the ever changing weather.

Enjoy a "magic painting" section, or try the comix cartoon maker!

You need the free Microsoft Silverlight plugin to play these games - you'll be prompted to install it if it's not already on your computer.

Noddy online games
The US Noddy site seems to require registration to play a couple of the games here now - is this another site going the paid route? - but you can still join Big Ears in his Pop and Spell game, popping balloons to spell out familiar words - and join Tessie Bear playing Shape Search.

In the printables section you can

• print a Noddy badge with your name or age on it
• do a dot to dot or maze puzzle
• enjoy coloring in
• or play I-Spy.

You can also check out the UK Noddy Fun Time site, offering five games including Tessie's Garden, Star Catcher, and Rainbow Maker.

Peep and the Big Wide World
Peep and the Big Wide World brings the world of science to preschoolers - and there is a ton of stuff to look at on this site. Check out the activities section, which loads up with over 70 practical ideas such as

• take a trip to a hardware store to examine gadgets
• go on a sound hunt inside and outdoors
• get out the magnifying glass and make things bigger
• have an ice cube melting contest

Online preschool games include a sorting activity in Trash Stash and a "balance the bunnies on the seesaw" game which really is great.

What with singing along with Peep's theme song, checking out the video clips and coloring in Peep's printables, I'm sure you'll find a wealth of ideas to keep your little kids busy - one of the best preschool online games and activities sites out there.

Rupert Bear
I don't know if you remember Rupert Bear from your own childhood - I have wonderful memories of being tucked up in bed with my Rupert Bear annual at Christmas, and enjoying the magical illustrations and adventures of Rupert and his friends.

Contemporary Rupert now appears in his own TV series, appropriately entitled Rupert Bear Follows the Magic. Funnily enough, you can still find "classic Rupert" around - for the oldies like me :)

Rupert's website features Fun Stuff downloads, where you can color in Rupert or make a door hanger.

What about the games? Recent games have included

• a spelling game
• catch the acorns or stars
• and a copy the tune game - again, with easy, medium or hard versions.

Do check out the "Watch and Play" section, where you can watch clips of Rupert Bear and then follow the prompts to play a game at that point in the clip - your kids will love this! Great interactive stuff for little kids.

Did you know that Bill Badger is five and three quarters years old, and loves his Big Book of Facts - but what's Ping Pong's magic baby dragon called? Get to know the characters, items, vehicles and locations in the Explore Nutwood section.

You can also join Rupert Bear in his EcoExplorers Club

Here's another great preschool online games site:

Postman Pat
Navigate your way around Greendale! Take part in Greendale School activities, or pop in to Amy's veterinary surgery and find Pumpkin the pony.

You can also visit Pencaster and fix the train signals in Delivery Delay. Or head to the sorting office and find the parcels!

Find out about Pat, Jess, Nisha and all the characters as well as other features of Pat's world, in this nicely updated site.

Thomas and Friends
One of the most popular websites for preschoolers, and no wonder... my son used to be absolutely mad about Thomas, and I sure miss tripping over those wooden train tracks!

Here you'll find preschool online games rated by difficulty, video selections that get your child singing and playing along, a fantastic page with pictures and list of all the Thomas engines which is fab, and a "My Station" feature where you can register and create a special page just for your child. It's fast, easy, and free to set up.

Want more train games?

Underground Ernie
Ernie works on the International Underground - based on the London tube or subway train system.

Find out about the characters and trains and color in their pictures, send an Ernie e-card or print a face mask. Find your way around Ernie's world or head into the fun and games section, where you can choose a train and have fun moving Victoria left and right to catch the crowns or play a memory game with Bakerloo!