A lot of parents are wary of allowing their children to learn on the internet - and with good reason. The internet is entirely unmoderated, and there are many dangers for the child, even if your goals are home learning.

Child safe websites are easily available, but the number of websites that are not safe for your children is far greater. Apart from pornography and other internet hazards, a lot of the material on the internet is not always beneficial for home learning.

Child friendly websites do not always have good info on them! For general school research projects, www.wikipedia.org is a great place for home learning. Child friendly, informative and rich in content, Wikipedia has loads of information on just about anything.

But beware - Wikipedia is peer-moderated and so not all of the information on it is guaranteed to be accurate. If you want to use the internet to facilitate home learning, child safe websites don't get much better than this. The number one rule on the internet is that if you want good, informative content, you have to pay for it. A lot of sites simply put up content for the sake of having content.

This content is not always informative or accurate, and may not be your best bet for home learning. Child educational games can also be found online, and most of these you do not have to pay for. These games typically teach about concepts in literature, science, mathematics and economics at a basic level. One such site where there are excellent games is the Nobel Prize home page, www.nobelprize.org. This is an excellent place to start home learning.

Child games in various fields are available, and there is loads of information on all of the recent developments in science, technology, economics and literature that is presented in a way that is easy for your child to learn and comprehend. If you're using the internet for home learning, child friendly websites are essential.

Always check out what websites your children are browsing, because often they will not be able to tell if the information is of a high quality.

You can usually trust university online encyclopedias, but beware of any site that has more ads than content, as these sites are simply out to make money without giving you anything beneficial to aid with home learning.

Child friendly websites might have a lot of information, but it is up to you to decide whether or not this information is good for your children.