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Google Santa’s Village returns with fun and education
Google brings back its Santa Tracker website, allowing children to play and learn in the run-up to Christmas.
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Google brings back its Santa Tracker website, allowing children to play and learn in the run-up to Christmas. (Google Santa's Village official website/-)
With just over two weeks to go until Christmas, you may want to join the countdown at Santa's Village by Google.
Launched 12 years ago, the site, previously known as Santa Tracker, returned on Dec. 1.
According to kompas.com the latest version of Santa's Village offers both entertainment and educational value.
Teachers and parents can access free educational games on four subjects: geography, computer science, language and social studies, on the website. A new game is unlocked every day and designed to teach children about various topics, including basic coding, languages and Christmas traditions from all over the world.
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On Christmas Eve, Santa Tracker will go live, allowing users to follow his journey around the world.
The company said on its website that this was the first time it came up with an educator resource page that allows teachers to find educational games and corresponding lessons all in one place.
In addition to the website, Santa's Village is also available on Google Play Store. (asw)
