Klexikon is an online encyclopedia as a comprehensive and understandable Wikipedia for children. Here you will find over 3,400 articles on a wide range of topics for school and leisure.
Klexikon describes itself as the Wikipedia for children. From A-Z, children can find knowledge articles on a wide range of topics. The articles are written in a child-friendly way so that children can find understandable answers to their questions.
At Klexikon.de, children can search for terms directly in the search field. They can also browse through 12 knowledge areas – from “People we know” and “Body and health” to “Sport and fun” or “Politics and society” – to find topics in the various areas. If you want to be surprised, you can click on the “Random article” tab and be shown a random text from the more than 3,400 articles.
The Klexikon is a project of the Zentrale für Unterrichtsmedien im Internet e.V. (ZUM.de). The articles are written by volunteer authors. The Klexikon also offers writing workshops for school classes together with the German Museum of Technology and Wikimedia. Here, children get to know the service and, with the help of adults, can also create articles themselves and thus actively help shape the Klexikon . In the miniKlexikon contains articles in particularly simple language.
Whether for school or in their free time, children have lots of questions and want to find out about a wide range of topics. Like us adults, they are increasingly turning to the Internet for information on topics that interest them. Children also like to access information on the Internet when researching for school. Child-friendly services help them to find answers to their questions.
The following also applies to websites for children: Take into account your child’s level of development and accompany your child when using the Internet. Take a look at the website together first, especially with younger children, and discuss what your child has read in the articles. Who knows – maybe they will learn something new too! You can also search for answers with your child on the Internet and compare information that you find on different pages about a question. This way, your child can learn what to look out for when searching for information online and how to classify it.
This article is part of the “Parents’ tips on children’s participation platforms” project, which is part of the “Child-friendly digital services and orientation measures” funding program of the Federal Center for Child and Youth Media Protection (BzKJ) and in cooperation with JFF – Institute for Media Education in Research and Practice and the Voluntary Self-Regulation of Multimedia Service Providers (FSM e.V.) is being implemented.
