Computer based educational systems methods and media for a child aged about 1 to about 10 years comprising: an educational environment comprising: at least three subjects appropriate for the child wherein each subject comprises a plurality of levels of learning; a plurality of learning activities associated with each subject; wherein the plurality of learning activities teaches toward one or more educational objectives in a subject and is substantially free of activities not teaching toward one or more educational objectives in a subject; a module for creating an avatar to represent the child; and a module for monitoring the progress of the child in each of the subjects wherein the module for monitoring progress displays an explorable environment comprising the avatar representing the child a learning path comprising a sequence of lessons or learning activities and interactive elements configured to teach facts associated with the environment.
INTERACTIVE LEARNING PATH FOR AN E LEARNING SYSTEM