Last year I was invited to my child’s school to celebrate her birthday. When I walked into the classroom early, I was surrounded by 7 and 8-year-olds with stuffed animals in their hands, on their laps, and hanging from their shoulders. The children were sitting under tables, curled up in the book area, crawling by the math blocks, all with their stuffed animals. My daughter greeted me from the book area with, “Mom, you came in time for Webkinz School.” Since I knew this was not the name of her school, I was a bit confused. What I came to find out was that these children were actually “acting out” an online environment for children!