One of the (many fruitless) ideas I kicked around in the past has been a website for helping kids with learning to read.

It seemed to me that no one had solved this problem very well in the cyberspace, and as a parent of a 5-year old I was pretty frustrated with that.

Couple of days ago, my buddy Shawn pointed out starfall.com, which has surpassed all my expectations and goes way beyond anything I imagined building. Macromedia Flash really does seem to be the best tool for the job (as well as one missing from my toolbox).

My daughter absolutely adores starfall - if you have a young one in the 4-7 bracket you might want to check it out.