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ABC News presents this very child-friendly news service wherein each story pops up in a kid-safe window and runs a Flash presentation for students. Students control the flow of information and pop-up glossary terms are embedded right in the text. Graphics are warm and inviting, and information is delivered in bite-size chunks perfect for elementary students.
http://abcnews.go.com/abcnews4kids/kids
A collection of classic online games. Challenging, fun and suitable for kids of all ages.
http://www.allmixedup.com/
Alli's BusyWorld and Teddy Bear Page
A great page for families with young children with links to Disneyland, Barney and more!
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/1006/
Alphabet Action
Click on a letter, hear the letter name and see a picture of an object that begins with the letter. Great for early emergent readers.
http://www.learningplanet.com/act/fl/aact/aact.htm
Arthur
On Line
Visit all the characters online, send Arthur postcards, visit D.W.'s art studio, or the Brain's Brain Game! You'll also find a teacher's corner and a teacher's guide. A great addition to a Marc Brown author study!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/
Berenstain
Bears (June 6, 2002)
Interactive website with lots of fun activities for children. Includes character descriptions of all your favorite Berenstain bears.
http://www.berenstainbears.com/
Billy Bear
Adorable clipart, holiday clipart, desktop themes, and games. Dress the teddy bear in a cute selection of clothing.
http://www.billybear4kids.com/
Blue Mountain Art
Send electronic cards for birthdays and holidays!
http://www.BlueMountainarts.com/
Butterfly World
Take a walk in the garden, learn about the butterfly world, and find pictures of butterflies and flowers.
http://www.butterflyworld.com/
Children's
Storybooks Online
This site allows children to read selected books, answer riddles about them, and color pages from the books. There are book reviews and related online links for the teacher.
http://www.magickeys.com/books/
Children's Television Workshop
A variety of activities, including on-line stories for students in primary grades. The site includes some excellent skill reinforcement activities.
http://www.sesamestreet.com/
Clifford (June 6, 2002)
IThe Big Red Dog's official website (another of Jimmy's favorites).
http://www.scholastic.com/clifford/
Clifford The Big Red Dog
Interactive web site where Emily Elizabeth will read you a book!
http://pbskids.org/clifford/
Cool Science for Curious Kids
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology... on screen, off screen, and in between. Activities cover animals, plants, life cycles and microscopic life.
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/index.html
Create Your Own Adventure!
Create your own adventure story by using this madlib style activity. You can between five different story titles.
http://www.pbs.org/kratts/crazy/madlibs/index.html
Crossword Puzzle
Make your own crossword puzzles within minutes! All you need are your clues in advance.
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
Dole, Five
a Day
Looking for information on nutrition? This is a cute, colorful site. You will find information about fruits and vegetables and a special site of the week.
http://www.dole5aday.com/
Dr. Seuss's Seussville
From this site you can view some of Dr. Seuss' treasures and interact with some of his characters. You can answer trivia questions, enter contests that demonstrate your knowledge, and celebrate the Cat in the Hat's birthday.
http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville
Enchanted Learning
A wonderful and stimulating site with loads of online, interactive activities involving letters, rhyming, and primary skills. Be sure to take a look at the nursery rhymes. A MUST SEE!!
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com
Fake Out!!
An online word definition game. Guess the meaning of the word and find out the correct answer. Organized by grade level K-2, 3-5, and 6 and above.
http://www.eduplace.com/dictionary/
Fantastic Forest
Take a journey through a forest and explore maps, problem solving, and awesome graphics. This is a incredible experience for kids!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/forest/index.html
Fishing For Numbers
Young children find the correct group of fish to match the number on their fishing rod, dragging the number to the group to see if they made a catch!
http://www.funschool.com/cgi-bin/ga?12_match1k,r,19,46
Fun School
This is a favorite site for kindergarten through fifth grades. Kindergartners can explore animal homes, numbers, puzzles, seasons, the alphabet and more. Wonderful developmental activities for each grade level.
http://www.funschool.com\
Funbrain
A great place to review math facts or parts of speech! This site includes many interactive, online games to practice basic math and language arts concepts.
http://www.funbrain.com/
Funology.com:
The Science of Having Fun
This colorful site is full of activities for young kids to learn how to make things, explore the world, and discover new skills. Sign up for the free newsletter that includes jokes, tricks and creative craft ideas.
http://www.funology.com/
Holidays on the Net
Learn about Purim, Ramadan, and MLK Jr. You will see pictures, dates, and descriptions of holidays.
http://www.holidays.net/index2.htm
Hop Pop Town
Delightful musical games let kids experiment with notes and instruments or record a song. A writing activity results in a cute, illustrated story. Adults and kids can play together on this site--children learn about music and the mouse, adults learn how to think freely!
http://www.kids-space.org/HPT/\
I Spy (June 6, 2002)
The official website of I Spy. Lots of fun games.
http://www.scholastic.com/ispy/
Kids and Community
Good introduction to communities for children. Also has a feature that allows students to create their own "Crazy City Story."
http://www.planning.org/kidsandcommunity/
KidsPsych is a site that offers a nice collection of on-screen games to build reasoning skills in preschool and primary students. There is also a description explaining why each game was developed and how it can be used.
http://www.kidspsych.org/index1.html
Friendly characters teach about fire safety and give kids many tips about staying safe.
http://members.cruzio.com/~hoax1950/KidsFireSafetyTips.html
The Letters of the Alphabet
Very basic on line ABC book with predictable, patterned text. Animated illustrations for each letter. Appropriate for early emergent readers.
http://www.pacificnet.net/~cmoore/alphabet/index.htm
Online picture dictionary great for early childhood (part of Enchanted Learning).
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Dictionary.html
Magic School Bus (June 6, 2002)
The official website of the Magic School bus.
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/home.htm
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Mister Rogers' Website includes articles for parents, activities for kids, and a book list of stories that correlate with the television program's themes. A "sing-a-long" section provides lyrics for the songs on the television show, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?
http://www.pbs.org/rogers
NFB Kids: The Prince and I
An exciting and interesting place for children to spend time reading, writing, playing games and just having fun. The National Film Board (NFB) of Canada wants to help kids of all ages enjoy their WWW experience by learning while having fun. Be sure to check out the Reading Coach with its three kinds of fun: rhyme time (What word rhymes with the picture in the box?), scrambled words (As you drag letters into place, a picture of the word appears.), and magic squares (You rearrange squares to make a picture, then type the word.) Great for building spatial reasoning skills. Activities increase in difficulty for higher grade levels.
http://www.nfb.ca/kids
Nickelodeon
Visit this interactive site to do activities with Blues Clues, Franklin, Little Bear, Kipper, and Maisy!
http://www.nickjr.com/
Owl Kids Online
Fun place for kids,ages 6 to 9. Puzzles, fun, facts, animals, science activities, and more- this online magazine is where it all happens. Kids get a peek at "way rad" pages and links. Parents can find information on net safety and links to sites for families to explore.
http://www.owlkids.com
Pilkey's Website of Fun
A unique and amusing website about children's author, Dav Pilkey, and his stories. There are also jokes, activities, printable coloring sheets and games, and a section for teachers on how to use Dav's site as a teaching tool.
http://www.pilkey.com/
Real Kids, Real Adventures
Visit real-life kid authors and learn how to publish kid's writing.
http://www.realkids.com/club.shtml
Simon Says Kids
Touted as the site with "the coolest books on the planet", the design is definitely for kids and is sure to lure them into reading. Teacher area has discussion questions and activities for several titles and authors. Also includes ordering information for books.
http://www.simonsays.com/kids/
Smokey
Bear's Official Homepage
Games, activities, e-mail pen pals, and more. Learn how to prevent a fire, create a campfire, and play a shock wave game.
http://www.smokeybear.com/
Snoopy's
Doghouse
Read comics about Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the gang in Peanut's comics!
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/peanuts/
Time
for Kids
An online news magazine just for kids. Weekly issues include current events stories for kids grades 2-5. Selected articles from past issues are archived on the site.
http://www.pathfinder.com/TFK/
USA EPA
Explorer's Club
Fun and interesting things to read and do about the environment. Find art projects about the ozone depletion or recycling. Categories include plants, animals, garbage, ozone, pollution, and ways to save our environment and earth!
http://www.epa.gov/kids
Wacky Web Tales
Plug in verbs, adjectives, nouns, etc... and a wacky web tale will appear. This creative site is colorful and fun.
http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
The Weather Dude- Resources for Kids
Learn neat songs that teach weather concepts. Includes links to weather related activities, resources and book lists.
http://www.nwlink.com/~wxdude/kidres.html
White House for Kids
Explore the White House! You will find information about location, pets, and history. Write the president a letter! Kids will love it!
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/kids/html/home.html
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