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ART
Websites
Albright
Knox Art Gallery Games for Kids
This interactive site engages children in art activities that help them
to learn about artists and the works of art of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
in Buffalo, New York.
Crayola
Fun
Games, arts & crafts presented by Crayola.
David
& Alfred Smart Museum of Art ~ University of Chicago
SmARTkids invites kids to experience art. You can tour a photographer's
studio, interview the artist, and learn about becoming an artist.
Kids
Space ~ For kids, by kids
KidSpace.org
aims to make a difference in the future educational use of the Internet
~ Make a difference in learning and motivation ~ Make a difference in
understanding people and ourselves.
Hirshhorn
Interactive Art Site
Making art is about creating something that represents an idea or vision
that is all your own. It involves making choices about materials, shapes,
composition, color, texture, and even scale. This art interactive will
show you a few different types of sculpture in the Hirshorn Museum and
Sculpture Garden, and encourage you to explore your own artistic expression
by making a piece of art online.
Paris
Art Museum
Check out this online exhibit of famous paintings, a complete index of
artists, and a useful glossary!
National
Gallery of Art for Kids
Choose from a variety of activities or projects, enjoy an animated musical
adventure, take a tour through the sculpture garden, and more.
The
Art Room
The @rt room is designed around the idea of "activity" centers that encourage
kids to create, to learn and to explore new ideas, places and things on
their own.
The
Worldwide Art Gallery
The Worldwide Kids' Art Gallery is dedicated to celebrating the creativity
of children by offering exhibition space for their artworks. We also aim
to provide a positive, educational and fun art experience for children
of all ages.
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Colonial
America Websites
America's
Story by America's Library
This Web site is brought to you from the Library of Congress in Washington,
D.C., the largest library in the world and the nation's library.
Social
Studies for Kids
Historical information written specifically with kids in mind.
Colonial
Kids
Come and learn about life in Colonial Times.
KidInfo
The Webs Best Homework / Research Site for Kids, Parents, and Teachers.
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ELA
Websites
Clifford
the Big Red Dog
Here's the site for everyone's favorite big red dog! You can read along
with Emily Elizabeth, visit T-Bone's Town, and get to know the Islanders,
or play with Clifford!
Storyhour
~ Brought to you by the Intenet Public Library
Internet Public Library Youth Division Story Hour.
Starfall
The Starfall learn-to-read website is offered free as a public service.
We also provide writing
journals and books
at a very low cost that can be used with the website or separately. Primarily
designed for first grade, Starfall.com is also useful for pre-kindergarten,
Kindergarten and second grade.
Kathy
Schrock's Guide to English Language Arts
Over 2,500 links to ELA sites for students and teachers.
Web
English Teacher
Vocabulary study: a routine, mandated exercise, or a lively exploration
of literature and history? Students who memorize lists of unrelated words
are missing all the fun!
Planet
Book Club
Discuss good books with other kids, meet an author, and learn a new word
every day!
Guys
Read
Read all about this literacy initiative designed to help boys become better
readers and to connect them with books they want to read.
Aesop's
Fables
Nearly as old as the Olympics, bigger than Dinosaur, older than the Titanic,
more complex than Pokemon and more of them than Beanie Babies are Aesop's
Fables. Every day hundreds of entire classrooms of kids from all over
the world stop by to read, learn and enhance their living experience.
This website is widely read by all cultures from all over the world.
Yahooligans
- Language Arts
A web guide for kids to use for internet searches as well as hundreds
of various applications.
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General
Resources
Taunton
Public Schools Web Site
Berit's
Best Sites for Children
Midge
Frazel's Homepage
AJ
Kids
Ask for Kids (formerly known as Ask Jeeves for Kids) is a fast, easy and
kid-friendly way for kids to search online. Designed to be a fun destination
site focused on learning and "edu-tainment," Ask for Kids uses natural-language
technology that allows kids to ask questions and perform web searches,
such as "When
did Hawaii become a state?" or "What's
it like to live in space?" or even "Convert
122 inches into feet" in the same way they would ask a parent,
friend or teacher. Our service combines human editorial judgment, age-appropriate
feature content and filtering technology to enable kids to find both relevant
and befitting information on the Web.
Awesome
Library
Awesome Library organizes the Web with 24,000 carefully reviewed resources,including
the top 5 percent in education.
Cybersleuth
for Kids
An online search engine and guide for the K-12 student. The goal of CyberSleuth-Kids
is to provide a safe educational online database of links to help students
sift through the maze of information.
Factmonster
FactMonster.com (formerly known as Infopleasekids.com) was launched in
August 2000 by Information
Please. Fact Monster and its Homework Center have received national
recognition for their unbeatable reference materials, fun facts and features,
and individualized homework help.
Family
Education
FamilyEducation.com is created by parents for parents. Millions of parents
rely on Family Education.com's trusted homework help, parenting tips,
and expert advice.
KidsClick
KidsClick! was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill
Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role
of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate
web sites.
Ivy's
Search Engine for Kids
Ivy's' Search Engines for Kids is the largest specialized search engine
guide for children, containing about 80 engines. It is organized by type
of search engine (e.g., general search engines, web guides, specialized
search engines, family-friendly search engines, search engine guides).
Within these categories, the engines are listed alphabetically.
OneKey
- A Kid Safe Search Engine
OneKey partnered with Google.com to provide the largest database of kid
safe sites. With a resource library that has the best that the Net has
to offer, OneKey is the best starting point for users that are tired of
looking for information on their own. Information is power and OneKey
unlocks the power of the Net.
TekMom
Search Engine
Provides research options for students who need to do Web searches, but
who might not want to use the popular search engines, which return links
from the entire Web.
Yahooligans
A web guide for kids to use for internet searches as well as hundreds
of various applications.
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Fun
& Games
http://www.nick.com/games/
Fun
Games for Kids
Club
Lego
Use Lego's Online just like you would use them at home.
Billy
Bear 4 Kids
The site that makes computers fun for everyone. The site offers games,
holiday activities, and more...
Harry
Potter
The official Harry Potter website. Many activities, games, and adventures.
Jigzone
This site is heaven for jigsaw puzzle fans! Choose your level of difficulty
for your online puzzle, from 6 pieces to 247.
MSN
Kids
MSN Kids is a website for kids aged 3-12. It is part of the MSN Network
of sites.~ MSN Kids is split up into two sites: "Kids" for ages 3 to 7,
and "Kidz" for ages 8 to 12. There are games to play and activities to
do, like coloring, music, and reading.~ There are also~ things to learn,
like news, animals facts, and weird stuff that can't even be categorized!
Best of all, all the games, stories, and links on MSN Kids are created
just for kids!
PBS
Kids
Games and activities from the popular television shows on PBS. Great site
for younger students.
Primary
Games
Puzzles, Word Searches, Tic Tac Toe and more...
Scholastic
for Kids
This site has a number of games, books, fun activities, resources and
more.
Sesame
Street Workshop
Games, and learning activities for the Preschool and Kindergarten Students.
Older students may enjoy these activities as well.
Yahooligans
Yahooligans! is a browsable, searchable directory of Internet sites for
kids. Each site has been carefully checked by an experienced educator
to ensure the content and links are appropriate for kids aged 7-12. In
addition to our directory, we also have a number of fun features, including
Yahooligans! Games, Sports and News pages, Movies, Animals, Science and
Dinosaurs, a Reference section, Parents' and Teachers' Guides, a Cool
page, and lots more.
Zoom
Activities for Kids
The ZOOM site offers many online activities and games for everyone.
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Math
Websites
Everyday
Math Games
A collection of math links to games that follows the Everyday Math Program.
Everyday
Math Activities
AAA
Math
Choose your grade level and check out the basic skills, activities, and
challenge games for K-8. Math concepts are also explained in detail.
APlus
Math
This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills
interactively. Visit our game
room and play exciting games like Matho and Hidden Picture...Test
your math skills with our Flashcards!
Try out the Math
Word Find puzzle. Create and print your own set of flashcards
online! Try out the Flashcard
Creator. See the Worksheets
section, where you can print worksheets to practice offline. Try the Homework
Helper to check your homework solutions.
Brain
Bashers
- Welcome to BrainBashers™, an exciting collection of brain teasers,
puzzles, riddles, games and optical illusions. With thousands of brain
teasers and puzzles, over one hundred awards, BrainBashers is updated
with optical illusions and games regularly and has 5 new puzzles added
each week.
CoolMath
Explore this amusement park of mathematics. Have fun with interactive
activities and games for kids like Lemonade Stand and Arithmattack!
Count
US in Games
Games to help students understand basic number and counting skills.
Figure
This
Have you been alive for one million minutes? Investigate math challenges
like this, which include hints, answers, and ways to test them out. Designed
for kids and their families.
Fun
Math Lessons
Yes, it's true! The Math activities on this site are fun and functional.
Funbrain
Arcade style math games for all skill levels. Also a website designed
for students, parents, and educators.
KidsNumbers
KidsNumbers.com
is the absolutelyfree math resource designed by teachers, specifically
for students and children of all ages. A place where students can practice
all aspects of math, including addition, subtraction, multiplication,
and division, in a fun and pressure free way.
Kings
List of Online Math Activities
Tons of fun activities and math.
Math
Cats
Math
Cats Explore the World of Math with many activities and games for all
age levels.
Math
Playground
Math Playground is an action packed site for students in grades K to 6.
Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun!
Money
Factory
Learn how and where money is made and play a number of different games.
More
Than Math
Serious
math games and activities for those looking for a challenge.
Word
Problems for Kids
This Web Site contains word problems for students and teachers. The problems
are classified into grade levels from Grade 5 to Grade 12.
Purplemath
Algebra lesson website.
NCTM
Illuminations Site
A
math site based on national math standards. Click on grades 3-5 and then
go to Geometric Solids to explore these types of shapes.
AAA
Math
This
site has many math games. The URL takes you to the fractions section.Ê
This site is more challenging than the Visual Fractions site. Here the
children can compare fractions with the like and unlike denominators as
well as find equivalent fractions. There are many other games here to
be explored!
Visual
Fractions Site
This
site has excellent games in which the children identify fractions of circles
and number lines, including mixed numbers.
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Music
Websites
The
Soundry
This
site has hands-on sound experiments.
American
History - Music
Smithsonian
National Museum of American History ~ Music
I
Hear America Singing
Have you ever thought about how American songs developed? This PBS site
has a timeline covering the history of American concert song as well as
information on the writers, composers, artists, and movements that left
their mark.
Music
Resources for Kids
This site has plenty of fun stuff - a concert calendar, radio list, and
the "Children's Music Gazette".
PBS
Jazz
Check out this fun newspaper for kids featuring news and reviews, kids'
writing, games, trivia, and more!
San
Francisco Symphony Kids
This website, in conjunction with our live performances, provide a great
way for people of all ages to hear, learn, and have fun with music. Consider
this site your premier web destination for learning about music.
Play
Music
A cool site for kids from the American Symphony Orchestra League. Learn
all about classical music and the instruments that make it.
San
Francisco Symphony for Kids
- The San Francisco Symphony (SFS) welcomes you to the SFS Kids' Site.
We love music and are committed to music education, within our community
and beyond. This website, in conjunction with our live performances, provide
a great way for people of all ages to hear, learn, and have fun with music.
Consider this site your premier web destination for learning about music
-- that's why it's here! And, if you'd like to share this site with others,
send them a postcard. We hope you enjoy the SFS Kids' Site and we encourage
you to visit time and time again!
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Science
Websites
Defenders
of Wildlife
This
site has information about a variety of wildlife and also has interactive
games. This is the same organization that we are adopting a wolf from.
Mineralogy
for Kids
This
site has information on rock and minerals.
Bill
Nye the Sciene Guy
Fun
Science activitie with Bill Nye!
BrainPop
BrainPOP's unique, award-winning Health, Science and Technology (HS&T)
content is based on original, animated movies created to explain the human
body and the world around us in an engaging, interactive journey for kids.
Dragonfly
Project Dragonfly provides children with opportunities for inquiry based
learning using webquests and activities.
Earth
Science Enterprise by NASA
This NASA kids site brings the world into your classroom. Listen to an
earthquake's rumble. Look into the eye of a hurricane. Find out why the
wind blows. Visit storms up close. Play games. The kids' quizzes here
feature sound effects. Flashy graphics and well-written text make complicated
science kid-friendly.
Foss
Science
The official site for the inquiry-based Science curriculum ~ Support,
resources, and fun activities.
Jet
Stream
Welcome to Jet Stream, the National Weather Service Online Weather School.
This site is designed to help educators, emergency managers, or anyone
interested in learning about weather and weather safety.
Kids
Ark
A
cyber space station for kids - Join us in our mission to find and gather
material about the world - animals, folktales, puzzles, pictures and monsters
- before it disappears.
NASA
Kids Only!
Games and activities provided by the National Space Agency.
National
Institues of Environmental Health Sciences Kids Page
Games,
games, and more games with an emphasis on the environment.
National
Park Service
Learn about wildlife, plants, geologic resources in our parks, and more
at the official National Parks Service website.
National
Weather Service
Provides information on weather terms, satellites and radar, tornadoes,
etc. Has quizzes and other fun things to do.
National
Zoo
Visit the online exhibits, or take a tour and learn about the plants,
animals and people of the Smithsonian's National Zoo.
Science
Monster
Fun
and interesting Science Activities for all levels.
Smithsonian
Institute
When asked what inspired them to become inventors, many adults tell stories
about playing as children. Among their most frequently cited childhood
play experiences are: mechanical tinkering, fiddling with construction
toys, reflecting about nature, and drawing or engaging in visual modeling.
There is something about the skills fostered by play that inventors value
and keep using as part of their working lives.
USDA
Forest Service
This USDA Forest Service site offers a unique view into wildlife, fish
and wildflowers or takes a visit through a national forest.
Volcano
World for Kids
Activities,
games and much more.
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Miscellaneous
The
Official Harry Potter Website
Everything
and anything Harry Potter. Play games, read the stories, etc.
Discovery
Kids
Kid
version of Discovery.com. Students can play games, catch up on current
events and learn new and exciting things here.
R
U Organized
This
site will include many tips and hints, as well as other things to help
you with organization. It includes tips from students and some other important,
busy people, on how they get organized. It has things that can help you,
such as a customizable calendar for you to keep track of important dates,
and assignment sheets. There are many other things to check out.
4Kids2Play
The
aim is to create a safe place for the very young to explore the internet
and learn how to use the computer.
Creative
Calendar for Kids
Creative
Calendar offers children a fun and creative way to learn calendar time
by encouraging children to express on paper the activities in their lives.
Fun
Brain
Fun
educational activities and games for all students.
First
Gov for Kids
Welcome
to the U.S. government interagency Kids' Portal. This site was developed
and is maintained by the Federal Citizen Information Center. It provides
links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from
other organizations all grouped by subject. Explore, learn, have fun and
don't forget to add us to your favorites!
Learning
Planet
Our
focus is on creating learning activities and tools which empower students
to excel.
Lil-Fingers
Games and Activities
Lil'
Fingers is a computer storyboarding, games and coloring site. Our content
is designed with young children in mind using... Large buttons for little
fingers Animation Bright Colors Quick Loading Pages Short stories.
National
Geographic for Kids
Science,
current events, games, activities, social awareness, etc. This site has
it all and will keep students entertained for hours.
NetSmartz
for Kids
Internet
Safety awareness with games, activities, stories and lessons on how wot
safely use the internet.
Primary
Games
Puzzles,
Word Searches, Tic Tac Toe and more...
Scholastic
Kids
Games
and ActivitiesScholastic, the global children's publishing and media company,
has a corporate mission supported through all of its divisions of instilling
the love of reading and learning for lifelong pleasure in all children.
Spin
and Spell for Kids
Spelling
activities for primary students.
StarFall
The
Starfall learn-to-read website is offered free as a public service. We
also provide writing journals and books at a very low cost that can be
used with the website or separately. Teachers around the country are using
Starfall materials as an inexpensive way to make the classroom more fun
and to inspire a love of reading and writing. Primarily designed for first
grade, Starfall.com is also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten
and second grade.
Time
Magazine for Kids
Kid
version of Time Magazine. This site offers students a look at current
events around the world.
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