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Great Sites for Parents and Kids
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/
700+ Great sites: Amazing,
Spectacular, Mysterious, Wonderful Web Sites for
Kids and parents.
Yahooligans
http://www.yahooligans.com
A search engine for kids designed to offer links
to kid-appropriate sites
Pandora Briefcase: A Kid’s
Guide to Careers
http://library.thinkquest.org/
J001784/index1.htm
Designed to help kids answer the question, “What
do you want to be when you grow up?”
Suggested Grade: 2-8
This URL will lead you to a subject
page. Then click on the appropriate
subject heading
Source: ThinkQuest
The Imagination Factory
http://www.kid-at-art.com/
Learn creative ways to recycle by making art
projects.
Suggested Grade: all ages
Format: Web Site
NGA Kids Page
http://www.nga.gov/kids/
Includes activities and articles designed to
help young children experience art and some of the
stories behind it.
Suggested Grade: K-8
Source National Gallery of Art
Family Games
http://www.familygames.com
Links to non-violent, family games.
Kid’s World-Nutrition
http://www.agr.state.nc.us/cyber/
kidswrld/nutrition/index.htm
Lots of information for youngsters about proper
nutrition
Suggested Grade” K-4
Format: Web Site
Produce Oasis
http://www.produceoasis.com/
Alpha_Folder/Alpha.html
Just click on a letter of the alphabet and find
out about Nutrition information for the produce
that begins with that letter
Suggested Grade: 4-12
Nutrition Explorations
http://www.nutritionexplorations.com
Lots of ways to teach about nutrition-includes
links to separate sites for preK-4th
grade students
Source: National Dairy Council
Teen Central.Net
http://www.teencentral.net
Allows teens to share their own stories, read
stories by others, and get feedback from trained
professionals who can help them
Suggested Grade: 6-12
Source: KidsPeace
Freevibe
http://www.freevibe.com
Students will find facts about drugs and drug
abuse and tips on how to say “no”. Also
includes a bulletin board for talk among peers.
Suggested Grade 4-12
Source Freevibe.com
No Cavities Club
http://kids-world.colgatepalmolive.com/
Dedicated to healthy teeth-Dr. Rabbit teaches
young children about oral hygiene with interactive
games, stories, and art projects.
Suggested Grade: preK-2
Source: Colgate-Palmolive Company
Adventures of Mr. Reach
http://www.mrreach.com
Information for parents and children on
developing good dental hygiene
Suggested Grade: all ages
Source Johnson & Johnson
Programs and activities for Kids
http://www.metrokc.gov/kcdot/kids/
Quizzes, word games, coloring pages and more
activities about bicycle and pedestrian safety
Suggested Grade: K-3
Sparky the Fire Dog
http://www.sparky.org
Young children will learn about fire education
and other safety issues with Sparky as their guide
Suggested Grade: K-5
Source: National Fire Protection
Association
Making Hearts Sing!
http://www.wildgear.com/stories
A collection of international tales (French,
Chinese, Korean, Russian, and more) with a theme of
building traditional values.
Suggested Grade: All ages
A+ Math
http://www.aplusmath.com
Users can view flashcards for basic mathematical
functions as well as more advanced
ones. Math games are also available.
Suggested grade: all ages
Algebra and Precalculus Tutorial Software
http://www.math911.com
These programs will help you learn algebra,
precalculus, and statistics. Presented
are quizzes on inequality symbols, signed number,
remove parentheses, and lots more.
Suggested Grade: 7-12
Downloadable: FULL PROGRAM
Math2.org
http://math2.org
A large number of math tables-from general math
to advanced topics Suggested Grade: all
ages
Math Mastery
http://www.mathmastery.com
Provides interactive math activities for
essential math skills
Suggested Grade 2-8
White House Kids.Gov
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
Let the president’s dog take you on a tour of
the White House. Great fun.
DLTK's Printable Crafts for Kids
http://www.dltk-kids.com
Excellent craft ideas
Ben's Guide to U.S. Governement
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
This is a great site to learn about U. S.
government.
Crayola.Com
http://www.crayola.com
Coloring pages and craft ideas
Coloring Book Fun.Com
http://www.coloringbookfun.com
Lots of pages on a wide variety of subjects |
Ben & Jerry’s
Fun Stuff
http://www.benjerry.com
Screensavers, games, e-cards and other fun stuff
Suggested Grade: K-5
Arty the Part Time Astronaut
http://www.artyastro.com/artyastro.htm
Students will learn about our solar system
through games, quizzes, and fun activities. Click
restart the Astro Ranger site for games.
Suggested Grade: K-6
Puzzle Depot Newsletter
http://www.puzzledepot.com/
newsletter.shtml
For those interested in puzzles, board games,
contents and trivia as well as related books and
software for education and recreation.
includes puzzles as well as news.
Delivered approximately once a week via
email.
Suggested Grade: all ages
Format: Electronic Newsletter
Exploring Planets in the Classroom
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/
class_acts/index.html
More than 25 hands-on science activities in
classroom-ready pates for both teacher and students
exploring Earth, the planets, geology and space
sciences
How to View an Eclipse
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
eclipse/how.html
Provides illustrated step-by-step directions for
making a pinhole projector for viewing an eclipse.
Suggested Grade K-12
The Adventures of Science Bob
http://www.sciencebob.com
Provides information and experiments created by
Science Bob-tutor to many of today’s TV and movie
star students.
Suggested Grade All ages
Just for Kids
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/
kids/index.html
Site sponsored by University of Illinois
Extension.
Suggested Grades: All Ages
Ask Dr. Universe
http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse
Not only will you find answers to many science
question that have already been asked, but you can
ask Dr. Universe you own question, too Suggested
grade: All ages
Urban Programs Resource Network
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu
An upper elementary program for teaching about
plant science
Suggested Grade 4-8
Cool Science of Curious Kids
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience
An interactive site created to help kids
appreciate science
Suggested Grade: All ages
Volcano World
http://volcano.und.edu/
An assortment of articles, pictures, movies,
games, and links relating to volcanoes
Suggested Grade: All ages
School Express Library
http://www.schoolexpress.com/index.php
Bat Conservation International
http://www.batcon.org/
Presents articles, photos, and bat trivia
Suggested Grade: All ages
GeoNet Game
http://www.eduplace.com/geo/index.html
A complete online game to help students learn
more about the entire United States of selected
geographical areas
Suggested Grade: 4-adult
Sheppard Software Geography
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com
An educational game covering all fifty states
and world geography quizzes.
Suggested Grade: All ages
Downloadable FULL PROGRAM
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
http://www.getty.edu/research/
tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html
Presents geographic information about
approximately 900,000 places Suggested
Grade: All ages
CBC 4 Kids
http://www.cbc.ca/kids/
Lots of educational links; especially good is
the lab that gives a timeline of inventions among
other topics. A site of the Canadian
Broadcasting Company
Hype History on Line
http://www.hyperhistory.com/
online_n2/History_n2/a.html
Information on this Web site spans 3000 years of
world history
Suggested grade: All ages
MapQuest
http://www.mapquest.com
Create maps instantly
Suggested Grade: All ages
Research-It!
http://www.iTools.com
One web site that allows you to search
dictionaries, encyclopedias, Bible, maps and many
more reference tools.
Rare Map Collection-The American Civil War
http://www.libs.uga.edu/
darchive/hargrett/maps/civil.html
A collection of maps related to significant
events of the Civil War. Go to the
University of Georgia Hargrett site click on rare
map collection. Some really interesting
maps that show where troops were positioned and
battle plans
Suggested Grade: 9-12
A Kid's Heart
http://www.akidsheart.com
A Christian site that contains excellent abc
interactive and reproducible pages also shapes and
color activities and pages.
Jan Brett's Home Page
http://www.janbrett.com
The author of The Mitten and Hedgie the Hedgehog
presents lots of ideas to go with her books and
reproducible postcards, bookmarks, activity pages.
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