**Special Note**
Have fun with these sites, but be sure to check with an adult before
entering any personal information about yourself such as name, address
or telephone number!
 Site
of the Month:
Animals
- ASPCA's
Animaland
http://www.animaland.org
Find out information on animals, careers and types of pets and how to
care for them.
Send a postcard to a friend or get an animal screensaver.
- Explorer’s
Club
http://www.epa.gov/kids/index.htm
Have fun while learning about the environment and how we can protect it.
- Kratt's
Creatures
http://www.pbs.org/kratts/
Set off on a creature adventure and explore fascinating and funny creatures
the world over.
- National
Geographic World
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Enter the world of National Geographic through the kid’s passport.
- Owl
Kids Online
http://www.owlkids.com
Online magazine about nature, science and the world we live in.
- Ranger
Rick’s Kids Zone
http://www.nwf.org/kids
Play wild games, read animal jokes, or tour our amazing environment.
- Ways
of Knowing Trail
http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/pagegen/wok/ways_index.html
Take an environmental adventure with four local children through the Ituri
Forest in Central Africa.
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Arts
& Crafts
- Crayola
http://www.crayola.com
Are you interested in Crayola trivia or history? Then this is the
site to check.
- Family Fun Crafts
Crafts from Family Fun Magazine. Most of these require help from an adult.
- Hands
on Crafts for Kids
http://www.craftsforkids.com/projects.htm
Fun and creative craft projects for kids 7-12.
- Marilee's
Paperdoll Page
http://marilee.us/paperdolls.html
Like paperdolls? This is the page to check out.
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Entertainment
- Arthur
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/arthur/
Calling fans of this famous aardvark!
- Barbie
www.barbie.com
Fashion fun, decorate your computer and other fun things to do.
- Ben
& Jerry
www.benjerry.com/fun/
Try out the virtual snowman and other fun things to do.
- Between
the Lions
www.pbs.org/wgbh/lions/
Visit the official site of the television show to read a story, play a
game, or sing a song.
- Clifford
the Big Red Dog
http://pbskids.org/clifford
Here's the site for everyone's favorite big red
dog.
- DiscoveryKids.com
http://kids.discovery.com
Try the fun and
games section on the left hand side.
- Nickelodeon
www.nick.com
Like to watch Nick? Here's where to click!
- PBS
Kids
www.pbs.org/kids
Visit the site for your favorite shows, such as Reading Rainbow
& Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood and Sesame Street, play games,
and read funny jokes.
- Sesame
Street Central
http://www.sesamestreet.org/home
Find out the letter of the day or play games with your favorite Sesame Street characters
- Snoopy
www.snoopy.com
Find out about your favorite Peanuts character, e-mail a Snoopy postcard
to a friend, or see what games Lucy has available.
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Favorite
Books & Authors
- American
Girl
www.americangirl.com
See your favorite character from the American Girls' series.
- Animorphs
www.scholastic.com/animorphs/index.asp
Get the latest scoop on your one of your favorite book series
- Baby-sitter's
Place
www.scholastic.com/annmartin/bsc/index.htm
Share the adventures of the Baby-Sitter's Club.
- Berenstain
Bears
www.berenstainbears.com/learnfun.html
Print and cut dress-up dolls with loads of clothes or try an interactive
trivia quiz.
- Beverly
Cleary
www.beverlycleary.com
Play trivia games starring all of your favorite
characters, and learn more about the author.
- Bookworm:
Great Books For Kids 6-12
www.kidsreads.com
Select a book to read, meet your favorite author, or get a Bookworm bookmark.
- Dav
Pilkey's Web Site O'Fun
www.pilkey.com/
One of the silliest sites you will find - from children's author and illustrator
Dav Pilkey.
- Harry
Potter
www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/index.htm
All you Harry Potter fans, check out this site!
- Harry
Potter Fans
www.harrypotterfans.com
For all Harry Potter lovers - meet other fans and talk about the books
or play games.
- Harper
Collins
http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/Kids/
Visit the HarperCollins publishing site, and see what's new in children's
books or visit some of your old favorites.
- Jan
Brett's Home Page
www.janbrett.com
Send cyber-postcards, download artwork and activities, find recipes or
read about Jan Brett's books.
- Kids @ Random
Random House Children's Books publishes some of the best loved and well-known children's books.
- Lemony
Snicket
www.lemonysnicket.com
This site is filled with "dreadful images", "wretched
information", and "unnerving games."
- Magic
School Bus
http://scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/index.htm
The official site for visiting the Magic School Bus.
- Little
House on the Prairie
http://www.littlehousebooks.com/
Activities and information related to the books.
- Mother
Goose Rebus Rhymes
www.EnchantedLearning.com/Rhymes.html
See if you can read these favorite nursery rhymes.
- Peggy
Rathman's Site
www.hamstertours.com
Join the hamsters for a ten-minute bedtime tour,
send a secret message, or make an "Ants of a Banana-Bus".
- Redwall
www.redwall.org
Find information on the books, the author and
future books to be published, as well as recipes for some of that wonderful
food.
- Roald
Dahl
www.roalddahl.com
Learn about the life and times of the author of
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and many other books.
- Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/index.asp
The official site for Scholastic publishing includes information about some of your favorite books and authors..
- Seussville
www.randomhouse.com/seussville
Visit with the Cat in the Hat, play games and read about new Dr. Seuss
books.
- Winnie
the Pooh
http://disney.go.com/pooh/index.html
Have an "adventurific" with Winnie the Pooh and Friends.
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Games
& Hobbies
- Chess
Is Fun
www.princeton.edu/~jedwards/cif/chess.html
Want to learn how to play chess, or how to play
a little better?
- Chess:
Instant Chess
www.instantchess.com/
Here, you can play an online game of chess.
- Coloring.Com
http://coloring.com
Choose a picture and color it online.
- Funbrain
www.funbrain.com
Play math baseball, spell check, fun math or write your own wacky tale.
- Funschool
www.funschool.com
Games for preschoolers through grade 12.
- Games
Kids Play
www.gameskidsplay.net
Rules to popular indoor and outdoor games.
- JigZone
www.jigzone.com
Try this site for all kids of jigsaw puzzles.
- Kid's
Cooking Club
http://kidscook.com
Recipes for kids includes muffins, pizza, pasta and chicken.
- Kidsreads
www.kidsreads.com
Look at this site for trivia games and word scrambles
about your favorite books and authors.
- Kids
Korner (Pet Care)
www.avma.org/careforanimals/kidscorner/default.asp
Learn more about taking care of your pets.
- Kid's
Mysteries
www.TheCase.com/kids
Mini-mysteries to solve, scary stories and magic tricks to play online!
- Kids
on the Web
www.zen.org/~brendan/kids.html
Lots of fun stuff, homework help, Children's books and stories.
- Kidz
Online Games
www.worldvillage.com/kidz/games/games.htm
Enjoy online games, puzzles, storybooks and more.
- Little
Explorers
www.EnchantedLearning.com/Dictionary.html
Click on a letter of the alphabet and connect to many pictures of words
with each letter and hot links to web sites about that word.
- New
York Kids
www.nykids.org
Brain teasers, science puzzles, jokes and book reviews sponsored by WNYC
Radio.
- Online
Games
www.eduplace.com/edugames.html
Word searches, mad libs, brain teasers and a scavenger hunt.
- Wacky
Web Tales
www.eduplace.com/tales
Create an off-the-wall tale by filling in a form with a best friend's
or teacher's name.
- Wild
World of Wonka
www.wonka.com
Enter the world of Wonka and take a wild ride on
the WONKAvator.
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Holidays
- Holidays
on the Net
www.holidays.net
Learn about celebrations throughout the year and link to craft ideas.
- Holidays
Year Round
www.kate.net
Explore the holidays year round with free screen
savers and wallpaper, holiday links and more.
- Thanksgiving
www.kidsdomain.com
Riddles, jokes, crafts and recipes are just some of the Thanksgiving goodies
you can sample here.
- Santa
Claus of the North Pole
www.santas.net/welcome.htm
Find out Santa's favorite songs and stories and visit his workshop.
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Interesting
Places
- American
Museum of Natural History
www.ology.amnh.org
OLogy means "the study of." And here on the American Museum of Natural
History's OLogy Web site, you can study and explore many cool OLogies.
If you're fascinated by spiders, then you're into ARACHNOLOGY or if you
erupt with joy for volcanoes, then VOLCANOLOGY is your thing.
- Exploratorium
www.exploratorium.edu
An online interactive science museum dedicated to electronic exhibits
and fun learning sites.
- Franklin
Institute Science Museum
http://sln.fi.edu
The Franklin Institute contains online exhibits and museum fun on science
and weather.
- Hershey
,PA
http://www.hersheys.com/discover/visit.asp
Information about visiting Hershey, PA.
- Long
Island Children's Museum
www.licm.org
Browse this site to plan your visit, or click on the Hands-On web pages
to have some fun.
- National
Zoo
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/default.cfm
Take a tour of the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. and learn about animals.
- San
Diego Zoo
www.sandiegozoo.org
Visit the wild animal park for information on animals. Then send
an electronic postcard of your visit.
- Time
For Kids-Around The World
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/aw/wr/0,28125,,00.html
Explore new places with Time For Kids Around the World
- The
White House for Kids
www.whitehouse.gov/kids/index.html
Take a tour of the White House and learn more about the history of this
famous residence.
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Math
& Science Fun
- Bill
Nye: The Science Guy
www.billnye.com
- Cool
Science for Curious Kids
www.hhmi.org/coolscience
Explore the world of biology. Learn where butterflies come from,
what is really in the air we breathe, and other cool science information.
- Discovery
Online
http://kids.discovery.com/
A fun place to explore technology and science.
- Exploratorium
Online Exhibits
http://www.exploratorium.com/exhibits/f_exhibits.html
Fun, online exhibits from The Exploratorium Science Museum. Also available
in Spanish, French and Italian.
- Funology
www.funology.com
The science of having fun.
- Math
Baseball
www.funbrain.com/math/index.html
Try to stay at bat while answering addition, subtraction, multiplication
and division problems before you get three outs.
- NASA Kid's Club
www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html
Science fun and games with NASA.
- Yuckiest
Site on the Internet
www.yucky.com
Science information presented in a yucky & fun way.
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Sports
- Baseball
http://library.thinkquest.org/11902
Explore a baseball stadium, vote for your favorite team and player,
listen to a professional baseball announcer, or enter the batting cage.
- Baseball
Scorecard
www.baseballscorecard.com
Want to know how to keep score at a ball game? This is the site to use.
- ESPN
Sports Zone
http://espn.go.com/
Find out the latest information on your favorite
sport.
- Exploratorium Sport Science
www.exploratorium.edu/sport/index.html
The science behind sports.
- Harlem
Globetrotters
http://harlemglobetrotters.com
Meet the team and coaches, learn about the history, or enter Kids Court
to play games or do jigsaw puzzles.
- Major
League Baseball
www.majorleaguebaseball.com
Team reports in the National and American Leagues.
- Major
League Soccer
www.mlsnet.com
Get schedules and team information or go into KIDZONE for the Coaches'
Corner and tips on how to play.
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