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AGES 3 - 6 AGES 7 & UP

AGES 3 - 6
Links to fun sites for pre-readers ages 3-6.

Berenstain Bears 
    
http://www.berenstainbears.com/learnfun.html  
    Fun activities that including interactive storybooks, coloring pages, mazes and puzzles.
Funschool
   
http://funschool.kaboose.com  
    Fun and educational games and activities for kids.
Play and Learn 
    
http://www.literacycenter.net/index.htm  
    Play and learn early literacy skills such as letters, numbers, shapes.
    Practice writing letters and finding letters on the keyboard. Curriculum available in
    English,French, German and Spanish.
PBS Kids 
    
http://pbskids.org/  
    Enjoy games, stories , music and coloring based on all your favorite
    PBS shows including Arthur, Berenstain Bears, Caillou, Teletubbies and more.
Sesame Street 
    
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/  
    Its always fun to visit Sesame Street – play games, listen to stories,
    hear your favorite songs and go to Elmo’s World
Seussville 
    
http://www.seussville.com/   
    Visit the Playground for games, story maker, and print-and-play activities
Starfall 
    
www.starfall.com  
    Gr. PreK-2. Great site for beginning readers – learn your ABC’s and letter sounds.
Thomas the Tank Engine 
    
http://www.hitentertainment.com/thomasandfriends/official_thomas_the_tank_engine_website.htm    
    Visit Thomas the Tank, play games and meet all of his friends
Tiger Aki 
    
http://www.asiabigtime.com/games/   
    Animated storybooks, songs, puzzles, stickers and learning activities

AGES 7 & UP
Links to fun sites for kids ages 7 and up.

Discovery Kids 
    
http://kids.discovery.com/
Funbrain            
    
http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html 
    Play math baseball and many other educational games, elect by grade level (K-12)
Funology 
    
http://www.funology.com/  
Giggle Poetry 
    
www.gigglepoetry.com 
    Gr. 1-5. Humorous poetry, poetry theater, haiku, limericks, and more will
    help instill a love of poetry.
A Girls World 
    
http://www.agirlsworld.com/  
Guinness World Records
    
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
    Find world records and search for ones you might want to break
Kids News Room 
    
www.kidsnewsroom.com/index.html.Kidsnewsroom.org  
    Gr. 1-4. News for kids. World and national topics are explained and include sports,
    music, and entertainment. Includes a comic strip.
Lemony Snicket 
    
http://www.lemonysnicket.com/index.cfm  
NASA Kids’ Page 
    
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html  
    Gr. 2-6. Games, activities and fun for kids created by NASA.
National Geographic for Kids
    
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/
    An online magazine that makes it fun to learn about the world
Sports Science 
    
http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/index.html  
Strange Matter 
    
http://www.strangematterexhibit.com/  
Time Magazine for Kids 
    
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/  
The United States Mint 
    
http://www.usmint.gov/kids
    Gr. K-6. Learn about U.S. coins and how they are made. Fun games, cartoons,
    history and a coin collecting workshop
Word Central 
    
http://www.wordcentral.com  
    Gr. 2-6. Search the dictionary and have fun playing with words.
Yuckiest Site on the Internet 
    
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/  


 


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