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Fun Animal Websites for Kids
- Animal Planet Games
- Discover the Forest
- Journey North Global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. Engaging stories, photos, videos and slide shows from the natural world. Viewers can read, view, track, graph, analyze, view migration maps, sightings, and read the latest news on our ever changing natural world.
- National Zoo: Just for Kids
- PBS Nature: Puzzles and Games
- Ranger Rick
- San Diego Zoo's Kids Territory
- Wildlife Film Maker The National Geographic Wildlife Film Maker allows kids to make animal movies using short clips of a wide variety of animals. With a simple drag-and-drop interface, they can add animal sounds, music and captions. Once a masterpiece is completed, it can be saved on the site to share with family and friends or e-mailed directly to them.
Fun Art Websites for Kids
Fun Books & Reading Websites for Kids
- The BookHive
- Cyberkids
- DogEared An online book club, DogEared is a blog all about books. Good books, funny books, adventure books. Books about animals, friendship, pirates, faraway places. Books about almost everything.
- Giggle Poetry The self-proclaimed number one fun poetry site for kids on the Web. Learn to write poetry, create poems online, and read and rate hundreds of poems. Teacher resources available.
- Jack Prelutsky Explore the wacky and inventive poetry of Jack Prelutsky, the first Children's Poet Laureate of the Poetry Foundation.
- Jean Marzollo List of Jean's books online as well as in paper format. Preschoolers can enjoy listening to a book read to them as they view works and illustrations. Short and long bio of Jean.
- Kids' Reads
- Kids' Space
- Mother Goose Caboose: Reading and Writing
- Mrs. P Kids can listen in as Mrs. P (played by Kathy Kinney) reads aloud classic children's stories. The site also contains interactive games and activities. Requires a high-speed Internet connection.
- Read Kiddo Read An authoritative resource for finding the best, current literature for children of all ages. It includes summaries, read-alikes, reviews, and links to related activities. Find the books with links to Library Finder and various booksellers. Join the newsletter and the Read Kiddo Read Community to access author interviews, blogs, lesson plans, and more!
- Storyplace [available in English and Spanish]
- Wacky Web Tales
Game Websites for Preschool Kids
Game Websites for School Age Kids
Fun Government Websites for Kids
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State
Websites for Kids Who Love a Good Mystery
Fun Science Websites for Kids
Fun Sports Websites for Kids
Professional Sports
College Sports
Internet Safety for Kids