Aunt Annie's Crafts
New craft projects every week for kids and adults. Focuses on learning and
creativity.
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Awesome Site for All Ages
This site offers content for 1-95-year-olds, presenting witty
ClickToons, cartoons, illustrated children's stories online, and
children's jokes. Also allows for the making of customized greeting cards
online.
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Berit’s Best Sites for Children
Provides links to great Web sites for kids up to age 12. More than 1,
100 sites have been reviewed and rated on a 1-5 scale, with 5 being the
best. The sites include activity centers with games and opportunities for
kids to display art and stories. There are also links to craft and
coloring sites.
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Bill Nye the Science Guy's Nye Labs Online
A companion site to the educational television show Bill Nye the
Science Guy, Nye Labs Online features daily home science demonstrations, a
forum for asking Bill questions, episode guides, teaching materials, and
related show resources.
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Boston Baked Theatre
An online version of a theatre in Massachusetts, it's the home of
Sprouts Theatre for Children and the Basic Theatre Company. Sprouts
Theatre for Children creates humorous and musical productions of fairy
tales. Past shows include the Princess and the Pea, Beauty and the Beast,
and Snow Mite and the Seven Dwarfs. You can even meet the actors.
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Build-A-Monster
Mix up creatures into a creature of your own; easy and fun to do!
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Captain Planet
Information about the cartoon's characters and an episode guide.
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Cartoon Network
The Web home of this cable cartoon channel
features a viewer poll, a games library, and a refrigerator that showcases
kids' artwork.
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The Case.com for Kids
Provides mysteries, stories, tricks, and contests for kids.
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Children's Express
News written for kids, by kids. Read reports on topics ranging from
racism to school-yard bullies. Budding journalists can even try out their
skills in the online newsroom.
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The Children's Literature Web Guide
Site provides online children's stories ranging from folklore to
classics. There is also an area devoted to stories written by children.
Dozens of links to children's books, as well as links for parents,
teachers, storytellers, and writers.
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Children's Music Web
A nonprofit organization that provides links to anything musical from
music reviews to online songbooks. There is a children's concert calendar
and a section for music teachers.
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Children's Stories, Poems, and Pictures
Contains stories, pictures, sounds, and poems. Also features many
links to other children's sites.
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Children's Television Family Workshop
Kid city! This site features stickers, games, gadgets, and puzzles.
The Parent's Toolbox offers tips and tactics from Sesame Street Parents,
plus email from Elmo, games, stories, coloring, Muppet profiles, show
info, and trivia. You'll also find activities, crafts, and recipes.
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Colgate Kid's World
Site contains information about cavity prevention, games, stories, a
coloring book, interesting information, and pictures from around the
world.
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Color, Cut and Fold Village
Print out houses, stores, a library, and more—and children can color
and cut them to create a beautiful village. The houses include a
rose-covered cottage, a Dutch colonial, and a California Craftsman house.
Children can set up the village, deciding where the streets go.
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Coloring.com
Kids can find coloring pages for major occasions (Christmas, Easter,
Thanksgiving, and so on) as well as animal and football pictures. After
they pick a picture, they are shown a palette of colors that they use to
fill in the image. My 5-year-old loves to color-this site would be a big
hit with him!
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Cool Lego Site of the Week
Check out this site to see the amazing things they are doing with
Legos these days—not just the Lunar Lander you had as a kid. Also
features links to other Lego pages.
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Crafts for Kids
Explore the many crafts that children can create, including crafts for
every holiday and special occasions, too.
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The Crayola Home Page
Everything you always wanted to know about crayons and all the fun
things you can do with them.
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Curious Kids
Get to know these five siblings from Maine, currently on a world tour
through 20 countries. Get the story of how they left school and went
global, and stay current through their journals. Lots of photos of their
travels, too.
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Cyber Patrol's Route 6-16
A guide to the World Wide Web for kids, parents, and teachers. The
Learning Company provides these links—3,000 links to more than 1,200,000
pages of information. Be sure to visit the special 6-16 Bedtime Stories
site.
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Cyber Stacks for Kids
A site provided by the Boulder, Colorado Public Library that includes
links for learning about other cultures, reference resources, games, a
meeting place, and a science center. Also, links to other fun places for
children.
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Cyberhaunts for Kids
Site contains links for children of all ages to visit. Features
itemized link categories on space, sound, literature, general children's
pages, sports, communications, art, computer, science fun, music, animals,
games, and more. Great place to start when browsing the Internet.
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Cyberkids
Lots of fun stuff for kids. Check out the newest articles, reviews,
and fiction in the online magazine KidZeen—kids can even submit their
own work to be published. There's fun stuff, too, like magic tricks and a
game section full of goodies. In the Cyberkids Club, chat with others and
download free software!
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Discovery Channel: Discovery Kids
"The Adventure Starts Here"-a whole site about adventure.
Ever wanted to climb a climbing wall? Ride a camel? Learn to take your own
pictures? Well, here is the place to learn how.
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Download-A-Dinosaur
Looking for a quick kids' craft activity? Look no further.
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Eddy the Eco-Dog
Eddy the Eco-Dog teaches kids about the environment. Kids can go to
four "surfermania" areas by guessing the right password. Once
in, there are all sorts of cool places to go. They can send postcards to
friends, learn more about Eddy, and sign Eddy's guest book so he can write
to them.
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The Evergreen Project Adventures
Educational environmental/science site that has areas for children
grades 2-4, grades 4 and up, and teachers. Features pictures of and videos
about the environment, and offers online activities and projects that can
be done at home. The What's It Like Where You Live? section is for
students 8 and up, and Partners for Growing is for students 5 to
10-although I believe both areas would appeal to school-age kids.
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Exploring Leonardo
Learn all about Leonardo da Vinci, the great scientist, artist, and
inventor. See sketches of his inventions and his beautiful masterpieces.
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Family.com
This site offers unlimited activities you and your children can share.
You will also find articles on any and every topic you might want related
to your children.
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Fiona's Shark Mania
A site for the shark maniac! Areas include shark art, stories about
sharks, and a shark mailing list. Many links are also provided.
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Flash Cards for Kids
Children can improve their math skills by using these online flash
cards. They can try their hand at addition, subtraction, multiplication,
and division. Flash cards are simple (two numbers) to complex (up to 10
numbers).
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Fox Kids Cyberstation
The Fox Kids Network site provides information and activities for
kids. It has details about programs geared for kids and includes show
times, activities, contests, and more.
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FreeZone
Web site devoted to children. Contains games, educational areas,
comics, e-pal areas, chat areas, and a home page creator for children ages
9 to 15.
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The Froggy Page
Everything that kids want to know about frogs! Kids can listen to frog
sounds, read frog tales from all over the world, and look at frog
pictures. Older kids will appreciate the scientific amphibian section,
which includes frog anatomy and dissection as well as detailed scientific
information on frogs and other amphibians from all over the world.
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The Funroom
Great games and craft ideas for kids and their parents. The crafts
page has 10 ideas and more to come. Kids can also refer to previous
holiday issues for more crafts and games.
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FutureScan: Careers for Teens
Site developed for young adults (ages 11 to 18) to provide helpful
information in their career decisions. Featuring actual career stories and
FutureScan attempts to help teens in choosing an appealing career to
pursue. Although set up for teens, this Web site welcomes anyone that may
be curious or interested in a different career.
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Girl Talk
Web site where teenage girls can get together and discuss topics
relevant to their lives. Features topics on friends, computers, school,
pen pals, sexuality, sex, siblings, relationships, and parents. Site is an
alternative place where adolescent girls can discuss teen-related issues
with others in similar situations.
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A Girl's World Online Clubhouse
A world created especially for girls, this site includes a clubhouse
where girls meet their hosts Amy, Rachel, Geri, and Tessa. Girls can click
the picture of each girl and learn more about their new friend. There are
also craft, recipe, and other fun areas.
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Hotlist: Kids Did This!
A "hot list" of sites produced by kids for kids. There are
seven topics to choose from, such as science, art, and school newspapers.
Visiting kids select a topic to connect to the hot list of their choice.
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icanbuy
This site's mission is to enable kids, teens, and parents to manage
money wisely by empowering them to save, shop, create a wish list, and
donate to charity from a secure online account-with a unique parental
permissions system to promote learning and safety.
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Info Guide: For Kids Only
This Web site contains numerous links around the world devoted solely
to children. These sites vary from educational to entertaining. Currently,
there are 226 sites to choose from.
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Kaitlyn's Knock-Knock Jokes and Riddles
Do you like knock-knocks and riddles the way we do? If so, here's your
site.
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KayNet
Kaylyn's personal favorites-pen pal spot, Winnie the Pooh, stamp
collecting, teddy bears, adopted animals, and more.
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Kidland
Kids can leap with Webbie, an anirnated frog, from site to site.
Contains an index of kids' sites, activities, books, cartoons, educational
information, games, and other topics related to children.
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Kids on Campus
This site, which was developed for children, contains sections about
planets and space, dinosaur and science museum exhibits, disasters
(earthquakes, volcanoes, and tornadoes), weather, butterfly pictures, and
many other exciting areas for children to explore and learn. The Cornell
Theory Center sponsors Kids on Campus as part of its celebration of
National Science and Technology Week.
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Kids on the Web
This is an ongoing list of sites that offer information for and about
kids. Among other things, it includes a lot of stuff for kids to play
with, information for adults, and info about schools and education.
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Kids Pap
Provides links to sites dedicated to kids' education and interests,
including sports, entertainment, games, and many others.
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Kids' Space Connection
Guide Bear leads you through the bulletin board, where you can post
your name on the list and ask questions. Check out the Penpal box and read
letters from other children. Kids can also post their own letter and
become a pen pal. Other sections invite kids to read stories from other
children and write their own. The emphasis is on bringing children
together from around the world.
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Kids Web
A World Wide Web digital library for K- 12 school children. Contains
information in the categories of art, science, social studies,
miscellaneous, and other digital libraries. Within each heading, several
specific subcategories are featured to simplify searching.
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Kids World 2000
Contains hundreds of children's links around the world for children to
explore. Primarily educational and entertaining, these are divided into
museums, science, sports, fun and games, zoos and aquariums, cities and
countries, amusement parks, and government and politics. Also features
other interesting sites and a mystery site of the week.
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thekids.com
Site features extensively illustrated stories, rhymes, fables, folk
and fairy tales from around the world, plus discussion groups, games,
contests, and information for parents. Also contains links to their
favorite educational sites.
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KidsCom
Fun Web source for younger surfers. Find cool links from around the
world. Get involved creatively in weekly polls and stories. Lots of games
here, too.
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KidsHealth.org
Site contains interactive articles about children’s health care,
medicine, surgery, and parenting. The site is divided into sections for
parents, teens, and kids, and the content is tailored accordingly. Nice
option for parents who want to give their kids good health information
that they can access without mom and dad.
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KidWeb
Contains hundreds of links to sites appropriate for children of all
ages. Also features kids' home pages, a survey, and areas divided for
different age groups.
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KidzMagazine
A monthly online magazine produced by kids for kids. Includes
articles, stories, music reviews, and much more. Kids can have the
magazine emailed to them each month for free.
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Knowledge Adventure
Knowledge Adventure produces children's edutainment software. Kids
will enjoy the game section and the encyclopedia. Parents will get exposed
to this company's line of products and find demos to download as well as
technical assistance.
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The Learning Company
This developer and marketer of educational software offers quality
software for children. You'll find ABCs for preschoolers, skill-building
math and reading programs, and history and geography software.
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Lego Group
The official Lego universe: products, services, Legoland, company
history, and recent press releases.
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Link-4-Kids
Site contains many children's links and descriptions to assist the
young surfer. Also features a section for parents that addresses Web
safety and offers links to the top Internet security software and Web
sites.
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Little Explorers
Click on a letter of the alphabet and connect to not one, but many
pictures of words with that letter and hot links to Web sites about that
word.
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Little Planet Times
This site is modeled after a newspaper and is geared toward kids
grades K-5. Kids can respond to the editor after reading stories. The site
also includes pages devoted to entertainment and a store where kids can
purchase Little Planet products.
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Lois Walker's Take Part!
Lois has developed a rather large site devoted to all sorts of
entertainment for kids, from limericks and silly jokes to sing-along
stories and arts and crafts.
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Lycos Top 5% Kids Sites
Rates top kids' sites based on content, design, and overall rating,
and gives the date reviewed. Also lists sites in alphabetical order to
help you find a review of your favorite site.
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MidLink Magazine
This award-winning electronic magazine is written by kids for kids.
It's for children ages 10 to 15, and links children all over the world.
Children tell about their role models and can send in stories, poetry, and
dramas of their own.
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Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
Includes activities for kids as well as show-related information for
kids and parents.
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My Little House on the Prairie Home Page
Kids can learn everything about the Little House books, the television
show, and special events at the Laura Ingalls Wilder heritage sites. A
great introduction to America's frontier history. Provides links to other
Little House sites as well.
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The NoodleHead Network
The Noodlel-lead Network is an awardwinning video company based in
Burlington, Vermont. They produce, market, and distribute educational
videotapes created from a kid's-eye view. Kids play an integral role in
the creation of each tape-from script development to acting to editing.
Then a group of 11 ex-kids"-writers, producers, and
educators-translates those ideas into unique videos that educate and
inspire.
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Pasadena Kid's Pages
Contains a daily calendar of events for children in Pasadena,
California and surrounding suburbs.
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Planet Blortland
Visit the Planet Blortland, an underwater adventure for children.
While there, children can take a guided tour, solve a mystery, win prizes,
and meet an e-pal!
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The Prince and I
Children visit a kingdom with the queen, search for treasure, submit
their own drawings and stories, solve puzzles, and play games. The
emphasis is on reading, fun, and creativity for kids in grades K-6.
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Safari Touch Tank
Educational site where kids click different sea creatures and learn
what they are and what they do. There are also links to other sea-life
sites.
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Silly Billy's World
Reading and writing is the focus of this site. There is a reading
series in the site, learning links, stories for kids, and a creative
writing area. There is also a section for teachers dedicated to children's
reading.
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Soap Bubbles
Bubbles, bubbles everywhere! Kids love bubbles, and this educational
site will teach them everything about the chemistry that makes up bubbles.
Get you summer bubble recipe here. The site also includes links to other
bubbly sites.
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Stone Soup
Magazine written and illustrated by writers and artists ages 8 to 13.
Children can send in their own manuscripts for possible publication. It
inspires young writers and contains beautiful stories written by young
people.
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Story Fun
Kids fill in the blanks using parts of speech such as nouns,
adjectives, verbs, and adverbs that are then inserted into a story with
hilarious results. A great educational tool and a lot of fun.
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The Sugar Bush
Site where children can enjoy themselves and make friends. Offers
stories, crafts, projects, and fun and educational adventures. Also
contains a treasure hunt and links to other children's sites.
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Terrific Web Sites for Middle School Kids
This site, developed by the Eastchester Middle School, provides both
educational and entertaining links for middle school students, featuring
two main categories: Academic Studies (art, math, science, social studies,
computers) and Fun Sites for Yids. There is a whole list of options within
each subcategory, so it is easy to locate particular interests quickly.
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Theodore Tugboat
Young children can participate in interactive stories and download a
page from the coloring book. There is also a section for parents and
teachers that includes an email discussion list and many learning
tools-including synopses of Theodore Tugboat episodes.
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Thomas the Tank Engine Page
Calling all Thomas the Tank Engine fans! Stories, games, and fun.
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TIME for Kids
Where your kids can get the latest on their favorite music, film, or
TV artists. They can also add their opinions in KidsViews on the News.
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Tomorrow's Morning
Covers today's current events in a format that kids can understand.
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Tristan and Tiffany's Daily Cool Stuff for Kids
Created by children for children, this site features links to many
entertaining sites. Their dad's reviews and commentary are also included.
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Universal Studios Kids Playroom
A safe, fun, and creative place for children of all ages to come and
enjoy themselves.
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VICNET
Twelve categories of links just for kids, featuring chat rooms,
entertainment, art, trivia, jokes, and more! Created by children in
Victoria, Australia. Also provides a link to a site for older cyber
surfers and contains pages for music, games, sports, and other neat stuff.
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VolcanoWorld
An educational place for kids to learn all about volcanoes. There are
experiments, images, and data, all pertaining to volcanoes, and an area
where kids can learn where the latest volcanic eruptions have occurred.
The Kids Door opens into a world of art, quizzes, and virtual field trips.
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The White House for Kids
Kids tour the White House with Socks the cat. Site includes
information about the location and history of the White House. Kids can
learn about the President and even write to him, the Vice President, and
the First Lady using special email addresses!
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World Surfari
Monthly virtual tour of a different country. Features information on
the people, society, history, and other interesting facts of the
particular country.
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World Village Kidz
Online activities for kids 3 to 13. There are pages for preteens and
teenagers and pages for preschool and elementary students. The playground
has areas for games, comics, e-pals, puzzles, and provides links to other
kid-friendly places on the Internet.
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Xplore Kids
Web site designed for children to help them learn about animals, find
a pen pal, publish art and stories, work on projects for school, or play
games and have fun.
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Yahooligans
Web site search engine for children containing sections devoted to
history, the arts, politics, computers and games, entertainment, sports
and recreation, daily news, events, weather, and comics. Also features a
school section that contains programs and homework answers.
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The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
Yuckiest is not a distinction many Web sites would want, but Wendall
the Worm and Ralph the Roach take great pride in introducing you to their
world. Read all the exciting facts about the creepy crawlers and then take
the Roach Quiz. Let Ralph give you the lowdown on all his friends,
including the earthworm and the bearded worm. This site is a lot of fun,
as well as informative. Parents should check OUt tile just for Adults
section for lots of great resources and links.
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