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Internet Search Engines for Kids:
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Ask
Jeeves for Kids: A “Safe” web search tool that allows young people to ask
questions in everyday language.
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Google:
A great search engine on the web to find websites containing information on
any topic.
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KidsClick:
Web search for kids by librarians intended to guide users to good websites.
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One Key:
A kid safe search engine in conjunction with Google.com.
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Yahooligans!
A web guide for kids featuring news, reference, science, sports, a book club,
games, jokes, e-cards and much more.
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Homework Help/Educational:
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A+
Math: This website helps students improve their math skills interactively
with games, flashcards, and math word puzzles. Try the homework helper to
check your homework answers.
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All Kids Covered
-- Health care coverage program from Governor Rod Blagojevich's office.
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America's
Story from America's Library: The Library of Congress hosts this website
for young Americans to learn about their country. Kids can meet amazing
Americans, jump back in time, explore the states, join Americans at play,
watch movies and listen to songs from America's past.
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Awesome
Library: This site links to carefully reviewed resources to find
information by school subject.
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Ben's
Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
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Calendar Zone
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Classroom
Clip Art: Free pictures to download or print for school assignments. Simple
picture index. Can be keyword searched.
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Cool
Math: This math site features many games and puzzles to make sharpening
your math skills fun.
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Discovery
School's WebMath
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District 15 Home
Page
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District 156
Home Page
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Dr. Math
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Fact
Monster: A bright, colorful site that has a homework center for answering
your homework questions, plus information on world and news, U.S., science,
math, sports, and more.
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FunBrain
Games: Great collection of interactive word, number, and science games.
You can search for games by age, subject, title, or keyword.
Guys Read: Lists of books that boys
really like to read categorized for young guys, middle guys and older guys.
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The
History Place: This site includes timelines of major events in U.S. and
World history, information about historical topics and U.S. Presidents with
photos.
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Homework
Spot: Homework help for students.
Internet
Picture Dictionary: This dictionary comes in English, French, German,
Italian and Spanish where students can browse through words and pictures by
letter or category.
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KidsHealth:
Accurate, up-to-date information about growth, food and fitness, medical and
surgical conditions and the latest treatments. You'll find health games, How
the Body Works animations, the KidsVote health poll and tons of surprises.
Special sections for parents, kids and teens.
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KidsHub.org:
Kids Hub is a fun interactive learning center for elementary and middle
school students. It includes educational games, puzzles, quizzes, spelling
activities, and subject guides.
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KidSpace @ the Internet Public Library: Here's the place
to go for all your general reference needs! There are links to dictionaries,
encyclopedias, almanacs, and other sites for homework help or just looking
things up.
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Math
in Daily Life
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McHenry
Library Database Page Databases available at home.
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Money Central Station: Play games to learn about money on
this U.S. Department of the Treasury website. There are separate areas of
activities for ages 5-8 and 9-13.
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National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): Find out how to get photos
from space, see a launch and more.
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National Geographic for Kids: One of the best resources
for information on the Net about the world, its people, and its wildlife.
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National
Wildlife Federation: The Kids Page features articles in English and
Spanish from Ranger Rick, the environmental magazine for children; a homework
help section; and briefings on issues such as the wetlands, endangered
animals, water quality and more.
QuizHub.com: Quiz Hub is a fun
interactive learning center for elementary and middle school students. It
includes educational games, puzzles, quizzes, spelling activities and subject
guides.
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Science Fair Project Resource Guide: An excellent
resource from the Internet Public Library that links kids to all sorts of
exceptional resources for their projects.
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Science Net: Features information about science subjects
including biology, chemistry, physics, zoology, geology, botany,
paleontology, and astronomy.
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Discovery
Channel Online
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Start
Squad: Colorful, family-friendly website featuring links to recommended
websites by age and topic.
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The 50
States of the United States
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The Integrator (math)
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The
White House: Take a tour with Scotty the Bush family dog and find out
about life in the White House.
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Fun and Entertainment:
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Addicting Games:
This is the largest source of great
free online games, including arcade games, action games, sports games, puzzzle
games, flash games and more. It's updated once a week.
ASPCA's
Animaland: This child-friendly site offers interactive information on pet
care, animal issues, poster and essay contests, games and cartoons and more.
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Cartoon
Network: Games featuring Cartoon Network characters.
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Disney
Channel: Activities and games with characters on the Disney Channel.
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Everything
Girl: Contains six websites with games and activities including Barbie,
Diva Starz, Polly Pocket, Kelly Club, Flavas and My Scene.
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Family
Fun: A great place to visit for craft and activity ideas.
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Fox Kids:
Games featuring Fox Kids TV characters.
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Internet
Movie Database(IMDB): This site features movie and tv news, links to
official movie websites and movie reviews, actor biographies and U.S. movie
showtimes.
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Jan
Brett: Popular children's author and illustrator of numerous books
including The Mitten and On Noah's Ark has a great website
featuring over 2,000 pages of activities artwork and projects for children.
Kids can check out websites of their other favorite authors and illustrators
as well by searching for their names using a search engine such as Google.
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Kids Connect
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Kids Domain Craft Ideas: Check this out for craft ideas
for holiday, seasonal, gifts, groups or just for fun.
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Lego:
Play games, go to the “Lego Design School” to get tips on building and
lessons about Legos, view other kids' Lego creations and upload photos of
your own to the Gallery, and build with virtual 3-D blocks.
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Lemony
Snicket: On this site for fans of the popular book series A Series of
Unfortunate Events find out about the author, illustrator, books and play
games.
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Nickelodeon:
Create and watch cartoon movies, listen to music, play games and more at this
popular kids' site.
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PBS Kids:
Games, stories, making of the show, color and draw and many more fun
activities featuring PBS characters from Sesame Street, Clifford, Sagwa,
Arthur, Caillou and more.
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Puzzlemaker:
Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using
your word lists. Users can also print out cool mazes.
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Scholastic:
Play games and activities featuring characters from Scholastic books
including Harry Potter, Clifford, Goosebumps, Dear America, Captain
Underpants, Magic School Bus, I Spy and more. This site includes an area for
families featuring child development information, tips for selecting books
for your child and teaching them to read, and at home activities.
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Sports
Illustrated for Kids: A busy, colorful site with articles about sports figures
from Jackie Robinson to Jackie Joyner Kersee, league standings, games and
more.
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Very
Best Kids: Developed by Nestle, this site offers learning fun, crafts and
activities, holidays and celebrations, parties, cooking and baking.
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For Parents:
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ALA Great Websites for Kids: American Library
Association's recommended websites for kids. This list is reviewed and
expanded on an ongoing basis.
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MySpace -- Click on the Safety link at
the bottom of the home page, and get a list of safety concerns parents should
discuss with their children.
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Net Family News This e-newsletter
keeps parents informed about children's safe,
constructive use of the Internet. |
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ParentSoup:
Parenting tips, discussions on all aspects of raising children from pregnancy
through teens. From the iVillage Network.
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Screen
It! Detailed movie reviews for parents listing possibly objectionable
material in the film. Includes “our word to parents” about the movie.
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The Parents' Guide to the Information Superhighway: Rules
and tools for families online from the Children's Partnership. Comprehensive
look at the information superhighway and what parents should know to help
their children use it safely and wisely. |
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Wired
Kids: Internet safety and privacy tips for children and parents. This
site includes a list by age group and subject of safe sites.
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Wired Safety: Contains
an 8-page booklet for parents on Internet Safety, as well as suggestions for
librarians and teachers.
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Wired Safety Blogs:
Contains information on blogs and online safety. |
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Yahooligans! Parent's Guide: Parents' resources to help
their children surf safely on the web.
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For Teachers:
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