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CHILDREN'S LINKS Please note: Parents are strongly urged to read and discuss with their children Child Safety on the Information Superhighway produced by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Interactive Services Association, and to accompany their children when they use the Internet. The following websites have been reviewed by library staff and found to be of interest to children and/or the adults who care for them. The Cape Girardeau Public Library is not responsible for the following websites. Since the websites are maintained by other organizations, they are subject to change without notice. Therefore, endorsement by the Cape Girardeau Public Library is not implied, and we cannot be certain of any particular website continuing safe content or privacy policies. Children should ask a parent or guardian before continuing, and especially before providing any information via the Internet or by e-mail. When last reviewed, these websites seemed suitable for children to visit, but that may have changed. If you have any difficulties or concerns about a particular link, please contact youth services via the contact link provided on the library’s home page.
700+ Great Sites for Children Amazing, spectacular, mysterious, colorful websites for kids and the adults who care about them. Sponsored by the American Library Association. http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html
Ready Web A resource for parents and educators sponsored by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, funded by the U.S. Department of Education. http://readyweb.crc.uiuc.edu/
Discovery Channel History, technology, science, and nature sites www.discovery.com/
Yahooligans: Web Guides for Kids Career information, Ask Dr. Math, Ask the Author, Ask Thomas Jefferson and much more. http://www.yahooligans.com/
Kidz World Village Help with homework; good links to history, literature, government, art, and science sites; foreign language dictionaries; fun stuff like puzzles and mazes. http://www.worldvillage.com/kidz/
Homework Center A well-organized site, featuring a lot of information on more than 30 homework topics, ranging from wars and world history to maps and mythology.www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/index.html
Kids Connect Featuring an online question answering service for students in grades K—12.www.ala.org/ICONN/AskKC.html
Enchanted Learning Educational web sites and games designed to capture imagination while maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment. www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Info Please A useful kids’ almanac with up-to-date facts and definitions, weather, news, day in history, homework help, biographies, etc. www.infoplease.com/
Funology Things to do by yourself or with your friends, your parents, your pets, anyone. This site specializes in the science of having fun. It’s one place where you’ll never be bored!www.funology.com
Kid’s Health for Kids Growing up is hard to do. Check out this site for information about dealing with feelings, staying healthy, learning about body changes, and more. Find helpful advice about dealing with stressful situations like moving, getting a new baby in the family, dealing with bullies, coping with divorce, and many others. http://kidshealth.org/kid/
300--People, Laws, and Government: Taking Care of Our Planet
We Shall Overcome Visit historic sights of the Civil Rights movement www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/
Holiday Fun Fun for all of your favorite days, from Earth Day to birthdays, to Kwanzaa and more; also clipart and games. www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/fun.htm Dr. Martin Luther King - Black History Important information on "the man, the movement and his legacy," etc.www.seattletimes.com/mlk/ Kids F.A.C.E. (for a Clean Environment)
POP! Magazine What's happening on our planet: science, environment, health, safety, social action, plus games, contests and more. www.popmagazine.com
Girl Power! Encourages and empowers 9-to14-year old girls to make the best of their lives. Advice on health and nutrition, eating disorders; tips on getting along with family and friends; booklists for girls on careers, stress, leadership, etc.; Mother-Daughter Book Club.www.girlpower.gov/
Zillions—Consumer Reports for Kids Kids are consumers too! Find out about things you would like to buy, before you buy them. Test new products; get info about new products; rate new products.www.zillions.org/
Kids Go Wild Ready for a wild adventure? Learn about conservation at this site sponsored by the Wildlife Conservation Society. See the animals and learn about saving them and their environment. http://wcs.org/7490/kidsgowild
The White House for Kids Go on a behind the scenes tour of the White House. See various rooms including the Oval Office, learn about the history of the White House, get information about kids and pets who have lived in the White House, write to the President, etc. www.whitehouse.gov/kids/index.html 400—The Words We Use back to index
Rhyme Zone Have fun with this great word resource. Look for a rhyming word for that poem you need to write; find synonyms, related words and antonyms, and more! www.rhyme.lycos.com/
Say Hello to the World If you wanted to say hello to everyone in the world, you would have to learn at least 2,796 languages. Visit KidSpace @ the Internet Public Library to get started. This site features information about other languages, alphabets, and the people who use them. http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/hello/
Word Central A dictionary complete with word games, write your own poems, rhyming words, and pronunciation. www.wordcentral.com/ 500—Birds and Beasts; Science, Space, and Math back to index
A+ Math Practice your math. Create math games. Print worksheets. Lots of math goodies, including flash cards, games, and homework helper to check your answers. www.aplusmath.com
Astronomy for Kids A great site with many fun and educational features and terrific graphics: Space jokes and games; Mutate an Astronaut, See the Night Sky; Future Space Craft; Space Exploration; Astronomy Academy, Dictionary and more! www.kidsastronomy.com
Math Forum A colorful site with challenging, creative and fun math projects. Math problem of the week; math teasers; Ask Dr. Math. www.mathforum.org/students/elem/
Science Fair Project Resource Guide A terrific place to start when you have a science project to do. Includes ideas, samples, resources. www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/ Nine Planets: An Interactive Tour of the Solar System One of the best sights for young astronomers (and young people with astronomy homework). Includes photos, vital statistics and diagrams.http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
The Space Place Demonstrates and explains science concepts in a simple easy manner. Learn about the stars, the Earth, ions, etc., by baking cookies, navigating a maze, or solving a riddle.http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/spacepl.htm Zoom Dinosaurs A complete on-line book about dinosaurs, including a dinosaur dictionary for students of all ages, and information on how to write a report on dinosaurs. Information ranges from simple to advanced. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/index.html
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet Awesome science site with far-out experiments; science quizzes and challenges; your gross and cool body; fun facts and more. http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/
Bubblesphere Everything you’ve always wanted to know about bubbles. Recipes,http://bubbles.org 600—Your Body, Your Family; Planes, Trains and Automobiles back to index
Family Fun Tons of activities, crafts, recipes that families can do together; things to do with kids on trips; advice for parents. www.familyfun.com
Kid’s Health A wonderful site full of useful health information for kids. Stories about kids with health problems; people and places that can help; type "ADHD" into the Quick Search box to bring up articles written for kids; going to the hospital, getting braces, etc.; a wonderful glossary of medical terms that kids can understand and more! www.kidshealth.org/kid/
Health and Human Services Pages fo Smart kids think healthy. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.dhhs.gov/kids 700—Arts and Entertainment and All that Fun Stuff back to index
Crayola Creativity Central Art project and activity ideas for kids & teachers using Crayola products. Activities include: Imagine the scene while you sleep; Travel on your mind - creating a storymobile. Also information on student art exhibits. www.crayola.com/kids/index.cfm
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum One of the best music Web pages. Flashy and fun with great graphics. 500 songs that shaped Rock & Roll, tour exhibits, histories of certain rock groups, latest inductees into the Hall of Fame, facts about the performers. www.rockhall.com
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Information on activities for kids, songs to sing (with words), learn about Fred Rogers, find out about "the mad that you feel," advice for parents, and a booklist on different topics. www.pbs.org/rogers
Dav Pilkey’s Web Site O’ Fun One of the silliest sites around from the children's author and illustrator. A tongue-in-cheek comic strip biography, crafts and other good stuff. www.pilkey.com/
Berenstain Bears Activities for Learning and Fun Various activities involving those lovable bears, including "dress up the bears." www.berenstainbears.com/learnfun.html
Jan Brett’s Activities Page Hosted by author Jan Brett. Children aged 4-7 will enjoy visiting the "Projects" section to find color-and-cut hedgie costumes and print-and-color stationery, recipes and other craft activities. www.janbrett.com/activities_pages.htm
FunBrain.Com Great interactive games for ages eight and up - including Math Baseball, Change Maker, and Spell Check. www.funbrain.com
The Headbone Zone Fun and educational learning adventures. Ecology Strikes Back, memory games, jokes - read others or submit your favorites. www.headbone.com 800—I Want to Read! I Want to Write! back to index
Between the Lions Lots of colorful graphics and games that will help you read and write. Hints for parents; fun with words and sounds; worksheets; vocabulary building; recommended books; links to other PBS sites. www.pbskids.org/lions
Authors & Illustrators on the Web Find out interesting things about your favorite authors. Biographies include Avi, Eric Carle, Roald Dahl, Tomie DePaola, Virginia Hamilton, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Dav Pilkey, Dr. Seuss, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. You can also read about exciting series books for boys and/or girls, find information on classic book series like Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys, read short versions of 300 fables and 209 Grimm's Fairy Tales, and get help in planning an author's visit to your school. www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
New Moon An electronic magazine for girls and their dreams, with important sections for parents. Poetry, fiction, letters, advice column, pen pals, reviews of books, movies, and TV shows. www.newmoon.org
Arthur’s Home Page If you like Arthur and the gang, you'll love this fun site. Find out all about D.W., Binky Barnes, Arthur and the rest of his family and friends. Print out pictures to color or join a story writing exchange. Advice on writing projects from author Marc Brown for parents and teachers. Encourages the love of writing and reading. www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/
The Audrey Wood Clubhouse Find out how picture books are written on this lively and colorful site. Meet illustrators. Have fun with coloring pages, find a shape, cut and paste. www.audreywood.com/
The BookHive You can find the books you like to read on your grade level on this impressive site. Reviews on many categories of books including beginning chapter books, biographies, award winners, scary, multi-cultural and many more. Also includes a graphic of the book jacket, number of pages and appropriate reading level. www.bookhive.org/ Booklists for Kids Recommended books for kids all divided by reading level; multi-cultural; list of award winners; Books about other countries. www.hclib.org/pub/books/KidsandReading.cfm
Giggle Poetry This fun site contains information on poetry contests for children in grades 2-6, has poetry helpers, tells how to write a limerick, and has some silly read-aloud poems.www.gigglepoetry.com
Book Adventure Free reading motivation program sponsored by Sylvan Learning Center & Houghton Mifflin Books. http://www.bookadventure.com/ 900—Here and Around the World; History; Important People to Know back to index
Black History Past to Present A well organized site with loads of great information. Learn about historical events such as civil rights, Little Rock, integration. Try an interactive treasure hunt and quiz. Read about famous African Americans, and more!www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
America’s Library for Kids and Families An easy to use and entertaining site that uses the vast American historical collections of the Library of Congress. Topics include Meet Amazing Americans, Jump Back in Time, Explore the States, Join America at Play. Interacive elements include Scavenger Hunt and Send a Postcard. www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
The Fifty States of the United States Absolutely everything you want to know about the good ol' USA at this well-organized site. Maps, state songs (including the words), state flag, state bird, what famous people are buried there. Full text of State Constitutions, genealogy information and more! www.50states.com/
Around the World: Cultures Links to multi-cultural pictures, information, calendars, and flags; food, customs and history of people in other cultures; American cowboy culture; European traditions and festivals; religions of the world; space.www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/
International Women’s Center Find biographies of famous women, along with the history of women in America. Learn which famous woman was born on your birthday! www.wic.org.
National Geographic: Amazing Travel Bureau Kids can journey to some of the world's most fascinating places, travel backward and forward in time, and play interactive games. www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/bureau/
Biographies of Famous Contemporary People Biographies of well known people in the fields of science, sports, art, public service, and business - complete with photos! www.achievement.org/
World Flags Database Try this site for great printable flag graphics from over 200 countries around the world; also basic country information such as population, religion, and languages, etc. www.flags.net
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