Kids Links

50states.com (States and Capitals)

Whether you are writing a report or planning a trip, this guide to the 50 US states is a great resource. Provides pictures of state symbols, statistical information and links to many other related sights.

Arthur Site

Fans of Marc Brown's favorite aardvark will enjoy this site!

Bee Buzz for Kids

This site offers photos, information games, and puzzles about bees in a kid-friendly format.

BookPALS Story Online

Listen to a book read aloud online. This website is a program of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation and underwritten by Idearc Media.

BugGuide.net

This online resource is devoted to North American insects, spiders, and their kin; and offers identification, images, and information.

Children's Music Web

If you can't remember the words to a favorite song or want to learn a new one, be sure to check this one out.

CryptoKids™ America's Future Codemakers & Codebreakers

What’s cryptology? Learn about codes and ciphers through games and activities. Also find out about the National Security Agency/Central Security Service - they’re America’s real codemakers and codebreakers.

Entomology for Kids and Teachers

This is the main page from University of Kentucky Department of Entomology for kids and teachers. This website contains information and activities for preschool through high school students.

Dennis Kunkel Microscopy Education Web Site

This excellent, fun site offers great information and spectacular photos of a range of bugs in the context of "Most Wanted" images and "rap sheets" that focus on helpful or harmful impacts of the critter's life cycle on the human world.

Eco Kids - The Great Bug Hunt

Online game for 7- to 12-year-olds in which players must find the beneficial bugs in a garden.

Ed Emberly

Books, Drawing and Activities for Kids

Iowa Children's Choice Award

Looking for a good book? Find out which books have been voted as the best by other kids in Iowa. Titles chosen are fiction or non-fiction with interests and reading levels appropriate for children in third through sixth grade.

Jack Prelutsky.com

Official website of poet Jack Prelutsky.

Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas

Make a picture in the style of Jackson Pollock's paintings.

Jan Brett's Home Page

Fans of Jan Brett's books will enjoy this site which includes over 3,000 pages of free activities, coloring pages, and projects.

James Patterson's READKIDDOREAD.com

Dedicated to making kids for life.

Kids Click!

Backed by librarians, KidsClick lists about 5,000 web sites in various categories.

KidsCom - Animals of the World

Play a game in which you try to guess the mystery animal using as few clues as you can.

Nate the Great

Information on the books and author for fans of Nate the Great. Includes an activity page.

National Gallery of Art (Kids Page)

 

NASA Kids' Club

Online puzzles and games from NASA for kids.

National Honey Board

A great set of educational resources for kids and teachers. Learn about honey and how it is produced. Some of the things you learn may surprise you!

Koday's Kids - Amazing Insects

One of the best insect sites on the Internet for kids with lots of great insect pictures and facts.

National Geographic Kids - Secret Codes Page

How to write messages using several different codes.

MysteryNet's Kids Mysteries

Mysteries to solve, scary stories, and magic tricks.

Official Website of Eric Carle

Games, newsletter, blog, and galleries from children's author Eric Carle.

National Geographic Kids - What in the World?

Mystery photo games and puzzles from National Geographic Kids.

Monarch Watch

Educational outreach program from the Kansas Biological Survey at the University of Kansas. Learn about the monarch butterfly life cycle, migration and tagging, and how to raise monarchs, among other things. Also has a multimedia gallery.

New Moon Magazine

"New Moon Girls magazine is about helping girls discover and honor their true selves, engage in meaningful pursuits and dialogue, and express their voices in ways that matter. For girls ages 8-12."

Nickelodeon

If you're a Nick watcher, checkout this site for some of your favorites!

Mr. Picassohead

Create your own Picassohead or view the Gallery.

Monterey Bay Aquarium Web Cams

 

Official Website of Mo Willems

Find information on Mo Willems, author of the Elephant and Piggie books, the Pigeon books, and others. Games and coloring pages are also available on the site.

Scholastic Kids

Games, puzzles and information on Scholastic titles.

Official Website of J. K. Rowling

The official website of J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series. Lots to see.

Live Blue Initiative

 

Official Website of Ron Roy, author of the A to Z Mysteries

Find out about the author and all of the A to Z Mysteries. There is also information about his other books, plus games, trivia, coloring pages and information for parents and teachers.

Riddle Bug Hunt

A collection of bug riddles, plus links to other bug fun from the University of Kentucky Department of Entomology.

New England Aquarium - Giant Ocean Tank Webcam

 

PBS Kids

Website with games and more focused on PBS programming for children.

Olivia the Piglet

A fun website for anyone who enjoys the Olivia books by Ian Falconer. Click on "Fun with Olivia" to find lots of activities including an online painting game.

New England Aquarium - Underwater Penguin Webcam

 

Rube Goldberg.com

Rube Goldberg's name has become synonymous with his cartoon "inventions" of highly complications contraptions used to complete a simple task.

Reading Rainbow

Online companion to the PBS program

Sea World

Planning a trip? Travel to Sea World without leaving your chair!

Sports Illustrated KIDS

 

The Best Children's Books.org

This site was created by teachers to help other teachers and parents find the best children's books. Books are sorted by topic and reading level.

Squigly's Arts & Crafts

Online games, craft projects, and lots of puzzles and coloring pictures to print out.

The 39 Clues

The companion website to the 39 Clues series.

Weather Wiz Kids

 

Winter's Tail

 

This is sand.

thisissand.com is a website for play. It changes the pixels on the screen into digital sand that can be used as building material for cosmic landscapes, Clemens-style sand paintings, mandalas and so on. For instructions, click on the small gray square in the upper left corner of the homepage. For more information on this fun website, read their blog at http://thisissand.wordpress.com/

Wordle

Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

Fish ID

 

The Kid Zone - The Water Cycle

 

Tales from the Hive

Companion site to NOVA's program of the same name. This program was filmed inside a hive and followed bees in flight to capture close-ups of honeybee behavior.

Whale Net

 

Tikatok

Where Kids Write, Illustrate, and Publish Their Own Books

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