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Little Planet Times
This wonderfully original web site encourages kids to read and write for The Little Planet Times, a newspaper created by and for kids. Top stories creatively present monthly themes like conflict resolution. Readers can find out what's new in the "School Spotlight", or check-out the entertainment section for movie reviews or sports news. "Creative Corner" invites readers to submit their original poems, stories or artwork.
Jan Brett's Home Page
From the popular author and illustrator of children's books comes a web site that is well done and great fun. Highlights include the charming video art lesson, "How to Draw a Hedgehog", projects for teachers and librarians, activities for kids and a monthly audio message from the author.
The Peter Rabbit Web Site
Beatrice Potter fans of all ages will adore this elegant web site, rich with the popular author's illustrations, excepts from her charming books, fascinating facts about her life and times, and little known facts about the real life inspirations for her fictional characters. Young readers will enjoy the activities on the Playground page, and parents will appreciate the information about theatrical performances, art exhibits and other events featuring Beatrice Potter characters.
Scholastic Kids
Harry Potter, Goosebumps, Captain Underpants, The Baby-sitters Club, Games, Contests, Greeting Cards from a reliable source.
Arthur's Home Page
Arthur is everywhere! The popular character is featured in a series of entertaining books by author Marco Brown, has his own hit TV series on PBS and now has his own home page. Listen to the Arthur's catchy theme song, read all about his family and friends, or practice story writing by doing the Question Spinner activity or writing a Story Plan. The teacher's corner is full of useful information, too.
Aunt Annie's Craft Page
Children love doing crafts, and Aunt Annie's Craft page will not disappoint. This rich site combines "...learning, creativity, and problem solving while doing craft (s)." Projects are casually rated by degree of difficulty, and are designed for various age groups. The look and feel of the site is refreshingly old-fashioned, and visitors will find craft software, crafts web books and downloads in addition to detailed directions for featured projects.
The Berenstain Bear's Official Web Site
Whether your kids are fans of the popular Berenstain Bear's books or not, they will have fun at this colorful, activity rich site. Young visitor's can watch Bear movies, read interactive stories, create coloring books, or decode Sister Bear's mystery message.
Cyberkids
Created just for young web surfers, this cool site features interactive fun and games, celebrity interviews, kids message boards, contests, free e-mail, a serial novel, contests, kid columnists, issues of the online magazine "Kidzeen", movie reviews and more. Older kids will appreciate Cyberteens, "...where creative teens rule".
Fun Stuff
Learning about nutrition has never been so fun! "Barney Broccoli", "Calvin Carrot" and other cute characters teach kids food facts while having fun coloring pictures, doing crossword puzzles and playing the "5 A Day Game". The site also has yummy recipes and tips for healthy eating. From Doles' "Five a Day" Program, this site has nice graphics and nifty animated gifs.
Fake Out!
Just what does "cachinnate" mean, anyway? Or "jitney" ? Strengthen your vocabulary while playing this fun definition guessing game, featuring words for young readers from Kindergarten and up.
Activity Search
Looking for worthwhile activities to keep kids constructively busy? This site features over 400 activities that will do just that. Use the search form or peruse the topic list, and you'll find activities that are educational and engage young minds, like Search for the Humpback Whale, Solar System Adventure, Mysterious Monsters and Creepy Class Creatures.
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