Enchanted Learning — Crafts for Kids
A great site packed full of a wide range of crafts, many using traditional materials such as paper bags, egg cartons, twigs . . . .

Making Friends.com
At Making Friends you'll find lots of creative activities for kids ages 2-15.

National Gallery of Art Kids Page
Make your own online painting, mobile or collage art. Play with the interactive Dutch dollhouse and take a close-up look at art in the museum's collection.

Balloon Ride
There's a hot air balloon tied down with ropes. To win a ride, play your computer or another player, and be the one to cut the last rope.

Brain Explorer
These puzzles, riddles and illusions are especially for kids ages 9-12.

Math Cats
Some cool cats want to play games with you. It's so much fun, you'll hardly even know you're doing math!

FunBrain.com
Entertaining sites which also offer a review of basic skills in math and grammar. What a fun way to learn!

GeoSpy
How well do you know your way around the globe? Become a GeoSpy agent by identifying countries, continents, states and provinces.

Invention Playhouse
Build a track to route a moving ball into a cup, assemble some block puzzles, or design and view your own clouds.

JigZone
Try your hand at putting together all kinds of jigsaw puzzles online! Lots of pictures and styles are broken into anywhere from six to over two hundred pieces.

Cartoon Network.com
Visit the world of cartoons. See old favorites and newcomers, look at animations and play games.

Comics.com
Big Nate and Peanuts can be found here.

Disney Fairies
Want to learn more about the Never Fairies while exploring Pixie Hollow? Join Tinkerbell as she introduces you to her friends and home!

King Features
The Amazing Spiderman, Curtis and Mutts are a few of the comics featured here.

uComics
Includes Calvin & Hobbes and Garfield. Comics Sherpa lets you take a look at undiscovered talent and rate it.

Animals

• The Adventures of Herman the Worm
  Find out all about worms and play worm games in English or Spanish.

• The BoomerWolf Website
  Be sure to read the story and solve the case. Then visit the zoo to see lots of animals in photos and videos.

• The Froggy Page
  Virtual frogginess and amphibian fun.

• Hampster Dance
  Make "hampsters" dance, or have them dance for you on this zany site. (Yes, hamster is misspelled on purpose.)

• Kids Farm
  Visit a farm with loads of animals and never leave your home. If your computer is set up so that it can play sounds, you can even hear the quacking and mooing!

• Kids' Planet
  Get printable fact sheets about endangered animals from around the world. You can also play games, read stories, print out animal coloring pages and find out what you can do to help animals.

• National Zoo

• Animal Cams
  Want to get up close and personal with some of the animals at the National Zoo? You can! Enjoy watching and reading about various animals through the zoo's live animal cams. Among the animals on view are tigers, gorillas, elephants and even an octopus!

• Panda Cam
  Watch Tai Shan, the National Zoo's most famous panda cub, as he plays, eats and sleeps within the giant panda habitat with his mother. Also, read about Tai Shan and his progress.

Dinosaurs

• The Age of the Dinosaurs
  Lots of information on dinosaurs.

• Dinosphere
  Meet the dinosaurs that live at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis! Learn through interactive articles, activities and games about how the dinosaurs, like Bucky the Teenage T-Rex, lived. You will need sound for some of the games/activities.

• ZoomDinosaurs.com
  Dinosaur information, trivia and topics galore! Learn the real story behind dinosaur myths, and find out which dinosaurs were the biggest, fastest, smallest, smartest or other "record breakers."

Insects

• Children's Butterfly Site
  Coloring pages and information about butterflies and moths including translations in several languages. Make your own coloring book about the life cycle of the butterfly in English, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, French or German!

• Yucky Roach World
  Hate cockroaches? Like worms? Visit the other yucky sites at the Yuckiest Site on the Internet.

Pets

• Animaland
  Play games, learn about favorite pets, meet animal heroes, find information on animals of all kinds and read about animals in the news.

• Hamsterific!
  Everything you ever wanted to know about hamsters and hamster care, plus some fun links.

• How to Love Your Dog: A Kid's Guide to Dog Care
  Learn how to train your dog and care for your pet. Video clips show how to teach your dog tricks and obedience. You can even add pictures and stories about your own dog to this Web site! Riddles and games add to the fun.

• Pet Planet
  Solve pet puzzles, send pet e-cards to your friends and find advice about caring for all kinds of pets on this Web site from Animal Planet.

Microbes

• The Microbe Zoo
  How small does life get? What lives in humans? Do microbes help make human food? Take a look! — a close look!

Sharks

• Shark Surfari
  Test your shark knowledge with this online quiz by National Geographic.

• The Truth About the Monsters of the Deep
  Don't be afraid to learn the truth about sharks. Facts and photos tell about where they live, what they really look like and more.

20 Questions
2Q is a computerized version of the game 20 questions. Think of something animal, vegetable or mineral, and challenge artificial intelligence to figure out what it is in 20 questions or less.

Checkers Online
Learn new ways and strategies for the old game of checkers. Nifty moves — and the computer doesn't always win.

Chess is Fun
Learn to play or learn super strategies to try later on your friends. The split screen offers a chess board on the right side and how to play on the left. It's so easy, even an adult can learn from this site!

Funschool Games
Games for preschool through 6th graders. Choose by grade or type of game.

Game Goo
Turn up the volume, and have fun playing these colorful, interactive reading and language arts games for kindergartners through 2nd graders.

Games for Kids
Simon says, magic boxes and popit are just a few of the fun and challenging games to be played at Kidsnewsroom.org.

Games Kids Play
Listing all kinds of games for kids to play inside and outside, on the computer and off.

Keyboarding

Maze Works
A variety of games and puzzles to challenge you, including a new chess problem every day.

Play Kids' Games
Young kids will have fun playing video-style learning games at this site designed by parents.

J.K. Rowling Official Site
J.K. Rowling shares the latest Harry Potter news, debunks rumors and talks about her life. Learn details about her upcoming book by solving puzzles scattered through the Web site.

Scholastic Books' Harry Potter Site
Official Web site created by the U.S. publisher of Harry Potter books.

Unofficial Harry Potter Site
Get the latest buzz on Harry Potter. Lots of links to official and other unofficial sites included.

America's Story
Fun facts and games await at this site made especially for kids by the library of Congress.

Ancient Egypt — Neferchichi’s Tomb
Neferchichi, who looks suspiciously like a Chihuahua dog, hosts this Web site. Learn to write in hieroglyphics and look at 3-D, magic eye-style pictures. Find out about mummies, pharaohs and gods of ancient Egypt.

Archaeology

• Archaeological Adventure
  For folks who are truly into archaeology, this site has all kinds of information and links.

• Do You Want to be a Mummy?
  Slightly goofy illustrations show what it takes to be an Egyptian mummy.

Pirates!
Are you ready for high seas adventure? Join National Geographic and learn about real pirates through fictional tales based on historical fact.

Secrets of Lost Empires
See real-life recreations of ancient technological wonders. Try making a Roman aqueduct or a medieval weapon.

Vikings
Get a taste of life as a Viking. Check out the Multimedia Zone for animations, games and reconstructions.

Walk Through Time
A cool interactive site with games too.

Activity TV
Watch step-by-step demonstrations of crafts, cooking projects, magic tricks, science experiments and more!

Coin Collecting — U.S. Mint Site for Kids
It's all about the money: play coin games, view coin cartoons and travel through time to solve coin mysteries.

LEGO
Join the LEGO club for comics, games and instructions for building new LEGO creations.

Stamps — American Philatelic Society Site Just for Kids
Find out how to start your own stamp collection and print out fun activity pages.

Thunk.com Secret Messages
Use this online scrambler to turn all your words into secret code.

Mr. Bones
Can you put the skeleton back together?

Your Gross and Cool Body
Find out about sweat, gas and all kinds of bodily functions.

Guitar Lessons
Free lessons in all kinds of styles, including rock, blues and jazz. Lots of photos and pictures to help you along.

PBS Kids Music
Play games and make music with your favorite PBS characters such as Arthur, Barney and Caillou.

Play a Piano
Play a piano or have the piano play for you! The piano even lets you see its "voice" as it makes music.

Playmusic.org — Your Orchestra Awaits!
Take a seat in an orchestra, meet people there, play and create your own music. Great place for budding band members!

Science of Music
Ready to mix your own music? There are several games to get you started on this site. Plus you can watch music movies and find out the answers to those burning questions, such as: "Why do some songs get stuck in my head?" (Hint: the answer has something to do with earworms.)

Backyard Nature
Naturalist Jim Conrad will introduce you to the interesting plants, animals and ecology of your own backyard.

Endangered! American Museum of Natural History
Take a tour of the museum's popular exhibit. Find out about endangered species all over the globe.

Guide to Snowflakes
Take a look at some of the unbelievable shapes that snowflakes can take, and view three galleries full of amazing snowflake photos!

National Geographic Kids
Games, activities, experiments and information on creatures from bats to warthogs.

Volcano World
Cool photos and film clips. Lists of recent eruptions with hyperlinks.

Weather Wiz Kids
Everything you ever wanted to know about all types of weather. You can even find out about weather-related optical illusions and have fun with weather games and weather jokes.

Wonders of the Seas
Some really "deep" material! Underwater photos and drawings. A great way to dive and not get wet.

Hello Kitty's Tea Party
Help Hello Kitty and Bear decide what to wear and what to eat at a tea party.

Lil' Fingers
Stories, games and activities designed with bright colors and big buttons.

Noggin
Interactive, fun and educational activities! "Always something new to think and do."

PBS Kids
Visit all your favorite PBS shows and their characters from "Barney & Friends" to "Zoboomafoo." Play games, color and much more.

Preschool & Kindergarten Activities from EnchantedLearning.com
Highlights of this site include the Scrambled Dinosaurs Game and the Little Explorers Picture Dictionary.

"Sesame Street"
Read storybooks, play games and find out all about the "Sesame Street" characters and TV show.

StoryPlace: Pre-school Library
Online storybooks and activities. This site is also available in Spanish.

"This is Daniel Cook"
Have fun playing games with Daniel Cook in his playhouse and backyard.

"Thomas the Tank Engine"
Fun, games and activities featuring Thomas and friends.

UpToTen.com: Boowa and Kwala
These interactive games, songs and activities can be accessed in five different languages.

Children's Storybooks Online
There's something for everyone here: books for the youngest readers through 6th graders. The online books include lots of pictures.

Giggle Poetry
Read poems for kids, write your own poem, play with fill-in-the-blank poems and just have fun!

Goodnight Stories
Activities and cute stories — lots with pictures.

Kids' Magazines

Learning to Read Made Fun!
Starfall.com has fun games, stories and exercises to help you to learn to read and practice your skills. If you don't know what a word is, click on it and you will hear how the word sounds. (Turning speakers on is highly recommended.) For preschool through 2nd graders.

Peetnik Mysteries
"So, you want to try solving a mystery or two? Welcome to Clutterbuck Valley — a quirky town full of oddballs and oddities. The strange and mysterious. Regular and irregular people."

Pilkey's Web Site O' Fun!
Pilkey wants you to know: "This Web site contains scenes and material which may be considered too silly for grown-ups, small animals and many varieties of houseplants."

Star Wars Kids
For Star Wars fans, here's information on episodes past and future, the Smithsonian's exhibit, how special effects are created and more.

Wacky Web Tales
Fill in the blanks to create your own wacky stories. New tales are added every month!

"Bill Nye the Science Guy"
Learn about science experiments you can do from home, send wacky e-cards and see Bill Nye's answer to the "question of the week."

Earth Viewer
See a space-eye view of the Earth. Spin the globe to look down at the spot of your choice. Run animations to see day and nightfall, or to see seasonal changes.

Exploratorium
There's plenty to explore at this online version of San Francisco's Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception.

KidsAstronomy.com
A super site for budding astronomers — interactive with lots of excellent graphics.

Optical Illusions
Feast your eyes on dozens of amazing optical illusions.

Periodic Table of Comic Books
Click on an element, and choose from the full-page images of comics containing that element.

Science News for Kids
Want to know about the latest dinosaur species to be discovered or see the newest photos of Mercury obtained by spacecraft? Here you will find the latest and greatest science news of interest to kids, plus games, puzzles and activities.

Science Optics
Zoom in on Earth from 10 million light years beyond the Milky Way — then zoom into the subatomic universe of protons and electrons! Find out about activities you can do at home to investigate light, optics and color.

Strange Matter
Crush stuff, zoom inside stuff, transform or improve stuff, and discover its secrets.