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Art Zone
Don't have time to get out
your paints and brushes? "Paint" using your computer
mouse. Have fun making your own collage of shapes
and colors - no glue required. Take photos with a
virtual camera and edit them. All this and more is
available in the National Gallery of Art's Art Zone.
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Cartoonster
Want
to make your own cartoons and
animation? This site shows
you how, step-by-step.
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City Creator
Be the master of your domain
build your own city, modern or medieval, on
City Creator!
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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 . . . .
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First Palette
Step-by-step
illustrated instructions for fun art
and craft projects, such as making
your own bean bag animals. It also
includes recipes for making salt
dough or papier mache. Search for
projects by theme or age.
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Imagination Factory
How can you have
fun and recycle at the same time? Make
art out of trash! This Web site shows
you treasures you can make using "trash"
from your home, such as bottle caps, junk
mail and egg cartons. Check out the
"trash matcher" feature to find out what
to make from things in your recycling bin.
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Making Friends.com
At Making Friends
you'll find lots of creative activities
for kids ages 2-15.
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Oriland Origami
What can you make from
folded paper? Animals, boxes, things to wear
and party decorations are just a few of the
things you can create using the tips in the
"Origami Studio" and "Origami University"
sections of this Web site. Print and fold your
own origami calendar, too!
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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.
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Brain Explorer
These puzzles,
riddles and illusions are especially
for kids ages 9-12.
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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!
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FunBrain.com
Fun arcade games
that boost math and grammar skills.
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GeoSpy
How well do you know your way
around the globe? Become a
GeoSpy agent by identifying
countries, continents, states
and provinces.
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Invention Playhouse
Build a track to route a moving
ball into a cup, assemble some
block puzzles, or design and view
your own clouds.
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Cartoon Network.com
Visit
the world of cartoons. See
old favorites and newcomers,
look at animations and
play games.
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Comics.com
Big
Nate and Peanuts can be found
here.
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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!
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King Features
The
Amazing Spiderman, Curtis and
Mutts are a few of the comics
featured here.
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uComics
Includes
Calvin & Hobbes and Garfield.
Comics Sherpa lets you take a
look at undiscovered talent and
rate it.
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Animals
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The Adventures of Herman the Worm
Find out all
about worms and play worm games in
English or Spanish.
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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.
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The Froggy Page
Virtual
frogginess and amphibian
fun.
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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!
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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.
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National Zoo
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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!
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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.
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Dinosaurs
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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.
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Kids Dig Dinos
Visit this dinosaur site
by kids for kids to print out coloring pages,
find out how dinosaurs got their names and learn
more fascinating dino facts and history.
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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."
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Insects
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The Bug Club
Build a giant
bug, make insect origami, print out
activity sheets or play bug games
online! The Amateur Entomologists'
Society has put together this collection
of fun facts and creepy-crawly activities
you can try at home.
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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!
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Yucky Roach World
Hate
cockroaches? Like worms? Visit the
other yucky sites at the
Yuckiest Site on the Internet.
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Pets
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Animaland
Play
games, learn about favorite
pets, meet animal heroes,
find information on
animals of all kinds
and read about animals
in the news.
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Hamsterific!
Everything you
ever wanted to know about hamsters and
hamster care, plus some fun links.
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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.
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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.
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Microbes
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Sharks
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Shark Surfari
Test your
shark knowledge with this online
quiz by National Geographic.
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Sharks and Rays
Learn more about
Elasmobranchs (otherwise known as sharks
and rays) and their bony fish relatives
on this informative Web site.
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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.
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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.
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Checkers Online
Learn new ways and strategies
for the old game of checkers.
Nifty moves and the
computer doesn't always win.
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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!
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Game Goo
Turn up the volume, and have fun
playing these colorful,
interactive reading and language
arts games for kindergartners
through 2nd graders.
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Games Kids Play
Listing
all kinds of games for kids
to play inside and outside,
on the computer and off.
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Keyboarding
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Beginner Typing Games
Choose from
many different games that teach basic
typing skills.
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Harder Typing Games
Ready for a
challenge? Try zapping Star Wars
fighter ships, ghosts or sharks using
your typing skills.
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Maze Works
A variety
of games and puzzles to challenge
you, including a new chess problem
every day.
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Play Kids' Games
Young
kids will have fun playing
video-style learning games
at this site designed by
parents.
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America's Story
Fun
facts and games await at
this site made especially
for kids by the library
of Congress.
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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.
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Archaeology
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Pirates!
Are you ready for high
seas adventure? Join National Geographic
and learn about real pirates through fictional
tales based on historical fact.
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Secrets of Lost Empires
See real-life
recreations of ancient technological
wonders. Try making a Roman aqueduct
or a medieval weapon.
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Vikings
Get a taste of
life as a Viking. Check out the
Multimedia Zone for animations,
games and reconstructions.
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Walk Through Time
A cool
interactive site with games too.
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Activity TV
Watch step-by-step
demonstrations of crafts, cooking projects,
magic tricks, science experiments and more!
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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.
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Design Squad
Do you like to build things?
Find project instructions for making your own hidden
alarm, zip line, dance pad and more on this Web site
based on the PBS show "Design Squad."
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LEGO
Join the LEGO club for comics,
games and instructions for
building new LEGO creations.
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Stamps American Philatelic
Society Site Just for Kids
Find out how
to start your own stamp collection
and print out fun activity pages.
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Thunk.com Secret Messages
Use this online scrambler to turn
all your words into secret code.
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DLTK Holidays
From birthday to Earth Day, this
site has crafts to help you decorate, games to help you
celebrate and puzzles to stretch your brain!
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Holiday Sites from JohnThurlow.com
Can't wait for that special holiday
to arrive? Enjoy holiday stories, games, crafts, riddles
and more anytime!
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A Kid's Heart Holidays
Whether it's Thanksgiving, Valentine's
Day or even National Watermelon Day, this site includes fun
holiday games, activities and printables.
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Primary Games Holiday Fun
Send musical postcards, print your own
holiday stationary, play games and color pictures for Ramadan,
Kwanzaa, Christmas, Hanukkah and many other holidays.
From the library's list of Cool Sites for Kids.
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