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.

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
Take a virtual volcano field trip, play volcano games and learn cool facts at Volcano World.

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.

PEEP and the Big Wide World
Explore science and math activities kids can do at home. Games, coloring activities and videos from the popular TV show are also available.

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.

Starfall
These games and activities emphasize early literacy skills, from learning letters to reading for fun. Decorate a gingerbread man and watch him run away, or compose a valentine message for a friend.

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 playroom 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.

FunBrain Reading
Did you know . . . before the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series by Jeff Kinney were printed books, they were Web books on Funbrain.com. You can still read the first three books in their original online format. While you're there, try the other Web book titles or play "Mad Libs Junior" online.

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."

Poetry

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.

Optics for Kids
How do optical illusions fool your eyes and boggle your brain? See some weird illusions and learn more about the science of light.

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.