Fun Activities for Kids!
Primary Level Activities (from TAGT website)
AAA Math
Hundreds of pages of interactive practice of basic math skills.
Aesop’s Fables
Online collection of Aesop’s Fables. Includes a total of 655+ Fables.
Balsa Bridge Building Contest
Info on contests, great for junior architects and budding engineers!
Brain Teasers
These are words arranged in unusual ways or patterns for you to figure out the saying or phrase. Like mind/matter = “mind over matter.”
ChessKIDS Academy
Free online chess course, has levels and challenges of the day. Cool!
Classics for Young People
Read Kids Classics Online. If you love to be on the computer, and if you care to read online and catch up with the classics, this is the site for you!
Computers for Kids!
Teaching children the proper use of computers is an ongoing job that is handled by teachers and parents.
Cybils: Children’s and YA Blogger’s Literary Awards
A wonderful site for parents to find challenging and engaging books for their children.
FirstGov for Kids
Arts, careers, fun stuff, find it all here. Try this site!
Free Kids Crafts & Activities Library
Try these cool activities!
FunBrain
Try the games, like Baseball Math. This site will keep you busy for months! (Even has stuff for your parents!) May need downloads like Shockwave and Flash, ask your parents first. Try the kids center.
Games Kids Play
This site has playground games, jump rope rhymes, international games and more!
How Stuff Works
This is an amazing site. Go to “cool stuff” on bottom right and try the animation one. With your parents permission, you can receive a free daily or weekly e-magazine online. So much to learn, so little time.
Human Anatomy Online
Here’s the place to see the pictures and learn the real terms for all of the body parts. Great vocab and pre-med trivia.
iCivics: The Democracy Lab
iCivics (formerly Our Courts) is a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. iCivics is the vision of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who is concerned that students are not getting the information and tools they need for civic participation, and that civics teachers need better materials and support.
KidsClick Web Search
Web guide and search tool for kids by librarians.
My Hero
Real-life hero stories from around the world.
Neuroscience for Kids
You can (with parent permission) subscribe to an online e-magazine. Try some of the games, but read the articles and learn while having fun!
Newbery Medal Books
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
Play Tricks on Your Eyes: Optical Illusions and More!
Links to dozens of sites where kids can learn about optics and the human eye.
Puzzle Choice
Great games for kids! Crosswords, Word Search puzzles, Number puzzles, Brainteasers, Word Play, Rhymes and Picture puzzles.
Surfnetkids
This site could take you the whole summer to peruse!
The AES Bug Club
This site helps you to identify bugs, consult with real and amateur entomologists. From the UK, so we are considered “Overseas”.
The Museum of Unnatural Mystery
A slightly bizarre cyberspace science museum for all ages that looks at questions such as: Are there really flying saucers? What killed the dinosaurs? Is there a Loch Ness monster?
US Treasury for Kids
This is aUS government-created page for kids from the Dept. of the Treasury. The mint site has kids’ games and cartoons. Keep following the kids’ links. It is a great combo of fun things to know.
White House 101
Follow the links and find out more about the President and Vice President and their families. Take the virtual tours and try the quizzes. Can you meet the challenges presented here?
World Walk Travel Adventure
Dave Kunst is the first person verified to have circled the entire earth (with exception of the oceans) on foot.
AAA Math
Hundreds of pages of interactive practice of basic math skills.
Aesop’s Fables
Online collection of Aesop’s Fables. Includes a total of 655+ Fables.
Balsa Bridge Building Contest
Info on contests, great for junior architects and budding engineers!
Brain Teasers
These are words arranged in unusual ways or patterns for you to figure out the saying or phrase. Like mind/matter = “mind over matter.”
ChessKIDS Academy
Free online chess course, has levels and challenges of the day. Cool!
Classics for Young People
Read Kids Classics Online. If you love to be on the computer, and if you care to read online and catch up with the classics, this is the site for you!
Computers for Kids!
Teaching children the proper use of computers is an ongoing job that is handled by teachers and parents.
Cybils: Children’s and YA Blogger’s Literary Awards
A wonderful site for parents to find challenging and engaging books for their children.
FirstGov for Kids
Arts, careers, fun stuff, find it all here. Try this site!
Free Kids Crafts & Activities Library
Try these cool activities!
FunBrain
Try the games, like Baseball Math. This site will keep you busy for months! (Even has stuff for your parents!) May need downloads like Shockwave and Flash, ask your parents first. Try the kids center.
Games Kids Play
This site has playground games, jump rope rhymes, international games and more!
How Stuff Works
This is an amazing site. Go to “cool stuff” on bottom right and try the animation one. With your parents permission, you can receive a free daily or weekly e-magazine online. So much to learn, so little time.
Human Anatomy Online
Here’s the place to see the pictures and learn the real terms for all of the body parts. Great vocab and pre-med trivia.
iCivics: The Democracy Lab
iCivics (formerly Our Courts) is a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. iCivics is the vision of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who is concerned that students are not getting the information and tools they need for civic participation, and that civics teachers need better materials and support.
KidsClick Web Search
Web guide and search tool for kids by librarians.
My Hero
Real-life hero stories from around the world.
Neuroscience for Kids
You can (with parent permission) subscribe to an online e-magazine. Try some of the games, but read the articles and learn while having fun!
Newbery Medal Books
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
Play Tricks on Your Eyes: Optical Illusions and More!
Links to dozens of sites where kids can learn about optics and the human eye.
Puzzle Choice
Great games for kids! Crosswords, Word Search puzzles, Number puzzles, Brainteasers, Word Play, Rhymes and Picture puzzles.
Surfnetkids
This site could take you the whole summer to peruse!
The AES Bug Club
This site helps you to identify bugs, consult with real and amateur entomologists. From the UK, so we are considered “Overseas”.
The Museum of Unnatural Mystery
A slightly bizarre cyberspace science museum for all ages that looks at questions such as: Are there really flying saucers? What killed the dinosaurs? Is there a Loch Ness monster?
US Treasury for Kids
This is aUS government-created page for kids from the Dept. of the Treasury. The mint site has kids’ games and cartoons. Keep following the kids’ links. It is a great combo of fun things to know.
White House 101
Follow the links and find out more about the President and Vice President and their families. Take the virtual tours and try the quizzes. Can you meet the challenges presented here?
World Walk Travel Adventure
Dave Kunst is the first person verified to have circled the entire earth (with exception of the oceans) on foot.
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512.414.2350