Just For Kids

On-Line Magazines

• Time for Kids
  A news magazine for children, this site covers current events and sports, and it offers challenging games.
• National Geographic World
• National Geographic’s online magazine for children with articles, cartoons, and games.
• Ranger Rick
  This on-line version of a popular children’s magazine offers homework help, articles and activities.
• Cricket Magazine Group!
  Website for the Cricket Magazine Group thatincludes: Cricket, Spider, Ladybug and Babybug.
• EEK!
  For children in grades 4-8, this electronic magazine explores environmental education.

Activities and Games

• Story Cove
  Children can listen to or watch a story unfold on this site. Story Cove folktales come from a variety of cultures and places. They share timeless values and simple, universal lessons.
• Hoodamath.com
  Hooda Math is all about making math fun. Visit the games page to play math games which help reinforce math concepts. Watch a tutorial to learn math concepts.
• Familyfun.com
  From Family Fun magazine…lots of crafts and holiday ideas.
• pbskids.org
  PBS site for kids that includes learning games, paint box, and links to PBS shows.
• storyplace.org/storyplace.asp-StoryPlace,
  An interactive website providing children with the virtual experience of going to a library. StoryPlace currently consists of two libraries, the Preschool Library and the Elementary Library.
• Nickelodeon
  A website with games, videos and music for kids

History and Government

• Best History Websites
  History portal created for students, educators, and history enthusiasts.
• CNNfyi.com
  CNN site for students and teachers with lots of homework resources and current events program support.
• History Net
  Historical information and access to history related online publications.
• Presidents of the U.S.
  Resource on U.S. Presidents created by Internet Public Library.
• Stately Knowledge
  Information about each of the 50 states, facts, and historical dates.
• Time for Kids
  News magazine for children covering current events and sports.

Homework Help

• Ask Dr. Universe
  From Washington State University…answers questions on many topics.
• Ask Jeeves for Kids
  Search engine that uses natural language algorithms. Also searches Yahooligans, Google Safesearch and Education World.
• Awesome Library
  Over 17, 000 on-line resources organized by topic in 5 languages.
• Fact Monster
  Almanac, dictionary, and encyclopedia from Information Please Almanac.
• High School Ace
  Detailed reference collection with monthly features.
• Homework Spot
  Links by subject for all ages.
• Zoom School
  On line classroom.

Math

• Allmath.com
  For elementary and middle school…flash cards, metric conversion, multiplication tables, etc.
• AAAmath.com
  Find explanations of mathematical topics, practice problems, and challenging games organized by topic and grade level.
• Coolmath.com
  This site is fully interactive and allows the user to sharpen basic math skills, play math-related games and explore new math concepts.

Reading and Writing

• Children’s Book Council
• Funbrain.com
  Spelling games for elementary children
• Kidsreads.com
  Reading suggestions, games, and activities
• Tumblebooks
  Read-along to your favorite stories, watch videos, play games and explore books in other languages

Science

• Enchanted Learning
  Information about animals and habitat
• Madsci.org
  Ask a scientist archives for elementary age
• National Geographic World
  Web resources for science experiments
• Your Science Fair Project Guide
  Web resources for science experiments