Here some Quotations by Subject: Children by famous authors, actors and other famous people.
Monday, February 13, 2006
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Yahoo! Family Accounts
Yahoo! has a page with information especially for parents of children that surf the internet concerned about how to deal with it and what to watch out for. Here are some of the topics.
- Surfing as a Family Adventure
- Safe Communication
- Why Bother?
- Creating a Family Pledge
- Sample Family Pledge for Online Safety
- Surfing with the Entire Family
- Choosing an ID with your Child
- Public Profiles and Aliases
- Inappropriate Materials
- Reading and Understanding a Privacy Policy
Go to Yahoo! Family Accounts to learn more.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Kids' Stuff
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized, annotated list of over 2500 sites to help educators, teachers, and parents enhance instruction and support the curriculum. The Guide is hosted at a site run by the Discovery Channel called discoveryschool.com. Here is an alphabetical list of the links in their system.
- Ask Jeeves for Kids ...ask a question to this directory of carefully picked sites for students; fun to use!
- Bill Nye, The Science Guy...a site devoted to science and Bill Nye's television show
- BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper ...an online database of resources to help students with their homework
- Brain Teasers...a weekly posting of items for grades 3-8 to encourage problem-solving skills
- Cedar Falls Public Library : Cool Kids' Sites...simply a list of sites for kids; no order, but lots of good choices
- Chicago Public Schools StudentZone...access to resources, online projects to complete, and tutorials make this site worthwhile for students of all ages
- CIA Kids Page...a well-done site that explains the role of the CIA, and leads to information about countries and other interesting facts
- Cybrarian ...a site for grades 3 to 8 with homework help sites, science fair project sites, and much more
- Crayola Crayon Home Page ...a commercial site including contests and a Crayola Kids Magazine
- Disney.com...hundreds of links to all things Disney -- movies, television, theme parks, etc.
- Fact Monster ...reference materials, fun facts and features, and homework help for students
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE): Welcome, Students!...a selection of sites, created by the Federal Government, to help students in their studies
- Fun for Kids by Jen...a nice list of games and projects for kids
- Game Kids...a site for kids of all ages to learn and exchange non-computer games and activities
- Game Kids...a site for kids of all ages to learn and exchange non-computer games and activities
- G.A.T.E.S. : Global Access to Educational Sources...a set of lengthy, classified lists designed for middle school students to use for research
- Girl Scouts of the USA ...learn all you ever wanted to know about the history and present-day activities of the Girl Scouts
- Global Show and Tell ...links to sites highlighting students' works on the Internet
- HomeworkSpot ...a well-done online homework resource center developed by educators, students, parents and journalists
- How Stuff Works ...find out how some common things like radar and electric motors work
- Information Please Factmonster ...a fact-filled site with ready reference information for students
- Internet Kids and Family Yellow Pages : Hotlists ...visit the top sites identified by an author of a kid's guide to the Internet
- Kid Crosswords and Other Puzzles...crossword and other puzzles to print out and solve
- Kidland...plenty of well-organized, good links for kids and parents to visit
- Kids' After School Clubhouse...targeted for grades 3-8, this site from Houghton Mifflin includes a brain-teaser contest, a reading contest, a weekly word find, online games, and more
- Kids Domain Downloads...a list of shareware programs for kids, grouped by age level
- Kids' Korner...a fun site for kids which includes educational sites, reading material, places to visit, things to do, TV, music, and toys
- KidsClick!...an absolutely awesome collection of sites to help you find information
- KidsCom...a communications playground for kids ages 4-15
- KidsHub.org ...an educational portal for upper elementary school and middle school students which includes free online interactive learning games, puzzles, and quizzes
- KidsKonnect.com...a gateway of hundreds of sites dealing with topics of interest for students
- Learn to Juggle...these online lessons and animations will have you juggling in no time
- Little Explorers...an online picture dictionary with links; for primary students
- M&M Studios...visit with the candy, play some games, take a tour of the factory, and lots of fun stuff at this site for kids
- Multnomah County Library Homework Center...a useful set of links, organized by the topics that students need for homework help
- Mr. Potato Head...build this famous toy on the Internet
- National Geographic World Online...learn world facts, read articles from the magazine, and visit places around the globe
- NIEH Kids' Pages: Song-along Songs ...lyrics, midi files, and additional information for hundreds of classic children's songs
- NYPL On-Lion for Kids...a great set of links to literary and Internet links put together by the New York Public Library
- Ology ...the American Museum of Natural History's site for kids containing fun and educational activities about astronomy, biodiversity, Einstein, genetics, marine biology, paleontolgy, and much more
- Peanuts Comic Strip...visit all your favorite Peanuts characters; find out about their history and more information about this popular comic strip
- Professor Bubbles' Bubblespace...learn everything about bubbles from the history of bubbles to how to make them successfully
- Scouting Online...an unofficial Boy Scout page with links to many items of interest for scouts
- String Figures...learn how to form "Cat's Cradle" and "Jacob's Ladder" with these lessons
- Surfing the Net with Kids...quite a few topic-based list of links for for kids to visit; new links weekly
- Thunk.com...a fun, intereactive secret message site for kids with information about cryptography included
- Time Magazine for Kids...the kids' version of this weekly magazine
- Wacky Web Tales...a MadLibs style game with funny results
- World Almanac for Kids...an easy-to-use, ready-reference tool for students of all ages
- Word Search Puzzles...many word search topics to choose from; print them out!
- Yahooligans...Yahoo's Internet directory for kids
- Yahooligans : Homework Answers...a directory of sites to help students answer their homework questions
- You Can with Beakman and Jax...a great science site for kids who love Beakman
- Younger Superstars ...links to all types of interactive educational games for the youngest students
- ZeekGames: List of Games.... a huge assortment of Java-based and Shockwave-based educational and fun games for children
©1995-2006 Kathleen Schrock. All rights reserved.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Missouri Department of Conservation - Kids
Play the Leaf Invaders game, or visit the No MOre Trash! Web site for information on how you can help clean up Missouri! And don't forget to check out the most recent issue of Outside In from the Missouri Conservationist.