Homework Helper Sites
- My Homework Helper, from My Virtual Reference Desk, categorizes sites of use to students at home.
- KidsClick is a web search for kids by librarians.
- B.J. Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper has more than 700 links to sites around the world that can help with homework.
- KidsConnect—Are you a student looking for information on the Internet for a school report or project? Let KidsConnect, the online question answering and referral service, help you out! KidsConnect also lists Favorite Web Sites for K-12 Students.
- Kid Info is a homework and research assistant organized according to the curricula covered in elementary, middle, and secondary schools throughout the United States.
- World Village Kidz is a great Q&A site to browse, because all the previous questions are listed, with each answer given in the form of a link to a web site.
- StudyWEB is a subscription-based, comprehensive index that categorizes and reviews more than 15,000 educational and reference web sites.
- Study Help offers five free Internet forums (listservs) for students, parents, teachers, and others who want to discuss material in math, science, language arts, social studies, or other subjects in order to give or receive help in understanding them.
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Cool Pages for Kids
For Preschoolers
- PBS Kids
- Children’s Television Workshop has fun Sesame Street activities for preschool children.
- Welcome to Seussville—The Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am, Horton and the Whos, and the rest of the Seuss characters welcome you to this playground in cyberspace. Kids can play games, chat with the Cat in the Hat, win prizes, and find out about new Dr. Seuss books and CD-ROMs.
For School-Age Children
- Nickelodeon has an exciting web site for kids, jam-packed with entertainment, games, sound effects, and animation. Kids start out by personalizing the site by using their creativity to make a personal logo. One notable feature of Nick.com is “The Big Help,” where kids are encouraged to learn about volunteering in their community.
- Bonus.com, an easy-to-use electronic playground, offers one-stop shopping for children looking for useful information and fun activities. The site has hundreds of games and activities, plus a large collection of links to other children’s web sites.
- www.4Kids.org is a weekly feature published in newspapers all over North America. It is designed to help kids (and their parents) find fun, educational, and safe spots to visit on the World Wide Web. Each week the 4Kids staff searches out cool places to go so that kids can spend their online time having fun learning rather than searching.
- International Kids’ Space is a kid-friendly place where young people from around the world share their artwork, stories, and music.
- Kids Pick the Best of the Web features the favorite web sites of children themselves, as chosen in a survey organized by KidsConnect and the American Association of School Librarians.
- HeadBone Zone is sponsored by Kentucky Connect. Log on to the Headbone Zone for exciting adventures and games and fun learning projects.
- PCS Edventures! is a large educational site with more than 200 fun, exciting, hands-on learning activities for children ages 7-18. There is a monthly charge for using this site.
- Safe Surfing Sites lists safe links to meet the needs of parents, administrators, teachers, and librarians for excellent, trustworthy, fun, and informative sites for children on the Internet.
For Teenagers
- KidSurf Online looks like a day at the beach, but it’s also “edutaining.” The site is neatly packaged, with separate sections for younger and teenage audiences. Younger kids can play their favorite sports online at The Sand Court or browse a library full of math, science, English, and art sites in The Lighthouse. Teens can catch up on their favorite teen magazines or discuss almost anything with peers in the ongoing discussion forums.
- Street Skills, a web site for young teenage drivers, accompanies KET’s four-part safe-driving video series.
Sites with More Links for Kids
- Great Sites: Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Wonderful Web Sites for Kids and the Adults Who Care About Them is from the American Library Association. Links range from the Negro Baseball Leagues and the Electronic Zoo to a Club Girl Tech Game Café and the Titanic. Subjects also include standards like the arts, history, science, dinosaurs, games, and other kid favorites. Special features include a Spanish-language collection and sites of special interest to parents, educators, home schoolers, and caregivers. Links to the Library of Congress and a growing number of libraries throughout the U.S. are also provided.
- Berit’s Best Sites for Children links to games, activities, safety lessons, and crafts for kids. Each site has been carefully selected, reviewed, and given a rating.
- Yahooligans
- The Kids on the Web
Kids’ TV Web Sites
Parents’ Information on Safe Internet Use for Kids
