what kids want

 

Dinosaur Jokes
Lots of dinosaur jokes, plus quizzes, maths games and lots of other dino activities.

Sharks
All the gory details you always wanted to know about sharks, plus shark info sheets, shark classification, geologic time chart and how to make a pop-up shark card.

Thunk
This is great fun for kids and childish adults! Thunk will scramble your secret diary or e-mails to your friends until they unscramble them by visiting the site. Also scrambled jokes.

Alice In Wonderland - An Interactive Adventure
Heaven for lovers of Lewis Carroll's two enchanting books Alice's Adventure's In Wonderland and Through The Looking-Glass. Read An Ode On Alice, check out the White Rabbit's new pocket watch, complete the Wonderland Word Search, play Alice's Guessing Game, make Alice change size and shape in Curiouser and Curiouser, attend a Mad Tea Party, paint the roses red, see the recipe for the Queen of Hearts tarts and lots more fun. Wonderful.

How Stuff Works
This site once won the Coolest Site On The Internet Award, and is the place to visit if you want to know how a steam engine works, or a cell phone, or an aeroplane, or a computer program, or a television, a rocket, your body, compasses, car engines, electric motors, stocks and shares, gears, balloons, web servers and lots more. Amazing resource.

Conjuror Magic Tricks
Instructions for fifteen easy to learn magic tricks for beginners, plus links to card trick sites and other magic places to visit online.

Activity Village
Under 10's need never be bored again with all the activities that can be found at this fun packed site. There are colouring pages, boxes to make up, stationery, doll's house wallpaper, little books, word puzzles, jigsaws, educational worksheets and special pages for holidays. The Links pages are choc full of even more things to make and do.

 

The Science Explorer
Great science site where you can learn how to use shadows to tell the time and make a sun clock, dissect a floppy disk to see what's inside, make a bubble bomb, a periscope, mini-lightning, a pinhole camera, a salt volcano, a glitter ball and more.

Scatty
Over 5,000 jokes for kids of all ages! Animal jokes, doctor doctor, knock knock, monster tales, scary jokes, school jokes, silly jokes and sports jokes. Essential homework excuse: I lost it fighting this kid who said you weren't the best teacher in the world. :0) What part of a football pitch smells the nicest? The scenter spot :0) Why aren't football stadiums built in outer space? There's no atmosphere :0) Why was the little boy unhappy to win first prize for the best costume at the Halloween party? Because he just came to pick up his sister :0)

A Girl's World
Written and edited by 90 girls and teens worldwide A Girl's World has a lot to interest girls everywhere. It is aimed at 7-17 year olds although I personally feel that 10-17 might be a better guide. They will find interviews with successful women, cool things to do, quick crafts, stories, pet talk, sports, poetry and careers plus advice from their peers, penpals, diaries, chat and mail. A good community feel on a site that covers a wide range of interests.

Kid's Domain Craft Exchange
If you like crafts and making things Kid's Domain Craft Exchange is the place for you. You will find instructions on how to make beaded bracelets, midsummer wreaths, seashell mobiles, papermaking, dough, photograph frames, soap making, pot pourri - in fact almost 300 projects sorted by season, so you know exactly where to look for Valentine's Day items or Christmas, Halloween, Easter etc.

Jellybean Magazine
The 'more to do' magazine for teen girls. Games, horoscopes, quizzes, greeting cards, a magic 8-ball and more, plus advice on beauty,food and fitness, dating etc. Have you bean there yet?

Grammar Gorillas
Great little quiz that teaches correct grammar. There are two levels, Beginner, which starts simply with nouns and verbs and Advanced, which incorporates adjectives, adverbs, interjections, prepositions, conjunctions and pronouns. Easy and fun way to learn parts of speech.

Manchester United
Official site of the Red Devils. Take a virtual tour of Old Trafford - see the view from the penalty spot, peep into the boot room and visit the megastore. Read top stories about the club and use the Player Search to find out more about your heroes past and present.

Where Is That?
Great little geography game that can be played on many continents, United States, Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America or the whole world. You can choose from five levels of difficulty. A country is highlighted on the map and you click on it's name or at level five type in the country or state's capital - and spelling counts too! Fun way to find your way around!

Blue Peter
Great UK kids site gives details of current projects and appeals, presenters, Blue Peter badges and the "Here's One I Made Earlier" page with instructions on how to make your own cards, gifts, toys, etc. Also details of recipes featured in the show and links to other sites of interest to children.

Horse Fun
The page for horse and pony lovers everywhere. Learn some horse facts, solve horse puzzles, read a pony tale and test your horse knowledge. Saddle up and ride on in.

The Juggling Information Service
How to juggle, what's new in juggling, links to juggler's home pages. Look out! Catch!

Lil' Fingers Storybooks
A computer storybook site for toddlers. This is a great idea for a rainy afternoon. Just sit your toddler on your knee at the computer and let him or her click through the pages of these colourful story books. Choose from My Mommy, Making Faces, Up In The Sky, Bears In Bed and lots more. Fun java games and colouring pages too.

 

 

The First Christmas Storytime Stickers Activity Book

One hundred stickers help bring the Christmas story to life for little ones as they use them to decorate village scenes, place the manger in the stable and set a bright star in the sky to guide the wise men and shepherds to the newly born baby Jesus.
ISBN 978-1402781872
Published by Sterling Books
RRP £4.99 Available online from Amazon.co.uk

Carpentry Playset

This award winning carpentry playset from SES Creative is excellent for perfecting motor skills and using imagination while having lots of fun. The wooden pieces and plastic pegs can be made into all kinds of models, a windmill, a dog, a house, a robot and anything else children dream up. Sturdy shaped pieces and a wooden hammer provide hours of play value for three to five year olds. The set is available from John Crane Ltd RRP £20 or online at Amazon.co.uk

 

A Christmas Carol

Super edition of the Charles Dickens Christmas classic story illustrated by the wonderful Quentin Blake. Quentin's vivid and entertaining illustrations bring the story to life as Scrooge is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve and learns the true meaning of Christmas.
ISBN-13: 978-1843651659
Published by Pavilion Children's Books. RRP £9.99
Available online from Amazon.co.uk

 

Chuggington - That's the Ticket DVD

Honk Your Horns - Toot! Toot! We're off to the colourful world of Chuggington, where trainee trains, called Chuggers, are learning to become working trains. As they compete in the Chugger Championshop Race, try to give a smooth ride to the examiner in the passenger test, or push snowploughs through a blizzard, the fun and mischief always ends with a lesson learned, and the superb animations appeal to boys and girls too. RRP £12.99 or online from Amazon.co.uk

How To Draw A Happy Witch And 99 Things That Go BUMP In The Night

Enjoy a marvellous Halloween adventure with Little Man, a bold and curious cat, as he makes his way through the woods to a party and learn how to draw the things he encounters on his journey, a mouse, a jack o'lantern, leaves, sweets, a toad, a cake, a delivery truck and lots more. ISBN 978-1402757082
Published by Sterling Books
RRP £6.99. Available online from Amazon.co.uk

 

Tomy Aquadoodle Classic Drawing Toy

Simply fill the Aquadoodle pen with water and start to draw. Not only is it fun but it's also educational, as kids can Aquadoodle underneath the letters of the alphabet running around the outer edge of the mat to magically reveal a picture. R is for Rabbit! Bright fun pictures around the edge also help with letter and number learning and are great to copy for basic writing skills. Aquadoodle can be used over and over again--as the water dries the picture fades and the mat is ready for the next creation. Just £13.39 from Amazon.co.uk