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.
Write Like An Egyptian
See how an Egyptian scribe would have written
your name. Just type in your first name and you will be able to see
it in hieroglyphs.
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!
Teletubbies
Official BBC Teletubbies site. Tubby games, jigsaws, make your own
Tubby custard, Tubby mobile and Tubby flowers, plus tips on using
the Internet with young children, drawings to print out and colour
in and a gallery of children's drawings.
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.
