The Kids on the Web: Fun Stuff II

• Yak's Corner is a fun, very visual, interactive news magazine for kids. An educational tool in disguise, it includes jokes and news stories. Ever seen a Yak wink at you? You might here...
  
• Convomania is a cool place where kids can meet online and share their stories, their illnesses and their challenges.
  
• Greece, NY elementary school has set up an Exhibit of Artwork by their elementary students. You can see paintings, chalk renderings, computer grahpic designs, and more by students in grades K-5.
  
• Winnie the Pooh -- an Expotition lets you travel through Hundred Acre Woods, use a coloring book, and more.
  
• Explore information on the many museums, galleries, and research centers at the Smithsonian Institution.
  
• American Memory, offered by the Library of Congress, will let you search through all sorts of texts and other archived materials from the library, browse through its various collections, or learn how to really use the whole set!
  
• WebMind is the Web version of the old, ever popular family MasterMind game, where the objective is to find right combination of colours.
  
• Learn about all kinds of animals when you visit the Electronic Zoo!
  
• You can make a splash and help Give Water A Hand! Join young people from around the country who are learning about water in their communities and what they---and you!---can do!
  
• The USS Jaguar is designed to be like a fictitious starship named Jaguar. There anyone under 18 can join the crew and participate in their adventures. Its mission is to boldly go where no kid has gone before.
  
• Shows, games, questions, and things about CBS kids' shows are available in the CBS KIDZONE.
  
• Kyle's Kool Kid's Stuff has a great collection of homework helpers, college and career information as well as a lot of random fun stuff.
  
• Not just adults do it, Kids Vote too! A Silicon Valley site will let you do things like take part in the presidential elections, learn about how voting actually works, or visit an interactive chat room where students can debate issues that are important to their generation.
  
• The Supersite for Kids has games, coloring books, puzzles, animals and much more.
  
• Josiah's Home Page is quite the site, with games, a guest book, sports, and other fun features.
  
• Rudy Reindeer's site is full of fun stuff for kids! It has reviews, cartoons, films, makeovers, books, great links, games, online activities and recipes. Rudy is getting lots of good mail from kids and schools everywhere.
  
• A great Mall for Kids has a trading post (cards and collectibles), contests, games, and stores with products for kids.
  
• Benny Goodsport is a fitness clown who teaches kids that healthy living and fitness is fun. The pages include lots to see and do.
  
• KidsNation is a kids palace and especially designed for children! Your very own place to visit with your friends, classmates, and to meet friends from all over the world. They offer games, safe Internet chat, and a study area where you can find different resources that are available out on the Net. You have to download some software to be able to use it, though.
  
• If you've seen Sesame Street, you definitely know Grover, one of its loveable characters. This page dedicated to him has picture gallery, sounds, quotes, color in pages, info and book reviews.
  
• GusTown is a safe online virtual village where kids can play and explore. Hosted by the popular Gus and the CyberBuds this site offers several shockwave games, quicktime cartoons, original songs and lots of fun activities.
  
• Cloud 9 Interactive has a site based upon their two ``edutainment'' CD-ROM games for children, ``How to Draw the Marvel Way'' and ``Wanna Be a Dino Finder''. Characters from the titles host games, puzzles and contests for children, as well as a section for parents and educators on teaching kids about paleontology.
  
• MacScouter is the world's second largest WWW site of Scouting resources. You can find gross songs, campfire songs, skits, shaggy dog stories, and a new games resource as well.
  
• Jungle Jim likes animals so much, he has pictures of cute animals, a ``Jungle Jim'' song, games to play, or even better, will take questions about animals, and try to find the answer for you. You can look at the letters and drawings of animals from other kids as well.
  
• Bry-Back Manor does special things for holidays. It was designed for folks with young children or children with special needs.
  
• A set of pointers to Web sites just for kids has been put together by Walker Elementary School. You'll have a lot of fun checking out their choices. (This page is even one of them, believe it or not!)
  
• Warner Bros. Kids Page sports information about movies, TV shows, cartoons, you name it. You can visit your favorite Warner Bros. cartoon characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, all of them!
  
• The StringFairy chronicles the adventures of Hopper, a young fairy with an unusual problem: his feet are so large he is unable to fly! Owlsly, a girl fairy, tells you the story of her very unusual friend.
  
• Created for elementary and secondary school students and teachers who would like to learn more about the nervous system, Neuroscience for Kids includes experiments and activities, lets you explore the nervous system, and find other resources for teaching neuroscience.
  
• The ZIA Resources are similar to the Yahooligans---everything you might want to find for fun on the Internet, all gathered together in one well-organized setting.
  
• The Kids' Shareware site will tell you about the shareware and freeware that's out there. You can find commercial demos, reviews of children's programs, and even games. The programs listed are recommended by parents and teachers, and often tested by their own family.
  
• You've heard of Curious George, right? If you check out Houghton Mifflin Interactive, a publisher of quality interactive CD-ROMs for all ages, you'll find things about our favorite monkey, learn about the Awesome Monster Archive, and see a collection of stuff about The Polar Express.
  
• Check out Professor Bubbles' Bubblesphere to see the award-winning bubble show.
  
• Jason and the Kodikats is a fantasy written for children who are still living in make believe or who are still able to make believe. You can download a zipped-up copy of the unpublished manuscript that was created with Word 6.
  
• The KID List is a list of a number of links that kids and their parents might enjoy. (KID stands for Kid Internet Delight.)
  
• Join the CyberKids, a virtual place for kids to share their thoughts and ideas with each other.
  
• Kids in school are invited to Help Build A Better Theme Park. "Designers" are invited to develope exhibit/attraction proposals for FUTUREPLACE!, a fictitious chain of international theme parks.
  
• Susie Hodges has set up the Kids Crambo, a great word games page.
  
• Heather, 9 years old, has her own home page, offering a lot of ``kid-type'' links.
  
• Want to go on an underwater diving adventure in the Galapagos? Escape the deadly chomp of the scariest sharks in the sea? Help some freaky fishes finish their family album? Visit an aquarium in cyberspace? Go to Underwater World and bring your fastest fins!
  
• KidPub is a place for children to publish stories on the World Wide Web and to read stories published by others. There are some real gems here, written by some very gifted kids.
  
• A site along the same lines---kids writing for kids---is available by reading the MidLink, the electronic magazine for kids in the middle grades.
  
• Along with Uncle Bob's page, for an absolute blast, look at The Children Page in Italy. It was written and designed specifically for kids to enjoy.
  
• Splash Kids Online Magazine is a funny, fast-paced environment where new things happen every day. It is a place where kids can come to play games, expand their minds, and make new friends.
  
• The Walt Disney Company has a web site for many of their movies, including movie clips, still pictures, and tons of information related to them.
  
• The Canadian TV series Theodore Tugboat is about a cheerful tugboat who likes to be friends with everyone. Life in his playful Big Harbour community is always changing, and whatever each new day brings, Theodore likes to do the things that friendly tugboats do. There's lots to do and see here about Theodore and his many floating friends.
  
• What, you can find out about Legos on the Internet?? Yes, believe it or not.
  
• Kid's Window is a a virtual village on the World Wide Web where children can explore Japanese language and culture. This multimedia, educational homepage uses colorful pictures and audio throughout the site for easy navigation as well as for encouraging children to learn about foreign cultures.
  
• Most kids have heard about it (or maybe even seen a movie about it); now you can visit the US Space Camp/US Space & Rocket Center online before you go there in the summer!
  
• As a play with their imaginations, perhaps they'll be intrigued by Choose Your Own Adventure Story.
  
• At the Kidlopedia you'll find a global children's encyclopedia written by kids for kids.
  
• The Global Show-n-Tell virtual exhibition will let kids show off their favorite projects, possessions, accomplishments or collections to kids (and adults) around the world. There's a new Wings exhibition, which offers links to information about a few of the many endangered bird species, which complement wonderful artwork from some very talented kids.
  
• "Navigating the Information Superhighway" is a program to increase computer awareness and scientific interest among 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students through hands-on computer activities, innovative videos, and exciting demonstrations.
  
• From Give Children a Chance you can visit a Wooden toys exhibit, volcanoes, The Marvelous Land of OZ, and more. This is a great collection of sites gathered together with children in mind.
  
• In Carlos' Coloring Book you just pick a picture, pick a color, and then click where you want to color. In an instant, your mouse becomes a virtual crayon and part of your picture is filled in! If you don't like it, you can change it. When you're done, you can save it.
  
• At the Cyberspace Middle School you travel around the Internet in style. Take a spin on Navigating the Information Super Highway by clicking on a street signs. There are also Topics of Interest for kids, linking you to sites where birds, reptiles and bugs live.
  
• In Britain, you'll find the Children's Page: Stories, Poems, Pictures and Sounds, a fun page put together by an entire family.
  
• In the Netherlands, you can find Kermit, Miss Piggy, and all the rest of the Muppets.
  
• Look at Onramp Access Kids Page for stuff about different cartoon shows, images of a live iguana, learning about the solar system, and more.

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