1.A Pioneer's Journey to the Frontier -This site explores the daily life of pioneers who settled in the American West. Learn about their wagon trains, the possessions they took on their journey, food, toys, first-aid, and so on. Uses large print with lots of illustrations.
2.Tower of London Tour for Kids -Join Reginald Raven on this tour of the tower of London. The tour is written clearly and the pictures and sound effects help make the tour quite interesting. When you finish the tour be sure to play the quiz and maze. Quiz reauires a Java capable browser.
3.Ancient Egypt -Examine artifacts at the British Museum to learn about daily life, religion, geography, pharaohs, pyramids, mummification, and more about ancient Egypt. You can also read stories and play games A wonderful site
4.National Museum of American History -There are many virtual exhibits available at this Smithsonian museum site covering topics such as photography, quilts, sweatshops, world cultures, technology, and more. You'll also find a useful timeline and a few children's activities
5.America's Story -This Library of Congress site makes learning American history fun. Jump Back in Time, read interesting State facts, meet Amazing Americans and learn what Americans have done for recreation and entertainment. Throughout the site you'll find original photos, footage, audio clips, as well as quizzes, scavenger hunts
6.Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga -Take a brief tour of this Smithsonian Museum of Natural History exhibit which traces the Viking journeys to Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland, Canada. Check out archaeological artifacts, explore a replica Viking ship using Quicktime VR and watch a video of a this ship sailing the ocean
7.Project Environment: Kids In Action -Read brief descriptions of environmental problems in the Enviro-Info section. The Kidstuff area has a junk pile you can pick through to learn how materials are recycled, tips on how you can help the environment, a word find, and experiments and activities to do at home.
8.Hurricanes -Learn about tropical storms, how they move, how buildings are protected during these storms, how the environment is affected, and more. Features lots of illustrations and photos
9.Geo Mysteries -Help Rex the Dino Detective solve mysteries about floating rocks, a broken necklace and the Gold Cube. You 'll have fun learning about rocks, fossils and minerals. Also check out the geological timeline and the fast FAQs. From the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
10.Earth Science Enterprise: For Kids Only -You may be surprised to discover that NASA studies Earth, not just space. At this site, you'll learn about NASA's studies of weather, the Earth's crust, the planet's water cycle, natural disasters, and more. You can also play games, color online, conduct your own experiments, for grades K-3 and 5-12
11.YellowStone Park -This site has virtual tours of the Park, information about wildlife, and a kids' section with coloring pages and games.
12.Earth to Kids Games -Includes word games and quizzes about the rainforest, recycling and endangered species, plus a concentration matching game and a virtual trash can to dig through
13.Encarta -Includes 16 000 articles from the Encarta encyclopedia plus a world atlas. Articles feature easy-to-read text, pictures, maps, and related Web sites.
14.Word Central -Who would have thought that a dictionary could be so much fun! Word Central is online student dictionary. It also features a kid's word of the day with audio pronunciation and vocabulary-building games and word puzzles. From Merriam-Webster.
15.Little Explorers -Click on letters of the alphabet to view pages in this picture dictionary. Pictures will link you to online connect-the-dots games, Scrambled Dinosaurs, nursery rhymes and stories, as well as hundreds of activities, zoos and museums, arts and crafts, and other educational sites. This site is intended for preschool and elementary school age children.
16.Eyewitness Encyclopedia -View complete Eyewitness books online! These are my very favorite educational books because of their interesting topics and wonderful pictures. Learn about everything from amphibians to witches and wizards. Click on "zoom" to enlarge each page. The smaller print is still difficult to see but you can click on "text" to read it more easily. From Dorling Kindersley Publishers. Awesome:
17.Matchbox Action Central -Check out the hottest models and the vehicle of the week, build your own car in the Custom Auto Body Shop, read the history of Matchbox, visit collectors links, and more.
18.Etch-A-Sketch Cool Games -The Ohio Art toy company offers mazes to print, online puzzles, games, toy history and trivia, and best of all a great interactive version of Etch-A-Sketch! Note: Requires Shockwave.
19.LEGO -This official LEGO site has a kids club, games and puzzles, and lots of information about LEGO products. You must register to join the club and play games.
20.Forensic Files -Help Newton the Beagle solve a mysterious environmental crime using forensic science. On each page you must decide what to do next in order to solve the crime. While you play, you will learn about forensic science through the characters, puzzles, and activities. This game designed for upper elementary age children.
21.Polar Pairs -Match up the animals to learn about their habits and habitats. From the Smithsonian Institution.
22.Kids' Place -The Houghton Mifflin Company presents a collection of educational games for kids. Test your knowledge of our planet with GeoNet, guess the real definitions of words in Fake Out, create Wacky Web Tales, and try some challenging Brain Teaser puzzles.
23.Seussville Games -Play interactive Dr. Seuss Shockwave games with new games added every month
24.Games Kids Play -How do you play Kick The Can, Sharks and Minnows, and Duck Duck Goose? This site presents instructions for playing many kids' games, plus car games and words to jumprope rhymes.
25.Furby -The Games area features a virtual furby, a memory game, an online coloring book, and more. This Web site also has lots of information about collecting.
26.Chateau Meddybemps -A great site with lots of fun learning games and stories for children. This site is well designed
27.KidsJokes.com -Features lots of jokes, riddles, knock knock jokes, and puzzles.
28.Learning Planet -This site has a growing collection of interactive learning games for math, reading, geography and just plain fun. There are areas for children in pre-K, and grades 1-3 and 4-6.
29.Pokemon World -This great site has links, as well as original Pokemon games, crafts, printable activity pages, riddles, and more
30.Hotwheels -This is mostly an advertising site for Hot Wheels products, but there are some fun online racing games and color birthday party invitations that you can create and print.
31.FunSchool -Funschool has lots of great educational games and activites. New material is added often. There are areas for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade. Topics include math and reading, concentration, spot-the differentce, coloring, the environment, seasons, animals, food groups, and more.
32.Ask Jeeves for kids -This unique search engine is made especially for kids. When you search, Jeeves will return a list of related questions that you can pick from. The questions will lead to Web pages that have been carefully reviewed and "G-rated." If you use the Metasearch, listed below in your results, Jeeves will find a few sites using major search engines and screen the results using SurfWatch. A winner of the 1998 PC Magazine Editors Choice Award.
33.Boowa and Kwala -At this colorful site you can read illustrated stories, play games, color online, send animated greeting cards, jigsaw puzzles, and more. This site uses Flash and has lots of music, sounds and animations. Available in English and French. For children up to age 6. There are now other areas for children up to 10 years old.
34.MaMaMedia -This great kids' site has lots of activities, games, story puzzles, and its own directory of kids' Web sites.. This colorful, interactive site has lots of graphics and requires a Java capable browser, RealAudio, Shockwave and VDO Live. For kids ages 5 to 10.
35.The Kids Corner network -Join Pigeroo, Topper, Stevely and friends to read illustrated stories, play games, solve puzzles, print coloring pages, and more.
36.Bonus.com -This is one of the hottest kids' sites on the Net. You'll find lots of original games, activities, quizzes, and an online magazine. There are also hundreds of reviews of quality sites for kids.
37.Official Poke'mon website -This official Pokemon Web site has information on cards, games, cartoons, comics and other products. The Pokedex Encyclopedia has stats about Pokemon, their powers, and so on.
38.KIDDONET -Kiddonet offers games, jokes, interactive comics, a graffiti drawing area, facts about animals, homework links, and more. Safety features prevent children from surfing beyond the recommended links. You must register to use this site. Uses Shockwave and some activities are designed to work only using Internet Explorer. For children 4 to 13
39.Disney Coloring Pages -Coloring pages based on Disney TV shows
40.Crayola website -Crayola Creativity Central
41.yahooligans -Around the World Countries, Food, Holidays... School Bell Lang. Arts, Math, Social Studies... Arts & Entertainment TV, Movies, Jokes, Music... Science & Nature Space, Animals, Dinosaurs... Computers & Games Games, Web, Screensavers... Sports & Recreation Baseball, Outdoors, Wrestling...
42.kidsdomain -Brain builders, holidays, online games, Poke'mon, download games, crafts, contests, icons, surf safe, more sites, kids can program, playplace
43.Bill Nye, The Science Guy -Bill Nye, The Science Guy from Disneys television
44.Just 4 Kids -Just 4 Kids has the links to take you where you want to go. Color pictures, play games, learn about frogs and dinosaurs -- you'll find all kinds of fun when you visit Just 4 Kids!