These are fun and interesting links for kids of all ages, toddlers to teens-- something for everyone (even moms and dads).

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Academy of Achievement (This is a biography site that could help with
school reports.  Learn about all kinds of people of notable achievement, from civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks to astronaut Alan Shepard.  Includes video and audio clips.)

The Activity Cupboard's Crafts

The Activity Cupboard’s Fun Snack Ideas

The Activity Cupboard’s Science Activities

Alateen (This is a support group that offers help for kids who have family
members who are alcoholics.)

Alfy (There are fun activities for preschool and elementary kids.  They even have a party planner where you can print out invitations and thank-you notes, create a guest list and find party recipes.)

American Girls Dolls Homepage

The American Library Association’s Great Sites for Kids & Parents (Over
700 websites about all kinds of things that are fun and educational.  A good
place to look when you need help with homework or projects.)

The American Library Association’s Kids Connect (Fill out the form on their site when you need information for school projects and reports.  Just let them know what you need several days before the project is due, and a school librarian will email you with help, usually within 2 days.  Since it takes them
a couple of days, don’t ask for help with something you need to turn in the
next day.)

Art Safari (This is a fun art site for children created by the New York
Museum of Modern Art with animation, visuals and sound, plus a creative
writing section for kids to participate in.)

Arthur: The World’s Most Famous Aardvark (You'll find all types of fun activities and games for little ones.  Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the large list.)

Ask Dr. Science (Ask or research science questions.)

Ask Jeeves For Kids (a search engine to find answers to things)

Barnum’s Animal Cookies site (This Nabisco site has fun games and activities, animal facts, and sometimes has information for great offers on free things like zoo passes.)

Battle.Net (online games)

Beakman’s World (science fun)

Beanie Babies Official Homepage

Ben & Jerry’s (The ice cream company has games, crafts, etc.)

Berit’s Best Sites For Kids (hundreds of links to sites with a variety of
subjects like games, crafts, sports, music, stories, holidays, art, science, math,
history, space, animals and internet safety)

bigchalk (homework help)

Bill Nye The Science Guy

Billy Bear’s Playground (a wonderful, fun site for younger children with
storybooks, games, coloring, excellent clipart for children and much more)

Biography.com (information on 15,000 or more people, past and present, to use for school reports)

BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper (huge list of links for references, news,
math, science, social studies, English, history, foreign languages, music and
arts, plus a list of search engines.)

Body Quest (Kids 11 and up will learn all kinds of things about how the body works and it’s many parts.)

Bonus.com (This is a wonderful supersite for kids with plenty for pre-schoolers to teens.  One of the best sites I’ve seen.  Lots of games and other activites including art, reading, even cool recipes just for kids.  Way too many things to list.  Even adults will have a hard time resisting all the games, if they can just decide which one to play.)

BookHugs (free personalized online story club for children, where you
can create stories starring your child and his or her relatives and friends)

*Brenda’s This & That Educational Links*(2 pages with many links to a variety of educational sites)

Britannica.com (the complete Encyclopaedia Britannica online)

Build A Monster (preschool fun helps young children learn to use the mouse)

Campbell’s Labels for Education Program (Click on “Labels For Education” to learn how to get things for your school like computers and software, P.E. and playground equipment, books and encyclopedia sets, math and science equipment and more by using Campbell’s products that you, your family and friends probably already use.)

Chickadee Net from Chickadee Magazine (for ages 6-9, puzzles, fun, facts, animals and science activities)

The Civil Rights Timeline

Coloringbook.com  (color online or print out pictures to color)

Consumer Product Safety Commission “Kidd Safety” Page (games to teach kids about safety)

Crafting Today - Kids’ Crafts

Crayola (crafts, coloring, stories and games.)

Curio City’s Freezone (You’ll find fun and games, homework help, pet advice, electronic postcards, and opinion polls.  You can even learn how to make your own homepage with lessons written by kids for kids, by clicking on Brainstorm.  Then click on HTML Guide.)

Cyberkids (art, games, multimedia,  music, contests, stories, poetry and more)

Department of Justice Kids Page (Kids in kindergarten through high school can learn about crime prevention, the F.B.I., civil rights, the nation’s 10 most wanted criminals, the federal court system and hateful acts toward children.)

Discovery Online

Disney

Disney’s Family.Com  (crafts, e-cards, stories, outdoor activities, costume making, games, education resources, recipes, parenting info, travel tips and info)

Dotpaint

DoughNet (Have your parents check out this great site.  Your parents can use their credit card to set up an online allowance for you.   Or they can
choose to create an actual online bank savings account that earns
interest.  Your money is saved until you want to use it to buy cool things
for yourself online from kid-friendly merchants, or you can even donate
to charities.  If you already have some money saved up, you can give it to
your parents and they can put that same amount into your shopping
account.  Parents can specify which merchants are approved for
shopping, the times of day the account is accessible, etc.  Also check out
the ICanBuy and RocketCash links on my site.)

Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention

Education By Design Online Activities for Kids  (for kids 5 - 14, games,
stories, poems, puzzles and jokes)

Emmett Scott’s Arts & Activities (drawing lessons, drawing tricks and
crafts)

Enchanted Learning (a really neat LARGE site with lots of fun and
educational things for kids of all ages)

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Explorer’s Club (games,
pictures, stories and other fun things to do for kids ages 5 - 12 to learn
about the environment and how to protect it)

Fact Monster (online dictionary, encyclopedia and homework help)

Family.Com (crafts, e-cards, stories, outdoor activities, costume making,
games, education resources, recipes, parenting info, travel tips and info)

FBI Kids and Youth Educational Page (Learn about forensics, DNA and
polygraph testing, and fingerprints. Guard yourself with information on
child abduction and Internet safety tips.)

FEMA For Kids HOMEPAGE (Federal Emergency Management
Administration - Learn about floods, wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes,
earthquakes, winter storms and other natural disasters in the United
States. You can help your family learn to prepare for a disaster, play games and read stories from children who have been through a disaster. You can
also become a Disaster Action Kid.)

The Food and Drug Administration  Kids’ Home Page

Free Books For Kids (Download books to read on your computer.  Catagories include Fairy Tales, Greek Myths, Frontier Stories, Old West, Biographies.)

The Free Internet Encyclopedia

The Frugal Face (Teens will enjoy the make-up tips that aremoney-saving, fun and creative.)

Fun With The Pillsbury Doughboy (games)

FunBrain.com (educational, interactive games for kids in grades K - 8)

Funorama (lots of fun activities plus reviews of kids’ books)

Funschool.com (fun learning activities for preschool - elementary)

Gamestorm

Getting Real (teen magazine)

Girl Power (The site reinforces positive values among girls ages 9 - 14.  You’ll find games and puzzles, free stuff to order, recommended interesting books for girls, celebrity guests, links to other sites that girls like, tips for making wise choices and more)

Girl Powered Search (the only search engine designed especially for young girls)

Girl Scouts of America (You don’t have to be a Girl Scout to enjoy the fun activities, crafts, information and links.)

Girl Tech (fun and educational)

Girl Zone (teen webzine)

A Girl’s World (This site for girls 7 - 17 features activities, crafts, penpals,
stories, quizzes, news on music and other things of interest to girls, a book club and much more.)

Golden Books (a cute, fun site with interactive online books to read and other activities for the little ones)

Happy Puppy (links to online computer games, plus demos and shareware, news, descriptions and reviews of videogames)

Haunted Homepage Pumpkin Carving (Click on the pattern you like, then print it.  Tape it on your pumpkin and punch little holes along the lines, then carve.  It’s easy!)

Health and Human Services’ Pages for Kids (lots of interesting links)

Heat.Net (online games)

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum Kids Page

HippieShop.com (cool things for teens like clothes and things for your room)

The History Channel (excellent site includes This Day in History, a virtual tour of an Egyptian tomb, weekly quizzes and a Fun and Games section)

The History Guy (well organized links and info for students)

The History Place

Holidays On the Net (Find information on all the holidays that can be
used for school reports, plus crafts, e-cards, a calendar listing the
holidays for this year, links to other holiday sites and more.)

HomeArts’ Rainy Day Projects  (fun things to make from things you
have at home)

Hondo’s interactive online magic card trick (Like the Cave of Magic,
this is really fun and will drive you crazy trying to figure out how it’s done.)

How Stuff Works (The site has previously won the prestigious Coolest Site of the Year award, which is a people's choice award from Cool Site of the Day.  Just what it says, you can learn how all kinds of things work.  You can ask questions and read answers to other peoples questions, and a new article is added each week.)

ICanBuy  (Another great idea for your parents to check out for you, this
site allows parents to use their credit card to set up an online allowance
for you.  The site then saves your money until you want to use it to buy
cool things for yourself online.  Or if you already have some money
saved up, you can give it to your parents and they can put that same
amount into your shopping account.  This site also allows you to set up
your account so that friends or relatives can donate to your account.
You can even donate to charities using your account money.  They have a
very thorough information page for parents to read.  Also check out my links to DoughNet and RocketCash.)

The Imagination Factory (Get many craft ideas to make things using items you would normally throw away.)

Imagine The Universe (NASA’s learning center for young astronomers,
ages 14 and up)

Interior Department’s Kids on the Web (Learn about wildlife species,
shorebirds, great American landmarks, coal mining, the Pacific offshore,
Alaska, the Hoover Dam, and being a Junior Ranger.)

Internet Public Library (One of the best sites you’ll ever find, here’s a place to spend a lot of time learning, having fun, or just exploring.  This is a great site to find just about any subject young people could want to know about.  Subjects include homework help, reading, writing, poetry, comics, science, sports, history and politics, geography, art, music, museums, math, health, computers and internet, career and college, clubs and organizations, dating, make-up and fashion, plus fun and games.  They also have excellent reference sources, exhibits, magazines, newspapers and online texts.)

Inventure Place, the National Inventors Hall of Fame (Learn about the
lives of inventors.)

Kids Domain Christmas Crafts (They have so many really great, fun
crafts for the holidays.)

Kids Domain miscellaneous crafts (a huge amount of great projects)

KidsHealth

Kidstuff Craft Activities

Kidz Homework Helpers (many links for help with art, government, history, literature, math and science)

Kindercrafts (fun craft projects for preschool - elementary ages)

Know the Rules (important information for girls from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)

Knowledge Adventures Features For Kids (games and fun learning activities for preschool through elementary)

KnowledgeRush (Find free books to read online with no downloads required.  Browse the classics or search the library.  They also have links to other online books, dictionaries and thesauri, encyclopedias, almanacs, maps and flags, magazines and more.)

Click here for a lot more links on page 2 (L-Z)