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4Kids TV www.4kids.tv/games 4Kids TV brings you games with characters from One Piece, Kirby, Mew Mew Power and Sonic X. A+ Math Games www.aplusmath.com/games/index.html Play Matho (Math + Bingo), Concentration and Hidden Picture to work on your addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts! Join the Hall of Fame if you get a good score! Afro-Americ@ Kids' Zone www.afro.com/children/children.html Learn about Africa while playing games and solving brain teasers. The site also includes myths and fables from around the world, as well as information and facts about Africa. Some games require Shockwave 5, which you can download with a link from the site. Alfy http://www.ALFY.com/ Here is "the largest web portal for kids," allowing them to safely and easily experience everything the cyber world has to offer including interactive stories, games, crafts, activities, and much more. Check out the Brain Train, which helps with your ABCs and 123s. Or, Music Mania, where you can play, record, and listen to different musical instruments. And even, Storyville, for magical cyber adventures. Alice in Wonderland: An Interactive Adventure http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/wonderland/index.htm Welcome to Wonderland! Here you will enjoy activities with Alice and her Wonderland friends! Lewis Carroll's two Alice Books, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. American Girl: Fun for Girls http://www.americangirl.com/fun.html Cool stuff for girls. Animorphs http://scholastic.com/animorphs/ You can download a free interactive Animorphs game or screensaver and preview new books in the series. Arthur and Friends http://pbskids.org/arthur/ Arthur and D. W. invite you to participate in a variety of activities with their friends.Beat the Dictionary Game http://www.randomhouse.com/features/rhwebsters/ "Are you a word expert? Play the game and see if you can beat the Dictionary." Boston University's Inteactive Web Games http://scv.bu.edu/miscellaneous/games.html Lots of games you can play on the Internet, either alone or with someone else over the network. Minesweeper and more! Build-A-Prairie http://www.bellmuseum.org/distancelearning/prairie/build/ind... Plant grasses and flowers, then choose the birds and mammals that will help your prarie survive. Watch what happens! This is a great way to learn about ecosystems. CBBC - Online Games http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/index.shtml CBBC presents a collection of online sports games, activities, puzzles, and more. Count Your Chickens http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/cyc/cyc.htm NOTE FROM NOLA: This site does not allow you to use the back button. "Count Your Chickens is a free Shockwave game for preschoolers to play online. You see a screen of animals and it asks 'How many?' Then you click on your choice from three numbers given." Crayola Color Corner http://www.crayola.com/colorcensus/ At this site, you can learn all about color, take quizzes on color, find ideas for crafts to make, print out pages to color, send colorful electronic cards, and learn about the Crayola Factory at Two Rivers Landing. Most activities require free registration. Dinosaurs http://www.childrensmuseum.org/ Dinosaur information and photographs of dinosaur bones. Disney Online http://home.disney.go.com/ Lots of fun things to do and learn. Family Education Network: Kids Games http://www.fekids.com/kln/games/ A wide variety of arcade style games to choose from as well as jokes, word puzzles, trivia games and more! Some games even have grade levels to choose from! Kids World Fun & Games http://www.northvalley.net/kids/fungames.shtml Here's a list of interactive, online games you can play. Funbrain.com http://www.funbrain.com/ Have fun with math, science, history, geography, and play other games too! There is even stuff for Parents and Teachers. FunRanch.com http://www.funranch.com/ Fun interactive games for the whole family. Need Shockwave and Flash. Ghosts in the Castle! http://www.nationalgeographic.com/castles/enter.html "Greetings traveler. Before you looms a stone castle, built in Britain during the 1300s. ... Castle life endured for centuries until gunpowder overpowered armor and stone. Now we know castles only as museums or ruins. But, as you'll see, castle dwellers still haunt these halls. As you explore, click on them to learn their secrets. Poke around on your own too; each room holds surprises." Inkless Tales http://www.inklesstales.com/ Listen to cool stories online, build a beast in the game section, read poems, and have lots of fun at this amazing website. Games, stories, poems, and music - Inkless Tales has it all. Check it out! Awarded an American Library Association "Great Web Sites" Recommendation. Kaboose: Kid's Domain Online Games http://resources.kaboose.com/games/index.html Tons of games at this site. Some games require a Java enabled browser or the Shockwave Plug-in. Kids / Games http://www.cbc.ca/kids/games/ Play online games including 3 on 3 hockey, soccer shootout, BMX, handball, snowboarding, and others Kids' Castles http://www.kidsonthenet.org.uk/castle/ "The home page has an aerial view of the castle. Clicking on a part of the view takes you to that part of the castle. You will find out about the people that lived there and what they did. Sometimes there will also be more information about an aspect of castle life, a game to play or puzzle to solve, or something YOU can do to add to the fun of Kids' Castle." Kids' Place @ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Education Place http://www.eduplace.com/kids/ You can make your own Wacky Web Tale, test your brain power or play other games that have graded levels of difficulty. KidsCom http://www.kidscom.com/ Come here to play games, get craft ideas, send a cyber postcard, meet other kids online, learn about world holidays, write a story, or do lots of other fun activities. Kinetic City http://www.kineticcity.com/ Lots of cool ways to have fun with science. Lawrence Hall of Science - Kids' Corner http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/kids/ Learn about science with fun games and fascinating facts. Requires Shockwave. Learn to Read http://www.starfall.com/ Includes phonics skills, alphabet, short stories, and printable pages. Literacy Center http://www.literacycenter.net/ Learn the basics of English, Spanish, German, and French at the preschool level. LooneyTunes.com http://looneytunes.warnerbros.com/web/kids/kids.jsp Play a variety of games and puzzles just for fun. Magic School Bus http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/ Everyone loves Ms. Frizzle and the many adventures she takes us on. Merpy.com http://www.merpy.com/ "Welcome to the animated, musical, and interactive tales of Merpy, Jeremy Dragonfly, and more! This fun website has a new story every month, fun activities, and other adventures." Muppets.com http://muppets.go.com/main.html NOTE FROM NOLA: This site does not allow you to use the back button. Go to Muppets.com and visit Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the gang. Click on "Map" for games. NASA Space Place http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/ A cool site to play games, watch animations, create craft projects, and learn fun facts about Earth, space and technology. Neopets http://www.neopets.com/ A great virtual pet site! Create and care for your very own neopet! Feed, groom, read to, and watch your pet grow. Official Nintendo Site http://www.nintendo.com/ You'll find codes, reviews, previews and strategies for Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS games, and support for those systems and older systems (Game Boy, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Game Cube). Pauly's Playhouse http://www.paulysplayhouse.com/ This site is filled with fun Flash-based games aimed at younger kids. Included in the site are interactive coloring pages, crosswords, sound games, and a lab with "games and activities for kids who like monsters and freaky things!" PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/ Play games, read stories, listen to music and color with your favorite characters from hit PBS kids shows. Play Kids Games http://www.playkidsgames.com/ Learn about the alphabet, space, math and logic while playing games. Playstation http://www.us.playstation.com/ Official company site with store and reviews of games and previews of new hardware and games. Post Cards from Buster (PBS) http://pbskids.org/buster/ Follow Buster as he travels around the United States. Learn fun facts, play games, sing songs, look up a recipe, and enjoy virtual tours. Prongo.com http://www.prongo.com/ This site, from Australia, makes learning fun with such games as Lemonade Larry, Hatch and Match, Farm Stand, and more. Iincludes mazes, word find, puzzles, tic tac toe, and other interactive games. Punky Doodle's Coloring Club and Funhouse http://www.pdoodle.com/ Punky Doodle is a cat with an attitude, but his owners have put together this website in his honor where they want to present good clean fun. Print off the coloring pages right from the site, or join the club free to enter the funhouse for lively games, stories, puzzles, jokes, and the arcade. Or you can visit the Clubhouse to send letters to Punky and print out a cool Membership certificate. You will need the latest Macromedia Flash player (available free) to use Punky's website. Quiz Hub http://QuizHub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm Quiz Hub, formerly Kidsub.org, "is a noncommercial portal to excellent free online learning activities for elementary and middle school students. It includes educational games, puzzles, and quizzes." Rubik's: The Only Official Site http://www.rubiks.com/ Play Rubik's Cube and other games online. Sesame Street http://www.sesamestreet.org/home/ Play and learn with all your favorite Sesame Street characters. Seussville http://www.seussville.com/ Are you a Dr. Seuss fan?  Then you will enjoy Seussville.  It has several games, color pages, and directions for creating fun at home. Sheppard Software - Online Games and More http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_menu.htm Learn about world continents, countries and oceans at this fun website. Free web games also include vocabulary, United States geography, chemistry and trivia. Fun, educational games for all levels! Sid's Online Safety Guide http://www.bizzikid.co.uk/sosguide/safetyguidestart.html Sid's Online Safey Guide has been created in Scotland by the kids' website BizziKid and Live Wire Productions, a theatre in education company. Through the Internet Safety guide, which is a musical production aimed at 8-12 year olds, kids can learn about safe surfing on the internet. Other features include games and activities. Sid's Online Safety Guide requires Flash. SparkTop.org http://www.sparktop.org/home.html Play online games. Take quizzes. Connect with other kids. Create and share art, photos, writing and recordings. Free registration by parents required for many activities. Sports Illustrated Online Games http://www.sikids.com/games/index.html Play lots of cool games online. Beat out the competition and save your high scores! Sudoku Collection For Kids http://www.sudokucollection.com/sp/Kids_Sudokux.html Do you like the new game Sudoku? Check out this site with printable Sudoku puzzles for kids! Surfing the Net with Kids http://www.surfnetkids.com/ This web directory is great for children and teens. It takes the best Internet sites for children of all ages (and their parents) an organizes them into easy-to-find subject headings. There are literally thousands of sites that one can access through this website. It can be a great help with your homework, or it can help you find fun games on through its Directory of Kids Games. This is one place on the Internet to stop and find tons of information! Time Warp Trio http://www.timewarptrio.com/ This site features information and games associated with the kid’s television show, "Time Warp Trio" featured on Discovery Kids Channel. Kids can learn history and play games at the same time. Yahoo Kids Games http://kids.yahoo.com/games Play online versions of many games and puzzles, including arcade games, puzzles, card games and many more.
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