Cool kids’ websites

Keeping your kids occupied and entertained while they’re home over Spring Break can be challenging. When you can’t do activities together, you can still provide them with educational and inspirational resources they can explore online. There are many great web sites designed to stimulate your child’s natural curiosity about the world and help them learn in fun and fresh ways. Here are some cool web sites to visit:

• NASA Kids Club offers images, videos and interactive features from the unique perspective of America's space agency.
• Kid's Planet includes facts, games, a teacher's section and even information on how kids can act to save endangered species.
• Discovery Kids is a great kids’ portal, with lots of fun interactive games, videos and information about various shows on the Discovery network.
• National Geographic Kids is one of the best sites on the Web for kids, featuring games, cartoons and even a printable colouring book.

Internet Reading Resources
As you might expect, the Internet has a wealth of beginning reading activities and books. This list is just a place to start, there are many others.

STARFALL
This site has a wide variety of interactive activities from very beginning letter sounding to full reading books.  Many activities can be done on the computer and many also have options to make print out materials to go with the computer activities.

TOON BOOKS
This site has several different levels of comic type books to read in a variety of languages. You can have the book read to you, or click on words and phrases to hear them. Lots of other neat tools to explore.

MAGIC KEYS
This site has several books to read together. No sound.

MIGHTY BOOK - A wide variety of books read to you and activities.  Several are free, others you have to subscribe to.

STORY SOMETHING - Books to read with your child that can be personalized ith their name or a friend’s name, before you start.

LIGHT UP YOUR BRAIN
These stories can be read to you or you can download Them and put them on your mp3 or iPod.

STORYLINE ONLINE
These stories are read to you by members of the screen actors guild.