You'll love these weblinks chosen by our expert librarians.
- American Library Association Resources for Parents - Web resources, books and online reference for parents, teens and kids.
- Chillila - Foreign Languages for Kids - A free foreign language learning site for children. Simple games, activities, and resources for learning vocabulary in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, and more.
- Discovery Kids in Spanish - Videos and games featuring favorite characters from Discovery Kids. Also includes helpful information for parents. Videos y juegos que presentan sus personajes favoritos de Discovery Kids. Incluye también información útil para los padres.
- education.com - A site for school-aged children and their parents with access to education-oriented resources of all kinds. Includes a parents' forum page and information about schools and learning readiness. Topics and content arranged by grade level. Issues like bullying and academic pressure addressed also. Some advertising.
- Leading to Reading - RIF's early literacy website “where young children discover the world of reading and grownups enjoy the journey.” Young children can read, sing, play, and explore a variety of subjects and books. Also available in Spanish.
- Little Clickers - Sites selected by "Children's Software and New Media Revue" on dinosaurs, sports, holidays, Harry Potter, food, pets, and a webcam.
- Smithsonian Kids - Smithsonian Kids includes a lot of information and activities about a lot of topics, including dinosaurs, world cultures, animals, outer space, history, and more…many of which are also exhibits at the Smithsonian museums.
- StoryPlace - The Children's Digital Library, with a Pre-School Library, an Elementary Library, and Book Hive. Online activities, booklists, coloring sheets, all in one great site!
Cooking for Kids
- Café Zoom – More kids' cooking activities from Zoom! For kids, by kids. For ages 6 and up; may need a parent's help.
- CHOICE: Children's Cooking Corner – More recipes for children from Citizens For Healthy Options in Education. For children ages 8 and up.
- Cooking with Caillou – Cooking with Caillou! For children ages 6 and up; may need a parent's help.
- KidsHealth - Recipes – Recipes and more from KidsHealth.org. This site contains recipes for many common dietary restrictions including kids with diabetes and celiac disease. For children 8 and up; many recipes call for adult assistance.
King Tut
- Ancient Egypt for Kids - King Tut One.com – King Tut fun geared toward kids. Puzzles, mazes, trivia and more! For children ages 4 and up.
- Color Me Egypt: Activities and Games – Word games, crafts, coloring, and translating your name into hieroglyphics. For children ages 6 and up.
- WebQuest King Tutankhamun: Was it Murder? – A King Tut mystery to solve! Work as a team to find out if Tut was murdered. For children ages 9 and up.