Children and Adolescents
Super Sites for Internet Play
Below are some candidates for play and information that focus on specific
age ranges. How would you rate them? What criteria should be used to evaluate
sites for Elementary and Middle Level use? For secondary use? How should
these criteria differ between sites? The sites listed below are in the
random order in which I have been finding them.
Recent Hot Pick:
Elementary (K-6 or 8)
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Funschool.com, top rated site for
kids ages 2-11
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Cyberkids The mission of Cyberkids
is to provide a voice for young people on the Internet. We accomplish this
in two ways. First, we publish original creative work by kids ages 7 to
12. Second, in the "Kids Connect" area of Cyberkids, we provide chat rooms
and message boards where kids can communicate with their peers. If you
have teenagers in your family, you may want to direct them to our other
site, Cyberteens.
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Berit's Best Sites
For Children "This is a directory of safe, recommended Web sites for
children up to age 12. Each selected site has been carefully reviewed and
given a rating out of 5."
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Aunt Annie's Craft Page. for those
kids into crafts, visitors can make sticker and other art.
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Kid's Space, post artwork,
meet pen pals, and read secret messages.
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Tic-Tac-Toe and more,
run by Boston University.
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Kids Web "Kid's Web goal
is to present students with a subset of the Web that is very simple to
navigate, and contains information targeted at the K-12 level. Each subject
section, contains a list of links to information that is understandable
and interesting to school kids. There are also links to external lists
of material on each subject which more advanced students can browse for
further information."
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Volcano World.
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Lego World.
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Lego newsgroup, discuss your creations
with other builders.
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Theodore Tugboat, interactive
story with characters from the cartoon show; pages to download and color.
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Muppets.
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alt.tv.muppets, a newsgroup.
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a Disneyland fan's Web page.
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Disney's Land, Disney style.
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Disneyland.
Middle Level (6-8)
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Discovery Channel Online. Discovery
Channel provides video broadcasts over cable television.
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Cyberteensan online magazine with
features, free software and a place for the over-1 crowd to hang-out.
Yahoo's
list of Directories of Sites for Kids
Other search terms to find more: List of Interactive Games;Internet
Public Library; Fairy Tales and Folklore; Frogs; Lego;soccer and other
names of sports;outdoors; recipes; virtual gardens.
Page Author: Houghton