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The Arts Top of Page
 
  • A. Pintura, Art Detective. Outstanding, clever, and stimulating site using a Dashiell Hammett detective style to explore art in some depth. http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/

  • Albright-Knox Art Games. This interactive site engages children in art activities that help them to learn about artists and the works of art in the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York. Requires Flash. http://www.kids.albrightknox.org

  • American Treasures. Divided into three main areas—Memory, Reason, and Imagination—with approximately twenty items in each, this site is exceptionally rich. It is to be a continuously updated exhibit at the Library of Congress. http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/

  • The @rt Room. Provides a learning environment for exploring the world of art. Includes bibliographies of art books, exhibits of kids’ art from different parts of the world, and facts about famous artists. http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/index.html

  • Carving at Skidegate. Photographs and text indicate the elaborate nature of totem pole carving. http://www.Spruceroots.org/PoleSite/Haida.html

  • The Imagination Factory. This site provides art activities using recycled materials. Ideas and clear directions can be found for painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, fiber arts, and crafts from recycled media. http://www.kid-at-art.com

  • Inside Art. What if you were trapped inside a painting and had to solve a mystery to get out? An adventure inside art history. http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/index.html

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The page for young people includes family guides, museum hunts, and art games. Features special sections on artists such as Winslow Homer. http://www.metmuseum.org/htmlfile/education/kid.html

  • Origami. Clear instructions and elegant models in the traditional Japanese art of paperfolding from Joseph Wu in Japan. Contains links to many other origami sites, including “How to Make an Origami Crane.” http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca/

  • Oriland. This extensive site offers an origami world to explore, an opportunity to design cities with fold paper models, basic techniques and tips, and a studio with clear directions for folding more than 70 forms, as well as poetry and games. http://www.oriland.com

  • Travel to Oriland. Join the fold and journey to Oriland, a vast world of origami people, forests and castles created by a Thinkquest team from Russia. http://library.thinkquest.org/27152

  • World Wide Art Gallery. See examples of art done by children from around the world, and connect to links of art activities and information about art and art history. http://www.theartgallery.com.au/kidsart.html
Museums Top of Page
 
  • Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago. The Adler opened on May 12, 1930, as the first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere, and continues today to interpret the exploration of the universe for the broadest possible audience. http://www.adlerplanetarium.org

  • The Art Institute of Chicago. Includes activities for children. Excellent opening page with animated changes of the art images. Includes exploring “A Mysterious Mummy” and “Thousands of Dots” (about a painting by Georges Seurat). http://www.artic.edu/aic/kids/index.html

  • The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. The museum offers nontraditional learning opportunities for children and their families. Includes explorations of dinosaurs and visits to “Rex’s Lending Library” http://www.childrensmuseum.org/

  • The Exploratorium, San Francisco. An online version of a hands-on museum in San Francisco that permits you to do your own cow’s eye dissection or learn the science behind a home run. Be sure to visit the “Learning Studio.” http://www.exploratorium.edu

  • The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Utterly fabulous site combining multiple museum holdings in an over 75,000-item database. Images are excellent, and you can send your comments and knowledge about the paintings to the museum. Requires plugins. http://www.thinker.org/

  • Illinois State Museum, Springfield. Provides online exhibits about the Ice Ages and prehistoric mammals as well as a trip back to our Midwestern lands 16,000 years ago. http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. This is one of the largest and finest art museums in the world. Its collections include more than two million works of art—several hundred thousand of which are on view at any given time—spanning more than 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present. http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/index.asp

  • The National Air and Space Museum Web Site, Washington, D.C. A part of the Smithsonian Institution, this museum contains resources about flight, airplanes, and space travel. http://www.nasm.si.edu/

  • National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. The National Gallery of Art and its collections belong to the people of the United States of America. European and American paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, and selected works on paper. Full-screen views of whole paintings and details allow close study. The site also includes information on artists and on the museum’s facilities and services. http://www.nga.gov/

  • National Gallery of Art for Kids. Explore stories in art, take a post card tour of one of the galleries, get directions for art activities and projects, and more. http://www.nga.gov/kids

  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Contains the largest collection of Canadian art in the world. Contains a virtual tour. Includes sections on Intuit Art, Contemporary Art, and European, American, and Asian Art. Requires plugins. http://national.gallery.ca/

  • National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. Part of the Smithsonian Institution, this museum is devoted to the protection and study of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans. http://www.nmai.si.edu/

  • Ology. The American Museum of Natural History offers a unique museum experience for kids from 8-12. Included are stories, games and interactive activities. http://ology.amnh.org

  • Salem (Mass.) Witch Museum. Useful since kids study this area of history. “Haunted Happenings,” a commercial part of Salem stuff, is very neat. http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/

  • Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Great site for gaining an understanding of the natural world and our place in it. http://www.mnh.si.edu/

  • Stedelijk Museum in the Netherlands, Amsterdam. The site is readable in English. Excellent images that, when enlarged, are quite exciting to view. http://www.stedelijk.nl/index.html

  • University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley. If you like paleontology, you’ll enjoy the online exhibits here (recommended for third grade and up). http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/

  • WebMuseum, Paris. This is an exciting collection of resources on many subjects ranging from Paul Cézanne, to information on Paris, to Medieval art treasures. Many images can be enlarged for closer viewing. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/
Music Top of Page
 
  • The Classical Music Archives. Listen to classical music right on the Web in different midi levels. Includes Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Handel, Haydn, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Scarlatti, and Schubert. http://www.classicalarchives.com/index.html

  • Garden State Pops Youth Orchestra. Learn how to read music and listen to musical instruments. Includes a daily calendar of musical history and many useful links to other music sites. http://www.gspyo.com/

  • Piano on the Net. A complete set of piano lessons on the Web. Put a keyboard next to your keyboard and you’re ready to go! With many links to other music sites. http://www.pianonanny.com

  • San Francisco Symphony for Kids. This site provides information about instruments, a music basics tutorial and a listing of family programs and activities at the San Francisco Symphony. http://sfskids.org

  • John Philip Sousa Page. The “March King” himself, John Philip Sousa (1854–1932)—A real gem! Requires downloading of audio files but well worth it. http://www.dws.org/sousa/about.htm
Fun for Younger Children (ages 8 and under) Top of Page
 
For Kids by Kids Top of Page
 
  • Alex’s Scribbles: Koala Trouble. Drawings by a five-year-old. They include the adventures of Max and Alex. http://www.scribbles.com.au/max/jump.html

  • Kid’s Times. This current events site is a companion to What’s In the News, a weekly television program produced by Penn State Public Broadcasting, and offers news stories written by kids for kids. http://www.kidstimes.org

  • The Kids’ Stomping Ground. A family in Leicester, England, has created a mishmash of jokes, crafts, and other silliness. http://www.oink.demon.co.uk/fun/index.htm

  • New Moon Magazine. New Moon challenges stereotypes by accepting girls as they are, listening to them, and honoring their diverse experience and dreams. http://www.newmoon.org/

  • The World Wide Art Gallery. See examples of art done by children from around the world, and connect to links of art activities and information about art and art history. http://www.theartgallery.com.au/kidsart.html

  • Zoom By Kids, For Kids. This site offers games, activities, projects and more. Play along or submit your own activities. http://pbskids.org/zoom/

     

Games and Entertainment Sites

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  • A Game A Day. This site offers puzzles, games, and related materials designed to stimulate learning, problem solving, and creative thinking. http://www.agameaday.com

  • Big Nate. Nate’s the star of Big Nate, the comic strip that follows this self-described “future great artist” as he doodles his way through Public School 38. But even a *ahem* genius like Nate can’t do it alone. http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/bignate/

  • Bonus.com. A Web site full of games of all types from sports like broomstick to smart fun. http://www.bonus.com/

  • The Boomerwolf. Join the Boomerwolf Detective Agency and help solve a case. Designed for children; amusing characters but sound science. http://www.boomerwolf.com/

  • Chateau Meddybemps. All kinds of fun for families with younger kids. http://www.meddybemps.com/index.html

  • Checkers. Will the black or the red pieces win this time? Simple directions provided. Requires Java/32-bit browsers. http://darkfish.com/checkers/Checkers.html

  • Chess Is Fun. Want to learn how to play chess? Want to learn how to play a bit better? Here are some fairly easy “lessons.” http://www.princeton.edu/~jedwards/cif/intro.html

  • Chess Kids. Learn to play chess with interactive lessons, quizzes, games, and puzzles. http://www.chesskids.com

  • Children’s Software. This site is for information on computer books and software to help children learn about computers, programming, and creating multimedia programs. http://www.kidsdomain.com

  • Children’s Television Workshop. Your friends from Sesame Street! Check out the coloring pages in “Big Bag.” http://www.sesameworkshop.org

  • Chinook. Computer generated Checkers. “A long-term objective of solving the game of checkers, i.e. determining the game-theoretic value of checkers.” This is a very tough game. http://web.cs.ualberta.ca/~chinook/

  • Comic Zone. Your very own newspaper comics section! Includes Dilbert, For Better or Worse, Peanuts, Rose is Rose, and a lot more. http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/

  • Crazy Bone. Have fun with dozens of on-line games, jokes, magic tricks, recipes, tongue twisters and coloring sheets. http://www.crazybone.com

  • DangerMouse: The Greatest Secret Agent in the World. Danger Mouse is a wacky and hilarious adventure about a Secret Agent Mouse, and his trusty bumbling sidekick hamster assistant, Penfold. Penfold is lovingly daft, usually needs to be saved from one situation or another, and is the greatest straight man . . . er, hamster . . . ever known. http://www.dangermouse.org/index2.html

  • Discovery School's Puzzlemaker. Puzzlemaker is a fun and easy puzzle generation tool for all ages that allows users to create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your own word lists. http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com

  • Enigma. This is a sliding puzzle site based on a toy of years ago. It offers interesting challenges and is totally addictive. http://www.stephen.com/enigma/enigma.html

  • Faces. A game that lets you “mixup” the faces of celebrities. Silly stuff. http://www.corynet.com/faces/

  • Five Field Kono. This beautifully designed strategy game is played on a Java board. It’s worth the wait for the board to load up. Based on Chinese Checkers. http://www.darkfish.com/kono/FiveFieldKono.html

  • Fun Brain.com. Educational games for children and teens, plus some parenting resources. http://www.funbrain.com

  • Garfield Online. Heard the latest? Garfield’s the greatest! Check out what’s happenin’ with everyone’s favorite fat cat! Jim Davis’s official fat-cat site! Needs plug-ins. http://www.garfield.com/

  • GirlTech Game Cafe. A Web page just for girls. You can create stories or work in science and math games. http://www.girltech.com/Game_Cafe/GC_menu_frame.html

  • Humongous Entertainment. This site is mostly for younger children. Of course, the main purpose is to sell their fine software products, but they have free coloring pages and games to print out. Also, they held a coloring contest last Christmas, and the winner got to see his artwork animated and put up on the Internet for all to see! http://www.humongous.com

  • InteractiveWord Puzzle. From the Christian Science Monitor, this puzzle page changes every Thursday and requires a Java enabled browser to play. It is really for relatively good puzzle players, but the frustration level is moderated as the answers are there with a click of the mouse. http://www.csmonitor.com/arts/crossword/index.html

  • I SPY. A collection of image-searching games for parents to play with young (or not so young) children. This is a simple game based on the traditional “I Spy” game parents play with their children to fill time while waiting somewhere. Heavily graphic site. http://www.geocities.com/~spanoudi/spy/

  • Joan Irvine: The Pop-up Lady. Joan Irvine is a Canadian author of children’s craft books. Three of the books have instructions on how to make pop-up cards, a set of pop-up instructions, and a contest. Includes links to other pop-up sites. http://www.makersgallery.com/joanirvine/

  • Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. Continues the soft approach of Mr. Rogers with all kinds of games and experiences. http://www.pbs.org/rogers/

  • Nickelodeon. Like to watch Nick? Here’s where to click! http://www.nick.com

  • Official Disney Web Site. Movies, animation—everything Disney! Requires Macromedia Flash Player 6 plugin. http://www.disney.go.com

  • Official Star Wars Web Site. For Star Wars fans everywhere! Needs plug-ins. http://www.starwars.com/

  • OwlKids Online. This is a site based on the magazine for children in Canada. Nicely constructed site. The age breaks are helpful. http://www.owlkids.com

  • PBS for Kids. Games and activities connected to your favorite PBS programs, including Arthur, Between the Lions and Sesame Street. Also provides information for grownups on using the site. http://www.pbskids.org

  • Pentalpha. Solve this challenging puzzle on a very cool board and then let your friends try solving it. More of a puzzle than a game, the rules are a bit arcane. Requires Java/32-bit browsers. http://www.darkfish.com/pentalpha/Pentalpha.html

  • Play Kids Games. Check out math, alphabet and logic games designed for younger children and their parents. http://www.playkidsgames.com

  • Prongo.com. Locate free online games, e-cards, quizzes, jokes, brainteasers, wallpaper, screensavers, and more. http://www.www.prongo.com

  • Puzzle Choice.com. Choose from crosswords, word searches, word play games, logic and number puzzles and more. http://www.puzzlechoice.com

  • Snoopy.com Visit with a favorite character. Personality profiles of the characters and Schulz’s thoughts on why they behave the way they do! http://www.snoopy.com

  • Squigly's Playhouse. Look here for games, crafts, jokes, brainteasers and more. http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com

  • Tiger Aki. Animated storybooks and games feature Tiger Aki. Games include mazes, interactive puzzles, nap, coloring and more. http://www.asiabigtime.com/storybooks/aki_menu.html

  • Tiny Planets. Bing and Bong, aliens from the Tiny Planets, offer games related to technology, nature, light and color. http://www.tinyplanets.com

  • U.S. Chess Online! This is the Chess Federation site and does include beginning lessons in chess. Given the importance of chess in learning theory, this is a must! http://www.uschess.org/

  • World’s Largest Roadside Attractions. Seeing these “largest” attractions, including the largest cow, catsup bottle, and cuckoo clock, will make you smile. http://www.infomagic.net/~martince/

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Sports Top of Page
 
  • The Ancient Olympic Games. In this exhibit, you can compare ancient and modern Olympic sports, tour the site of Olympia as it looks today, learn about the context of the Games and the Olympic spirit, or read about the Olympic athletes who were famous in ancient times. Part of the Perseus Project at Tufts University. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/

  • Black Baseball’s Negro League. Learn about the origins of the Negro Baseball League: what they were, why they were founded, and why they no longer exist. http://www.blackbaseball.com/

  • Female Athletes in the 2000 Olympics. Profiles of three women who competed in the 2000 Olympics. http://www.feminist.org/sports/olympics2000.html

  • Girls’ Page Melpomene. The nonprofit organization bearing Melpomene’s name was established in 1982 and is dedicated to educating people about the relationship between women’s health and physical activity. http://www.melpomene.org/

  • International Tennis Federation. “It will also become a comprehensive library of current information including player biographies, results, rankings, Davis Cup, Fed Cup, and other team competition results.” Excellent section of rules of tennis. Easy navigating. http://www.itftennis.com/

  • Judo Information Site. You’ve entered the lobby of the world’s biggest virtual Judo club, with the most complete information about the sport and art of Judo on the Internet. http://www.JudoInfo.com

  • Kids Running.com. Get advice on training, see photos and stories about famous runners, check the calendar for upcoming runs and races, and find links to other running sites. http://www.kidsrunning.com

  • Little League Baseball. Useful information on Little League and gain access to the Little League Museum. http://www.littleleague.org

  • Major League Baseball. The official site of Major League Baseball has an enormous amount of information, including details on both the National and American Leagues as well as statistics, photos, and league leaders. http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com/

  • Major League Soccer. The official site of Major League Soccer includes statistics and information about teams. An excellent section of information for coaches that raises issues of behavior and skills development. http://www.mlsnet.com/index.html

  • National Baseball Hall of Fame. An outstanding site that provides a valuable history of the game of baseball. http://baseballhalloffame.org/index.htm

  • National Football League (NFL). Official site of the NFL provides the latest news and statistics. http://www.nfl.com

  • National Hockey League (NHL). Official site of the National Hockey League has statistics and information on players and games. http://www.nhl.com

  • NBA.com. The official site for all National Basketball Association (NBA) teams contains information on games and players. http://www.nba.com/

  • Racewalk.com. “Racewalk.com provides all the information you need to start and improve your walking program and increase your awareness of other events in the walking community.“ http://www.racewalk.com/

  • Sports Illustrated for Kids. Click here to get the latest issue online. http://www.sikids.com

  • Sports Science @ the Exploratorium. Learn about the game and the science behind it. Interviews with scientists and the NHL Sharks’ hockey players and coaches! Learn the science behind a home run. http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/index.html

  • Tennis Worldwide. Commercial site that provides sound tennis information, including information on Junior Tennis. http://www.tennisw.com/

  • USATF SITE. This is a rich site of the United States Track & Field Organization. Filled with information and statistics. Includes sections on juniors and the Olympics. http://www.usatf.org/

  • U.S. Soccer Web Pages. Soccer fans gathered information from various sources in order to provide some general information for their fellow fans across the United States. http://www.Sams-Army.com

  • United States Fencing Association. Enormous amount of information on a sport that is not as well known as some of the highly popular professional sports. Easily navigated. http://www.USFencing.org

  • WebSwim. Brisk information on a range of swimming sports, including diving, synchronized swimming, lifeguard training, and water polo. Includes links to outstanding swimmers’ biographies pages. http://www.webswim.com/index.htm

  • Woman' National Basketball Association (WNBA). Everybody knows the NBA, but do you know about the Women’s NBA? http://www.wnba.com

  • Kristi Yamaguchi Web Page. A detailed Web site on ice-skating star Kristi Yamaguchi. http://www.polaris.net/~shanhew/
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