In my house I have these little people walking around known also as Generation Z - the generation that has never known a life without computers let alone the Internet and many don’t know a world without mobile phones at least mine don't.Generation Z is the current label given to those born from 1995 onwards.
So, with techno savvy kids who surf the net for both education and entertainment what web sites can we as moms share with our children to inspire them over the Summer months to keep those brains learning?
The best place to find the Best of the Best websites is to ask other moms so not only did we
created our list for you below but we also asked our Twitter MOM Followers and they suggested the following sites:
@uppervalleymom Says 10 year old daughter likes Club Penguin and Webkinz. Oh, and Taylor Swift web site!
@1of5Hawks Favorite kids sites: StudyIsland.com and CarnegieLibrary.org/kids
@attipscast I'm partial to http://nightlightstories.net, my wife & I are the creators :) Can't wait to see the list
@DAREALSUPAHMAMA nickjr.com for moose and zee!
Just For Fun
Lego www.lego.com
CBC Kids www.cbc.ca/kids
Funology www.funology.com
Thomas and Friends http://www.thomasandfriends.com/usa/index.asp?origref=
Suessville http://origin-www.seussville.com/games/
American Girl http://www.americangirl.com/fun/
The United States Mint http://www.usmint.gov/kids/
Craft Town http://www.craftown.com/kids.htm
The Idea Box http://www.theideabox.com/
Crayola http://www.crayola.com/
Sports Illustrated Kids http://www.sikids.com/cache/index.html
Search Engines for Kids
Fact Monster www.factmonster.com
Kids Click! www.kidsclick.org
Whyville www.whyville.net
Ask Jeeves Kids www.ajkids.com
Yahooligans! www.yahooligans.com
How Stuff Works www.howstuffworks.com
Ask For Kids http://www.askforkids.com/
Learning on the Web
Discovery Kids http://kids.discovery.com/
National Geographic For Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
Funbrain www.funbrain.com
Cool Math 4 Kids http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Learning Planet www.learningplanet.com
Kaboose Fun School www. funschool.kaboose.com
e-Learning For Kids www.e-learningforkids.org
The Kidz Page http://thekidzpage.com/learninggames/
Science Made Simple www.sciencemadesimple.com
The Story Place http://www.storyplace.org/
This will be perfect for our 8 year old grandson, thank you!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your great articles!!
ReplyDeleteHi Trish, can you add www.StoryTimeForMe.com to this list?
ReplyDeleteBy the way, did you reach Susan Gitt about the radio interview?
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