Clearinghouse of Professional Information

Cybersites for Children

These sites are examined regularly to ensure that they are generally wholesome and educational for most children. Because  Internet sites are always changing  and standards vary from individual to individual, the content of the sites linked to from this page cannot be guaranteed to be appropriate for your children. For links on "Books and Reading" visit our Children's Services Resources and Youth Literature Resources pages.


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General Resources | Animals | Dinosaurs | Dragons | Entertainment | Famous people | Fun Stuff | Games | Homework Help | Safety on the Net | Science | School Stuff | Search the Internet

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General Resources
  • Great Web Sites for Kids (The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association) Features links to valuable Web sites of interest to children, organized by subject headings such as animals; literature and languages; mathematics and computers; the arts; and history and biography. There is also a special section with sites of interest to parents, caregivers and teachers, plus an area devoted to sites in Spanish.
  • The Internet Detective (Institute for Learning and Research Technology, University of Bristol, U.K.) Use this free Internet tutorialto learn to discern the good, the bad and the ugly for your online research
  • OLA Position on Children's Rights in the Public Library
  • World Almanac for Kids A good website where a sizable amount of reference content is free
Animals
Dinosaurs
  • Dinosaur Dictionary
  • Dinosaur Links (University of California Museum of Paleontology) Covers several categories of dinosaur-related information on the Internet. This site does not contain links to commercial for-profit sites .
  • Dinosaurs: Royal Tyrrell Museum   
  • Dinosaurs: Zoom Dinosaurs: a comprehensive on-line hypertext book about dinosaurs, designed for students of all ages and levels of comprehension, with an easy-to-use structure that allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic, and then to progress to much more advanced information as desired, simply by clicking on links.
Dragons
Entertainment
Famous People
Fun Stuff
Games
School Stuff
  • Fact Monster (The Learning Network) Dictionaries, encyclopedia, homework help 
  • InfoZone: Research Skills Area (Pembina Trails Shool Division) Excellent approach to learn how to research at different levels
  • Amazon Interactive Explore the geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon through online games and activities.
  • A+ Math  flashcards, games, homework helper
  • CBC Archives On this Web site you'll find a selection of radio and television clips from the Archives of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Canada's School Net / Réseau scolaire canadien
  • Community Learning Network. (Open Learning Agency B.C.) A site designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into the classroom. Over 5,800 annotated links to educational sites with free resources, all organized by theme pages and keyword search. 
  • Cool Math (US) Math lessons, math games, math puzzles
  • Funbrain.com Grammar gorillas, math baseball and way, way more.
  • HyperHistory Covers the major epochs of world history during the last 3000 years. Timelines. 
  • Internet Public Library Kids Space  Lots of fun and educational stuff to see and do.
  • KidsConnect: research toolbox for students (ALA) In KCTools you'll find help with four basic phases of the research process. It begins with "I wonder" and asks you to think about your question or topic and how to seek further advice on the Internet.
  • KidsHealth
  • Style Sheets for Citing Internet & Electronic Resources: Humanities (MLA & Chicago), Scientific (APA & CBE), and History (Turabian), UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops
  • World Almanac for Kids (grades 2 to 7) Sites, arranged by topic, have been selected by the staff of the World Almanac for Kids as informative and fun.
Science
Safety and Media Awareness
Search the Net
 
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