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Cool Websites for Kids
Cool Websites for Kids Click on the website links below to view.
Animals | Families on the Go | Family Activities | General Info | Help with Homework | Search Engines | Sports
Animals
- Find out about pets such as dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles and horses
- Wild animal fun facts, fast facts, photos and tales of animals at Sea World and busch
- Dinosaurs: loads of facts, pictures and links
- Authors and Illustrators: find out about your favorite books, authors and illustrators, Ask the Author
- Chicago Children's Museum: games and exhibits, plus lots of links to other fun educational sites
- Science activities: 20 science activities adapted to all ages
- Ultimate Science Fair Resource
- Astronomy for kids
Families on the Go
- Virtual Chicago: events, attractions, news sources
- Oaklee's Guide: Family fun guide for Chicagoland kids
- Chicago Parent: Parenting articles, and calendar of Chicagoland family events
- Google Maps
Family Activities
- Games kids play--game rules, jumprope rhymes, and more
- Create your own crosswords, find-a-words, and more
- Crayola: coloring book, crafts, activities and more
- Disney: books, games and activities for the whole family
- Cricket magazines: activities from Cricket, Spider, Ladybug and Babybug
- Create your own crosswords, find-a-words, and more
General Information
- Village of Glen Ellyn Home Page
- Glen Ellyn Schools: District 41
- District 89
- St Petronille School
- Glen Ellyn Government Information
- Illinois Government Officials
- Newspapers: The Daily Herald
- Chicago Tribune
- Glen Ellyn Sun
- Sun-Times
- Glen Ellyn Schools: District 41
Help With Homework
- Almanac: Information Please Almanac
- Encyclopedias Online: Columbia Encyclopedia
- "Time for Kids" magazine for 2nd-6th grade("Time for Kids" shows articles in Spanish when you search for "espanol")
- Homework Helpers: B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
- 27 categories and hundreds of links for grades 5-12
- Internet Public Library (Youth Division
- ALA Great Web Sites for Kids
- Encyclopedias Online: Columbia Encyclopedia
Search Engines
- www.yahooligans.com!
- sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!
- www.ajkids.com
- www.altavista.com (includes Babelfish language translator)
- www.lycos.com
- www.hotbot.com
- www.infoseek.com
- www.webcrawler.com (no buttons, banners or pop-ups)
Sports
- CBS Sports
- NBC Sports
- ABC Sports
- ESPN
- Major League Soccer
- MLB Baseball
- NBA Basketball
- NFL Football
- NHL Hockey
- Chicago Wolves Hockey
- NBC Sports
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Some websites to help you choose books to read are listed under "Websites to help you choose books to read"
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