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| Art Attack |
Lots of ideas and instructions for kids to make their own
creative projects. www.artattack.co.uk/ |
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Ask Kids |
Child version of search engine Ask.com (Ask Jeeves). But also
has some fun elements such as online drawing and suggested video clips,
games etc. www.askkids.com |
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| Bertie the Pirate |
A website filled with games, stories, activity sheets, make
and do activities, art galleries etc. Aimed at younger
children. www.bertiethepirate.co.uk |
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| The Bobblies |
Join the Bobblies for animated cartoons and games in a fun, safe environment. "The Bobblies live in an amazing helter skelter called Bobbly House on top of Bobbly Hill." |
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CBBC |
BBC site for older children. Games activities and information
for juniors and teens. Includes minisites for many CBBC favourites. Also
homework help. www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/ |
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CBeebies |
BBC site for small children. Lots of games, colouring and
suggested off-line activities for pre-schoolers and infants. Based on
CBeebies TV characters. www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies |
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| ChooChooGames |
For children aged 2 to 6. Over 150 different task-like
activities to be completed in cooperation with a parent, rather than in
competition like many other sites. Free. www.ChooChooGames.com |
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| CITV |
Games, activities etc based on ITV's kids' channel. www.citv.co.uk |
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| Club Penguin |
Popular online world where children name their own
virtual penguin, play games, communicate with other penguins.
Free to play at a basic level, pay a fee for more activities. www.clubpenguin.com |
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| Curriculum Games |
Games that help to teach and learn the UK National
Curriculums. Includes online games, video games, board games and classroom
games. www.curriculumgames.co.uk |
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| Disney |
Lots of Disney related fun including movie clips, Disney
character games and activities, music etc. http://home.disney.co.uk/ |
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| F9 Kids |
Fun site for infant and junior ages groups. Games, activities
internet advice etc. http://kids.f9.net.uk/ |
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| Fun with Humphrey |
Website for Humphrey the classroom
hamster, star of the 'Humphrey' books. Submit your pet pictures & jokes,
read short stories, play mini-games, fun downloadable projects. |
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| Fungooms |
A very simple game website featuring funny, colourful characters, mellow music and simple but engaging mini games. For children of preschool age to learn while they laugh. |
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| Georgina the Ballerina |
A website filled with games, stories,
activity sheets, make and do activities, art galleries etc. Aimed at younger
children. www.georginatheballerina.co.uk |
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| Herotopia |
Herotopia is a fun and safe virtual world for kids where kids
become the Superhero. Kids can create their own Superhero and use
superpowers when they travel around the world. www.herotopia.com |
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Junior Seed Site
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Gardening site for children, including photos of flowers to
help choose what to grow, how to sow seeds, collect seeds, seed envelopes to
colour in, simple botany - picture of inside and outside of seed, diagram of
flower, plant life cycle. http://theseedsite.co.uk/junmain.html |
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| KBears |
Lots of information about countries, animals and dinosaurs
presented in a fun way plus colouring sheets games etc. www.kbears.com |
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| Let's Go Make |
Online - created by a Cheshire Dad |
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Met Office |
Weather-related
fun, games, quizzes and best of all experiments to do at home. |
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| Migo Land |
Migo Land is a moderated online world where kids can design their own
little character (avatar), go on quests, chat with other players and
interact with game characters. www.migoland.com |
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| Miniclip |
Worlds' largest free online games site. There are games for all age groups so
some parental guidance necessary but games are labelled with age
guidelines and there's nothing "adult". http://www.miniclip.com/games/en/kids.php |
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| Moshi Monsters |
Free online game for kids, in which they adopt a monster and
look after it. Kids solve puzzle games which earns their monster food,
furniture and other treats and toys. www.moshimonsters.com |
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| The Mouse Club |
Bright and colourful site suitable for
children aged 4-10. Various games and activities. Click on the Club House.
No need to register for most activities. www.themouseclub.co.uk |
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| Mr Men |
Games , videos, colouring and all about Mr Men and Little
Miss characters. www.mrmen.com/uk/ |
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| NASA Kids' Club |
Reliable information on space-related topics, as well as
space themed games, web quests, and even chats with NASA experts. www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html |
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| National Geographic Kids |
Animal facts and videos, games, activities etc. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ |
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| Newsround |
National and international news stories presented
appropriately for kids by the BBC . http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/default.stm |
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| Nick Junior |
Games, downloads etc by the children's commercial TV channel
Nick Jr www.nick.co.uk/ |
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| Playhouse Disney |
Games and activities based on PlayHouse Disney programmes
inc. Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh & Little Einsteins. http://atv.disney.go.com/playhouse/index.html |
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| Pokemon |
A must for all the Pokemon fans. www.pokemon.com |
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| Poisson Rouge |
Simple colourful website with lots of activities for
pre-schoolers. No text - young children can use it intuitively independent
of adult instruction. www.poissonrouge.com |
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| Puzzle Maths |
Fun maths games. By Channel4. www.channel4learning.net/sites/puzzlemaths/ |
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| The Road to Reading |
A supplementary reading scheme, from the
alphabet, through flash cards, to stories of up to 500 words, all printable
direct from the web page. http://theroadtoreading.co.uk/ |
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| RSPB Kids | Pages full of games, fun and facts about birds. Free. www.rspb.org.uk/youth/index.asp | ||
| Thomas the Tank Engine |
Thomas videos, stories, games and activities.
www.thomasandfriends.com/uk/index.asp |
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| Try Science |
Fun science experiments to try at home and more. www.tryscience.org |
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| UptoTen |
Activities, colouring, games for younger children. Free to
play at a basic level, pay a fee to have access to more activities etc. www.uptoten.com |
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| Woodlands | Website based in a school in Kent. Lots of fun and educational games and activities. www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/coolchild.html | ||
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