Links Alive: Kids

• Kids Bowl Free! (++) - review
  The economic downturn has families shying away from entertainment. To help keep children engaged, bowling lanes across the US are hosting Kids Bowl Free events. Check site for bowling in your area.
• FirstGov for Kids (kids.gov)
  A Directory for kids, by the federal consumer information center.
• Scrub Club (www.scrubclub.org)
  The Scrub Club is a fun site about fighting bacteria and staying healthy.
• Clean Sweep, USA: (www.cleansweepusa.org)
  Clean Sweep USA, by Keep America Beautiful, offers a series of presentations to help us keep waste in its place.
• Discover the Forest (discovertheforest.org)
  This site invites children to discover the forest and find "where the Other You Lives"
• Free Coloring Pages (www.coloringpagespot.com)
  Free printable coloring pages for kids and teens. Alphabet, numbers, animals and more!
• Santa's Secret Village (sm) (www.northpole.com) - review
  You can visit the north pole. This site has some fun interactive features.
• Sesame Workshop (www.sesameworkshop.org)
  You can find hours of fun stuff at the Sesame Street work shop. They have cool educational games, and more.
• Toon University (www.toonuniversity.com)
  Toon university has some fun learning games and product demonstrations online. Apparently, you have to pay a subscription fee to get to the best stuff.
• NASA For Kids Only (kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov)
  A secret site, founded by NASA's Earth's Science Enterprise is geared toward helpings kids learn about the earth, water, air and space.
• Welcome to Recycle City! (www.epa.gov)
  Published by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), recycle city is filled with games and interactive graphics showing how we can re-use things.
• DMOZ for Kids and Teens (dmoz.org)
  The kid's branch of DMOZ has links to thousands of sites designed for kids.
• KIDSNET (www.kidsnet.org)
  a national resource for children's television and radio.
• PBS Kids (pbskids.org)
  publicly funded site designed for kids. It has content that accompanies PBS shows. I link to the Don't Buy It page which helps kids develop media smarts.
• Backyard Jungle (www.backyardjungle.org)
  Find out about ecology in your own backyard. Science Games, Environmental Education.
• Yahooligans! (www.yahooligans.com)
  Yahoo's home for kids 7-12.
• Good Neighbor Classroom (www.goodneighborclassroom.com)
  Good Neighbor Classroom makes educational material. You can download free educational workbooks from their site.
• NASS Kids Home Page (www.usda.gov)
  The National Agricultural Statistics Service has educational games concerned with math and farming.
• Lets Walk to School... (www.walktoschool.org.uk)
  A British site suggesting that we walk to schools and save energy.
• BLS Career Information Home Page (stats.bls.gov)
  Information on kareers for kids. It is a good interface that shows how the things that interest you can translate into a life time career.
• Clean Sweep U.S.A. (www.kab.org)
  Keep American Beautiful site about Clean Sweep USA.
• Mike and the Bike (www.mikeandthebike.com)
  Site for kids that like to ride their bike.
• FEMA for KIDS (www.fema.gov)
  Herman the spokescrab will bring you on a tour of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
• Montana is for Kids! (montanakids.com)
  A site featuring the history and facts about the Big Sky State ... Montana.
• Microscopes (blistermicroscope.com)
  An all metal microscope that permits viewing of small, three dimensional objects, like bugs and rocks. Designed for kids and classrooms.
• Take 25 (www.take25.org)
  This program encourages parents and kids to talk about child safety.
• Girls on the Run (www.girlsontherun.org)
  This nonprofit, established by Molly Barker, encourages girls to run! Exercise builds self esteem.
• Child Bible Story Online (www.childrenstory.info)
  Offer easy Christian bible lesson for kids and coloring.
• Punch and Judy on the Web (www.punchandjudy.com)
  A web site dedicated to the puppet characters Punch and Judy.
• Energy Ant (www.eia.doe.gov)
  The Energy Ant on the EIA Energy Kids Page has activities and fun stuff related to energy.
• The Food Detectives Fight BAC! (www.fooddetectives.com)
  The Food Detectives educational game seek to keep bacteria from food and save the world from food poisoning.
• Henry The Hand (www.henrythehand.com)
  Henry the Hand is a champion handwasher. This fun site has information on how you too can master hand washing skills.
• America's Library (www.americaslibrary.gov)
  A site by the Smithsonian has pages about America's story.
• InventNow.org (www.inventnow.org)
  InventNow.org is a flash site full of imaginative inventions.