Fun Stuff

		ABCya.com is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children's educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. All educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn. Grade level lessons incorporate areas such as math and language arts while introducing basic computer skills.
		Addicting Games contains over 3000 free online games! Included are arcade games, puzzle games, funny games, sports games, shooting games, and more!
		AngelinaBallerina.com is a fun and entertaining yet advertising-heavy site based on the book series by Katharine Holabird, as well as the television series that can be viewed on PBS Kids. Kids can play interactive games and learn about different styles of dance on the site; they can also use a webcam to watch themselves on the computer screen, as if they were performing on the big stage.
		At Animal Planet you can play games and visit the animals.
		Arcademic Skill Builders are free research-based and standards-aligned educational games! Engage and motivate students with our multiplayer and single-player games. Click 'Play' on our games below to get started.
		The Arthur site was developed with the help and advice of Arthur creator Marc Brown. The site is organized into pages hosted by the series' character. The activities encourage kids to read and write.
		The Betty Award is a writing contest for kids aged eight to twelve.
		Bitstrip is an online comic strip, made by you.
		Brainy Kids has online science resources for students, teachers, and parents.
		All the coloring pages on Coloring Castle are free and printable! Download and print as many copies as you like -- for your personal use or for the classroom. Color individual pages or download a bunch to make your own coloring book.
		City Creator lets you choose a city from the selection on the right, and click the corresponding 'build' button to begin. Drag and drop pieces from the palettes on the left onto the space on the right. Clicking on a piece brings it to the front. Arrange them to make your city.
		Clifford is an interactive storybook site that helps teach phonics.
		At Collage Machine students can craft wonderful designs using draw or paint software. Students can share their products and then tell or write about them as a reflection of themselves and their interests.
		Computer Lab Favorites from Scholastic provides 50 one stop learning activities of 15 to 30 min for grades K thru 5.
		Create Your Comic uses Super Hero Squad with Marvel Comic Characters. Students can make a comic anywhere from one page to twenty two pages long. No accounts are needed. You simply log on and start creating. You have the option of saving to a PDF or printing directly from the site.
		Dodo Land for Kids show the power of art and writing in developing children’s self esteem, creativity and ability to confront environmental problems.
		Exlorelearning provides gizmos which are online simulations that power inquiry and understanding.
		Flockdraw is a free to use web based painting/drawing tool. It makes it easy to draw with multiple people for fun or business. You can have unlimited people in a room and it updates in real time. It uses different colors, shapes and text. Save your work to our gallery and show it off!
		The aim of 4Kids2Play is to create a safe place for the very young to explore the internet and learn how to use the computer. There will be no buttons or links leading to pages outside this domain.
		Funbrain contains games that make learning fun.
		Funology is the best place on the Web to find things to do. Not just while you're sitting at the computer, but anywhere. Things to do by yourself or with your friends, your parents, your pets, anyone. We'll teach you a million and one ways to make things, explore the world, and discover skills you never knew you had. You'll use words, numbers, facts, ideas, and objects you find around the house. It's one place where you'll never be bored!
		Funschool offers free online educational elementary games for kids as well as printable activities, coloring and crafts that will help kids learn .
		The Games site offers games for grade levels K -8.
		Game Classroom scoured the web for the best and most trustworthy educational games with the single goal of providing students, parents and teachers with the best interactive homework help the web has to offer!
		Go To Free Games contains puzzles, card games, jigsaw puzzles, and more traditional games and puzzles.
		The Great Web Sites for Kids site is produced by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). It is the world's largest organization dedicated to the support and enhancement of library service to children. .
		How Stuff Works is the easiest way to keep up with all the great stuff going on in the world. The site contains trivia, videos, and articles.
		JigZone is an online Jigsaw Puzzle where you choose the level of difficulty from a simple 6 piece cut to a challenging 247 piece cut.
		Just Crosswords is a site of 15x15 crossword puzzles that you solve right in your Web browser. Click on the clues or the spaces in the puzzle, and then simply type to fill in the blanks. Standard puzzles use symmetric grids with lots of standard crossword words and a few words that fit the theme. Crozzle puzzles use only words that fit the theme.
		Kidopo offers an innovative coloring application for coloring pages, which simulates a real coloring experience. Other sections of the sites are kid’s printables, games and craft videos.
		Kidport Kindergarten provides simple interactive learning activities designed for kindergarten students
		Kids Boogaloo is a place for you to have some fun. There are games, and ideas for for games. Enjoy!
		The Lego site includes games, comics, movies, downloads, and a club to join.
		The Literacy Center provides resources for preschool and kindergarten teachers including early learning and educational material for preschool and kindergarten age children.
		Make Beliefs Comix allows you to create your own comic strips.
		Visitors to MoshiMonsters can adopt their very own pet Monster, give it a name and design its color scheme. Each Monster has a lively personality that develops the more it is played with. Monster owners can make new friends and connect with existing friends through a wide variety of safe social networking features such as Monster blogs, Newsfeeds, pinboards and buddy lists.
		National Geographic for Kids has animal facts, games, videos, stories, activities, people, places, and photos.
		This site is sponsored by the National Gallery of Art. You can enjoy adventures with art, activities and projects on this site.
		At Nick Jr. you will find preschool activities & preschool kids games for your preschooler & children featuring Dora, Diego, & more. Check out their great family activities.
		NASA's Space Place is a site with interactive games, projects, and facts about space and Earth science. The space-related questions kids submit to the site are sent via Formspring, a Q&A website that launches in a separate window but doesn't require registration.
		The PBS Kids site includes coloring, games, videos, music, stories and interaction with PBS programs.
		Play games, watch videos, find fun printable activities and more starring your favorite characters from Playhouse Disney!
		Welcome to Sesame Street! Play educational games and watch videos with Elmo, Abby, Cookie Monster and all your favorite Sesame Street friends.
		Smart-Kit puzzles and games are kid-safe, fun, and mind enriching. Parents and teachers love our clever puzzles and games since they stimulate thinking, logic, and problem solving. Smart-Kit content varies from fun and easy to hard and tricky.
		Snapdragon provided educational and fun activities for 3 to 6 year olds. It is based on the BBC Wales Snapdragon radio series.
		The Stacks is a Scholastic site that includes author exclusives, games, videos, and a blog.
		Starfall is a free website designed to teach children to read with phonics. It is for preschool, kindergarten, and first graders. Included are exciting phonics games and online interactive books.
		Stone Soup contains stories, poems, and art by children ages 8 to 13.
		Recognized as one of the nation’s top museums for families and children, Strong National Museum of Play® is home to the National Toy Hall of Fame® and the world’s largest collection of toys, dolls, games and other items that celebrate play.
		Tikatok is a community for children to write, illustrate and publish a real book. With Tikatok, becoming a published author is easy. Just write a story, illustrate it and order as many copies as you want. Tikatok also features a suite of free teacher tools.
		Toon University provides online math games, children's Toon Books, grammar, multiplication, science, reading comprehension & social studies.
		Typeracer lets you increase your typing speed while racing against others.
		UpToTen provides a wide variety of fun stuff - jigsaw puzzles, racing games, coordination games, mazes. UpToTen games for kids aged 6 to 10 are organized by games categories : coordination, races, puzzles (including jigsaws) and... mixed bag!
		U.S.A. Games are online games designed with these goals: 1) To add sound and visual effects to make learning fun and more memorable. 2) To design games with many difficulty levels so that players will continue to be challenged no matter how far they progress. 3) To provide games that will exercise players' brains.
		Learn the states of the United States and their capitals with this fun and educational map puzzle. Use the free US map puzzle as a quiz to test your knowledge of the US states and capitals.
		Wonderopolis is a place where wonder and learning are nurtured through the power of discovery, creativity and imagination. Wonderopolis is brought to life by the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) and supported by our philanthropic partners.