South Amherst Middle School Library

152 West Main Street Amherst, Ohio 44001

Fun Stuff

Check out these sites for reading, writing, video clips, games and more!

		Addicting Games contains over 3000 free online games! Included are arcade games, puzzle games, funny games, sports games, shooting games, and more!
		Bitstrip is an online comic strip, made by you.
		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.
		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.
		Ekoloko is an educational, virtual community where kids discover the world, virtual and real, through fun games and quests, while absorbing the values, knowledge and skills that will help them become more responsible and involved individuals.
		Explorelearning has gizmos which are online simulations that power inquiry and understanding.
		The aim of 4 Kids 2 Play is to create a safe place for young people to explore the internet and learn how to use the computer. There will be no buttons or links leading to pages outside this domain.
		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!
		Fun Brain 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!
		Go To Free Games contains puzzles, card games, jigsaw puzzles, and more traditional games and puzzles.
		Great Web Sites for Kids is brought to you by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is the world's largest organization dedicated to the support and enhancement of library service to children. They have created this list of links to great web sites for kids.
		How Stuff Works.com 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.
		Kids Boogaloo is a place for you to have some fun.
		The Leggo site includes games, comics, movies, downloads, and a club to join.
		Make Beliefs Comix allows you to create your own comic strips.
		MIKIDS.com offers games for grade levels K -8.
		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.
		The National Geographic Kids site has animal facts, games, videos, stories, activities, people, places, and photos.
		The National Gallery of Art for Kids provides adventures with art, activities and projects.
		The PBS Kids site includes coloring, games, videos, music, stories and interaction with PBS programs.
		The Scholastic site includes author exclusives, games, videos, and a blog.
		Typeracer allow you to increase your typing speed while racing against others.
		USA online games are 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.

Updated: October 10, 2011