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Kids News and Kids Programs are regularly updated sections that feature the latest library and book news for kids and parents! Discuss My Rules for Online Safety with your children before they go online, and find tips for Safe Surfing the Internet from various Safety Related Websites.
Homework Help is available in person at the library’s Homework Center, and many homework resources are available online through web-sites designed specifically to support the homework questions of school-age children. Search Tools for Kids includes kid-friendly search engines and web guides created by educators and librarians can direct kids to specific recommended web-sites. Explore award-winning children’s books and recommended book series in Good Reads.
The Preschool Playground selects age-appropriate web-sites that will entertain and educate young children. Visual pages with recognizable characters from popular children’s books and educational programming are easier to navigate for those users who are developing their pre-literacy skills.
Just for Fun features links to online games and fun activities that children enjoy. Topics include sports, dinosaurs, magic tricks, favorite cartoons, coloring pages and silly stories.
Homework Kansas
Students can connect to online tutors seven days a week, from 4:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. The service is available in Spanish, Sunday through Thursday, from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Help is available in Math, Science, Social Studies, and English.
Archiving Early America
Visit the early years of the USA.Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids
A guide to the US government for kids from Kindergarten through 12 grade.Biography.com
This site provides links to biographies of 20,000 personalities.CNN Interactive
Select this link for news of current events in the USA and in the world.National History Day
The homepage of the National History Day. Ideas are given for this year's theme as well as information of prizes and scholarships and the contest guide.Welcome to Kansas
Kansas' official home page.World Factbook
Presented by the CIA this site will give you maps, and information about the current government leaders, forms of government, economy and people of the world.
Picture Dictionary
This is an illustrated dictionary with over 1100 entries.Encarta Online
An online encyclopedia.Fact Monster
Explore the Almanacs, Encyclopedia and Dictionary.Merriam-Webster Word Central
An online dictionary and much more.
National Spelling Bee
The site for the national spelling bee.Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
This site provides guides for writing informal essays and formal papers.Vocabulary University
You will find lots of vocabulary puzzles for 5th grade through high school.Writing A Basic Essay
Step by step instructions for writing a school essay are given. The advice begins with deciding on your topic and continues through adding the finishing touches to the paper. A sample essay is provided.
Ask the Space Scientist
Want to know about solar wind, astronomy, or any other fact about space?The Atoms Family
Have Frankenstein tell you about electricity, the Mummy show you about energy conservation and Dracula talk to you about light. There are more creatures telling about other kinds of energy. Each monster has experiments for you to do.Cool Science for Curious Kids
Dive into a miniature world without a microscope, meet dust and other strange stuff in the air. Fun experiments to do.Dr. Math
Math help for elementary through high school students – if you have an e-mail account you can get answers to your own questions – many questions answered in the archive section.Hurricane : Storm Science
Find out about killer storms, what it is like inside a hurricane and the stories of people who have survived them. Discover how to make your own weather instruments. Presented by the Miami Museum of Science.Mathematics Lessons that are Fun
From counting to fractal geometry math can be fun.Mega-Mathematics!
Many activities show how math can be useful and fun. The site includes colorful maps, algorithms and ice cream, and games on graphs.Nine Planets
This is a multimedia tour of the solar system.Science Fair Project Resource Guide
This site shows you how to do a science fair project, gives samples and ideas for projects, and resources that will give you the basic tools for preparing a project.SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator
Make your own math drill worksheets for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions and more.
Online Citations
Shows the recommended methods of documenting electronic sources in the MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE, and other styles.
Barbie
Fashion and fun
Cartoon Network
Tons of fun from the Cartoon Network
Cyberchase
Fun with Matt, Jackie and Inez
Disney Channel Games
Enjoy your favorite Disney games
FunBrain.com
Come into the KidsCenter and play the games!
Nick.com
Join the antics of your favorite Nick characters
Yahoo Kids Games
Arcade games, card and tile games, and more!
700+ Great Sites
Amazing, spectacular, mysterious and colorful websites for kids provided by the American Library Association.
Big Idea Fun
Play games with VeggieTales, LarryBoy and Penguin.
Coloring-Pages
You can choose from hundreds of free printable coloring pages.Be sure to check out the printable connect the dots pages, mazes and fun online kid games!
Dinosaurs
What is a dinosaur? Find dinosaur information sheets, learn dinosaur myths and more.
Funology
Magic tricks and boredom busters are all part of the science of having fun.
Garfield Online
Fun and games with the fat cat.
Goodnight Stories
The Site for families kids parents and teachers - Write a story, read it, or hear it.
Harry Potter Wizard Challenge
Test your knowledge of Harry Potter trivia.
Kids.gov
Welcome to the U.S. government interagency Kids' Portal. It provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject. Explore, learn, have fun.
NASA Kids
Explore rockets, games and space. Find out about today's astronauts.
Neopets
Official site where you can create and grow a cyberpet. Contains games, chatrooms, news, and message boards. Requires free registration.
PollyPocket
Have fun with Polly
The Rainy Day Resource Page
Activities to do on and off the computer.
Snoopy's Doghouse
Come play with the Peanuts friends.
Sport! Science
Find out about Skateboard Science, as well as Baseball and Hockey.
Sports Illustrated for Kids
Puzzles, games, sports news for kids.
Star Wars
Visit the official Star Wars website.
Tangram
Challenge your friends to solve the puzzles.
Volcano World
Watch a volcano erupt. Play games.
Wacky Web Tales
Create your own silly stories.
Yuckiest Site on the Internet
Lots of gross fun.