Family
Fun in the Internet Jungle
This site will guide you through the tangle of sites designed for and
by
children. Along the way, you will see
As always
with an journey, be prepared
for danger!
Safety tips
Judy Heim from PC World offers the following tips to keep your
children safe during their cyberspace adventures.
- Learn how to use the Internet and get to know your child's online
friends as well as you know their other friends.
- Look into the parental controls offered by the online services.
- Investigate internet screening software such as Cyberpatrol or Net Nanny.
- Bookmark some family and children's site like the ones listed below,
so that children can search safety. Use search engines for
children.
KidsCom has a
game that children can
play to learn about Internet safety.
- Establish household rules for Internet use. Consider placing the
computer in the family room.
 Rules for Online Safety or don't monkey around.
1. I will not give out personal information such as my
address,
telephone number,
parents' work address/telephone number, or the name and
location of my school
without my parents' permission.
2. I will tell my parents right away if I come across
any
information that makes me
feel uncomfortable.
3. I will never agree to get together with someone I
"meet"
online without first
checking with my parents. If my parents agree to the
meeting, I
will be sure that
it is in a public place and bring my mother or father
along.
4. I will never send a person my picture or anything
else without
first checking
with my parents.
5. I will not respond to any messages that are mean or
in any way
make me feel
uncomfortable. It is not my fault if I get a message
like that. If I
do I will tell my
parents right away so that they can contact the online
service.
6. I will talk with my parents so that we can set up
rules for going
online. We
will decide upon the time of day that I can be online,
the length of
time I
can be online, and appropriate areas for me to visit. I
will not
access other areas
or break these rules without their permission.
This brochure was written by Lawrence J. Magid, a syndicated
columnist for the Los
Angeles Times, who is author of Cruising Online: Larry Magidthe New
Digital
Highway (Random House, 1994) and The Little PC Book (Peachpit
Press, 1993).
 Children should be reminded that not everything that
they read on the Internet is accurate. Teach your children to evaluate
what they see and read for accuracy, authority, and currency.
An extensive guide to Evaluating
Web Sitesfrom librarians at Widener University.
Great all around sites
- Yahooligans The junior
version of Yahoo. An excellent directory of sites both for fun and
learning. Easy to use and navigate.
- Kid's Web
Kid's Web goal is to present students with a subset of the Web that is
very simple to navigate, and contains information targeted at the K-12
level. Each subject section
contains a list of links to information that is understandable and
interesting to schoolkids. There are also links to external lists of
material on each subject which more advanced students can browse
for further information.
- Ann Arbor
Public Library Youth PageA guide for children looking for help with
homework, exciting and educational
sites on the Web, more information about favorite authors, or
suggestions
for new books to read, and much more.
- Kiddin'Around
Especially for middle school students. A guide to using the Internet as
well as links to broad subject areas "world tour," sports stadiums" etc.
Site is by a Children's librarian at the Chicago Public Library.
- Cyberspace Middle
School.is designed for students in the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th grades
who are using the World Wide Web to
help get an education and work on science fair projects.
- Kids World
2000
A vast amount of information is linked to this site. Search by broad
catagories like museums, zoos, vacation, education, fun.
- Kids'SurfAn attractive
well-organized site with lots of well chosen links.
- Safe surfing at
KidsWave
- 100
Sites for Kids A hotlist of sites from Jean Armour Polly, Net mom.
Author of theInternet Yellow Pages for Kids
- Surfing the Net with
Kids
Great sites about creating your own web page, birdwatching, travel,
etc. Weekly list of reviewed sites for family fun.
- 50 Great
sites for Kids from the American Library Association
- Kid's Page from
the Multnomah Public Library. Great site. Check out the Books and Reading
Site and the Fun and Games site.
- Just for Kids Digby
picks best kids sites each month. Really good links and annotations about
web sites for and about kids.
- KIDS A
scout report for grades k-12. Evaluates new sites.
Just for Fun
- Favorite
Kids'sites
- Trivial
Pursuit online
- Sylvan's
Play Place Links to all kinds of online games, kids software, etc.
- Disney
 - Kid
Links from Thunder Lizards
- Beanie Babies
the Official Ty Inc. web site.
- Nickelodeon
- Xena
- X-files
- Winnie the
Pooh
- Gopher hide and
seek
- Mysterious
RabbitVisit the rabbit for an interactive magic card trick.
 - Create a
Dinosaur
- Frog Well
Math game. Aim the frog's tongue at the right number.
- Java Game
Room
- Tic Tac Toefrom
Stubbed Toe.
- Building the
Egret Diagram for making a paper airplance.
- Happy Puppy Games Visit
the Happy Puppy site for Kidz.
- Monsters in the dark
Short easy game with monsters.
- Bonus.com Bunch of games available
at this
site.
 - The
Comic Strip
Check
out your favorite comic strips.
- Leave no
Trace Game and crossword puzzle from Siskiyou National Forest.
- Definition
guessing game
- Find
hidden words
- Brain
Games From the Neuroscience for Kids Home Page. Find out all about the
nervous system with games, puzzles, experiments.
- Kinderweb Easy
educational games.
- Fun and Games
from the San Francisco Public Library.
- Draw and Color with Uncle Fred
Step by Step instructions on how to draw.
- The Scrambler
Unscramble puzzles.
Learning about.....
There are a variety of educational sites for children and young
adults on the Interent. There are homework helper sites such as
- Kathy
Schrock's guideExtensive guide to children's sites on the Internet by
an educator. She also has online guides to using the Internet for
children.
- Study WebOver 20,000 web sites
divied into subject categories suitable for research and study topics. For
example, the subject animals and pets has lists of sites for animal
rights
and endangered species as well as many others.
- B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework
Helper If you can't find it here, it probably doesn't exist. Over
360 links to educational resources.
- Webster's
Kid Web Homework help--lots of links to resources for homework help.
- Homework Helper Got a
question, ask here.
Both America Online and CompuServe have online service solutions for
homework. America online has homework forum and CompuServe has an
education forum.
Answers by e-mail are available from several sources.
- KidsConnectStaffed by
voluntary library media specialists.
- Try Ask an
Expert Links to almost every ask-an-expert online.
Many other educational sites exist for children. Following are a very
few examples of the kinds of sites available.
- Museums
in the Classroom
- Animals
around the world
- Math Flashcards
- The 50 States
- 4kids.comSocial
studies links.
- State
of South Carolina Kid's Page
- RT Raccoon's Page
Fun, games, and info from the Tennessee Dept. of Environment and
Conservation.
- Blue Jays KidZone
- Shedd Aquarium
- Weather channel
- Girl Tech
- Museums
around the world
- Electronic field trips
- Discovery
Online
Especially for parents
- Family.com
- Parent's
Bill of Rights for the Internet
- Kids'Safety
Clearinghouse
- Parent's
Guide to the Information Highway
- Parent
Soup
-
Parent
Resources
Reading
- Time for
Kids Read special edition of Time Magazine.
- Sports
Illustrated for Kids
- WonderbookThe magazine for
curious readers.
- Yes MagCanadian
Science magazine for children.
- Links to
Children's magazines
- Kid's Clubhouse
from Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company.
- Book nook Books for
kids, with book reviews written by kids. Popular site with over half a
million hits per month.
- Goosebumps
- Cyber-Seuss
- Seussvillefrom
Random House.
- Name that BookLook
here for a list of good books to read. Includes books about the West,
mysteries, historical fiction, etc.
- The ScoopChildren's Book
News
- Children's Book
Choices from the Children's Book Council.
- Children's Literature on
the Web
- Science
Fiction and Fantasy Books for Children
- Book Awards
Complete listing of all book awards for children including the Newberry
and Caldecott.
- Lists of
Children's Books Bibliographies on many subjects, banned books, and
award winners.
- Ask
Author from the Internet Public Library, you can email several
authors of children's books.
- Author's Pen
Book Stacks links to information about over 780 authors.
Holiday happenings
- Thanksgiving
- Holiday
Resources
- Billy
Bear's Holiday Page
- Halloween
from Kid's Domain
Sports
- ESPN Sports Zone
- American Basketball League
- Offical site of NBA
- Offical Site of Major
League Baseball
- U.S. Soccer net
-
Women and
Girls in
Baseball
- National Hockey League Players'
Association
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