Art Attack | Lots of ideas and instructions for kids to make their own creative projects. www.artattack.co.uk/ |
Ask Kids | Child version of search engine Ask.com (Ask Jeeves). But also has some fun elements such as online drawing and suggested video clips, games etc. www.askkids.com |
Bertie the Pirate | A website filled with games, stories, activity sheets, make and do activities, art galleries etc. Aimed at younger children. www.bertiethepirate.co.uk |
CBBC | BBC site for older children. Games activities and information for juniors and teens. Includes minisites for many CBBC favourites. Also homework help. www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/ |
CBeebies | BBC site for small children. Lots of games, colouring and suggested off-line activities for pre-schoolers and infants. Based on CBeebies TV characters. www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies |
ChooChooGames | For children aged 2 to 6. Over 150 different task-like activities to be completed in cooperation with a parent, rather than in competition like many other sites. Free. www.ChooChooGames.com |
CITV | Games, activities etc based on ITV's kids' channel. |
Curriculum Games | Games that help to teach and learn the UK National Curriculums. Includes online games, video games, board games and classroom games. www.curriculumgames.co.uk |
Disney | Lots of Disney related fun including movie clips, Disney character games and activities, music etc. http://home.disney.co.uk/ |
F9 Kids | Fun site for infant and junior ages groups. Games, activities internet advice etc. http://kids.f9.net.uk/ |
The Junior Seed Site
| Gardening site for children, including photos of flowers to help choose what to grow, how to sow seeds, collect seeds, seed envelopes to colour in, simple botany - picture of inside and outside of seed, diagram of flower, plant life cycle. http://theseedsite.co.uk/junmain.html |
KBears | Lots of information about countries, animals and dinosaurs presented in a fun way plus colouring sheets games etc. www.kbears.com |
Little Truckers | Interactive website & membership club designed to help motivate, inspire, and educate children under the age of 7 years old. www.littletruckersclub.com |
Miniclip | Worlds' largest free online games site. There are games for all age groups so some parental guidance necessary but games are labelled with age guidelines and there's nothing "adult". http://www.miniclip.com/games/en/kids.php |
The Mouse Club | Bright and colourful site suitable for children aged 4-10. Various games and activities. Click on the Club House. No need to register for most activities. www.themouseclub.co.uk |
NASA Kids' Club | Reliable information on space-related topics, as well as space themed games, web quests, and even chats with NASA experts. www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html |
National Geographic Kids | Animal facts and videos, games, activities etc. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ |
Newsround | National and international news stories presented appropriately for kids by the BBC . http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/default.stm |
Nick Junior | Games, downloads etc by the children's commercial TV channel Nick Jr www.nick.co.uk/ |
Planet Science | Science related news, games etc for kids. www.scienceyear.com/home.html |
Poisson Rouge | Simple colourful website with lots of activities for pre-schoolers. No text - young children can use it intuitively independent of adult instruction. www.poissonrouge.com |
Puzzle Maths | Fun maths games. By Channel4. www.channel4learning.net/sites/puzzlemaths/ |
The Road to Reading | A supplementary reading scheme, from the alphabet, through flash cards, to stories of up to 500 words, all printable direct from the web page. http://theroadtoreading.co.uk/ |
RSPB Kids | Pages full of games, fun and facts about birds. Free. www.rspb.org.uk/youth/index.asp |
Spineworld | Spineworld is an online world where kids can design their own little character (avatar), go on quests, chat with other players and interact with game characters. www.spineworld.com |
Thomas the Tank Engine | Thomas videos, stories, games and activities. www.thomasandfriends.com/uk/index.asp |
Try Science | Fun science experiments to try at home and more. www.tryscience.org |
UptoTen | Activities, colouring, games for younger children. Free to play at a basic level, pay a fee to have access to more activities etc. www.uptoten.com |
Woodlands | Website based in a school in Kent. Lots of fun and educational games and activities www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/coolchild.html
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