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This page is dedicated to our
kids," the mind is a terrible thing to
waste". |
| YTV |
Disney |
| Discovery Channel |
Sports Illustrated for Kids |
| CBC 4 Kids
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Bill Nye Science Guy |
| PBS for Kids |
Kratt's Creatures |
| Warner Brothers |
Magic
School Bus |
| The Field Museum |
National Geographic |
| Dilbert
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Goosebumps |
| Archie Comics |
Kids Web
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| Seaworld/Busch Gardens |
Greenpeace International |
| Fundy Whales |
Wild Things |
| Joseph Wu's Origami |
Shark Pictures |
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Hershey
Park in Hershey, Pennsylvania, the home of Hershey's Chocolate--and now,
the Great Bear rollercoaster, a torture device that would apparently make
Torquemada (a head honcho of the Spanish Inquisition) jealous. The ride is
almost three miles long and will "turn you upside down four times"
(translation: "Bring plenty of Dramamine and wax paper bags"). Read all about
the Great Bear and everything else the park has to offer and then take the
Hershey PA link to learn about the rest of the town, too. |
| Walt Disney Pictures' Mulan The
companion site for Disney's upcoming movie Mulan offers the usual fare: games,
chats, making-of-the-movie info, and some extras like puzzles and e-mail
postcards. |
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Official Peanuts
Web The daily strip should be enough for most of you, but you'll find all
kinds of stuff here: trivia, games, and coloring books; archives, timelines,
and, of course, merchandise for the adults. Plus, you can jump to the official
Web sites of many other popular strips from here, from Alley Oop to
Warped. |
| Eye On The Jungle
Africam has created a virtual game preserve. The site presents recent images
from one of two cameras located near a watering hole on the Djuma Game Reserve
in Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
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CTW'S Family Workshop The
Children's Television Workshop, has put together a fun new site aimed at giving
parents and kids something to do together online. While the kids enjoy tickling
Elmo with their mouse, or creating their own storybooks, parents can check out
some of CTW's 700 product picks or read the site's tips on safe surfing. A
refreshing break from corporate-sponsored kid sites. |
| Stan Lee Media The site is something of a work in progress--an
entertaining, bandwidth-gobbling work in progress, but a work in progress
nonetheless. But if you're kind enough to register, Stan will let you know when
he's ready to introduce his "next universe of super heroes." You don't want to
miss THAT, do you? |
| OVERBOARD This Web soap
opera, put together by PBS and Close to Home Online, chronicles the lives of a
handful of teens and their struggles with drugs and alcohol. Part interactive
comic strip and part after-school special, Overboard is updated weekly and
might make a good spot for your young teen to visit. Along with each adventure,
issues of drug addiction and peer pressure are addressed. |
| KIDS DOMAIN If your child is the one telling YOU how to
download that Star Trek screen saver, he or she will enjoy the technology
articles written for little ones in mind. The site also features kid-friendly
downloads, articles, contests, and even a place for grown-ups too. |
| Ginger's Exotic WolfCam
is an entirely wholesome, if often uneventful, Web site. Here, you can look in
on the lives of Ginger's two wolves, Angus and Brianna. The image of their
"campground" environment (they sleep in a tent) updates every 15 to 30 seconds.
Our advice is to visit in the morning--the wolves are pretty scarce after noon.
And don't forget to click the ads on the site, which help keep the wolves fed.
Because the last thing the world needs is two more hungry wolves. |
| Headbone Zone you'll find games to play, chat areas to mob,
e-cards to send, browser skins to snarf, prizes to win, advice to ignore, jokes
to memorize, and penpals to meet. It's all free, though kids are encouraged to
sign up so they can appear on high-score lists, join monitored chat rooms, get
a free e-mail account, and win those prizes. We're thrilled to see that the
Headbone will only let kids sign up after a parent calls or writes to say it's
OK. Now that's privacy protection and kid safety. |
| Children's Television Workshop This Web site is a great
resource for both parents and children. Kids will dive into all sorts of games
and online activities without even realizing that they are learning. Parents
can peruse interesting resources like the Sibling Rivalry Quiz, and The ABCs of
Child Care: A Sesame Street Research Report. Bored of peek-a-boo? CTS has
suggestions for similar but more inventive learning games. Of course, you can
never underestimate the nostalgia value of a site like this. People who grew up
watching Sesame Street can visit all their old friends in the Golden Grover
Awards section. You can even email virtual Sesame Street greeting cards to your
pals. As Snufflupagus would say, "Ohhhh, deeeeear!" |
| Virtual
Cave Deep down, under, within, viewing splattermites and rimstone, even
those familiar Stalactites and Stalagmites (do you remember?), the Virtual Cave
opens the earth without requiring a headlamp or antistress medication. You can
see photos and descriptions of those and other speleological wonders and see a
map of showcaves around the U.S. |
| Teen
Scene |
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Teen.com has a variety of
"channels" for gaming, homework, body image, and such -- each with monitored
discussions and chats. |
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Alloy.com covers sports, games,
fashion, celebrities, and teen health issues, has discussions and auctions, and
both text and voice chat. |
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Bolt.com has discussion areas on
many teen topics and offers space for individual pages, diaries, and club
sites. |
