Expert: Candace Huber - 3/26/2005

Question
Hi there,
Warm Greetings. I have a 3 year old son and he loves sesame street characters. I have accessed those sites and he regularly plays there. I am looking for similar sites which are educational as well. My son is quite ok with using the mouse of the pc. Please assist me.
Regardsroy

Answer
Hi,

I hope you had a Happy Easter.  I've been on vacation and was unable to get back to you earlier.  I have a huge list of places for you and son to visit.  There are places to get craft and school projects, games for pleasure, and games for education.  Most of the educational games are towards the end of this list and many of the games are for older kids.  Yet there are many places that your son will love. The others you can save for later as he will definately grow into them.

If the links don't work right, try coping and pasting the entire link into your web browser.  Sometimes the links get screwed up from me to you.

First, I am going to list a couple of kids color page and craft links.

http://www.onawhim.us/kidszone_nonflash.html (my site) http://ivyjoy.com/coloring/coloringlinks.html (incredible listing of kids coloring page websites) http://www.kidprintables.com/(Coloring Pages) http://www.coloring.ws/coloring.html
http://www.sitesforparents.com/index3.html (more links to great websites) http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/ http://www.make-stuff.com/ (cool site) http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/ (one of my all time favorite websites :) http://www.edhelper.com/kindergarten/Kindergarten.htm (Ed Helper...school printables http://www.mrsjones.org/ (Mrs. Jones.org) http://www.preschooleducation.com/ (preschool education)

Next is a list of online game sites that I have found on the internet. You'll need to go through and see if they fit your needs.  My kids favorites are first. They are ages 6 and 4.

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/config.html
http://www.prongo.com/
http://www.unclefred.com/ (Drawing with Uncle Fred) http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/ (lots of games fun and educational)
http://www.juliasrainbowcorner.com/
http://www.funbrain.com/
http://pbskids.org/
http://www.uptoten.com/
http://www.nickjr.com
http://kids.f9.net.uk/flash/games.html
http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/ (These games are probably too old for kids under 6 but we love this site!)

More gaming places but we usually stick with the top list.

http://www.crayola.com/kids/games/
http://www.kidsplanet.org/games/ http://tcm.childrensmuseum.org/bones/kids_mazeGame.htm
http://www.nwf.org/kidzone http://www.dressupgames.com/kidmisc.html
http://disney.go.com/games/today/index.html
http://www.kidspsych.org/index2.html
http://akidsheart.com/holidays/christms/chgames.htm (online Christmas
Games)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/index.shtml
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/
http://www.edu4kids.com/ http://www.globalgang.org.uk/games/index.htm

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/games.htm
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/kids/games.htm
http://www.factmonster.com/ http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/0,17446,,00.html
http://www.cyberkids.com/
http://www.syvum.com/online/ http://www.fbi.gov/kids/games/games.htm (FBI
kids) http://www.fema.gov/kids/games.htm (FEMA kids) http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/geogame/ (Discovery School) http://www.mysterynet.com/ (mystery games) http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chgames.html (Brain Games) http://www.literacycenter.net/parents_teacher/letter_center.htm (literary games...letter recognition) http://www.edbydesign.com/automath.html (Math
Games)
http://kidshub.org/kids/kids.cfm http://www.lego.com/eng/play/games/ (Lego
Land) http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/ (World Almanac) http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/games.htm (interesting games) http://www.coolmath.com/ (Cool Math) http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/cycle.html (EPA water cycle) http://www.carmensandiego.com/ (Carmen San Diego) http://ecokids.earthday.ca/pub/splash.cfm (ECO Kids) http://www.spacekids.com/playanddo/playanddo/ (Space Kids) http://www.brainpop.com/ (Brain Pop - Cool STuff) http://www.JuliasRainbowCorner.com
http://www.mentaljokes.com/cube.html (Brain Games) http://www.iknowthat.com/com?COOK= (might not be free?) http://www.sodaplay.com/

Here are a couple of places to find free games or game demos to download. You'll need to search through the games to find some to suit your kids.

http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/ http://www.microsoft.com/kids/freestuff/default.htm
http://www.free-games.com.au/Free_Kids_Games/
http://game.downloadatoz.com/roxies-reading-fish/
http://www.webfreebees.net/kidslinksinc/kids-games.html

If you need more sites please email me again anytime.  :)

Hope this helps.
Goodluck and Have Fun,

Candace Huber