Here are links to some sites that are designed just for kids!

All Subject Sites

Sheppard's Software http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/

Moby Max http://www.mobymax.com/signin

ABCya http://www.abcya.com/

Scholastic Interactive http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/clf/tguidesitemap.htm

 

Search Engines

safesearchkid.com (filtered search)

mel.org (Michigan Library)

Merriam-Webster (visual dictionary)

Search Engine (Top 20 search engines for kids)

Word Central (Children's dictionary, thesaurus, and rhyming)

 

NWEA

MAP Math Activities http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/pages/studentlinks/map/default.htm

MAP Reading Activities http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/pages/studentlinks/map/reading.htm

MAP Reading and Math http://www.belleplaine.k12.mn.us/page/3028


Science

ScienceZone (interactive) http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/science/

Why Files (interactive) http://whyfiles.org/category/interactives/

Weather (interactive) http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/

Sun, Moon, Earth (interactive) http://www.earthsunmoon.co.uk/

Food Chains (interactive) http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm

ScienceNetLinks (interactive tools, click grade and click search) http://sciencenetlinks.com/tools/

 

Social Studies

Scholastic News Fourth Grade http://sni.scholastic.com/sn4

Scholastic News Third Grade http://sni.scholastic.com/SN3

Underground Railroad Virtual Tour http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/underground-railroad-journey-freedom/?ar_a=1

Ellis Island Virtual Tour http://aam.govst.edu/projects/rharrison/student_page2htm

First Thanksgiving Virtual Tour http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/daily_life/

Ben's Guide to Government http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/

National Geographic Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

Westward Expansion http://globalgamenetwork.com/westward_trail.html

Sims Sweatshop http://www.seimsweatshop.com/game 

 

Math

Illuminations (common core math games) http://illuminations.nctm.org/

Cool Math http://www.coolmath.com/

AAAMath http://www.aaamath.com/

Think Central  http://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do;jsessionid=E7E32FA388D5AE94966F0D97BF31C728

 

Language Arts

English Language Learners (individual and classroom games) http://www.eslgamesplus.com/

Webtales (like Madlibs) http://www.eduplace.com/tales/

Word Hippo http://www.wordhippo.com/

NG Connect (Reach for Reading) www.myngconnect.com