The Net is for Little People Too!
By Don Rittner


I've received a number of emails from readers asking me how they can find Web sites suitable for little kids on the Net. There are thousands of great web sites that are geared for age levels ranging from Kindergarten through 12th grade, but most parents are afraid that their child will run into sex, violence, or nasty situations and do not let their kids explore the Net.

This is unnecessary. As you will see below there are many sites that are void of bad stuff. However, you should always surf with your child. Never let your child explore the Net alone since it is pretty easy to find information - even the kind of stuff you don't want them to find.

So here is a sample of sites that are geared for little people. I have avoided any sites that mention Pokemon (it's a plot you know :) !


A Bird Without a Song
http://www.marlo.com/wguy1.htm

A Tribute to Dr. Seuss
http://www.newsword.com/cc/9510/0003cxwd.html

Anagram Insanity
http://www.infobahn.com/pages/anagram.html

Art Serve
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/

Australian Guide
http://www.csu.edu.au/australia/

BeanTime Stories
http://www.meddybemps.com/5.1.html

Bill Nye , The Science Guy!
http://nyelabs.kcts.org/


Build an Egret
http://www.Friend.ly.Net/scoop/activity/airplact.htm

Candlelight Stories Home Page
http://users.aol.com/cimal/candlelight/candle.htm

Carlos' Coloring Book
http://www.ravenna.com/coloring/

Children's Literature Web Guide
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

Children's Television Workshop
http://www.ctw.org/

Choose Your Own Adventure http://hillside.coled.umn.edu/class1/Buzz/Story.html

Crafts for Kids
http://www.kidslist.uc.edu/kidslist/crafts.html
Also check out http://homepages.uc.edu/~edavis/kids-list/Welcome.html

Curious George Rides the Bus
http://www.hmco.com/hmco/trade/hmi/george/game/index.html

Cyber Jacques Treasure Hunt
http://www.cyberjacques.com

Disney
http://www.disney.com

DoDo Land in Cyberspace
http://www.swifty.com/azatlan/

Frog Prince
http://www.fln.vcu.edu/Grimm/frog.html

Grimm's Fairy Tales
gopher://ftp.std.com:70/11/obi/book/Fairy.Tales/Grimm

interactive frog
http://george.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/info.html

International Kids' Space
http://www.interport.net/kids-space/

Internet Public Library--Youth Division
http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/youth/

Joseph Wu's Origami Page
http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca/

Just for Kids
http://www.hmco.com/hmco/school/kids/index.html

Keys for Kids
http://www.gospelcom.net/cbh/kfk/kfk.html

Kid's Com
http://www.kidscom.com/

Kids' Corner
http://kids.ot.com/

Kids' Crambo
http://kids.ot.com/kidsspeak/

Kids on the Web
http://www.zen.org/~brendan/kids.html

KidPub
http://en-garde.com/kidpub/intro.html

Kids Web
http://www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/

Koala Trouble Series
http://www.scribbles.com.au/max/

Learn How to Make Pictures? On Your Computer
http://www.sillybilly.com/draw95.html

Lego
http://www.lego.com/defaultnoflash.asp

Lion King WWW Unofficial Archive
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~btman/lionking/

MathMagic
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/mathmagic/

Mazes
http://www.wln.com/~deltapac/maze/mazepage.html

MCA Home Entertainment Kid's Playroom
http://www.mca.com/home/playroom/

Mike Is Hungry
http://mosaic.echonyc.com/~spingo/Matt/Mike.html

Mr. Bear's Birthday Book
http://pages.prodigy.com/U/S/A/USFY50A/party1.htm

My Hero
http://myhero.com

Muppets
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/VR/BS/Muppets/muppets.html

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
http://www.nasa.gov/

naughts and crosses (tic tac toe)
http://www.bu.edu/Games/tictactoe

Parents and Children Together Online
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/fl/pcto/menu.html

Planet Yes
http://www.sillybilly.com/yestit.html

Platypus Family Playroom
http://www.peak.org/~platypus/in.html

Ponyshow's KidsNet
http://www.PonyShow.com/KidsNet/website.htm

Professor Bubbles' Official Bubble Homepage
http://bubbles.org

Sally on the Island
http://users.aol.com/cimal/candlelight/sallyone.htm

Sally Saves Christmas
http://users.aol.com/cimal/candlelight/page1.htm

Sharon, Lois & Bram
http://www.destinyweb.com/elephant

Silly Billy's Books
http://www.sillybilly.com/

Sports Illustrated for Kids Online
http://www.sikids.com/index.html

Stage Hand Puppets Activity Page
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/onstage/puppets/

The Last Book
http://www.sillybilly.com/lasta.html

The Littlest Knight
http://www.pacificnet.net/~cmoore/lk/

The Nine Planets
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

The Simpsons
http://www.digimark.net/TheSimpsons/index.html

The Winning Game
http://www.marlo.com/t1.htm

Volcano World
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

Wacky Web Tales
http://www.hmco.com:80/hmco/school/tales/


Web-a-sketch
http://www.digitalstuff.com/web-a-sketch/

WebTime Stories with Webster the Spider for little Webcrawlers
http://www.webtimestories.com/

Wooden Toys Exhibit
http://www.pd.astro.it/forms/mostra/mostra_i.html

WWW Spirograph
http://juniper.tc.cornell.edu:8000/spiro/spiro.html