YOUth serviceS
LinkS

Animals

• Alien Empire - insect site
• Animal Planet
• ASPCA home page
• Big Cats
• Defenders of Wildlife - Kids' Planet
• Digital Dog
• Dinosaurs - All about dinosaurs
• Endangered Species on EE page
• Endangered Species Program, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
• EndangeredSpecie.com - The Rarest Info Around
• Humane Society
• Insects on the Web
• NetVet Veterinary Resources and the Electronic Zoo
• PetStation - all about pets
• San Diego Zoo
• The Electronic Zoo
• Venom Cure - snakes from PBS' Nature
• Zoom Dinosaurs - EnchantedLearning.com

Art, Movies, Music, TV

• A. Pintura Art Detective
• AMG All Music Guide
• Cooperative games
• Crafts for Kids
• Creating Music - compose your own!
• Family Channel
• Kids' song lyrics from KIDiddles (TM)
• New York Philharmonic
• Nickelodeon Online at Nick.com
• PBS Kids
• Sesame Street
• Sing Along - 100's of songs for young and older
• Star Wars Welcome to the Official Site
• TV- Everything television
• The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
• The Movie Mom - reviews
• WebMuseum Bienvenue! - worldwide museum guide
• ZOOM . home PBS Kids

Beginning Chapter Books

Fun, Games, Crafts

• About Kids Collecting
• Bembo's Zoo - alphabet creativity
• Boowa and Kwala Games Galore - games from Australia
• Brain Teasers and Puzzles BrainBashers
• Cafe Zoom - cooking fun
• CBC4Kids educational and fun site - science, news, music & more
• Chateau Meddybemps games
• chessKIDSacademy
• Clip Art
• Coloring.com - online interactive coloring pages and coloring books
• Cool Food Planet
• Crayola Creativity Central
• Cyberkids Fun & Games Brain Teasers
• Family Crafts
• Family.com Great ideas. Practical advice. Fun stuff to do.
• Fun With Spot
• Funschool games - for all ages
• Games from the Waukesha Public Library Kid's Zone (WI)
• Girl Scouts
• Hands On Crafts for Kids
• Hands on Crafts
• Imagination Factory - art
• JigZone - jigsaw puzzles
• Joan Irvine the Pop-up Lady
• Kidnetic - Cooking for Kids
• Kids Domain - product reviews, games, resources
• Kids stories, math, games and singing activities
• KIDWORLD!!... by Kids & for Kids!
• KinderCrafts - EnchantedLearning.com
• MazeWorks - games and puzzles
• Multnomah County Library KidsPage Games
• National Gallery of Art kids page
• Online Games from Fisher Price
• Optical Illusions
• Origami
• Pauly's Playhouse.com - games, cartoons
• Pokemon Fun
• Pokemon World - The Official Pokemon Site
• Puzzlemaker
• RobertSabuda.com - pop-ups creativity
• Seasame Workshop
• Story Bug
• Strange But True! #1 for strange facts, tidbits and useless information
• Welcome to KIDiddles (TM) - Not your Average Kids' site!
• Welcome to KidsPsych games

Geography, History

• States and Capitals
• Amazing Travel Bureau
• America's Library - Library of Congress history and geography
• America's Library - from the Library of Congress
• Atlapedia Online - country maps and facts
• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government Grades K-2
• Biographical Dictionary
• Country Studies from the Library of Congress
• Internet Picture Dictionary
• Map Collection
• Maps @ National Geographic
• National Geographic
• Native American Home Pages - Nations
• Native American tribal compact histories
• Native Americans websites
• U.S. States
• What happened on any day

Health

• BabyCenter - baby, pregnancy, and infant guide
• Dr Koop's Family Health Children's Center
• Healthfinder - health information
• InteliHealth - health information
• Kidnetics - health, fitness, games
• KidsHealth for Kids
• Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
• THE MERCK MANUAL - home edition
• Welcome To the World of Head Lice

Internet Safety

• Alliance for Childhood - questioning the value of computers!
• GetNetWise - advice and sites
• Internet safety tips from the New York Public Library
• Net-Mom's Internet Safe House
• Student safety on the Internet from the Eugene Public Schools
• The Internet Especially for Children and Their Parents
• Yahooligans! Parents' Guide

 

Library Sites

• American Library Association - Cool Sites for Kids - 3 stars
• Corvallis-Benton County - 3 stars
• Internet Public Library Youth Division - 4 stars
• Los Angeles Kids' Web Page - 4 stars and fast
• Multnomah County Library KidsPage! - PROBABLY THE BEST IN THE NATION
• Nassau County (N.Y.) - 4 stars
• Salem
• St. Louis - 4 stars

Math

• A+ Math
• Allmath.com - flashcards, math biographies, ask the experts
• FUNBRAIN - Fresh Baked Fractions
• Math Baseball
• Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math
• Webmath - DiscoverySchool.com

Oregon Sites

• A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village
• Oregon Coast Aquarium - Newport
• Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)
• Oregon Zoo
• The Oregon Trail

Portals: Doorways to the Web

• Academic Center for Excellence
• American Library Association Great Kids Web Sites
• Community Learning Network For Kids Only
• Cyberkids Welcome
• Dewey Browse - hundreds of sites arranged by subject
• Enchanted Learning
• Homework Help from BJ Pinchbeck
• Internet Public Library Youth Division
• Kidlink - safe chat
• KidsCom - links to the web
• Multnomah County Library - Homework Center
• Nuttin' But Kids - chat, e-mail, games
• Quintura
• StoryPlace - The Children's Digital Library
• Surfing the Net with Kids - recommended sites
• U.S. Government Web Sites for Kids
• WorldVillage Kidz - all-purpose portal

Reading and writing

• Alice in Wonderland - interactive site
• Amazon.com--Earth's Biggest Selection
• American Girl
• Bailey School Kids
• Berenstain Bears
• Book Lists - best booklist site on the Net
• Book Lists - for school-age children from the Fairfax County (VA.) Public LIbrary
• Book Lists - graded reading lists from the Los Angeles Public Library
• Book Lists - Hennepin County good reads
• Book Lists - Monroe County (IN)
• Book Lists -- Multnomah County Library's Readers' Choice!
• Book Lists - Seminole County (FL)
• The BookHive - guide to children's books
• Books in a Series
• Caldecott Medal books
• Celebrities' favorite books
• Dr. Seuss's Seussville!
• Dreamhouse Nursery Bookcase Rhymes
• Funny poetry for children
• Giggle Poetry
• GUYS READ! from John Sciesczka
• Harry Potter - Scholastic
• If You Like... - Hennepin County (MN.)
• Instant Poetry Forms
• Jim Trelease reading page
• Junie B. Jones
• Lexiles -- graded reading help
• Magic Tree House
• Narnia too
• Newbery Medal books
• Phonics Links
• Pokemon World - the official Pokemon site
• Reading & phonics worksheets
• Reading Rainbow - Silly Sentence Machine writing fun
• Roald Dahl Website
• Scholastic's Homepage - look here for scads of popular book links
• The Story Starter - writing tool
• Wacky Web Tales - writing fun
• Young Readers' Choice books at Pacific Northwest Library Association

Science

• Bizarre Stuff You Can Make in Your Kitchen
• Drought for Kids
• ExploreScience.com
• Extreme Science - general science
• Funology -- The Science of Having Fun!
• How Stuff Works
• NASA KIDS - outer space
• National Geographic for Kids
• Ology - American Museum of Natural History
• Science 4 Kids!
• Science Fair Project Resource Guide
• The Exploratorium - the museum of science, art and human perception
• The Nine Planets
• The Why Files - science in the news
• Weather Dude Meteorology made simple for kids, parents and teachers.
• Welcome to the Yuckiest Site on the Internet!
• Windows to the Universe - earth and space

Search Engines and Reference

• Ask Jeeves for Kids!
• Encyberpedia.com ™ By Bob.com
• Fact Monster - dictionary, encyclopedia, homework help
• Google Image Search
• Google
• Internet Public Library Youth Division - search engines
• KidsClick! Web Search
• Librarians' Index to the Internet - Kids section
• Reference Tools from refdesk.com
• Yahooligans!

Sports

• International Inline Skating Association
• KartLINE and GoKarts USA
• Major League Baseball
• Major League Soccer
• MonsterTrucks.net - the monster truck homepage
• NASCAR.com
• National Baseball Hall of Fame
• NBA.com
• NFL.com
• Oregon State University
• Portland Trailblazers
• Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Seattle Mariners Official Web Site
• Soccer - AYSO
• Sport! Science@The Exploratorium
• Sports Illustrated For Kids
• University of Oregon
• WNBA.com

 

Parents

• Anime Cafe ... A Parents Guide
• Baby Names
• More Baby Names
• Commercial Free Childhood
• Dr Toy's Best Products
• Family Activities
• Kaboose - Where Families Get Going
• Mothers' Centers
• Parent Hacks - Real Advice
• Parenting advice, child development, and family reference
• Parents' Action - advocates for children
• PBS Parents
• Focus on the Family with Dr. James Dobson
• Parent Soup
• Stay At Home Dads
• StorkNet - pregnancy and parenting
• Talking with Kids ... about tough issues

Homeschooling

• A to Z Home's Cool - Homeschooling Web Site
• Connections Academy
• Eclectic Homeschool Online
• Heather's Homeschooling Page
• Home School Legal Defense Association
• Homeschool World
• Homeschooler's Curriculum Swap
• Jon's Homeschool Resource Page
• Multnomah County Library Home Schooling Home Page
• National Home Education Research Institute - research source
• OHEN - Oregon Homeschool Education Network
• Oregon Christian Home Education network
• The Teaching Home - Christian homeschooling
• Yahoo! Education Homeschooling

Special Needs Children

• Captioned Media Program
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
• Family Village - global disabled resources
• Information on Deafness
• National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
• National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC-GT)