Ready Set Teach Websites for Kids

Websites for Kids

Yahoo Kids School Bell - Links to a plethora of kid friendly websites. Categories include Language Arts, Math, Science and Nature, Social Studies, Art, Careers, Clubs and Organizations, Music Education, and Reference sites.
PBS Kids - Interactive website for young children featuring characters from PBS programs.
Games from The Smithsonian - High school students can play these online games to test their knowledge on a variety of topics from the trivial (American entertainment) to the serious (science and history). Good luck!

Destination Modern Art - This interactive audio-visual cartoon allows students to take a virtual tour of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. They will learn about the famous works of art housed there and about the artists who created them.

Khan Academy Videos - Short lessons on video by top teachers. Topics include American Civic, Art History, Astronomy, Banking and Money, Biology, Brain Teasers, Chemistry, Economics, History, Math (all levels), News and Noteworthy, Physics, and SAT Preparation
Khan Academy - Español - Spanish language educational videos. Topics include Sistema Bancario de Reservas, Fisica, Biologia, Quimica, Aritmética, Desarrollo de Matemáticas, Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geometria, and Trignometria. Many more videos will be coming soon as Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has pledged funds to translates thousands more Khan Academy Videos into Spanish.
Crash Course - YouTube 'Channel' featuring ten to fifteen minute educational videos. Warning: These presenters talk fast!

Star Fall Alphabet - Audio-visual website for learning to recognize letters and their names
Star Fall Learn to Read - Excellent site using music and visuals to teach children the sounds letters make.
Star Fall It Is Fun to Read - Interactive audio-visual site for beginning readers.
Star Fall I am Reading - Charming audio-visual site for early readers. Content includes plays, fiction, non-fiction, folk tales, Greek myths, and fables.
Storyline Online - Streaming online videos of Screen Actors Guild members reading children's books aloud. Activities and lesson ideas accompany each story.

A Plus Math Flashcards - Use these interactive flashcards to practice Basic and Advanced Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Square Roots, Rounding, Telling Time, Order of Operations, Geometric Areas, Geometric Shapes, Algebra, Multiplying and Simplifying Fractions, and Money.
Count Us In - A charmingly illustrated interactive site for practicing counting skills.
Cool Math 4 Kids - This site contains colorfully illustrated elementary school level math lessons and activities. Some of the pages contain a substantial amount of text and the reading required may be beyond the capabilities of those students who would benefit from the math concepts.
What Comes Next? Pattern Mania - This site provides practice for Pre-K and Kindergarten students learning to recognize and build on patterns. Students will need a teacher or a parent to view the site with them and instruct them on how to use it.
The Right Time - Students can use this interactive site to practice their skills at telling time. Basic reading skills are required.
What Time Is It? - Students view an analog clock and select the digital clock that represents the same time.

Science News for Kids - These news stories are more interesting than many found on adult science websites. Timely, well-researched, illustrated articles on the latests scientific discoveries and research.
National Geographic Kids Science Experiments - Lots of well-illustrated experiments young students can perform at school or at home.
Games from The Smithsonian - High school students can play these online games to test their knowledge on a variety of topics from the trivial (American entertainment) to the serious (science and history). Good luck!

Wikipedia for Kids - Use the search box to search Wikipedia's Simple Edition. Google SafeSearch filters the results.
Kids Click! - A child friendly search engine designed by librarians. Search by entering a key word, by clicking on a category, by selecting a letter of the alphabet (encyclopedia style), or by selecting a range of Dewey Deicmal Codes.
Buscador Infantil - A Spanish language search engine that brings up Spanish language websites. This site uses Google filters to screen out sites that are inappropriate for children.

Alfabeto - Audio-visual website for learning names and shapes of letters in Spanish
BBC Spanish - Interactive Spanish vocabulary games
Animals - This fun, interactive website can be used to teach Spanish speaking children the names of animals or to increase the vocabulary of Spanish language learners.