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Kids' only!

Ask Jeeves for Kids - search engine
atkidz.com - 100,000 safe sites for kids
beritsbest.com - personally selected sites for children
Blue Peter - the BBC kids' stalwart
Boredom busters - 10 online things to do in the summer
Childnet - charity concerned with children's Net safety
Cooking for Kids - ideas and recipes
Cool2Read - fun site for Christian kids
Disney - games and fun galore
Disney Safe Surfing - new UK-based kids portal
Guideposts for Kids - Bible-based fun site for kids
itsnotyourfault - when your parents divorce
kidstart/prongo - online games and fun
KidzNet - subscription-based 'mini Internet'
Lemony Snicket - sites on the popular children's author of the Unfortunate Events series
Mr Men and Little Miss - the chance to make your own!
Narnia.com - enjoy CS Lewis books' magical kingdom
Planetkids.co.uk - protected environment portal
Seussville - the crazy world of Dr Seuss
SFSKids - teach your child about music, with a little help from the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra!
St Nicholas - find out the real story of Saint Nick
SurfNetKids - fun, US-based site for kids
Veggie Tales - mad but biblical vegetables!
WonderZone - bible-based fun and games for kids
Wotsits - fun and games at snack site
yahooligans.com - Yahoo's mega-site for kids

Latest in a steady line of children's portals offering a protected environment (ie only access to approved sites) is Planetkids.co.uk. It offers links to 50,000 vetted child-friendly sites, ranging from games and entertainment, to homework help and information. You can register free on the site, and the service has been backed by Nigel Williams, director of Childnet, the charity which works worldwide to build awareness of the dangers to children of unregulated Internet access
If you're younger children enjoyed the Tigger movie, they'll have fun with the various games and activities available online at the Disney site. Most of their favourite characters are there in various sections, and the Tigger Bounce should keep them amused on a rainy summer's afternoon!
If you - or your children - are fans of those godly vegetables in Veggie Tales, do pay a visit to their bright and breezy website. It's packed with fun and free games, as well as stories and activities.
Help your children learn about the real "St Nicholas, lover of the poor and patron saint to children, a model of how Christians are meant to live." Find rich background information; traditions around the world; and how-to-celebrate resources for families, churches and schools. And there are plenty of games, too! http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=23
Wonderzone, sponsored by Child Evangelism Fellowship(R) Inc. is a fun place for kids to learn about God's Word and enjoy games, puzzles, stories and activities. http://www.wonderzone.com/
"The family that plays together ..." If you're after family-friendly entertainment online - games the entire family, whatever age, can enjoy - visit KinderStart's game area for an extensive variety of linked game websites with an educational feel. And if you fancy digging deeper, try Prongo.com age-level games: ages 3-6, 6-9 and 9-12; along with brainteasers, ecards, top games, pick of the week and humour.
Upbeat music and kid-attractive graphics welcome people of all ages to Cool2Read.com, a fun site created by Tyndale House Publishers. Kids will find devotional stuff, games, links, homework help, message boards and more, and there are useful articles for parents and teachers, too.
Here's a site for the kids (and Flash) fans, too. Believe it or not, you can make your own Mr Men or Little Miss. Tell the site your name, then select your desired body parts and the colour you want them to be. Hours of fun in store! Head for http://www.decode-ent.com/kidstime/makeamrmen.html
Love 'em or hate 'em, one thing the Harry Potter books have done is give fresh impetus to the timeless Narnia books of CS Lewis, as many Christians have recommended them as a positive alternative. And there's a fun site for fans of the books, young and old, at narnia.com where you can do quizzes, find out about the different stories and immerse yourself in Aslan's kingdom.
Featured sites on SurfNetKids recently - a good web guide for children run by Barbara Feldman - major on Lemony Snicket, the author of the hugely popular A Series of Unfortunate Events books. Sites to check out include lemonysnicket.com, quidditch.com/lemonysnicket.htm, timeforkids.com, and unfortunateevents.com
The National Children's Home (NCH) has a new website principally for children of parents who are going through divorce. Entitled http://www.itsnotyourfault.co.uk/, it offers a range of simple advice to help and reassure youngsters at what is for many a very traumatic time. The site uses a lively range of graphics to illustrate the points.
Safe surfing continues to be one of the biggest challenges facing families using the Internet. Here are a couple of sites well worth a look - Gambeson is US-based search engine with a family filter which looks pretty effective, although it can still be turned off; and Disney's UK site has a safe surfing section headed by cartoon character Doug. Lots of fun content in what looks to be a safe environment. Try them and give us your views
Youngsters looking for a fun site for online games - and some cool animation - should head for the Wotsits web presence. Even if they don't like the snack!
Still hunting for a safe, ‘walled environment’ for your children to surf on the Net? You could do worse than check out www.atkidz.com, which offers 100,000 safe sites, games, quizzes, competitions and ISP services. You could also look at www.beritsbest.com - a safe place with games, education and more - or www.yahooligans.com, which has loads of content and safe links to hundreds of sites. Let us know any you recommend ...
Summer has just begun and the kids are bored already! Here are ten great ways to relieve that boredom: http://familyinternet.about.com/library/weekly/aa062900a.htm?terms=a1 Have you got good boredom busters for the long summer months? Mail us or post your ideas on the Bulletin Board!
Ask Jeeves for Kids - Fun and rather handy academic search engine for younger children. Find it at www.ajkids.com
If your youngsters are into that time-honoured BBC institution Blue Peter, it's well worth them having a look around their site. There's fact files on the presenters (including committed Christian Simon Thomas), games, competitions, stuff on the pets and archives to look through.
If you grew up with the dotty delights of The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Put Me In the Zoo courtesy of the splendid Dr Seuss series, you really must pay a visit to Seussville, at least on the pretence of introducing your children (or grandchildren!). There's plenty of fun to be had, including games to download (check out the Hamulator!) as well as sound reading skills and moral lessons to be picked up.
Junior's making dinner ... if you're struggling to get your kids to eat the right things, one answer could be to get them cooking themselves. Get them clicking along to Cooking for Kids, a new site featuring leading children's food writer Annabel Karmel. They'll be taking over the kitchen with help from www.learnfree.co.uk/cooking for kids/html/index.html
Guideposts for Kids is a fun, colourful, fantastic, faith-filled magazine. You'll find a safe spot where kids can go and find sound advice, inspiration and fun. Features include: cool fiction, stories with humour, adventure and friendship; challenging puzzles, jokes and crafts; profiles of athletes, entertainers and celebrities that show how faith in God has made a difference for them; and true stories of God at work in kid's lives.

It takes an orchestra to raise a child on music - SFSKids is an educational site for children and families from the San Francisco symphony orchestra. It's fun and very interactive, introducing future virtuosos to instruments of the orchestra, music theory, and more.
Parents – if you're looking for a safe place for your children to surf and you don't mind paying for it, KidzNet looks a good idea. Essentially it's a 'mini Internet' made up of thousands of sites visited and assessed as carrying safe and appropriate content for children. You have to subscribe, and it's not that cheap, but the quality looks good, there are huge numbers of good sites available and your youngsters will be protected in a way that filtering software can't promise. Passwords and security settings ensure they can only dial up to KidzNet, not the whole Web.
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		WEBWATCH INDEX Kids' only! Ask Jeeves for Kids - search engine atkidz.com - 100,000 safe sites for kids beritsbest.com - personally selected sites for children Blue Peter - the BBC kids' stalwart Boredom busters - 10 online things to do in the summer Childnet - charity concerned with children's Net safety Cooking for Kids - ideas and recipes Cool2Read - fun site for Christian kids Disney - games and fun galore Disney Safe Surfing - new UK-based kids portal Guideposts for Kids - Bible-based fun site for kids itsnotyourfault - when your parents divorce kidstart/prongo - online games and fun KidzNet - subscription-based 'mini Internet' Lemony Snicket - sites on the popular children's author of the Unfortunate Events series Mr Men and Little Miss - the chance to make your own! Narnia.com - enjoy CS Lewis books' magical kingdom Planetkids.co.uk - protected environment portal Seussville - the crazy world of Dr Seuss SFSKids - teach your child about music, with a little help from the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra! St Nicholas - find out the real story of Saint Nick SurfNetKids - fun, US-based site for kids Veggie Tales - mad but biblical vegetables! WonderZone - bible-based fun and games for kids Wotsits - fun and games at snack site yahooligans.com - Yahoo's mega-site for kids Latest in a steady line of children's portals offering a protected environment (ie only access to approved sites) is Planetkids.co.uk. It offers links to 50,000 vetted child-friendly sites, ranging from games and entertainment, to homework help and information. You can register free on the site, and the service has been backed by Nigel Williams, director of Childnet, the charity which works worldwide to build awareness of the dangers to children of unregulated Internet access If you're younger children enjoyed the Tigger movie, they'll have fun with the various games and activities available online at the Disney site. Most of their favourite characters are there in various sections, and the Tigger Bounce should keep them amused on a rainy summer's afternoon! If you - or your children - are fans of those godly vegetables in Veggie Tales, do pay a visit to their bright and breezy website. It's packed with fun and free games, as well as stories and activities. Help your children learn about the real "St Nicholas, lover of the poor and patron saint to children, a model of how Christians are meant to live." Find rich background information; traditions around the world; and how-to-celebrate resources for families, churches and schools. And there are plenty of games, too! http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=23 Wonderzone, sponsored by Child Evangelism Fellowship(R) Inc. is a fun place for kids to learn about God's Word and enjoy games, puzzles, stories and activities. http://www.wonderzone.com/ "The family that plays together ..." If you're after family-friendly entertainment online - games the entire family, whatever age, can enjoy - visit KinderStart's game area for an extensive variety of linked game websites with an educational feel. And if you fancy digging deeper, try Prongo.com age-level games: ages 3-6, 6-9 and 9-12; along with brainteasers, ecards, top games, pick of the week and humour. Upbeat music and kid-attractive graphics welcome people of all ages to Cool2Read.com, a fun site created by Tyndale House Publishers. Kids will find devotional stuff, games, links, homework help, message boards and more, and there are useful articles for parents and teachers, too. Here's a site for the kids (and Flash) fans, too. Believe it or not, you can make your own Mr Men or Little Miss. Tell the site your name, then select your desired body parts and the colour you want them to be. Hours of fun in store! Head for http://www.decode-ent.com/kidstime/makeamrmen.html Love 'em or hate 'em, one thing the Harry Potter books have done is give fresh impetus to the timeless Narnia books of CS Lewis, as many Christians have recommended them as a positive alternative. And there's a fun site for fans of the books, young and old, at narnia.com where you can do quizzes, find out about the different stories and immerse yourself in Aslan's kingdom. Featured sites on SurfNetKids recently - a good web guide for children run by Barbara Feldman - major on Lemony Snicket, the author of the hugely popular A Series of Unfortunate Events books. Sites to check out include lemonysnicket.com, quidditch.com/lemonysnicket.htm, timeforkids.com, and unfortunateevents.com The National Children's Home (NCH) has a new website principally for children of parents who are going through divorce. Entitled http://www.itsnotyourfault.co.uk/, it offers a range of simple advice to help and reassure youngsters at what is for many a very traumatic time. The site uses a lively range of graphics to illustrate the points. Safe surfing continues to be one of the biggest challenges facing families using the Internet. Here are a couple of sites well worth a look - Gambeson is US-based search engine with a family filter which looks pretty effective, although it can still be turned off; and Disney's UK site has a safe surfing section headed by cartoon character Doug. Lots of fun content in what looks to be a safe environment. Try them and give us your views Youngsters looking for a fun site for online games - and some cool animation - should head for the Wotsits web presence. Even if they don't like the snack! Still hunting for a safe, ‘walled environment’ for your children to surf on the Net? You could do worse than check out www.atkidz.com, which offers 100,000 safe sites, games, quizzes, competitions and ISP services. You could also look at www.beritsbest.com - a safe place with games, education and more - or www.yahooligans.com, which has loads of content and safe links to hundreds of sites. Let us know any you recommend ... Summer has just begun and the kids are bored already! Here are ten great ways to relieve that boredom: http://familyinternet.about.com/library/weekly/aa062900a.htm?terms=a1 Have you got good boredom busters for the long summer months? Mail us or post your ideas on the Bulletin Board! Ask Jeeves for Kids - Fun and rather handy academic search engine for younger children. Find it at www.ajkids.com If your youngsters are into that time-honoured BBC institution Blue Peter, it's well worth them having a look around their site. There's fact files on the presenters (including committed Christian Simon Thomas), games, competitions, stuff on the pets and archives to look through. If you grew up with the dotty delights of The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Put Me In the Zoo courtesy of the splendid Dr Seuss series, you really must pay a visit to Seussville, at least on the pretence of introducing your children (or grandchildren!). There's plenty of fun to be had, including games to download (check out the Hamulator!) as well as sound reading skills and moral lessons to be picked up. Junior's making dinner ... if you're struggling to get your kids to eat the right things, one answer could be to get them cooking themselves. Get them clicking along to Cooking for Kids, a new site featuring leading children's food writer Annabel Karmel. They'll be taking over the kitchen with help from www.learnfree.co.uk/cooking for kids/html/index.html Guideposts for Kids is a fun, colourful, fantastic, faith-filled magazine. You'll find a safe spot where kids can go and find sound advice, inspiration and fun. Features include: cool fiction, stories with humour, adventure and friendship; challenging puzzles, jokes and crafts; profiles of athletes, entertainers and celebrities that show how faith in God has made a difference for them; and true stories of God at work in kid's lives. It takes an orchestra to raise a child on music - SFSKids is an educational site for children and families from the San Francisco symphony orchestra. It's fun and very interactive, introducing future virtuosos to instruments of the orchestra, music theory, and more. Parents – if you're looking for a safe place for your children to surf and you don't mind paying for it, KidzNet looks a good idea. Essentially it's a 'mini Internet' made up of thousands of sites visited and assessed as carrying safe and appropriate content for children. You have to subscribe, and it's not that cheap, but the quality looks good, there are huge numbers of good sites available and your youngsters will be protected in a way that filtering software can't promise. Passwords and security settings ensure they can only dial up to KidzNet, not the whole Web. back to top of this category back to top