Top Picks - Web sites
If you're looking for some great media suggestions for your kids--look no further than our Top Picks! We have a variety of lists in all of our media categories with some wonderful suggestions for kids of all ages. Whether you're looking for great fantasy books for your 8-14 year old or some classic holiday movies, you're sure to find something that your kids will enjoy.
Check back here often since we're continually adding new lists every week! If you have any suggestions for a new list or for a title that should be added to one of our existing lists, please let us know.
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Trains, Trucks, and Robots Web Sites
Robot Hall of Fame A place to honor our robotic heritage at last! Meet famous robots such as "Hal," from the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, "R2-D2," the endearing little 'bot from Star Wars, and of course the utilitarian, but cute in its own way, Mars Pathfinder robot. What robots will be inducted into the Hall of Fame this year? Check the site to see!
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Design Your Own Robot Boston's Museum of Science offers an interactive challenge: design robots for specific tasks: serving food, welding cars, and exploring space. How well can you do?
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Make Your Own Robot Create a robot that dances and moves on your screen. Don't forget to turn on the power first!
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Thomas and Friends Explore the island of Sodor with Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. The games area features a memory match, a "build an engine" activity, and other simple games. Downloadable wallpaper, coloring pages, and more are in the "Activities" section.
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Make a Strange Truck Click on the cab, middle, or back section of the fire truck to make an all-new vehicle with a strange name. How about an "ambu-garbage-van" or a "moving-dump-engine?" How many real trucks can you match? This is perfect for preschoolers.
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Bob the Builder Nobody knows more about construction than Bob the Builder. Unfortunately, we had trouble with the US version of his site. "Can we fix it? Yes we can!" Just click on the Canadian maple leaf flag, or the Australian or UK flags instead and use those sites. They are all slightly different. Once you have mastered the games, try them in a language you don't know!
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Fun with Trains See the train coming? Do you think it is a short train or a long train? Scroll to the right and see what happens! Now here comes the rutabaga train. Its first car has some pretty big vegetables. But there are some bigger ones that will "turn-ip" later. How good are you at rutabaga-spotting?
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Web site Lists
- Safe Social Networking for Tweens
- Social Networking for Younger Kids (7 and under)
- Stellar Sports Sites
- Harry Potter Web Sites
- Geography Web Sites
- Gardening Web Sites
- Safe Search Sites for Kids
- Farm Animal Web Sites
- Art Web Sites
- Dinosaur Web Sites
- Homework Help Web Sites
- History Web Sites
- Astronomy Web Sites
- KIDS.US Web Sites
- Reading Web Sites
- Color Web Sites for Young Kids
- Signs of Spring on the Internet
- Princess for a Day Sites
- Earth Day Web Sites
- News Web Sites for Tweens
- Winter Web Sites
- Black History Month Web Sites
- Trains, Trucks, and Robots Web Sites
- Chinese New Year Web Sites
- Educational Game Web Sites
- Math Web Sites
- Volcano Web Sites for Kids
- Hawaii Web Sites
- President's Day Websites
- Travel Web Sites
- New Year's Web Sites
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Web Sites
- Tooth Fairy Web Sites
- Kite Web Sites
- Coral Reef Web Sites
- Natural Disaster Web Sites
- Planet Mars Web Sites
- Easter Web Sites
- Passover Web Sites
- Horse Web Sites
- Money Web Sites
- Presidents Day Web Sites
- Poetry Web Sites
- Soccer Web Sites
- Hurricane Web Sites
- History of the United States Web Sites
- Time Web Sites
- Alien/UFO Web Sites
- Beach Web Sites
- Fantasy Book Web Sites
- Arts and Crafts Web Sites
- Middle Ages Web Sites
- Folk Tale Web Sites
- Music Web Sites
- Halloween Web Sites
- Animal Web Sites
- Elephant Web Sites
- Cow Web Sites
- Robot Web Sites
- Worm Web Sites
- Frog Web Sites
- Whale Web Sites
