Useful Websites

Art Attack - Lots of ideas and instructions for kids to make their own creative projects.
www.artattack.co.uk

Ask Kids
Child version of search engine Ask.com (Ask Jeeves). But also has some fun elements such as online drawing and suggested video clips, games etc.
www.askkids.com

A website filled with games, stories, activity sheets, make and do activities, art galleries etc. Aimed at younger children.
www.bertiethepirate.co.uk

 

CBBC
BBC site for older children. Games activities and information for juniors and teens. Includes mini sites for many CBBC favourites. Also homework help.
www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/

CBeebies
BBC site for small children. Lots of games, colouring and suggested off-line activities for pre-schoolers and infants. Based on CBeebies TV characters.
www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies

For children aged 2 to 6. Over 150 different task-like activities to be completed in cooperation with a parent, rather than in competition like many other sites. Free.
www.ChooChooGames.com

Games, activities etc based on ITV's kids' channel.

Games that help to teach and learn the UK National Curriculums. Includes online games, video games, board games and classroom games.
www.curriculumgames.co.uk

Lots of Disney related fun including movie clips, Disney character games and activities, music etc.
http://home.disney.co.uk/

Fun site for infant and junior ages groups. Games, activities internet advice etc.
http://kids.f9.net.uk/

The Junior Seed Site
Gardening site for children, including photos of flowers to help choose what to grow, how to sow seeds, collect seeds, seed envelopes to colour in, simple botany - picture of inside and outside of seed, diagram of flower, plant life cycle.
http://theseedsite.co.uk/junmain.html

Lots of information about countries, animals and dinosaurs presented in a fun way plus colouring sheets games etc.
www.kbears.com

Interactive website & membership club designed to help motivate, inspire, and educate children under the age of 7 years old.
www.littletruckersclub.com

Worlds' largest free online games site. There are games for all age groups so some parental guidance necessary but games are labelled with age guidelines and there's nothing "adult".

Bright and colourful site suitable for children aged 4-10. Various games and activities. Click on the Club House. No need to register for most activities.
www.themouseclub.co.uk

Reliable information on space-related topics, as well as space themed games, web quests, and even chats with NASA experts.
www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html

Animal facts and videos, games, activities etc.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

news stories presented appropriately for kids by the BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/default.stm

Downloads etc by the children's commercial TV channel Nick Jr
www.nick.co.uk/

Science related news, games etc for kids.
www.scienceyear.com/home.html

Simple colourful website with lots of activities for pre-schoolers. No text - young children can use it intuitively independent of adult instruction.
www.poissonrouge.com

Fun maths games. By Channel4.
www.channel4learning.net/sites/puzzlemaths/

A supplementary reading scheme, from the alphabet, through flash cards, to stories of up to 500 words, all printable direct from the web page.
http://theroadtoreading.co.uk/

Pages full of games, fun and facts about birds. Free.

Spineworld is an online world where kids can design their own little character (avatar), go on quests, chat with other players and interact with game characters.
www.spineworld.com

Thomas videos, stories, games and activities.
www.thomasandfriends.com/uk/index.asp

Fun science experiments to try at home and more.

Activities, colouring, games for younger children. Free to play at a basic level, pay a fee to have access to more activities etc.
www.uptoten.com

Woodlands
Website based in a school in Kent. Lots of fun and educational games and activities
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/coolchild.html