Attractions and Entertainment for Children and Family
Children need to be entertained; games and amusements expand their abilities, challenge their intellects, stretch their imaginations and teach them basic skills like reading and logic. Great care should be taken to arrange a balance of both physical and mental activities for a developing child. Outdoor games and sports provide the physical stimulation needed by young bodies. But when it's time to play quietly, nothing beats computer games and the online educational sites available to the modern child. The links below will help you guide your child to a vast playground of online activities and learning experiences.
Berenstain Bears Children's Entertainment Guide
Lots of fun to be had with the Berenstain Bears...dress the bears up, create your very own coloring book, or read an interactive story here.
Bonus.com
Flex your brain power with a variety of multimedia games. Coloring, puzzles and beginning reading youngsters, science and art for older kids.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada: CBC 4 Kids: Splash
Choose the intense version for a multimedia experience. Listen to music, read the news or join the kids club. Lots of entertainment here.
Children's Express, United Kingdom
UK news site where kids aged eight to 18 produce stories "on issues important to kids, but of interest to everyone". Library of published work.
Crayola.com: Family Play
Activities to do with your kids, plus a tool-kit section, an advice segment and much more. Customized activity search suits your own needs.
Cyberkids.com
An online magazine for kids, created mostly by kids; with chat area, creativity contests, gallery of kids' art, reading room, games and more.
Discovery Channel
A treasury for kids tackling homework projects: there's lots of data here, from the deepest ocean trench to the highest mountain - plus some.
Education by Design
Here is a lively site with some great stories, poems, jokes and puzzles. Write and publish your own story here or test your own math skills.
Fun School
Take a visit to Fun School, which offers dozens of appealing interactive games which aim to educate kids while thoroughly entertaining them.
Funorama.com
Different types of games and puzzles, origami patterns, mazes and sketches, coloring pieces, a list of children's books and a set of fun links.
Kids Domain
With so many things to do, the only hard choice will be which to do first at Kids Domain. Contests, games, and much more to choose from!
Kids Psych
Great graphics and fast animations make the games at this site loads of fun for kids. Parents delight in watching children's cognitive process.
Nickelodeon: Nick, Jr.
Play Blue's Clues and get the latest news on special events, and Nick Jr. shows. Has an area just for parents, downloadable games and more.
Seussville
Seussville will keep you entertained for hours while you play Elephant Ball, the Green Eggs and Ham Scramble and many other fun activities.
Squigly's Playhouse
Squigly, the little scribble, offers kids lots of boredom-busting ideas like craft projects, puzzles and classic games with multimedia action.
The Idea Box
This site contains crafts, stories, songs and lots of activity ideas for preschoolers, with some fun pages that you can print out and color.
Walt Disney Company: Disney Blast
The entire family will enjoy Disney Blast. Hundreds of games, greeting cards and calendars, write stories and comics, family events and more.
Walt Disney Company: Zoog Disney
Disney's Zoog site zips with space-age animation. You can download toys and screensavers, play multimedia games, or hang out in Zeether chat.
Warner Brothers Children's Guide
Warner Bros. pulls out all stops. Play games, visit characters' home pages, enroll in Animation 101, or sing selections from the Karaoke book.
World Village: Kidz
Cartoon kids Jerry and Beth guide visitors to new kid-friendly sites, or you can play some games or get homework help from Ask Jeeves for Kids.