Now that Christmas is over....

Suddenly, all of us parents find that Christmas is over and we have a full week we need to fill entertaining kids.

Here are some links we've found that might help.  All of these are educational. My kids like them. Some are actually lists of other links, so you might have to click a few times to find something your kid likes.


http://www.treetures.com

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/clf/tguidesitemap.htm

http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm

http://www.biography.com/animalographies/famous-animals.jsp

http://www.history.com/content/toys/play-the-toy-shop

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/PhotoGallery/

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/KidsFarm/

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/smithsonian_kids_collecting/main.html

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/

http://www.puzzles.com/puzzleplayground/WelcomeToPuzzlePlayground.htm

http://www.coolmath.com/

http://www.fi.uu.nl/rekenweb/en/welcome.xml

http://www.mathplayground.com/

http://www.mathcats.com/crafts.html

http://paleobiology.si.edu/dinosaurs/interactives/dig/dinodig.html

http://paleobiology.si.edu/dinosaurs/interactives/tour/main.html

http://www.loc.gov/families/

http://www.bigbrainz.com/indexc.php --click on free to download a free game that feels like a serious computer adventure but also happens to teach the times tables.

http://www.paulysplayhouse.com/paulys_playhouse/main_menu/main.html

http://www.starfall.com/

http://www.exploratorium.edu/

http://www.nsf.gov/news/classroom/biology.jsp

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/home.htm

http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm