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It is that time of year when parents go crazy figuring out ways to keep the children occupied. Here are some child-friendly sites covering everything from percussion to finance and the Seven Wonders of the World.
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BE A super cool parent and take your children on an awe-inspiring trip of the cyber world. There is surely more to life than karate and handwriting classes.
Watch your child become a financial wiz or hold forth learnedly on the beginning of the world with a little help from these sites.
Zoom dinosaurs
http://www.enchantedlearning. com/subjects/dinosaurs/index.html: A fantastic resource for children of all ages, with loads of clearly indexed information on every aspect of the prehistoric creatures.
The website has great content and includes quizzes, printouts, jokes, jumbled pictures and more.
Backyard science
: This website is designed to give parents ideas for active learning projects for kids. There are loads of weather facts and projects, including building a weather station in your backyard.
Children's express
http://www.childrens-express.org: Young people aged between ages of eight and eighteen can become journalists on this web site. The Children's Express Foundation provides children with the opportunity to run their own online newspaper.
The site is updated monthly and features stories from all over the world.
Giggle poetry
http://www.meadowbrookpress.
com/Poetry/: This comical collection of poetry for children covers numerous topics including a section devoted to school. Children can review some brand new poems.
Once you learn how to write poetry, enter the poetry contests and win loads of prizes.
Great books for kids
http://www.bonus.com/bonus/card/kidreads.html: A child-friendly book review area where children in the age group of six and twelve can browse through book reviews and summaries of hundreds of titles by selecting from categories such sports books, cool new books and so on. You can also join the book clubs and read interviews with your favourite authors.
Flying with kids
http://www.flyingwithkids.com: This clear, humorous site should ease the anxiety of flying with children. It features tips on packing, choosing the best seats and travelling with buggies. A wide selection of links includes fun activities and an airline directory.
Percussion for kids
http://www.stomponline.com/percuss2.html: View percussion activities for teachers and students.
There are activities and lesson ideas, which introduce the concepts of vibration, volume, amplification, pitch and frequency.
The site also contains simple activities on sound that can be done in the classroom.
Investing for kids
http://www.letsfindout.com: The Kids' Encyclopaedia is an online research tool and homework helper from Knowledge Adventure. Covering a wide range of topics especially suited for school projects, it's fun, easy to use, and free.
The seven wonders
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/: Although most people know that a list exists of the Seven Wonders of the World, only few can name them.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World covers not only the seven ancient wonders, but also modern, natural and forgotten wonders.
AYYAPPA NAGUBANDI
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