Games!
Pre-K & kids of any age .
Crayola.com. For the younger kids. Crafts and games, mostly just for fun. May need a grownup to read the instructions, or just mess with your mouse! Ads… http://www.crayola.com/index.cfm
Starfall. Pre-reading games and activities. Exciting interactive books. All the kids agree it’s fun! (informal survey) Ads… http://www.starfall.com/
NASA Kid’s Club. NASA is the greatest! This part of NASA has Outer Space Exploration | Space Station Crew | Drawing Tool, and bunches of spacey games. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html
First Through High School (& beyond!) .
Funbrain. It IS fun! Arcades: Math, Reading, Playground | Number & Word games | Blog | Sudoku | Poptropica : Create a character (6-15) à go on webquests à compete à collect (your webmaster plays this one) http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
Hangman with words from a million different subjects. Elementary school kids may not know enough words yet. (ads) http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/hangman/
Games of Logic and Reason. Also from Super kids. Games like chess and battleship focus on spatial reasoning and strategy. (ads) http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/logic/
National Geographic kids. Virtual Pets | What in the World | Wild and Wacky | Brainteasers. Plus Stories | Sound Off. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/games/games_main.html