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Have fun with us! This page has links to games, stories, and activities.

Preschool Fun

Stories and Favourite Characters

Bob the Builder - The official site, with stories for kids, as well as games and activities.

Peter Rabbit - Official Beatrix Potter website, with favourite characters and stories, crafts and colouring pages.

Kevin Henkes Fun and Games - Meet up with Lily of the purple plastic purse, and other charming picturebook characters on this fun site.

Seussville - Oh, the sights you will see when you click on this site! Classic Seuss characters and zany animation.

Storyplace Preschool Library - Full of great activities and stories to read online.

Nick Jr. Stories - Nick Jr. has some short stories from around the world, told in animated video format. Short and cute!

PBS Stories - Stories to read online, including favourite characters like Clifford the Big Red Dog, Barney, the Teletubbies, Caillou, Elmo, and more!

Activities

Activity Idea Place - Thousands of themed activity ideas for parents and ECE professionals.

Early Childhood Links - A portal to many wonderful themed activity links, with sections for parents, teachers, ECE professionals, homeschoolers, and more.

Get Ready to Read - Help your child get ready to read.

Bananaboo - An online activity centre for kids aged 4-6. Lots to do!

Storytime Standouts - An amazing early literacy site by a Richmond teacher, with truly practical tips on preparing your child for reading success.

Preschooleducation.com - Links to activities for reading readiness, numeracy, music, movement, art, and much more.

Games

Please note that while the preschool games below are fun and educational, they should never replace your loving time and attention. You are your child's best teacher! For more information on media use and child development, click here.

Dora's Pirate Boat Treasure Hunt - May take a while to load, but worth the wait!

Fisher Price Online Learning Games - This great site has free computer games for toddlers and preschoolers.

Kidpsych - More great games for 1-5 year olds

Sesame Street Game Room - letter recognition, numeracy, and shape recognition games for toddlers and preschoolers.

Building Blocks - simple, fun games for ages 3-4, and 5-6.

Just for fun

Check out the links below for some websites that are just too cool to miss.

 

Great Games and Comics

Garfield - The official site of Garfield comics.

Peanuts - The official Peanuts website.

Yu-Gi-Oh Paradise - Find game info, monster bios and card game tips here!

Pokemon - Everything you ever wanted to know about Pokemon

Funschool - games so fun you won't notice you're learning!

Kidsites Games - tons of games, with everything from space invaders to brain teasers!

Lego World - The official Lego website, including the Bionicle Chronicles and Lego Star Wars info.

Weird Science

Amusement Park Physics - So what actually holds roller coaster cars on the tracks? And how come you don't fall out when they go upside down? Find out here!

Bill Nye the Science Guy - Lots of try-this-at-home science experiments and science facts.

How Stuff Works - The science behind everyday things, like cel phones, lock picking, even lightning!

Infrared Zoo - Find out what animals look like in infrared. Fascinating!

Dino Directory - The National Museum has an information packed site for serious Dinosaur researchers.

So You Want to be an Astronaut - Find out how to get your space career started!

Escape from Knab - You'll need all your math skills to escape the planet Knab, where you're stranded. To win this game and make it back to earth, you'll have to find a job, make good financial decisions, save your money, and buy a ticket on the next rocketship back to Earth!

Fascinating Facts

Extreme Science - Record breaking science facts, like what is the fastest living thing, and what is the deepest point in the ocean?

Your Weight on Other Worlds - Find out what you weigh on Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and more!

Animaland - The ASPCA's amazing kids' site, with an animal encyclopedia stuffed with facts about every animal under the sun.

Awesome Arts and Crafts

Magic School Bus colouring pages - This Scholastic site also contains info on the Magic School Bus adventures and books.

Balloon Twisting for Kids - Want to make your own balloon animals? Find out how at this site!

Crafts for Kids - Fun crafts for all ages, with step by step instructions.

History Home

The 1900 House - Find out what your house would be like if you lived in 1906 instea of 2006.

The Seven Wonders of the World - These 7 things inspired awe in the Ancient west. find out what they were!

Eternity Travel - Congratulations; you're dead! Book your Egyptian Afterlife Adventure on this Ancient Egypt site. You have 3.300 debens to spend on your tomb, mummification, mummy case and extras. Have fun!

Links For Kids