Some Fun Sites

©D MacKenzie

1 Alphabets
Go to http://your.dictionary.com/fun.html and write your name in exotic alphabets. You can also count to ten in thousands of languages


2 Poetry
If you go to http://www.wordcentral.com/mus/versecomposer.html, you can write online poetry


3 Sites for Learning English
http://www.english-zone.com/
Lots of topics/all levels

http://a4esl.org/
Self-study grammar quizzes, exercises & puzzles

http://www.eslgames.com/teachingsongs/edutainment1/
Songs to help you learn English

http://www.nanana.com/grammarlinks.html
Grammar links for kids

http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/sefer.cgi?Games
Games for learning English

http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/sefer.cgi?Kids
Exercises for kids

http://www.britcoun.org/
Websites for kids

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
News articles to help you learn English

http://www.theenglishprofessor.com/
Listening activities

http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/test.html
Tests, quizzes & crosswords


4 Make a Thunderstorm
http://www.ucar.edu/40th/webweather/tstorms/tstorms.htm


5 Online Maths
http://www.aaamatch.com/
Excellent online math practice on a variety of topics. Children can use all or some of the pages to develop their knowledge of math.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsme/gameswheel.htm
Games for math

http://mathforum.org/sum95/math.forum/middle.projects.desc.html
Interesting links for many subjects

http://www.enc.org/


6 Sites about Ancient Egypt
http://library.thinkquest.org/%20CR0215615/


7 Ancient History Projects
http://www.internet-at%20work.com/hos_mcgrane/ancient_history/eg_history_intro.html


8 Quiz about Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/games/brainteaser/egypt.html


9 Activities about Ancient Egypt
http://www.seaworld.org/Egypt/


10 Animals
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/

http://www.yahooligans.com/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/


11 Shopping

http://www.amazon.com/

http://www.imaginarium.com/

http://www.hamleys.com/


12 Space
Site about Astronomy
http://kidsastronomy.about.com/

Games about science and space
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/Science_Games/

Photos and facts about space
Http://www.spacekids.com/homework_homepage/

http://www.spacekids.com/spacenews/solarsystem-ez.html


13 Websearching
http://www.teacher.scholastic.com/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythistryfun1.html


14 Science
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/tryfun10.html
Interesting experiment about a water clock

http://www.nationalgraphic.com/kids/activities/index.html#science
Lots of interesting experiments

http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/Science_Games/
Science games

http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/Print-n-Play_Games/
Puzzles and crosswords

http://yuckykids.com/
Yucky experiments

http://www/chem4kids.com/
Chemistry website

http://www.planet-science.com/
Fun site

http://www.firstscience.com/
All areas of science

15 Movies
Visit http://www.yahooligans.com/, then click on movies.

16 Recipes
http://www.britegg.co.uk/kidssection/startsection.html
Recipes for eggs

http://www.hookerycookery.com/
Kids' recipes

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/recipes/banana_bread.html
Healthy recipes

17 Fun
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/fun.shtml

18 Health
http://www.kidshealth.org/,

19 Other Interesting Sites
If you go to http://www.yahooligans.com/ you will find lots of interesting sites on a variety of topics. Click on the buttons on the left and follow the instructions on the screen. There is enough information here to keep you busy for hours!

20 Geography
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/matrix.html
There are many printable exercises on geographical topics in http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography. You can download the exercises and then complete them. Interesting topics include the Middle East, deserts of the world, the Earth, world flags, continents and oceans quiz, and labeling the world map. You can also try

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/.
Different activities about geographical topics

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/
Information about earthquakes

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/
Maps of world

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/
Quizzes about geography

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/
Maps

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/
Activities and pages for geography

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/
Geography games and quizzes

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/quiz/geonews2/1.html
Countries in the news quiz

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/quiz/travel/1.html
Travel quiz

Http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/geogame/
Geography game

21 Calendars and Holidays
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/calendar to make your own calendar. Print out the pages.

If you print out the weather calendar, you can glue pictures on your calendar. Http://www.enchantedlearning.com/calendar/2002weather/.

If you go to http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0760942.html, you can mark Islamic holidays on your calendar.


22 Holidays
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/History_Games/
Holidays

http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/holidays/
Holidays

http://www.timeandate.com/calendar/
Website for making Islamic calendar with Saturday as the first day of the week

http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/main.html
Multicultural calendar

23 Making a Homepage
Go to http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/pagebuild.html and follow the instructions telling you how to make a homepage.

24 Health
If you go to http://www.kidshealth.org/, enter kids and click on word, you will find definitions for words used in medicine.

25 News from Around the World
Http://www.kidnews.com/news.html

26 Clipart
Go to http://www.kidsdomain.com/clip/. You can download the art and save it as a
screensaver, or use it to make cards to send to your friends.

27 Brain Boosters
Go to http://www.school.discovery.com/. Click on students and brainboosters. You will find lots of puzzles to help you learn English.

28 Puzzles
Go to http://www.puzzlemaker.com/. You can have fun with your friends by making up your own puzzles, crosswords and cryptograms.