The Association for Library Service to Children reviewed over 400 websites and selected 35 to add to its list of Great websites for Kids (www.ala.org/greatsites) The sites are put through a “rigorous evaluation” before added to the list. I’m glad to see that I’ve used nearly 80% of the websites for instructional purposes. 
Adoption Clubhouse - www.adoptionclubhouse.org
Afro-America Kids’ Zone - www.afro.com/children/children.html
Bookwink - www.bookwink.com
Bradshaw Foundation - www.bradshawfoundation.com
The Bubblesphere - www.bubbles.org
Sharon Creech’s Web site - www.sharoncreech.com/index.html
Diane deGroat’s Official Site - www.dianedegroat.com
Get Set 4 Kindergarten - www.getset4k.org
International Digital Children’s Library - www.childrenslibrary.org/
Just One More Book - www.justonemorebook.com
Kids Boogaloo - www.alligatorboogaloo.com/kids
Little Critter - www.littlecritter.com
Marc’s Observatory - www.marcsobservatory.com
Math Playground - www.MathPlayground.com
Math Slice - www.mathslice.com
The Mint - www.themint.org
Mr. Young’s Bouncy “A” - www.covenantworks.com/Bouncy-A/index.htm
My First Garden - www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden/
My Kids Corner - www.my-kids-corner.com
National Geographic My Wonderful World: Maps - Tools for Adventure - www.nationalgeographic.com/toolsforadventure
Noggin - www.noggin.com
Pagina Junior - www.paginajunior.com
Planet Esme - www.planetesme.com
Play Sports TV - www.playsportstv.com
Professor Garfield - www.professorgarfield.org
Readergirlz - www.readergirlz.com
Savings Quest - www.mysavingsquest.com/
Science Bob - www.sciencebob.com
Science Buddies - www.sciencebuddies.org
Sur La Lune Storytime - www.surlalunefairytales.com/storytime/index.html
Tox Town - www.toxtown.nlm.hih.gov
TVO Kids http://tvokids.com
Chris Van Allsburg’s Web site - www.chrisvanallsburg.com
World Almanac for Kids - www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/index.html
I hope you count readergirlz in that 80 percent!
Thanks a lot - now I’m addicted to Math Slice!! One more “just once more” game!!
I’ve used Readergirlz to read about books but have never direct ly used it with students.
We’d love to hear about a direct impact with a group of students! See if this month’s book pick + new issue strikes inspiration for a book group and/or poetry slam . . . and keep us posted!
I’m a cartoonist. I do a syndicated comic strip appearing in over 400 newspapers titled “Slylock Fox and Comics for Kids”. Not long ago I created a blog to display art from young readers. Under each drawing I post encouraging comments. The response from kids, parents and teachers has been terrific. The blog is http://www.kidcartoonists.com. I hope you will take a look and pass it along to your readers.
Best regards,
Bob Weber Jr.