COOL EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES
www.papjan.com
www.funbrain.com
www.scholastic.com
These free websites have lots of ideas for learning activities you can do with young children. There are
ideas for getting children ready to read and teaching math during daily activities. You can print off
coloring pages, mazes, word puzzles and play fun but educational games online.
www.pbskids.org
This is a fantastic site for preschoolers. Read animated books online by clicking on Lion icon in the wheel
to reach the Between the Lions section. Click on favorite characters from PBS shows to find fun games.
www.starfall.com
This interactive site focuses on helping young children learn phonics in a fun way. As you click on words
in animated stories, the narrator helps children sound out simple words.
www.rif.org
The Reading is Fundamental website has an outstanding section of activities for children according to
age range. Click on the Kids button and go to the Leading to Reading section where you will find songs,
interactive books, and much more!
www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp
This site sponsored by the New York Public library has a variety of animated books in English, Spanish,
and French. Click on Storybook and pick a book to listen to and watch.
www.discoveryeducation.com
This website is designed for teachers but has activities that may be fun for parents and children to do
also. Under the Teachers tab, there is a Puzzlemaker program that helps you make Wordfind or
Crossword puzzles out of a list of words.
www.khanacademy.org
This is an award-winning website that teaches basic to advanced math for school-aged children. Find
the topic that your child needs re-explained. You will see a whiteboard with a teacher talking while
writing problems on the board. Practice problems are also available.
www.childrenslibrary.org
This website is be an international children’s digital library. Read illustrated children’s books online
which are translated into many languages.
www.ezra-jack-keats.org
This famous artist and author was a pioneer in creating Peter, an African-American boy who is the
central character in a series of children's books. Under the Fun and Games section, you will find several
animated versions of his charming stories.