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Activities for Learning and Fun - The Berenstain Bears ('E')
Based on the Berenstain Bears story books, this site contains a slider puzzle, an interactive story book, and coloring book section.
www.berenstainbears.com/learnfun.html

coloring.com ('E')
Choose a picture, choose a color, click to color. You can download the program (for Mac) to try it off the Web as well.
www.coloring.com/

Create Your Own Newspaper ('M')
Make your own newspaper from the various options offered. The links used for the creation may be valuable to you in and of themselves.
crayon.net/

EcoKids ('E' 'M')
Very well done, delightfully creative collection of online interactive games and activities, downloads and printables on environmental issues, science and nature, energy, and 'hot topics.'  "EcoKids is Earth Day Canada's environmental education program for youth who care about the planet."
www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm
Play and Learn: www.ecokids.ca/pub/fun_n_games/index.cfm
Teacher resources: www.ecokids.ca/pub/parents/index.cfm

EduPlace Fun Stuff ('E' 'M')
Lots of fun by Houghton Mifflin. www.eduplace.com/kids/games/index.html
Wacky Web Tales (grammar):
www.eduplace.com/tales/index.html
Fake Out (vocabulary)
www.eduplace.com/dictionary/index.html
GeoNet (geography):
www.eduplace.com/geo/index.html
Word Find:
www.eduplace.com/kids/games/wwf/index.html

Games Online ('E' 'M' 'H')
www.studyworksonline.com/cda/justforfun/main/0,,NAV3-15,00.html AND
Aquatic Ambush
virtual.questacon.edu.au/ea/ambush.htm AND
Earth Science Games by NASA
kids.earth.nasa.gov/games/ AND
Games, Games and Surprises by NIEHS ('E' 'M')
Wonderful science-related games online. www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/games.htm AND
Games for the Mind ('M' 'H') express.howstuffworks.com/gameworks.htm AND
Global Warming Games for Kids by the EPA ('E' 'M') www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/games/index.html AND
Living in Space - Games and Activities for Kids ('E' 'M')
Fun and learning combined (by grade level) from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
www.childrensmuseum.org/kids/games.htm AND
Mars Fun Zone by NASA ('E')
marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/funzone_flash.html AND
NASA Space Games ('E') http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/games/index.html AND
National Geographic Online Games ('E' 'M')
Great fun while you learn. Games, cartoons, fill-ins,…about travel, geography, adventure, animals, lots more.
www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/index.html AND
Natural History Online Games ('E' 'M')
"Test your skills and general hair knowledge in Nit Fit! Race your louse through a head of hair in the fastest time, banishing obstacles from your path as you go." Try other cool and weird games. By London's Natural History Museum.
www.nhm.ac.uk/interactive/kids/index.html AND
Sea Games ('E' 'M') seasky.org/sea_games.html AND
Zoo Games ('E' 'M') www.hoglezoo.org/kids/

Happy Earth Day Coloring Book ('E')
Eleven downloadable pages for young children, from the EPA.
www.epa.gov/region5/publications/happy/happy.htm

Joseph Wu's Origami Page ('E' 'M' 'H')
Great, great origami site! You will be amazed at the creations. Diagrams to print out for your own folding. Photo gallery.
www.origami.as/

KidsPsych ('E' 'M')
Series of entertaining, flashy games with annotations by the authors explaining the educational method behind their madness.
www.kidspsych.org/index1.html
Activities for ages 1 - 5:
www.kidspsych.org/oochy.html
Activities for ages 6 - 9:
www.kidspsych.org/oochina.html

Puzzles Online ('E' 'M' 'H')
www.studyworksonline.com/cda/justforfun/main/0,,NAV3-39,00.html AND
NIEHS Puzzles('E' 'M')
Wonderful science-related puzzles online on this games page. www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/games.htm AND
Questicon Puzzles www.questacon.edu.au/html/puzzles.html

Reversi ('M' 'H')
Also known in the USA by the name "Othello." Play against a computer.
www.yk.rim.or.jp/~hyper01/java/reversi.html

Roaring Mouse Entertainment ('E' 'M')
Great site for playing arcade style games, watching movies, listeniing to music, or hearing jokes.
www.roaringmouse.com/

Shinkei Suijaku ('M' 'H')
Test your memory against a computer in this game whose Japanese name means "nervous breakdown."
www.linc.or.jp/~hamano/game/shinsui/Shinsui.html

Yucky Fun & Games - Science Entertainment ('E' 'M')
Calling itself "the YUCKIEST site on the internet," this Discovery Channel's site is definitely fun.
yucky.kids.discovery.com/index.html

See Art Games, Puzzles for more fun!