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Games and Activities for Kids

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The Don't Buy It Web site challenges kids to question advertising, evaluate media and become smart consumers. Using humor, games and advertising parodies, Don't Buy It "sells" media literacy to youth ages 9 - 11.

Kids can put ads in sneaky places, design cereal boxes, craft their own ads and more. Parents and teachers can download their own guides from the site as well.

Games & Activites for Kids

(Children ages 5-8)

The Cyber Express is coming through. Can you use your knowledge of decimals to fix the track in time? Click here!


Build your own alien being along with Buster Baxter. Click Here!


Joust with the brave knights of Gawain's word. (requires shockwave) Click Here!


Navigate the maze with the Cybersquad to find the Eye of Rom. Click Here!


Translate anything into Ubbi Dubbi-the Zoom kids language. Click Here!


Go on a creature adventure with Zoboomafoo. Click here!


Sites for Tweens

(Children ages 9 to 12)

It's My Life

A safe yet fun online place where tweens can explore a wide variety of topics: from divorce to bullies; from fighting with friends to learning about the dangers of drugs, alcohol, and smoking; from depression and grief to dealing with a younger sibling. Kids can read stories, watch video clips, play games, take quizzes, respond to polls, get advice from older teens and experts, and send in comments and questions.


Backyard Jungle

Encourages kids to explore the natural world around them and share their findings online through maps, photos, drawings, and words. Kids can return repeatedly to their backyard maps to add discoveries, plants, animals, and other wild things they find.


Plastic Fork Diaries

This site presents an episodic tale of lunch and life at a fictional middle school, told through the journal entries and interatctions of six students from diverse backgrounds. Visitors learn more about the six characters: their interests and secrets, their successes and disappointments, their families and private lives, and how their lives are influened by what they eat.


WORDGIRL chronicles the madcap adventures of Becky Botsford, a mild-mannered fifth grader who, at the call of duty, transforms into "WordGirl" - caped crusader and definition dynamo! The WORDGIRL website is especially designed to promote a love of language and words among children. It features exciting games and activities which expose children to new and empowering words in fun and engaging ways.

Have a wonderful kind of day with ARTHUR on TV and on the Web! On the ARTHUR Web site, kids can find original, interactive games and offline activities. The section for Grown-Ups is home to extensive resources for parents, caregivers, teachers, and librarians.

Super WHY! is a new animated interactive series that helps children ages 3-6 learn key literacy skills, including rhyming, spelling, reading comprehension and the alphabet. In each episode, Super WHY!'s Super Readers help children learn by taking them on an interactive storybook adventure. Learning to read has never been this much fun!

Get wild about reading with Between the Lions, the award-winning series and Web site designed to help kids learn to read! Follow the adventures of our family of lions, then continue the fun online. The site includes hundreds of interactive games and stories, home pages for the cubs, tons of printables, songs and video clips, plus literacy information for caregivers. Roar!

Welcome to WordWorld, a colorful, word-rich place where a wacky troupe of WordFriends, who are characters first and words second, go on comic adventures. When problems arise, they are resolved by "building" the right word.

 


Part game show, part reality TV, and part spoof, FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman features real kids, real challenges, real science, and an unreal animated host - a dog named Ruff Ruffman.

Cyberchase helps kids discover that math is fun and something we experience, not just in school, but all around us, everyday. The show helps kids feel successful - that they can be as good at math and problem solving as the Cyberchase kids can. Math is everywhere. Math is about solving problems. Math is fun. And boy, does it come in handy!

  • Color some of your favorite PBS characters
  • Pick characters from Arthur, Between the Lions, and PBS Kids to color right here online. We provide the tools, you provide the imagination. Can't decide which character to color? Go ahead and color them all!