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Exceptional Web Sites for Children

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, has added more recommended Web sites to Great Web Sites for Kids, its online resource containing hundreds of links to commendable Web sites for children.

Great Web Sites for Kids (GWS) features links to Web sites of interest to children 14 years of age and younger, organized into diverse subject headings from astronomy and space to zoos and aquariums, from games and entertainment to geography and maps. There is also a special section with sites of interest to parents, caregivers, and teachers.

Members of the ALSC Great Web Sites for Kids Committee review potential sites for inclusion and vote on the sites to be included. They also regularly check the entire site to ensure currency and re-evaluate sites when necessary.

The newly added sites include:


ABC Fast Phonics – http://www.abcfastphonics.com/
Children’s Literature Network – http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/
Click Magazine for Kids – http://www.clickmagkids.com
EPA Environmental Kids Club – http://www.epa.gov/kids/
Funology – http://www.funology.com
InsideStory Flashcards – http://insidestoryflashcards.com/
Meet Me at the Corner – http://www.meetmeatthecorner.org/
NeoK12: Educational Videos and Lessons for K-12 School Kids – http://www.neok12.com/
Online Spelling Program – http://www.spellingcity.com/
Online Sunshine for Kids – http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Kids/
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out – http://www.ourwhitehouse.org/
Read Print – http://www.readprint.com/
South Carolina Aquarium: Just 4 Kids – http://scaquarium.org/Kids/default.html
Space Weather Center – http://www.spaceweathercenter.org/
Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child – http://wrsi.com/pages/3312919.php
Starchild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers – http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov
WayBack: U.S. History for Kids – http://pbskids.org/wayback/summer/index.html
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Joan Aiken – http://www.joanaiken.com/
Windows to the Universe – http://www.windows.ucar.edu/windows.html
Women’s History Month (Library of Congress) – http://womenshistorymonth.gov/
The complete listing of great sites with annotations and selection criteria can be found at http://www.ala.org/greatsites.

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