Media Center

Students can search over 600 + subjects by letter or Dewey Decimal number in this advertising free site. Each site lists if there are any illustrations, reading level, and other subject areas to search. www.kidsclick.org

Ask Jeeves

The fastest and easiest way to find answers to questions. Ask Jeeves for Kids allows you to ask a question in plain English and, after interacting with you to confirm the question, Ask Jeeves for Kids takes you to one and only one web site that answers your question. www.ajkids.com/

Yahooligans

A search engine where students can search by category to find the information they need for researching their favorite topics. www.yahooligans.com

Howard County Public School System Website

Click on "In the Classroom" then, "Curriculum Internet Links", and then your student's grade to find more exciting websites for your child to enjoy.
http://www2.hcpss.org/

Cool Sites covering many subject areas

Enchanted Learning

This site is a wealth of fun activities and learning for students. It includes "Little Explorers" which is a picture dictionary that lets you access child-friendly web sites. It also has many other online activities including a Zoom School USA that lets students learn about all subject areas. www.enchantedlearning.com

Kids Place

The Houghton Mifflin Company sponsors this site. Students will have fun playing games and activities for math, reading, language arts, social studies, and science. http://www.eduplace.com/kids/index.html

Kids' Castle

This Smithsonian Magazine site contains activities in the areas of science, animals, history, air & space, worldwide, sports, and the arts. http://www.kidscastle.si.edu/

Science

Starchild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers

This site contains 4 categories: The Solar System, The Universe, Space Stuff and a Glossary. Each space category provides real photographs and child friendly descriptions for each topic. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

Primary Students may select from material about our nation, their neighborhood, and symbols of U.S. government. Students can learn about occupations and symbols. http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html

Math

A+ Math

Play games like Bingo, discover hidden pictures, test yourself with flashcards, and use the homework helper that will tell you if your answers to homework assignments are correct. There are multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, geometry, fractions, and money versions of each activity. http://www.aplusmath.com/

AAA Math

Hundreds of pages of basic math skills with interactive practice, an explanation of the math topic, several challenging games, and math problems randomly created on each page. Topics range from addition to statistics, mental math to exponents! http://www.aaamath.com

Language Arts

Jan Brett

Find animal masks, coloring pages, and stationery you can print out at Jan Brett's fun-filled site. Hear her speak about the books she writes and illustrates. Or, follow her easy lessons for drawing animals. http://www.janbrett.com/activities_pages.htm

Arthur's Home Page

Your favorite storybook character is on the web! Kids can download coloring pages, look at an art gallery and read about the author. http://pbskids.org/arthur/index.html

Scholastic

Howard County Public Library

To locate a book or find out what is happening at our local library. Find out more about the Summer Reading Lists so you can read on summer vacation! http://www.howa.lib.md.us/

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