Children's Services - Useful websites
Staffordshire County Council is not responsible for the content of external websites.
Here are a few we have found, please contact us with any you think other children will like to use.
KidsClick.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
A database of over 6400 sites compiled by Librarians providing access to a huge area of subjects.
Awesome library.
http://www.awesomelibrary.org
15000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5% in education.
Discovering dinosaurs.
http://search.eb.com/dinosaurs/
Presented by Britannica.com, take an online expedition into the world of dinosaurs. A vast amount of information and graphics.
Talk to your baby
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/
A National Literacy Trust campaign to develop language for life.
Teaching ideas for Primary Teachers
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk
A wealth of ideas to use in the classroom.
The International Children's digital library
http://www.icdlbooks.org/
A place where children all over the world can find lots of books from many different countries.
Treasure Island
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/treasure/
Lots of fun things to do on a pirate theme.
A useful search engine for young children is:
Google Directory - kids and teens
http://directory.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/Pre-School/Games/
Lots of games and activities to share with young children.
http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/
The Scout Association's official members' website. It includes information about: activities, resources in the library, penpal schemes, support for adults involved with scouting and directories full of useful contacts.
The telephone number for the Scout Headquarters in London is: 0845 3001818.
http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/Default.asp?bhcp=1
A practical site for the latest guiding news, information, activities, games, opportunities for guiding around the world and much, much more. It also includes the official Girlguiding UK Online shop.
You can contact the Girlguides by telephone on 020 7834 6242 Monday to Friday between 9.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m.
http://www.nya.org.uk/
The National Youth Agency website with job information, library facilities, publications, lists of events, policy statements and general information about the work of the NYA.
http://www.primarygames.com
Try this site for a wealth of games, pictures to colour and puzzles.
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com
All sorts of games and facts, particularly good if you love dinosaurs!
http://www.parentcentre.gov.uk
This is a new parents' website which has recently been launched, providng all the information parents need about the education system in England. It offers support for parents in helping their child learn. Useful tips, games, quizzes and information.
Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project
http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/index.htm
The largest collection of illustrated antique children's books on line...we think.
About Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project, Inc.
The Rosetta Project's collections currently contain about 2,000 antique children's books which were published in the 19th and early 20th century. We shall be putting these combined collections on line as funding permits. Our current goal of putting 2,000 volumes on line will create an online library of aproximately 65,000 html pages.
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22/09/2008 16:19:24
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