Fun Sites

Smilie Games - space invaders, pacman, bowling, cool arcade games

Crumbs World - enjoy the adventures of the smaller-than-life Crumb, Brad, and Biskit, as they go out into the universe in search of Crumb's missing brother.

Book Games - Harry Potter etc

Yahooligans!

GAMEQUARIUM: The site that swims with learning fun! interactive learning games and activities indexed by subject , topic, and theme.

Disney - Pain and Panic Get Dressed Choose from a pile of clothes between these two characters from Disney's animated film "Hercules." Dress either in the clothing item of choice.

KidsCom - Just For Fun Select from a variety of great kids' games with colourful graphics and silly creatures.
Smithsonian Kids' Castle Find lots of activities and informative articles on various topics like musical instruments, sports heroes and craft projects.

Surfing the Net with Kids - Games Presents a directory of kids' games in a variety of categories such as word, picture, trivia, and music and art games.

Billy Beaver's Game Show Play arcade games, puzzles, mazes, word games, math games and tic-tac-toe. Also find online coloring games and jokes.

Boowa & Kwala - Games Galore Features original games with colorful graphics and fun sounds for kids. Find songs and an interactive story too.

Cyberkids Stories, art, multimedia, and games, including word searches, jigsaw puzzles (requiring Shockwave), and a virtual maze.

Thunk Web-based activity where kids can make their own secret messages. Learn about them and how codes are used in real life.

Learning Planet - Online Games and Activities For Kids Present fun learning games for kids from pre-school to the sixth grade. Choose a level and find a game.

Learning Planet - Rats! Catch letters in a basket with this game that helps kids learn the difference between vowels and consonants, and other groupings.

Piggyback Kids Designed to promote kids' continued development and love for creative play and learning. Find books, online activities and education links.

Syndicate.Com Educational and stimulating collection of word and vocabulary games, puzzles, competitions, and comics.

Wacky Web Tales Interactive web game for kids to have fun with while learning sentence structure and rules of grammar.

Platypus Playroom Browse a selection of shareware, free stuff, activities and games for children.

Play Kids Games Designed to educate while providing parents and kids a chance to play together, games include alphabets, logic games and creative color pads.

PrimaryGames.com Contains educational games for elementary students. Includes ABC, number and money games created by a teacher.

Surfing the Net with Kids - Cure-ious Word Ladder Use clues to change the word "sick" into new words by rearranging the letters and ending up with a definition of health.

BBC Education - Little Animals Activity Center Exciting and cuddly animated figures guide young kids through fun learning games.

BrainFlash Teens can play educational games, contests, real-world activities and find news, stories and other fun stuff.

CTW - Preschool Games Meet up with Big Bird, Elmo and the Cookie Monster and play counting and alphabet games.

Funisland Kids Games and Educational Games Find Java, educational and arcade games and well as puzzles and brain teasers all for kids.

Funster Multiplayer Word Games Enter a password, learn new words by playing a game, and make new friends with Funster's multiplayer web word games.

GeoNet Game Fun global learning game for kids based on the national geography standards.

GusTown Interactive resource allows children to explore their writing skills and to create fun crafts. Learn how to join the CyberBud club.

http://www.schoolexpress.com/ - site for teachers but has some fun sections for students including treasure hunts, karaoke and online games.

Nikoli - A fun site where children can make puppets, follow stories and print patterns.

VICNET Kids - Kids homepage of VICNET with games for kids of different ages, links to kids chat sites and other cool sites for kids.

Fun Brain Great fun! These learning games are divided into age categories and are the Internet’s more advanced cousin to old-fashioned flash cards.

Boowa and Kwala - This site is for kids who want to play interatice games/activities, read stories and listen to music and songs with Boowa and Kwala.

Two Toads - lots of froggy fun

Games - This site provides access to 50 popular PC interactive games aimed at PC game enthusiasts.

The Kids Space - Entertaining kid's site with a range of activities including the science exhibition room, and the craft room with ideas on how to make presents for friends and family.

Tukids - Tucows - Lots of fun games etc.

Puzzle Maker A useful site that will make a range of puzzles including word searches, mazes, cross words, number blocks maths squares, and more

Wicked 4 Kids A fun Australian site featuring games, riddles and jokes, puzzles and quizzes, cooking, craft, cool things to do and more.

Children's Online Magazine - Sunshine Multimedia site for younger primary school kids all about books and reading.

Yahooligans

Headbone - A daily updated array of fun and games for kids 8 to 14.

KidsCom - Large site with lots of activities, games, monitored chat rooms, links to web pages made by children.

The Village Kids Zone

The Audrey Wood Clubhouse

Magic - www.hallsofmagic.com

Billy Beaver's Game Show Play arcade games, puzzles, mazes, word games, math games and tic-tac-toe. Also find online coloring games and jokes

All Mixed Up - Paint Select colors to fill in this locomotive picture, then mail the artwork to a friend.

Apple Corps A la Mr. Potato Head, young websters can create funny faces on an apple.

Bits and Pieces Puzzle Arcade - Slider Slide the pieces of the puzzle around until the picture becomes clear.

Build-a-Monster - GooBoWorks Small children can build a colorful monster online with this puzzle.

bunny dance Kids can make bunnies with kids' faces dance on the screen and choreograph their own routine. Uses Flash 4.

Funology.com Brain Drains -- Optical Illusions Don't be fooled with these neat eye-teasers that allow kids to think about what they see.

Games Kids Play Provides rules and descriptions for backyard games requiring little or no equipment.

Goobo - Online Fun for Everyone Build a monster, a rocket, hear belching sounds and create a space scene.

Interactive Fun Puzzles Offers fun web puzzles for children both younger and older.

JigZone: Online Jigsaw Puzzles From six-piece puzzles to those with over 240 pieces, choose from a variety of photograph-based jigsaw mysteries.

Knowble - Monster Machine Create a monster with this game that allows the player to choose heads, bodies, and feet from a variety of choices. Includes a randomizer.

Lil'Land Free On-Line Games Explore a large collection of games to play online. Geared towards younger kids.

Period.Com Puzzles Try to solve these tricky mind-bending puzzles and teasers and develop your analytic skills.

Surfing the Net with Kids - Hamster Break Away Game Keep the ball bouncing off the bricks to uncover a picture of a hamster on the keyboard.

Surfing the Net with Kids - Tetris Play this classic high-speed game of moving shapes. No plug-ins or downloads required.

UpToTen - Kids' Games Features a selection of interactive computer board games, races, mazes and more.

Cinnamon Grahams Find fun links for kids and families, and download games. user name mnps - password 3-3-6

Fruit Game Take turns with the computer removing fruit from the table. No need to download any applications, just click to start.

Garfield's Fun & Games - Lasagna From Heaven Move Garfield around so that he can eat as many falling foods as he can. Watch out for Odie though.

Kellogg's - Games Play many games all involving popular Kellogg's cereal characters. Get screensavers and find other activities as well.

M&M's Studios Tour M&M's studios to learn everything you wanted to know about M&M's chocolate candies. Play games or watch your favorite stars' adventures.

Nabisco World Fun Zone Have fun playing "The Grand Teddy Grahams Hunt," "Chip Blaster" and other activities themed around Nabisco cookies.

Postopia Kids can look here for a variety of games featuring several Post cereal brands.

Tony the Tiger.com Join the breakfast cereal icon in playing a number of interactive learning games. Includes "Megabyte Mysteries" and "Reach the Beach."

WONnet Quick Games - Roach Invaders Save that yummy piece of cake from the hungry roaches. Use bug spray to clobber the insects.

About.com - Kids' Internet Games Online activities for kids. Cutting-edge games, science experiments, craft ideas, pen pals, encyclopedias, and movie sites.

A Game A Day - Just for Kids For those that want constant new games to play, check this site regularly for a different one every day.

American Girl Magazine tailored to young girls offers articles, games, web paper dolls and contests. Find company info and a place for submitting suggestions.

Bonus.com - interactive games and puzzles in a safe environment.

Brownielocks and The 3 Bears - includes educational and fun cartoons, limericks, links, games, jokes, and more.

Cadbury Land - offers fun things to do and games to play.

iKnowthat.com - animated multimedia activities that make learning fun.

Jazz Kids - features an interactive timeline, improvisation station, and the Repeat the Beat game. From the official site for the Ken Burns documentary on Jazz.

Kids Online Games - offers fun and educational kids games to download and play at a party.

kidsjokes.co.uk - offers over 3500 jokes for kids of all ages, including knock knock, animal and scary jokes, and more.

Magic Factory - collection of games that aims to teach children about light and color.

NGAkids - the National Gallery of Art introduces kids to the world of art. Provides information on techniques and periods of art.

Spark Island - online learning channel for children aged 3-12.

Squigly's Playhouse - games, jokes and activities for kids of all ages.

WorldVillage Kidz - word search puzzles, online games, links, and more for kids.

youngABCtales.com - allows children who like to write stories and poems to find an audience on the web.

GAMEQUARIUM: The site that swims with learning fun! 1500 online, interactive learning games and activities indexed by subject , topic, and theme.

Zillions - offers consumer information to kids including product reviews, toy tests, and more.

Zooish - interactive site for kids where the animal kingdom comes to life.

All Mixed Up - Othello Check out a simple online version of this classic challenging game of strategy.

Jim Loy's Checkers Page This collection includes accounts of famous games as well as a long list of checkers links.

Timothy J. Rogers' Checkers Another Online checkers game, this one employing the intuitive drag-and-drop interface. But watch out, it can tell when a piece has been touched.

Web Battleship Online version of this classic maritime strategy game with simple graphics of your battle with the computer.

2D Tilt Maze Maze puzzle which requires players to move a red ball to the opposite end of the maze by tilting the entire maze.

3D Maze Offers an English or Japanese version, find the way home in this fantasy maze. Choose from a small, middle, or huge maze.

3D Maze Puzzles Choose hexagonal or square rooms and try to find the path that leads to the opening at the other end of the maze.

3D Mazes in Java Based in Java, find the way out of this 3D maze. Read directions, and pick a version depending on browser edition.

A Maze Puzzle Start at the upper left hand corner of this maze and try to get out in less than 90 seconds. Snag lucky dots along the way for extra points.

Basic Number Maze Use the number maze to make a series of moves from the upper left corner to the lower right corner of the maze. Reset feature provided.

Castlemouse Shockwave Game Castlemouse game pits the player against a maze of inter-relationships between elephants, lions, dogs and other animals.

Pencil Puzzle Connection Learn how to make mazes or play word puzzles and Bible ciphers.

Rince Download or play this Java-powered game.

Surfing the Net with Kids - Maze Find the way through this intricate maze by using the arrow keys to move the red dot in the different directions.

Tilt Puzzles Choose from 13 different Java-based maze puzzles. All puzzles contain sliding blocks which the player must keep from colliding.

Afro-America - Kablooie! Louie the Wonder Sparrow needs some help avoiding obstacles in the sky so that he can fly around freely.

CyberSurfari 2000 Go on an educational Internet treasure hunt and compete for prizes. Includes classroom ideas for teachers.

Freefungames - Java Games Play classic java video games online for free. Find a large list from Asteroids to the Rubik's Cube.

Knowble - Space Patrol Help the warrior fight off evil asteroids and defend the planet of Knowble. Use the mouse to navigate and shoot.

Kudzu Kids Follow along with these characters known as the Kudzu Kids, ages 11-14, to solve mysteries in their community.

Surf Monkey - Adventure Games Explore these action games selected by editors at About.com. Have fun saving empires and traveling through time.

The Neverending Tale Interactive choose-your-own adventure story and game all in one. Kids can pick stories and add to existing story lines as they navigate the site.

Bill's Games - Hangman Choose the hidden word from 14 different dictionaries including basic words, vegetables and Star Trek words and phrases. Select game speed.

Funbrain - Stay Afloat Guess the Word Game Try this variation of the word game where not guessing the word causes the player to sink the boat.

Hang!Scully Use that mind full of endless X-Files trivia in this game of Hang! Scully where a wrong letter results in an unnatural change in her appearance.

Hangman A simple application of the classic word game. Guess the word in time to save the stick person.

Kids' Corner - Hangman For young kids, this game has simple words, graphics and instructions - a great one for the child that's just learning to read.

KidsCom - Hangman Choose letters to guess the words before the body parts run out. Clues for the somewhat difficult words given.

Art Kids - online colouring and sketching pages, games, and more.

Color Site, The - includes coloring pages that are animated with sound, holiday sections, and games.

Coloriage.com - offers a new drawing to color each day.

Coloring 4 Kids - interactive coloring books and print-and-paint pages.

Coloring.com - online coloring pages.

Crossroads Village Carousel Coloring Book - online coloring projects. Pick your color and customize the size of your pen.

Free Coloring Pages - online directory of websites with free pages for kids to print out and color.

Ivy's Coloring Pages - print and color pages with a dinosaur section and links to tons of print and color sites.

Kendra's Coloring Book

NASA Earth Science Enterprise Coloring Book - differences in color tell you a lot about the data NASA is collecting about the Earth. Try your hand at coloring these pictures (requires Java).

The Crayon House - pictures include the alphabet, special occasions, refrigerator art, and more.

Theodore Tugboat Colouring Book

TUBLE.com - children's stories by Amoret Sprunt Phillips & Sam & Bonnie & Who's That Bird? include pages that you can print out and color yourself.

Dare the Devil

Rock, Paper, Scissors

Roshambot

Virtual Rock, Paper, Scissors - an online, solitaire version of the timeless game. Works wonderfully as a decision-making device for the chronically indecisive.

Alien Tiles - fun and fiendishly difficult color patterns puzzle.

aMAZing Ray - Puzzles, with a new twist; and the puzzles of business.

Archimedes' Laboratory - mechanical puzzles, optical illusions, mazes, tessellations, and paradoxical games.

BewilderWeb: Online Puzzle Rally - a contest based on puzzle road rallys.

Brain Teasers - dedicated to expanding your brain.

Brain Teasers Monday thru Friday - sign up to get your free brain teaser by e-mail monday thru Friday free.

BrainBashers - enigmatic brain teasers, puzzles and riddles.

BrainGamez.com - play scrabble, hangman, tic-tac-toe, and other puzzle and anagram games online.

Brainteasers Network, The - brainteasers, puzzles, and games to challenge the mind.

Brainwave

Case, The - read a mini-mystery here or get it via email every Wednesday. Previous cases, clues, solutions are all available.

Confusion - give your brain a workout.

Cracked Crosswords - features word puzzles, mind games, and other diversions.

CrossPix - A paint by numbers puzzle for Macintosh. New puzzles can be created by users.

Crostic Puzzle - a crostic puzzle changed regularly, sometimes with letters given. Not very difficult. Needs to be printed out.

CRpuzzles - features word search, crossword, logic problem, cryptogram, and much more.

Dilbert's Daily Mental Workout

Don's Incredible Maze Server - randomly generates a maze for you to print out and solve.

Exidor's Logic Puzzle Place - brain teasers and other puzzles.

FigurePic

Fun by Kaz - features an archive of acrostic-style word puzzles as well as Nellie Nifty, RN cartoons.

Games That Interest John Conway - logic games from the inventor of Conway's Life.

Geckoplex - free site offering games including Revenge of the Fool, Skippy's Roadkill, Tombstone, Hangman and more. Includes selection of features and columns.

Grey Labyrinth, The - seeks to stimulate interest and curiousity into the human mind.

Kid Crosswords and Other Puzzles - monthly e-zine of puzzles on educational topics for teachers and parents to use with their kids.

Kids Corner - kids art gallery, puzzles, message boards, and links to kids web sites.

Logicville - promoting puzzles, brain teasers, mathematical recreations, and word games.

Metacrostics - Diabolical acrostic word puzzles for your abusement and annoyment.

Mind Games - puzzling psychological diversions and brain teasers.

Mouth Blast - different shareware all the time. There are utilities, games, and more.

Mysteries at the Musée du Québec - interactive game invites players to become experts in art as they discover the museum's collections.

National Puzzlers' League - sample puzzles and online solving tools.

NYC CabbieZ Mind Games

Planetarium - illustrated puzzle story in twelve weekly installments (starting from when you first visit).

Puzzle Parlor - all your favorite math and word puzzles now online!

Puzzlemaker - create puzzles and games for your newsletters, flyers, handouts, or class room assignments.

Puzzlenut.com - crosswords, education puzzles, daily brain teasers, and more.

Puzzles by Puzzability

Puzzles by Shar - choose from hundreds of different puzzles online in multiple categories.

Puzzling Things - Features Conundrum of the Week.

QuantumBrainBenders - series of math-based puzzles at different skill levels.

Sequence Puzzles

Harris Kid Zone - participate in fun polls designed for kids.

Situation Puzzles - game in which one person presents a mysterious situation and others try to guess what's going on by asking yes/no questions.

Strawberry Macaw's Puzzle Page - All sorts of logic puzzles

Sue Gleason's Double Crostic Page - specialty crossword that contains a quote, for which you use cryptographic skills as well as vocabulary and general knowledge.

ThePuzzleFactory.com - online interactive jigsaw puzzles and brainteasers. Send your friends and family a puzzle postcard as well.

Thinks.com - crosswords, anagrams, riddles, quizzes, puns - in fact, all sorts of puzzles and word games, plus Braingames Bazaar, and links to other great sites.

Triangle Street Puzzle Gallery - A beguiling gallery of original graphic puzzles, courtesy of Triangle Street Diversions.

Web Directory: Puzzle Ring

World Puzzle Championship - annual international puzzle competition.

Zen - can you create symmetrical beauty using Zen? Now that's the trick.

Usenet - alt.brain.teasers

Usenet - rec.puzzles

Christmas Tic Tac Toe

Dic - Dac - Doh - for two players.

Justin's Tic Tac Toe Game - made with frames.

Max Headroom Squares, The - Courtesy of the Sci-Fi Channel

Non-Java Tic-Tac-Toe

Rob Tex Tic-Tac-Toe

Shakespeare's Tic Tac Toe - Shockwave tic tac toe game.

Stubbed Toe

Tic Tac Toe [Jack Donham]

Tic Tac Toe [Jason Heirtzler]

Tic Tac Toe [Jeff Boulter] - Jeff Boulter's Tic-Tac-Toe allows you to play board sizez up to 7 x 7!

XOX Game - play against the computer using three different levels of complexity.

Yet another Tic Tac Toe

GusTown - hosted by Gus and the CyberBuds. The site is chock full of fun learning activities, games and the ever-popular CyberBud Club.

Dr. Bowen's Incredible Contest Club

Rainy Day Resource Site

Online Games

Surfnet Kids' Games

Chaos Kids - club features a soccer forum, the Chaotic Attractor, and home pages.

Fin Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation, The - original interactive stories and games for 8-12 year olds, set in a fictional crime fighting agency.

Hunt for Billy - official site of Dixie's Billy the Dog from Georgia-Pacific. Includes answers to Hunt for Billy game cups, online games, and printable activities.

KidChef - culinary destination for children and parents. Includes recipes, menus, cooking tips, food facts, and an online store featuring chef wear and kitchen tools.

Kids Learning Network - offering games, software, activities, homework help, and more.

Lycos Zone - includes comics, games, information for kids, parents, and teachers.

McDonaldland - provides online games, coloring pages, and other McDonald's activities for kids.

Noggin - commercial-free, educational TV network from the makers of Sesame Street and Nick Jr. Schedule features a mix of signature series from these networks and original series and shorts.

Switcheroo Zoo - switch the animals' heads, legs, and tails, to make new creatures at this surreal virtual zoo.

Wild Wicked Winifred - offers news, games, treasure hunts, and more.

Zeeks - includes games, bulletin boards, cartoons, and a section for teachers and parents.