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Big Nate. Nate's the star of Big Nate, the comic strip that follows this
self-described "future great artist" as he doodles his way through Public
School 38. But even a *ahem* genius like Nate can't do it alone.
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/bignate/
The Boomerwolf. Join the Boomerwolf Detective Agency and help solve a case.
Designed for children; amusing characters but sound science.
http://www.boomerwolf.com/
Chateau Meddybemps. All kinds of fun for families with younger kids.
http://www.meddybemps.com/index.html
Checkers. Will the black or the red pieces win this time? Simple directions
provided. Requires Java/32-bit browsers.
http://darkfish.com/checkers/Checkers.html
Chess Is Fun. Want to learn how to play chess? Want to learn how to play a
bit better? Here are some fairly easy "lessons."
http://www.princeton.edu/~jedwards/cif/intro.html
Children's Television Workshop. Your friends from Sesame Street! Check out
the coloring pages in "Big Bag."
http://www.ctw.org
Chinook. Computer generated Checkers. "A long-term objective of solving the
game of checkers, i.e. determining the game-theoretic value of checkers."
This is a very tough game. http://web.cs.ualberta.ca/~chinook/
Comic Zone. Your very own newspaper comics section! Includes Dilbert, For
Better or Worse, Peanuts, Rose is Rose, and a lot more.
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/
DangerMouse: The Greatest Secret Agent in the World. Danger Mouse is a wacky
and hilarious adventure about a Secret Agent Mouse, and his trusty bumbling
sidekick hamster assistant, Penfold. Penfold is lovingly daft, usually needs
to be saved from one situation or another, and is the greatest straight man er, hamster ever known.
http://www.dangermouse.org/index2.html
Desdemona. This is the online version of the Othello game. You don't have to
flip the pieces manually any more!
http://www.math.hmc.edu/~dmazzoni/cgi-bin/desmain.cgi
Enigma. This is a sliding puzzle site based on a toy of years ago. It offers
interesting challenges and is totally addictive.
http://www.stephen.com/enigma/enigma.html
Faces. A game that lets you "mixup" the faces of celebrities. Silly stuff.
http://www.corynet.com/faces/
Five Field Kono. This beautifully designed strategy game is played on a Java
board. It's worth the wait for the board to load up. Based on Chinese
Checkers.
http://www.darkfish.com/kono/FiveFieldKono.html
Garfield Online. Heard the latest? Garfield's the greatest! Check out what's
happenin' with everyone's favorite fat cat! Jim Davis's official fat-cat
site! Needs plug-ins.
http://www.garfield.com/
GirlTech Game Cafe. A Web page just for girls. You can create stories or
work in science and math games.
http://www.girltech.com/Game_Cafe/GC_menu_frame.html
Humongous Entertainment. This site is mostly for younger children. Of
course, the main purpose is to sell their fine software products, but they
have free coloring pages and games to print out. Also, they held a coloring
contest last Christmas, and the winner got to see his artwork animated and
put up on the Internet for all to see! http://www.humongous.com
Interactive Model Railroad, University of Ulm. Run a three-train model
railroad from your screen.
http://cobrow4.informatik.uni-ulm.de:8080/servlet/rr/
InteractiveWord Puzzle. From the Christian Science Monitor, this puzzle page
changes every Thursday and requires a Java enabled browser to play. It is
really for relatively good puzzle players, but the frustration level is
moderated as the answers are there with a click of the mouse.
http://www.csmonitor.com/puzzlers/crosswordj/crosswordj.shtml
I SPY. A collection of image-searching games for parents to play with young
(or not so young) children. This is a simple game based on the traditional
"I Spy" game parents play with their children to fill time while waiting
somewhere. Heavily graphic site. http://www.geocities.com/~spanoudi/spy/
Joan Irvine: The Pop-up Lady. Joan Irvine is a Canadian author of children's
craft books. Three of the books have instructions on how to make pop-up
cards, a set of pop-up instructions, and a contest. Includes links to other
pop-up sites. http://www.makersgallery.com/joanirvine/
Maze. "Get Those Dots"-through a maze and against the clock. There are many
puzzles to solve and you can change the time needed up to three minutes a
game. Requires Java/32-bit browsers.
http://www.hooked.net/users/rpaymer/index.html
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. Continues the soft approach of Mr. Rogers with all
kinds of games and experiences.
http://www.pbs.org/rogers/
Nickelodeon. Like to watch Nick? Here's where to click! http://www.nick.com
Official Disney Web Site. Movies, animation-everything Disney!
http://www.disney.go.com
Official Star Wars Web Site. For Star Wars fans everywhere! Needs plug-ins.
http://www.starwars.com/
OwlKids Online. This is a site based on the magazine for children in Canada.
Nicely constructed site. The age breaks are helpful. http://www.owl.on.ca/
Pentalpha. Solve this challenging puzzle on a very cool board and then let
your friends try solving it. More of a puzzle than a game, the rules are a
bit arcane. Requires Java/32-bit browsers.
http://www.darkfish.com/pentalpha/Pentalpha.html
Reading Rainbow. A great show about books!
http://gpn.unl.edu/rainbow/
Snoopy's Doghouse. Visit with a favorite character. Personality profiles of
the characters and Schulz's thoughts on why they behave the way they do!
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/peanuts/
U.S. Chess Online! This is the Chess Federation site and does include
beginning lessons in chess. Given the importance of chess in learning
theory, this is a must!
http://www.uschess.org/
Warner Brothers Animation Page. Have fun with Bugs Bunny and Foghorn Leghorn
and the many activities you can enjoy with the rest of the Warner Brothers
characters. Check out "Animation 101" and sing along in the "Looney Tunes
Karaoke Studio." http://wbanimation.warnerbros.com/
World's Largest Roadside Attractions. Seeing these "largest" attractions,
including the largest cow, catsup bottle, and cuckoo clock, will make you
smile.
http://www.infomagic.net/~martince/
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