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If your looking for typing games for kids, online is the first place you should start looking. The internet has a myriad of options for you, but which ones are really worth your time?

These educational games are some of the best learning experiences that can be had on the internet, but who knew they could also be so much fun!

mobile game pilot online for Education K-12

Are your kids inquiring young scientists who are always curious about the world around them? If so, the following websites are just what you need. They contain some of the best science games for kids online. Each of them are fun to explore and play with, but they also have a sound educational base.

Cybersmart Detectives is an innovative online game that teaches children key internet safety messages in a safe environment. Children work online in real time liaising with community professionals to solve an internet-themed problem. The activity is based in the school environment, and brings together a number of agencies with an interest in promoting online safety for young people, including State and Federal Police, internet industry representatives and child welfare advocates.

Quest Atlantis (QA) is a learning and teaching project that uses a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-12, in educational tasks. Building on strategies from online role-playing games, QA combines strategies used in the commercial gaming environment with lessons from educational research on learning and motivation. It allows users to travel to virtual places to perform educational activities (known as Quests), talk with other users and mentors, and build virtual personae. A Quest is an engaging curricular task designed to be entertaining yet educational.

A collection of some of the web's best educational games all in one place. For teachers, students and parents.

This online game is a favorite! It works great on your interactive whiteboard, too!

iCivics is a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. iCivics is the vision of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who is concerned that students are not getting the information and tools they need for civic participation, and that civics teachers need better materials and support.

The online role-playing games on iCivics are free, teacher-friendly, and effective

Allows teachers to create games, puzzles and crosswords that are available to students online. Teacher can view and analyse results.

Great word list and free online games for the first week of school

Free online games and printable resources

TOOLS Sploder Make your own educational games online. Remember the Milk Manage activities and tasks. Dabbleboard A virtual white board to create, collaborate and share presentations, homework assignments or study sessions.

This group of developers are trendsetters, IMHO;D

the developers of Moshi Monsters, Perplex City and various widgets; work with girls, kids and readers

Brain training games are a great way to promote higher level thinking skills in students, but finding the right activities to practice these skills can be difficult. Here are 5 of the best.

VocabularySpellingCity has a new summer word study program that allows children to sharpen academic skills as they play. These simple assignments are a daily workout for the brain, building literacy skills such as vocabulary, spelling, and writing.