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Kids love to learn. PBS KIDS Raising Readers is a national literacy campaign, and part of the Ready To Learn initiative, focused on building reading skills at home, at school, in child care, and in the community. Funded by a Ready To Learn grant from the United States Department of Education, the Ready To Learn initiative is developing engaging PBS KIDS Raising Readers television programs, exciting games, playful Web sites, and easy-to-use learning resources for kids, parents, caregivers, and teachers-all with the goal of helping children ages 2 to 8 get ready to read.

"Established in late 2004, e-Learning for Kids is a global, nonprofit foundation dedicated to fun and free learning on the Internet for children ages 5 - 12. We offer free, best-in-class courseware in math, science, reading and keyboarding; and we're building a community for parents and educators to share innovations and insights in childhood education. E-learning for Kids isn't only for kids, though; it's also a site where: * Parents get more engaged in their kids' education * Educators and experts champion e-learning and contribute their knowledge on how kids can learn better. * Commercial education and game developers contribute to the next generation. * Corporations and associations channel their social responsibility efforts. * People with a passion for childhood education make a difference. "

"At cookie, child experts and educators design interactive online games for kids. Our learning games for kids help in building skills needed for success in school. While playing our fun educational games, kids learn to read with phonics, build skills in math, language, social studies, science and much more. Our educational videos encourage children to keep learning, even after school hours."

"Welcome to Activity Village, where parents, teachers and children will find coloring pages, kids crafts, home school resources, puzzles, printables, jigsaws, sudoku for kids and much, much more ... Now over 5000 pages of activities for kids!"

DOGO Media is a next-generation online network empowering kids to engage with digital media in a fun, safe and social environment.

"Children of all ages draw pets and animals and play with them as they pop to life online. Shidonni is a virtual world that promoted creativity and imagination with kids 4 and up. Shidonni supports Children's sense of responsibility as they grow and care for their own doodles and creations. Shidonni gives a set of drawing tools and cool effects, so kids can explore their imagination fully. "

The Kids' Science Challenge is a nationwide competition that encourages students to submit experiments and problems for a group to solve. Using podcasts, virtual communities, after school activities, and online games, the Kids' Science Challenge is designed to inspire third to sixth graders to discover the fun of science. Deadline: January 31, 2009.

The award-winning Random House Children's Books Web site, kids@random, offers an array of materials and activities free of charge for children, teens, parents, and educators. The innovative teachers@random Web site features many teaching tools and classroom activities, including title-specific teachers' guides developed by leading educators, biographies of authors and illustrators, and podcasts. The Magic Tree House, Junie B. Jones, and Andrew Lost online classroom clubs provide innovative curriculum tie-ins and interdisciplinary connections for teachers during the school year. Random House is also the proud host of the award-winning www.seussville.com, Dr. Seuss's home on the Internet.

"Smories are original stories for kids, read by kids"

Ready Kids is a tool to help parents and teachers educate children in grades 4-5 about emergencies and how they can help get their family prepared.

"Our goal is to provide a fun, safe and interactive environment for children to read and learn about interesting current events. Our news articles are short, simple and include photos/videos in order to keep children focused and interested. We also augment our content with an integrated dictionary for challenging words and maps for geographical context. "

Have kids make dinosaur stencils, press into mud, add concrete, allow to set and bury...then http://t.co/bWzcDSMd

Kids Health videos and quizzes

Online learning tool for ages 3 to 6. Kids prepare for school in 25 skill ares by playing interactive games.

"Children are curious and interested in the world around them. GoGo believes in satisfying and encouraging this curiosity by publishing real news stories that are not only relevant to them, but also capture the silly and the serious goings on in the world today. Firsthand feedback from children reinforces the fact that GoGo is engaging children, teaching children, and adding something to their sphere of learning"

"A global literacy campaign to help kids read so they can succeed in school and in life."

A lot of information on the elementary level.