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Places to Visit and Things to Do
Kids Muse - The Utah Museum of Fine Arts offers Interactive art activities for kids and families.
Kindermusik - The U of U Music Department offers Kindermusik, an early childhood music and movement program based on the belief that every child is musical and that music nurtures a child's cognitive, emotional, social, language, and physical development.
The Virginia Tanner Creative Dance Progam - Childrens dance classes that take a holistic approach to teaching and learning, respecting each dancers' individual development level and needs.
Youth Education at the U of U - Classes for children in Creative Arts, Gymnastics, Language, Music, Science, Sports, Study Skills,Theatre, etc.
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Kids Links (Fun and Educational)
General Interest
Boowa and Kwala - come join Boowa and Kwala as they explore the world, looking for where Kwala came from. Along the way, children can play fun interactive games and activities, read an illustrated story, and sing along with Boowa and Kwala.
Discovery Kids - From the Discovery Channel. This site has adventures, games, and the "Yuckiest Site on the Internet."
Dr. Seuss's Seussville - Dr. Seuss's zany characters have been teaching and entertaining young children for generations. Now parents and kids can share not only Dr. Seuss's beloved books but also this fun, creative, and highly interactive website!
Enchanted Learning - This is a fun, educational site for audiences as young as preschool. Users will find science, language arts, geography, and craft pages, among others.
Family Play - Looking for ideas and projects to do with your kids? The Family Play site is full of great activity ideas, articles, parenting tips, chat rooms, and discussion lists.
Family Xpeditions - Family Xpeditions is an opportunity for children and their parents to explore the world through reading, suggested field trips, games, and crafts. National Geographic has created this site will the help of educators across the country. You will find a new activity every two weeks.
FunBrain.com - FunBrain presents interactive games for math, language skills, space, culture, and more
Funology - The science of having fun
Funschool.com - Fun games, puzzles, and activities, divided by grade level, for kids preK-6th grade.
Kids Domain - You will find games, stories, activities, holiday sections, reviews, and more.
KidsPsych - KidsPsych features interactive games and activities that are designed to help young children master specific developmental skills. The games are divided into groups for younger (age 1-5) and older (age 6-9) kids. Each activity has information for parents about the skills it helps to foster.
The Learning Planet - The Learning Planet, sponsored by Lightspan, offers fun, interactive, and educational games for kids and suggestions for parents and teachers.
Kids World - National Geographic site featuring Amazing Facts, Cartoon Factory, Geo Bee Challenge, CreatureFeature, and more.
PBS Kids - Web pages featuring characters from PBS chilldrens television programs including Arthur, Barney, Between the Lions, Caillou, Clifford, Dragon Tales, Mr. Rogers, Noddy, Teletubbies, Zoboomffoo, and ZOOM.
Math
Cool Math - Cool Math is "designed for the pure enjoyment of mathematics." This interactive site features games, puzzles, calculators, and lesson plans.
Reading
Candlelight Stories - Original children's stories, comics, music, animation, and links to recommendations for children's stories and illustrated entertainment on the web. The Candlelight Gallery also displays the work of contributing writers and artists.
Science
BrainPOP - Here is the place to learn about health, science, and technology while having fun. BrainPOP presents animated movies on topics like acne, teeth, hair, brain, blood, asthma, diabetes, skeleton, electricity, water cycle, rainbow, waves, solar system, and more.
Great Plant Escape - The Great Plant Escape is an upper elementary program for teaching about plant science. The site includes an accompanying teacher's guide.
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