There are many useful web sites that are appropriate for children. Below are just some of the kid safe search engines available, each link is a doorway to hundreds of exciting sites.

Yahooligans
Sites for children ages 7 – 13, hand selected by Yahoo to be age appropriate. An excellent resource.

Ask Jeeves For Kids
Lovely site, designed for kids, answers are filtered for appropriateness

Berit’s Best Sites for Children
For kids up to 12 years old covering crafts, activity centres, games, animals, education.

wickED
The TKI site for primary and intermediate aged children

Kids Search Tools
A collection of 16 search sites for kids with the query boxes all on one page. Best for older students.

Authors
Paul Jennings	Roald Dahl
Charles Dickens	TS Eliot
Janet Frame	Morris Gleitzman
Narnia - CS Lewis	Margaret Mahy
John Marsden	Beatrix Potter
Dr Seuss Online	RL Stine
JRR Tolkien
Homework
BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper	EdView SmartZone
Fact Monster	Homework Spot
Kids Click	Kids Konnect
Maths Maven's Mysteries	Fun Brain Maths Games
Maths Cats	wickED Maths
Other Cool Links
Kidz Domain	Xtra MSN for Kids
Brain Games	Up To 10
Nickelodeon	National Geographic
Invercargill Public Library	Kids Gardening
Nickelodeon Junior	All About Insects
Virtual Pets	Discovery
Te Papa	How Stuff Works
NZ Volcanoes	Science Alive
Auckland Zoo	Time Magazine For Kids
Walking with Dinosaurs	NZSA

Remember – When you are gathering information for a project, it is NOT O.K. to just copy and paste.  You should read the pages, think about it and write out the information your own way.  You’ll learn more!