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June Activities
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Topic |
Activity |
What you will find online |
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Summer Activities |
Find out about General
Cinema's summer movie program when you select the Just for Kids option. Other options
will give you current movie schedules at your local theaters.
Sites for the kids: Movie links where kids can find
information games and activities from some of their favorite movies. |
Summer Movie Programs
Children's Movie Links |
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Games |
Children's Television Network
(CTW) provides games and entertainment for all ages. Older kids can visit the online
version of the popular magazine, Kid City. The Parent's Toolbox offers tips and
tactics from Sesame Street Parents. |
Games
Magazines
Parenting Advice |
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Internet 101 |
At the Willy
Wonka Candy Factory visit the Wonkavision room to see an excellent overview of
how the internet works. Spend some time playing the games here, or see how animation
works.
Terms: Shockwave
More information: Timeline of the Internet- from
PBS, 1960 to 1997 |
Internet Overview
Games
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| 4 |
Cooking |
Make a Friday night desert with Jello Presents Kids Cooking Fun.
You can learn rules of the kitchen and cooking tips. Afterwards you can
get a few new family recipes from Kraft Kitchens.
Additional Activities: Let the kids visit the Kool Aid
Timeline or Oscar Mayer Virtual Lunchbox at the Kraft Family of Brands page for activities
and games from Kraft.
More information: Recipe links |
Recipes |
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Video Games |
Video
Game links. If you own any video or computer games, these sites will probably be
the most popular with your kids this summer. For younger children, hints can
even be found for computer games such as Humongous'
Freddi Fish and Pajama Sam.
Additional Activities: Instead of printing out pages and
pages of information for one game hint. Copy & paste the information that you
want to a document such as Word, Word Pad or Note Pad, then print just that
document. Copy & paste can also be used to e-mail a hint to a friend.
Terms: Copy & Paste |
Game Instruction
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Trip Planning |
At MapQuest,
you will find an excellent interactive online site that gives you the distance between two
places of your choosing, then provides you with a map and directions.
Additional Activities: Print a map and directions to use on
your next road trip and let your children help you navigate. Provide them with the
starting miles, and the approximate miles for the trip, then you can ask them, "How
much longer?".
More information: Travel links |
Interactive Information
Printable Maps
Road Directions |
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Berenstain Bears |
A fun site for younger children can be found at the Berenstain Bears homepage. Paper doll
cutouts, coloring books and an online story. |
Children's Activities |
| 10 |
County Government |
Select your county at Florida
Counties, then select County Government Links. If your public library has
a web site, you will find it here. Some libraries will allow you to search for
available books and put a hold on them from your own home. This can be a big time
saver for last minute reports.. |
County Public Library |
| 11 |
Jaques Cousteau |
Find biographical information about Jaques Cousteau at the My Hero site (Earthkeeper Hero). Then visit one
of the largest Internet sources of sea life information at Sea World.
Additional Activities: Grow coral, an experiment from
the Sea World web site. |
Biographies
Animals
Experiments |
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| 14 |
Flag Day |
Learn the history behind our flag at the Betsy Ross Home Page and learn how to make
a perfect 5 pointed star. At USFlag,
you will find a brief description of how Flag Day originated.
More information: America Flag links |
American History |
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Year 2000 |
How many days until January 1, 2000? Countdown till your favorite day.
Check out how many days to your birthday, anniversary or other important dates.
At Inter-Links
Perpetual Calendar, you can find out the day of the week for any date.
More information: While you are checking dates, set you
clocks correctly from the U.S. Naval
Observatory Master Clock Time. |
Interactive Information
Time and Dates |
| 16 |
Educational Games |
At E-play, parents can
help their children learn how to do internet research while having fun exploring the
countries of Greece, United States, Peru, England, or Egypt. Print off the forms
under the Teacher lesson plans. |
Internet Research |
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Cooking |
Campbell Soups is
a fun site to visit. Enter what ingredients you have, and they will provide you with
recipes. Save your favorites in your own personal online recipe box for your next
visit. Visit the Fun and Games park with the kids. |
Recipes |
| 18 |
Craft |
Arts and craft sites can provide you with ideas for
holidays. Here are two sites to help you and your child create a pop up card for
Father's Day. Michael's Kids
Club and How to make a
Pop-Up.
Additional Activities: More craft ideas from Michael's Kids Club |
Arts & Crafts |
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| 21 |
Summer Begins |
Print out a New England Village that you can cut out, color
and assemble from Ben &
Jerry's Ice Cream site. A cut out of a cow is even included. |
Printable Activities |
| 22 |
Internet Safety |
SafeKids, provides
Internet Safety rules and information.
Parents Guide to the Internet from
the Dept of Education can be read online, or ordered at 1-800-USA-Learn.
More information: From The Police Notebook Homepage, find more
child safety information from dealing with bullies, bicycle safety, drugs,
emergencies, avoiding fights, preventing fires and more.
Sites for the kids: Yahooligans - child safe search engine.
Terms: Adobe Acrobat
Reader (to download the file for Child Safety on the Information Highway Power Point
presentation from SafeKids.) |
Child Safety
Search Engine |
| 23 |
Online Magazine |
A mountain of activities and information for kids can be
found at Weekly Reader.
Additional Activities: Go to Weekly Reader's Cooking with Kids section to
find simple recipes for younger kids. |
Magazines
Recipes |
| 24 |
Camping |
At Go Camping
America, or The Great Outdoor Recreational Page
(GORP), you will find a list of campgrounds in the US. Park information can be found
at The National Park Service.
Sites for the kids: Smokey the Bear |
Travel Information
Government Sites |
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YoYos |
Hundreds of tricks can are available from the YoYo
manufacturers, and individuals who want to share their knowledge. Yo Yo links. |
Hobbies |
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