St. John's

Links for Children and Parents

Links for Kids

Visit the makers of VeggieTales and 3-2-1 Penguins for activities for children related to these fun series!

This site has lots of cool stuff from the ROM, including information on their current exhibitions.

The Ontario Science Centre's excellent web site.

Visit Toronto's Virtual Zoo, Adopt an Animal, and learn about polar bears and other animals.

An excellent site sponsored by Bell Canada, offering help with such isues as Friendship, Diversity, Family, AIDS, Abuse, and Suicide. This site is designed for kids who are experiencing trouble and don't know where to turn for help. It also has a section with tips for parents.

Green Eggs and Ham, the Grinch, and other Seuss classics make an appearance on this site and its links.

Not to be missed by any fan of those famous building bricks.

Visit this site to learn more about science and nature in a fun and interactive manner.

This interesting site has the latest information on NASA launches, and links to such things as the Shuttle Web, the Hubble Telescope, the Spirit Rover, and other astronomy topics.

This site comes from an Episcopal parish in the USA. The site includes pages that kids can either print out or download to colour in a computer paint program, a virtual storybook, as well as church and festival trivia, words and music (MIDI) for kid-friendly or seasonal hymns, and articles on holidays and church practices.

Links for Parents

This site, just launched in January of 2004, contains advice for parents on how to web-proof kids.

Parent Soup is a site devoted to parents, run by parents. Visitors to this site will find parenting advice and annecdotes from other parents and experts on childhood development.

Do you have a favourite site that you think should be added to this list? If so, E-mail Dana with the URL of the site and I'll check it out.