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- Activity Sheets - Smithsonian Education - These activities sheets include word and number games, art exercises, and fun quizzes.
- Arthur - PBS Kids - Send emails, play games, put on a play... You can do it all with Arthur and his friends!
- Between the Lions - Get Wild About Reading - Games, songs, music clips, and lots of fun stories.
- Clifford the Big Red Dog - Everyone's favorite big red dog! You can read along with Emily Elizabeth, visit T-Bone's Town, get to know the Islanders, or play with Clifford!
- Highlights Magazine - Highlights Magazine has been around for kids for long time. It's packed full of stories and activities.
- How to Write a Book Report - Writing a book report can be a lot of fun. It gives you a chance to read a new book and then tell your teacher and friends what you thought about it. This page lists some of the things you need to include.
- Kids' Reading Room - Los Angeles Times - Read kids book reviews, find jokes and riddles and much more.
- Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood - Are you unsure about some ot the scary (violent) things you see on TV or read about? Make sure to talk about your concerns.
- Music Around the World - Sesame Street Playlist - Learn with Grover and his global love for music. (Flash required)
- My Personal Expressions: Write a Short Story - Education.com - Extend your verbal creativity into a creative writing activity by penning a short story incorporating a few of your well-loved trademark sayings.
- PBS Kids Go - At this fantastic website you can play with your favorite PBS characters! Check out lots of cool games or be a history detective!
- Read.gov for Kids - Explore new worlds: read. discover new authors and rediscover classic books.
- Reading Planet - Reading is Fundamental - This site has read-along stories and songs help you with spelling and pronunciation. You can also learn about illustrators and authors.
- Shakespeare for Kids - Learn all about Shakespeare and his works with these fun activities from the Folger Shakespeare Library.
- Story Sequencing: Lunch Time - Education.com - This lunch time story is completely out of order! Can you read each sentence and number them correctly so that the story makes sense?
- Story Soup - Join the Highlights book club and read the story of the week.
- The Stacks - Scholastic Kids - A kids' community that has books, blogs, videos, games, and more.
- What's the Word - Play word scramble and word search games with vocabulary words you need to know when talking about the economy.
- Word Find - Census for Kids - Have fun playing with these 4 word finds.
- WordGirl - PBS Kids - An animated series that follows the every day life and superhero adventures of WordGirl as she fights crime and enriches vocabulary usage. In classic superhero form, WordGirl possesses superhero strength with the added benefit of a colossal vocabulary.
- Write a Letter Worksheet - Education.com - E-mail is here to stay, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't learn how to write a good old-fashioned paper letter. Write a letter to a friend and mail it.
- Writing a Good Beginning Sentence - Education.com - Good writers know that beginning sentences can make or break a story. Good beginning sentences reel readers in, while bad ones put readers off. Use these three strategies to write a good first sentence.
- Writing Workshop: Everyday Writing - Education.com - Practicing writing notes to friends, journal entries, and even a grocery list.
- Writing Workshop: Organizing Your Thoughts - The first step in the writing process is organizing your thoughts on paper. Outline your ideas with this worksheet that breaks down the process using a flow chart.