Kids Online Safety

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The opportunities kids have to socialize online come with benefits and risks. Adults can help reduce the risks by talking to kids about making safe and responsible decisions.

A searchable web directory created by "a bunch of librarians" at the Ramapo Catskill Library System. No ads.

Student Resources for Learning

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Fun and Educational Sites

Fun Brain
Lots of fun (and educational) games for students in grades K - 8. A few ads.
Enchanted Learning
Education, crafts, and games for the K-6 set. I only found one ad per page.
PBS Kids
Fun for the preschool set. No ads.

Search site with good information and excellent illustrations. There are also videos and information galleries. From Dorling Kindersley. No ads.

Search Engines

KidzSearch
This search engine seems to be pornography free, but ads are on the top of the results page.
Sweet Search
This is a search engine which searches sites which have been approved by researchers. The results screen is rather cluttered, and it is very easy to get directed to Finding Dulcinea which is the parent of the Sweet Search site. The reading level of the articles retrieved was rather high. This site has Google ads.

KidRex
This search engine is good if you want to avoid pornography and advertisements.

CountryReports provides over 35,000 pages of online content on the cultures and countries of the world. With unique content from around the world, our members rely on us to keep our database concise and current.
K-12 students, kids, libraries, business and tourists appreciate CountryReport's ability to meet their needs.

Research

Ask a Librarian is administered by the Tampa Bay Library Consortium, and provides Florida residents with virtual reference services through live chat and text messaging from 10 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Thursday (ET), and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday (ET).

There is a wide variety of topics such as art, history, animals, and fun stuff at this US government site. It includes links to both goverment and commercial web sites. No ads.