Arthur
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/arthur/

An excellent area of the PBS website dedicated to Arthur, Marc Brown's lovable aardvark. Lots to do and see.

Ask Jeeves for Kids
http://www.ajkids.com/

Pose any factual question and let “Jeeves,” a virtual manservant, provide the answer and lots of related information. Results are drawn from several major search engines and can be a bit complex, but upper elementary students should be able to sift through them.

Email Journal from CyberPuppy Software
http://www.emailjournal.com

Offers a way to construct a journal for those who may not be motivated to do so in the traditional way. E-mail messages prompt student's responses, which are housed in the form of a password-protected electronic journal that can be viewed on a customized webpage. And it's all free!

Kids Pick
http://www.ala.org/kidspick

The top 10 websites for children as selected by children in a program sponsored by the American Library Association.

KidzLinks at KidzPage
http://web.aimnet.com/~veeceet/kids/kidzlink.html

Links to stories, poetry, animation, nature, pets, sound effects, online kids' magazines (e.g., Sports Illustrated), space links (e.g., NASA), and much more.

Little Explorers Web Site
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/dictionary.html

An online dictionary with many illustrations and links containing over 1,200 English entries. The site also offers English-French, English-German, English-Portuguese, and English-Spanish versions, and a list of classroom activities that use the Little Explorers site.

Magazines Linked from Yahooligans!
http://www.yahooligans.com/Entertainment/Magazines

A page full of links to online magazines for kids from the excellent, kid-friendly search directory Yahooligans!

The Monster Exchange
http://www.win4edu.com/minds-eye/monster/index.htm

A great site for introducing the roles of author and illustrator to your students. Requires students to create a visual representation of a monster and then communicate it in writing to other students.

Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University
http://owl.english.purdue.edu

Offers advice to secondary and college students on grammar, writing in various disciplines, Internet research, and more. A particularly good resource for ESL writers.

Puzzlemaker
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/

This site, part of The Discovery Channel's, allows students or teachers to create crossword puzzles, word searches, scrambled word puzzles, and other types of engaging activities in attractive formats. A variety of mazes are also available, along with math puzzles. All of the puzzles can be printed and duplicated.

Treasure Island: Classic Books & Literature for Children & Teenagers
http://www.jollyroger.com/treasureisland.html

Teen classics online and a chat room available for students to chat about books they have read.