Kid Safe Search Sites

Subject Indexes

KidsClick: A searchable web directory created by "a bunch of librarians" at the Ramapo Catskill Library System.
KidsKonnect.Com: A directory of educational and fun web sites created by educators.
Yahooligans!: An index to the Web for net surfers ages 8 - 14.
The Internet Public Library: Check out both the Youth and Teen sections.
Great Sites for Kids: Directory of web sites for students, parents, and teachers compiled by the Association for Library Service for Children
Infoplease: An online almanac, encyclopedia, and dictionary. This site also has a daily almanac, breaking news, and fun stuff.
FactMonster: Online dictionary, encyclopedia and almanac. Also homework help and some fun and games links. From Information Please.
Kids.Net.Au: This Australian site uses the Kids section of the Open Directory Project as the basis for its directory. Good collection of web sites for school work or just for fun.
CyberSleuth Kids: A searchable directory of web sites compiled by teachers.
Pandia Kids & Teens: This is a large directory of selected web sites.
First Gov for Kids: 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.
Kaboose: This is a family friendy site with a search engine, and a directory of safe sites for all age groups. There are fun, games and educational sites for the kids, and recipes and other information for parents.
Education World: This is a great site for teachers, and you will find lots of links to web sites which will be helpful to students, parents, and home schoolers.
Think Quest Library: This is a collection of over 5000 web sites created by students for students. They include a wide range of school subjects.
KinderStart: KiderStart is a family-friendly portal with a searchable directory of web sites for both parents and children. This is a good site for the family that wants to surf together, but there are probably better sites for students who need information for school work.
EduPuppy: A directory of web sites for early childhood education
The Awesome Library for Kids: Sites are arranged by subject matter.
KidsSites.Com: A rather limited number of sites, but the ones included are good ones.
Surfing the Net With Kids: A guide to safe web sites by Barbara J. Feldman. There is also a good collection of games.

Search Engines


Tek Mom's Search Tools for Students: This site provides search boxes for a number of safe sites.
Dib, Dab, Doo, and Dilly, Too: Safe search engine with a very good directory of web sites for both children and teens.
Ask for Kids: Questions can be asked in sentence form, and the number of results is reasonable but not overwhelming for students.
OneKey.Com: OneKey uses a filtered search by Google to search the web. It also has a directory of web sites.
Family Source: This is a search engine which has indexed over one million pages. It has both information and shopping sites. Also, there seems to be many helpful sites for homeschoolers.

Fun and Educational Sites

Fun Brain: Lots of fun (and educational) games for students in grades K - 8.
Zeeks: Games, activities, educational materials and other interesting stuff.
Enchanted Learning: Education, crafts, and games for the K-6 set.
Pauly's Playhouse: Fun games and activities for children ages 3 and up

Child Safety on the Net and Media Reviews

NetSmartz: Online safety information for kids, teens, parents, educators, and law enforcement agencies.
Get NetWise: Lots of information for adults concerned with child safety on the web. There is also information about computer viruses and preventing spam.
Kidz Privacy: Online safety information from the the US Federal Trade Commmission.
Get Safe Online: Information about protecting your computer, your identity, and your business information while online.
WebWise Kids: Child safety on the net with 7 smart rules of internet safety, links to safe sites, and news of current net safety legislation and conferences.
Stay Safe Online: There is information here about child safety on the net, and there is also very important information about guarding your computer from viruses and hacker attacks. Try taking the self test to find out how well prepared your computer is.
NetFamilyNews: Newsletter which will help parents keep up with events on the internet which will impact their children's and their own use of the Internet.
Common Sense Media: Reviews of TV, web sites, books, and music. Also, this site has articles on media use and abuse.
Spam Threatens Revenue, Kids: 47% of children between the ages of 7 and 18 have received spam for x-rated sites, and 21% report reading their spam e-mail. Twenty-two percent say that their parents have never discussed spam with them. Study by Symantec in June of 2003.
Movie Mom: This web site sponsored by Yahoo will help you decide which movies are suitable for your children to view. It has movie ratings, suitable audience age, and a grading on movie quality.
Family Media Guide: Reviews of movies, DVD's, television shows, and electronic games.
Entertainment Software Review Board: Check here for ratings of game software.


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Subject Indexes

A searchable web directory created by "a bunch of librarians" at the Ramapo Catskill Library System.

A directory of educational and fun web sites created by educators.

An index to the Web for net surfers ages 8 - 14.

Check out both the Youth and Teen sections.

Directory of web sites for students, parents, and teachers compiled by the Association for Library Service for Children

An online almanac, encyclopedia, and dictionary. This site also has a daily almanac, breaking news, and fun stuff.

Online dictionary, encyclopedia and almanac. Also homework help and some fun and games links. From Information Please.

This Australian site uses the Kids section of the Open Directory Project as the basis for its directory. Good collection of web sites for school work or just for fun.

A searchable directory of web sites compiled by teachers.

This is a large directory of selected web sites.

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.

This is a family friendy site with a search engine, and a directory of safe sites for all age groups. There are fun, games and educational sites for the kids, and recipes and other information for parents.

This is a great site for teachers, and you will find lots of links to web sites which will be helpful to students, parents, and home schoolers.

This is a collection of over 5000 web sites created by students for students. They include a wide range of school subjects.

KiderStart is a family-friendly portal with a searchable directory of web sites for both parents and children. This is a good site for the family that wants to surf together, but there are probably better sites for students who need information for school work.

A directory of web sites for early childhood education

Sites are arranged by subject matter.

A rather limited number of sites, but the ones included are good ones.

A guide to safe web sites by Barbara J. Feldman. There is also a good collection of games.

Search Engines

This site provides search boxes for a number of safe sites.

Safe search engine with a very good directory of web sites for both children and teens.

Questions can be asked in sentence form, and the number of results is reasonable but not overwhelming for students.

OneKey uses a filtered search by Google to search the web. It also has a directory of web sites.

This is a search engine which has indexed over one million pages. It has both information and shopping sites. Also, there seems to be many helpful sites for homeschoolers.

Fun and Educational Sites

Lots of fun (and educational) games for students in grades K - 8.

Games, activities, educational materials and other interesting stuff.

Education, crafts, and games for the K-6 set.

Fun games and activities for children ages 3 and up

Child Safety on the Net and Media Reviews

Online safety information for kids, teens, parents, educators, and law enforcement agencies.

Lots of information for adults concerned with child safety on the web. There is also information about computer viruses and preventing spam.

Online safety information from the the US Federal Trade Commmission.

Information about protecting your computer, your identity, and your business information while online.

Child safety on the net with 7 smart rules of internet safety, links to safe sites, and news of current net safety legislation and conferences.

There is information here about child safety on the net, and there is also very important information about guarding your computer from viruses and hacker attacks. Try taking the self test to find out how well prepared your computer is.

Newsletter which will help parents keep up with events on the internet which will impact their children's and their own use of the Internet.

Reviews of TV, web sites, books, and music. Also, this site has articles on media use and abuse.

47% of children between the ages of 7 and 18 have received spam for x-rated sites, and 21% report reading their spam e-mail. Twenty-two percent say that their parents have never discussed spam with them. Study by Symantec in June of 2003.

This web site sponsored by Yahoo will help you decide which movies are suitable for your children to view. It has movie ratings, suitable audience age, and a grading on movie quality.

Reviews of movies, DVD's, television shows, and electronic games.

Check here for ratings of game software.