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M A I N   L I B R A R Y
200 West Park Avenue
Tallahassee, FL 32301  
(850) 606-2665
TDD (850) 606-2603

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Kid's Page

FUN & GAMES

Books

TV Shows

Florida

Florida Kid’s Page

You can learn about Florida's people from 12,000 years ago to the present, people of all cultures who have made our state their home. You can also find out Florida's state symbols like the state bird or the state song.
 

Florida Panther Net

You can learn about the elusive endangered Florida panther’s habitat.

Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection Kid’s Page

Enjoy "an adventure into the wet and wild world of Florida's natural environment."

 

More Fun & Games sites

Visit these
 fun and educational sites...

  • 4Kids2Play - A safe place for the very young to explore the internet and learn how to use the computer. Also provides links to English-Dutch, English-French, French-English, English-   German, German-English, English-Italian, English-Japanese, English-Portuguese,     English-Spanish, Spanish-English, English-Kidscom logo for Animals of the WorldSwedish, and English Phonetic (organized by the initial sound of the word in English) dictionaries.

  • Candystand Logo for LifesaversAnimals of the World Game:  Guess the animals by the clues given.

  • Candystand

  • logo for funBrainFunbrain: Features fun, skill building activities and games.

  • Logo for Kabooze Kids DomainKaboose: Kid’s Domain, Craft & Game Ideas

  • Little Explorers Picture Dictionary - Computer play for children learning the alphabet and letter sounds.
     

LISTEN TO STORiES

 
  • International Kids Space
  • Award Winning Links
  • Reading is Fundamental – Reading Planet - Read Aloud Stories and Songs, founded in 1966, RIF is the oldest and largest children's and family nonprofit literacy organization in the United States. RIF’s highest priority is reaching underserved children from birth to age 8.
  • Storyline Online, a is an on-line streaming video program featuring Screen Actors Guild Foundation members reading children's books aloud. The stories are hand-picked by Book PALS National Program Director Ellen Nathan, a former teacher and librarian.
  • StarFall.com, a program available on-line to furnish free resources to children who are learning to read.
  • Little Animals Activity Centre, produced by BBC UK
     

BE CREATIVE

 (literary and artistic opportunities for children)
 

TALK TO OTHER KIDS

 (e-mail, chat and pen pals)
 
  • World Pen Pals has been encouraging international friendship and cultural understanding since it’s founding 1950 at the University of Minnesota. For young people and teachers.

  • National Geographic’s Kids Network - A fun pen-pal club for English-speaking boys and girls, ages 6-16, around the world who like to write, mail and receive letters.

  • A Girl’s World Pen Pal Club - The Circle of Friends Penpal Club is a web-based mail system designed for girls 7-17 WITHOUT giving out any personal information. Parents can set boundaries for their daughters' accounts.

  • Student Letter Exchange - The Student Letter Exchange matches English speaking Pen Pals with students, ages 9-18, across the US and around the world

  • Kidworld Keypals

  • Reading Pen Pals can hook you up with a great book to read AND a pen pal to write to about it.

great WEB SITES FOR KIDS

The American Library Association, Association for Library Services to Children
 

Great Web Sites For Kids, On this page, ALA/ALSC has collected some excellent sites for young people up to 14 years old.

 

 

Kids Net (Australia) is a searchable database of more than 30,000 sites designed specifically for kids, that also contains an English dictionary and a thesaurus.
 

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