Fun Kids Pages


Horace Mann Elementary

Computers & Internet
Cyberkids The mission of Cyberkids is to provide a voice for young people on the Internet.	Jan's Computer Lessons The lessons in this Computer Basics section explain a lot of the techno-babble that you hear about computers. The goal is to learn enough that you can follow along as computer technology becomes more and more important in our world.	NetSmartz Workshop This is a interactive, educational safety resource that uses age-appropriate, 3-D activities to teach Parents, Teens, Tweens and Children how to be safer when using the Internet.
Safe Surfing Before you set out on your voyage, it is important that you learn how to "have a safe trip." Click here to review the rules of the web.	Keyboarding Practice A series of 17 drills to help you improve your keyboarding technique and speed.	Touch Typing In English & Spanish: to practice real words, copy a text from anywhere (sites, word processor, etc.) and paste your text inside the text box by clicking the right mouse button and selecting "paste".


Resources for Everyone!
SPS General Homework Resources for Students	6+1 Writing Traits This is a website where your child can practice writing using our 6+1 writing traits from school.	Scholastic News America's leading news source for kids!!!
Click on Logo Check out the many features and fun activities! You can get homework help, up-to-date news and read the NG Kids magazine. Parents have their own links as well.	Click on Logo This is the central education website for the Smithsonian Institute. Students and families can find information and resources on art, science & nature, history & culture, people & places. Educators can find lesson plans or a free e-newsletter. Enjoy!	Click on Logo Information is provided for virtually every school subject, and visitors can use the search engine to find educational sites related to their topic of interest.
Think Quest This site "offers a unique project-based learning experience to students and teachers around the world. Students work in teams to create the best educational websites. The Library contains over 5,500 educational websites created by students for students. Search the library and you'll be sure to find a site that intrigues you!	Everyday Mysteries from the Library of Congress Did you ever wonder why a camel has a hump? If you can really tell the weather by listening to the chirp of a cricket? Or why our joints make popping sounds? Everyday Mysteries will help you get the answers to these and many other of life's most interesting questions through scientific inquiry. In addition, we will introduce you to the Library of Congress' rich collections in science and technology.	Click on Logo A Kid's friendly site where you can ask a question and Jeeves looks for an answer. He also has Study Tool books such as Astronomy, Math, World Atlas and more for you to use plus Games & Fun and News Resources!!!
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, Thesaurus & Rhyming	Click on Logos	Click on Logo This site, created and maintained by educators, offers multiple topics of interest either as an alphabetized list or subject index.
Click on Logo Free online dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus and MORE!		Click on Logo NEW! FREE Printable Calendars, Worksheets, Cards, Games, Invitations, & Puzzles!
General "Stuff" For ALL Ages . . .
Java Games Your choice of six different games to choose from so try your luck!	Click on Logo The internet's #1 site for K - 8 teachers and kids. There is a parent section as well.	What's New on Crayola? Have fun with Coloring & Crafts and Games & Fun!
Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art for Kids Create interactive art, take online tours, learn about some well-known works in the Gallery's collections, download children's guides to the permanent collections and special exhibitions and MORE!	Welcome to EarthCam for Kids Designed for children, it is filled with webcams that are kid friendly, fun, and educational. You can see tigers, visit other countries, or journey to New York to visit the Statue of Liberty. Enjoy!	Click on Logo A Kids' directory of the web which has been carefully checked by an experienced educator to ensure the content and links are appropriate for kids aged 7-12. There is also a download section and an online games section to be used at parent's discretion.
Kids' Fire Safety Learn about Fire Safety and have FUN with games & puzzles. Other resources available for parents & teachers.	Educational Games (USA) Animal Games Test your knowledge about the universe with their quizzes & games: USA, World, Animals, Vocabulary, Health, Science, Math and History!	Springfield-Greene County Library District Kidspace Games, arts, crafts, comics, movies, e-books, a homework station and more!
Games to Make Click on Game Make Wishy Washy, Cinderella's Ball, Crazy Cars, Mr. Krab's Money, Spongebob Puzzles, Scarecrow & Snowman Bingo, Space Mission and Crocodile Snap to mention a few. Includes blackline masters to use!	Click on Logo (You will need Adobe Shockwave.) This site has great activities and LOTS of fun stuff to do as a family or by yourself! You can visit the Game Room (match games, scavenger hunts & more), the Instrument Storage Room (learn about instruments), the Dressing Room (meet the conductors and soloist, the Instrument Lab (make your own instruments), the Musicians' Lounge (meet the musicians), the Composition Workshop (create your own music), the Composers' Gallery (learn about famous conductors) and the Newstand (TuneUps, tours & more).	Today, Hooray! Go here every day for new fun stuff to do and read, such as the Joke of the Day, This Day in History, A Game of the Day or Brain Teasers ... and so much more!
Click on Logo Meet Arthur's friends and play games!	Ivy's Domain Ivy's Domain A Kid-Friendly website for all kids and the young-at-heart! FREE coloring pages, E-cards and greeting cards to print plus a whole bookcase to explore! Have fun!	Drug Abuse Resistance Education
For Students in Grades 2-6 Access the Magazine, Games & News plus use the Homework Helper!	Quick Facts, Symbols, Games & Activities, Glossary K-2 3-5 U.S. Government Web Sites for Students and Parents & Educators	Click on Logo References, Our World, Computers & Internet, Sports & Recreation, Fun Stuff and LOTS more! Also Resources for Parents and Teachers.
Click on Logo Puzzles, Games, Calendar, Art, Spanish, Space, Mysteries, Resources for Teachers & Parents and MUCH MORE!	Click on Logo What would you like to learn about? Animals, Astronomy, Biology, Dinosaurs, Geography, Geology, Math, Spelling & Memory? PLUS play games?	Click on Logo Choose Cartoons, Books, Postcards or Games (Math, Language Arts, and more) in English & Spanish

Communication Arts
MSU's Book Review Board The Children’s and Young Adult Book Review Board of Southwest Missouri (BRB) provides hands-on access to high-quality children’s and young adult books.	Free Tracing Paper for Writing You can type in your child's name or other words and this site makes a full page for you to print off for your child to trace. You can also choose the entire alphabet.	Three different sizes of picture flashcards for Actions, Adjectives, Alphabet, Emotions, Numbers, Occupation & Jobs, Places, Prepositions, Season, Sports, Time & more!
Create a Comic Strip! Create your own comic strip just like in the newspaper and print it!	Click on Logo	Click on Logo Have fun learning to read with games & stories!
Dr. Seussville Come and join the fun in Seussville! You can play games that use your favorite books from Dr. Seuss.	?uzzability Interactive & printed puzzles for Kids of all ages!	Click on Logo Educational games & learning in English, Spanish, French, and other languages.
	Click on Logo An online spelling program; you can play games with a list that you make; each month this site has new lists of words and challenges.

Math
Everyday Mathematics Online games that match math lessons being taught in our classrooms. Requires student enrollment and password from teacher.	Click on Logo Math Goodies is a free math help site featuring interactive lessons, homework help, worksheets and forums! It has over 400 pages of activities for students, educators and parents.	National Library of Virtual Manipulatives Offers math interactive activities for Pre-K through Grade 12 including Numbers & Operations, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis & Probability.
Math for Kids "Cool math 4 kids is a math site specially designed for what kids like and how they learn! Math really CAN be fun and really CAN be easy to learn," includes extras such as Cool Things and Coloring Books.	Click on Logo NEW! Features brain-training puzzles, jigsaws, mazes, logic & mind riddles, online games, Sudoku, crossword puzzles, stereograms, optical illusion, brain teasers and so MUCH MORE!	THIS SITE IS BEING REVISED! Weekly Brain Teasers Each week they pose a brain teaser for grades 3-8 (they also include the previous week's question & answer)! All others are archived for easy access.
Math Playground Find games for word problems, logic and reasoning games and more including printable math worksheets & interactive flash cards.	Elementary & Pre-School Math Activities This site has math activities for geometry, measurement, money, number sense, telling time and interactive number charts.	Math for Kids Print your own Flashcards or play the Flashcard game! Use the Multiplication & Addition tables or other homework helps!
NEW! Free Printable Graph Paper Offers different kinds of printable graph paper to download to your computer plus vertical, horizontal & pie graphs. This site also offers graphing lessons.	Maze Works Offers Java Games & Puzzles including a Download feature so you can save your favorite games!	Click on Logo Choose & print your own math sheets for Kindergarteners - 1st graders.
Click on Logo Free math games & activities!		The Eyeballing Game Use your "eye" to complete these geometric shapes and see how well you do!

Science
Click on Logo Check this site out. There is a ton of information, cool science experiments, yucky body facts, and also information about worms and bugs.	Click on Logo Science & Nature Find out about the world you live in! Also take the challenge and enjoy playing games such as the Caveman Challenge (Prehistoric Life), Solar System Jigsaw (Space), Life on the Edge (Animals) and more!	American Museum of Natural History Archaeology, Paleontology, Astronomy, Einstein, Biodiversity, Genetics, Earth, Marine Biology and MORE! Have fun discovering what each "OLOGY" is!
My Food Pyramid Contains information to help choose the right foods, physical activity suggestions, games for elementary students and an animated tour of the new food pyramid!	Environmental Education for Kids! Welcome to "EEK!" - brought to you by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. This electronic magazine is for kids in grades 4-8. Surf around and learn more about the great outdoors.	Click on Logo This site "engages students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change." Registration is free and students "can share their own field observations with classmates across North America."
Click on Logo Environmental Protection Agency's Web site for kids (ages 5 - 12)	NASA Kids' Club Art, Stories, Science News, Activities, Videos and other COOL NASA Kid websites plus links for parents and teachers!	Our Solar System Visit our solar system and find facts, news and images of the Sun, planets, comets & asteroids.
Click on Logo This is an interactive, web-based museum that challenges visitors to think and explore scientific and cultural phenomena in new ways		Fun & Facts about Rocks and Rock Collecting!

Springfield MO & Greene County Places to See & History!
Springfield-Greene County History Museum Has images, links to images, maps, links to maps, online essays, and links to publications dealing with the history of Springfield, Greene County, the Ozarks, and Missouri. You can use this site for almost everything needed to find answers about Springfield history.	Click on Logo Springfield's Founders Park Project is a local example of art, history, education and public participation -- all evolving in a public space. Historically significant because of its location near the spring that gave Springfield its origin, this Park will exemplify the artistic integration of multiple professional disciplines, each of which is an individual expression to create a sense of community.	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Come and enjoy the only Civil War battlefield in our back yard! The site includes a brief discussion about events leading to the battle, and its effects on Missouri's involvement in the Civil War, information on upcoming special events and some photos of past events. You will also find a tour of the battlefield and map.
Springfield-Greene County History This local history website written and maintained by the MSU's History Department is a wealth of information about Missouri and Springfield's history. It contains Maps, Photos, Stories, Bird's-Eye-Views, Portraits and more!	Springfield, MO Check out the Fire Department's Kid's Page and the Kids Corner @ the Health Department's.	Discovery Center of Springfield Contains information about all of the programs and services the Discovery Center of Springfield has to offer. Check it often to find out about our latest events, exhibits, and opportunities!
Click on Logo Take a walk on the wild side at our hometown zoo! It is home to more than 400 animals representing 130 species.	@ the Springfield-Greene County Library! Click on Logo Find information and photos about the Frisco Railway, O'Reilly Army Hospital, Black Families of the Ozarks, Historical Markers of Springfield & Greene County, Historic Postcards, and much more! Click on Logo	Springfield-Greene County Library NEW! Library Locations, Hours, Services & Programs, Maps
Click on Logo Click on the Education link, then either the Classroom Study Guides or the Ozark Adventure Newsletter to learn about Ozark caves and cave animals.	Click on Logo "Ozarks Environment is a website dedicated to advancing and promoting conservation and environmental activities, events, and initiatives in the Southwest Missouri region." Use the Directory, Calendar, Interact & News links to find out what is going on in our community!	Springfield-Greene County Parks Whatever your age or interest, your park system has something for you!
Civil War in the Ozarks "This collection offers a portrait of life in the Ozarks between the years of 1850 and 1875. It includes photographs, letters, journals and other artifacts that relay the difficulty of conducting everyday matters amid the destruction of the American Civil War." Springfield-Greene County Library	Click on Logo This site offers a brief history of Green County with links to Museums and other interesting information.	Click on Logo The Museum is the permanent home for some 8,895 art objects representing thousands of years of culture. Special collections include 19th - 21st centuries in American paintings, watercolors, sculpture and prints. In the spring, the Museum host the Student Art Show exhibiting art from local students.

State of Missouri Things to Do, Places to See & History!
Missouri Heritage Project Invites students and teachers to explore the excitement and drama of Missouri History. It offers videos, lesson plans, information about famous Missourians and more. Sponsored by the Missouri Departments of Education and Natural Resources and the state Historical Society. Come along as we take you and your students on the following great adventures!	Click on Logo This is a great resource "focusing on the arts of Eastern Woodland Indian Peoples, providing historical & contemporary background with instructional how-to's & references" which are similar to the the ways of the Native Americans living here.	Missouri Department of Conservation for KIDS! NEW! You can watch Videos, check out the Pictures, find amazing creatures in the Wild Guide, plan things to do in Stuff To Do and read Stories plus each section has all kinds of GREAT links! And don't forget to check out Xplore! your free magazine from the Missouri Conservationist.
Missouri Governor's Mansion Visit the mansion and learn about its' history and take an online tour plus see photographs taken during the holidays.	Famous Missourians Visit this site created by the Missouri Capitol Society, Inc. in 1982 to honor the achievements of the greatest of our Missouri citizens. Occupying the third floor rotunda area of the Capitol in Jefferson City, the Hall is a collection of bronze busts depicting these great Missourians and includes a short biography of those honored.	Click on Logo Site for the Missouri Caves Association. You can locate some of the primary caves in Missouri as well as Arkansas through their websites. In addition there is information about the Caves Explorer Program.
Photo Album of Missouri NEW! Find photos from all over Missouri on such topics as: Historical, Rivers & Streams, Wildlife & Habitat, and MORE! Provided by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.	Click on Logo Information about fishing, hunting & trapping, nature, forestry, and the Conservationist Magazine.	Visit the Children's Garden in the St. Louis Botanical Gardens Check out the interactive map that shows you activities you can enjoy!
Click on Logo History & Fun Facts, Info about Government, Resources & Links and Games		Click on Logo NEW! Working & Living in Missouri, Tourism & Recreation, Volunteering, News & Events plus MORE!

United States of America Geography, Government & History!
Click on Logo This web site contains a complete video archive of all American Presidents which includes biographical facts, key events of each presidency, presidential places, and other reference materials.	Click on Logo NEW! Click on the link for your grade and choose or choose from many Hot Topics such as: Fun Stuff/Games, Government, American History A-Z, Social Studies A-Z, Careers, State Websites, and more!	Click on Logo NEW! Meet Amazing Americans, Jump Back in Time, Explore the States, Join America at Play, See, Hear and Sing
Click on Logo NEW! White House 101 Fun & Facts for ALL ages: Inside the President's House, Meet Our Presidents, First Pets.	The Fifty Nifty U S The best place to start teaching your child geography is in your own back yard. Use these great printables to help teach your homeschoolers about the important role that every one of the fifty states plays in order to make up our great country.	Click on Logo The GeoSpy agency needs your help to identify places in the world . . . your time is running out!
Click on Logo Games, Toons, Coins, History and more!	Click on Logo NEW! A listing of U.S.A. governmental agencies KIDS' pages dedicated to helping students understand the functions of those agencies, some through fun games & activities.	Click on Logo NEW! The U.S. House of Representatives What Is Congress? How Laws Are Made. Art & History of the US Capitol. Tour the Capitol.
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Springfield-Greene County History This local history website written and maintained by the MSU's History Department is a wealth of information about Missouri and Springfield's history. It contains Maps, Photos, Stories, Bird's-Eye-Views, Portraits and more!

Springfield-Greene County History
This local history website written and maintained by the MSU's History Department is a wealth of information about Missouri and Springfield's history. It contains Maps, Photos, Stories, Bird's-Eye-Views, Portraits and more!