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Baby Names

Baby Names and More
http://www.babynames.com

Behind the Name: The Etymology and History of First Names
http://www.behindthename.com

Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames from the 1990 Census
http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/freqnames.html

Popular Baby Names
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames

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Crafts and Fun

Family Fun
http://family.go.com

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Cyber Safety

Cyber-Netiquette Comix
http://disney.go.com/cybersafety/

Iggy & Rasper's Internet Safety Game
http://www.kidscom.com/orakc/Mousers/Internet/index.html

Safe Surfin' Foundation
http://www.safesurfin
central.org

Safety Quiz
http://www.cyberangels.org/homefront.html

NetSmartz Workshop
http://www.netsmartz.org

Safe Kids
http://www.safekids.com

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Education and Reading

Educating Jane
http://www.educatingjane.com

Guys Read
http://www.guysread.com

Raising Readers
http://www.raisingreaders.net

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Parenting

Baby Center
http://www.babycenter.com

Kids Health
http://kidshealth.org

National Child Care Information Center
http://nccic.org

Zero to Three
http://www.zerotothree.org
 

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History

Library of Congress: Today in History
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html

Historic Events and Birthdates
http://www.scopesys.com/anyday

This Day in History
http://www.historychannel.com/today

HyperHistory Online
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

DMaries Timeline
http://www.dmarie.com/timecap

Colonial Williamsburg
http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org

WhoWhatWhen
http://www.sbrowning.com/whowhatwhen/index.php

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Language

Interesting Things for ESL Students
http://www.manythings.org

Activities for ESL Students
http://www.a4esl.org

Boggle's World
http://www.bogglesworld.com

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Children's Literature

Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/index.html

Children’s Literature Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

Kay E. Vandergrift’s Special Interest Page (Children’s Literature)
http://scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander

Great Wesbites for Kids
http://www.ala.org/greatsites

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Miscellaneous

Artchive
http://artchive.com/core.html

Discovery School’s Puzzlemaker
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com

Evaluating Web Sites
www.multcolib.org/homework/webeval.html

GEM (Gateway to Educational Materials)
http://www.thegateway.org

Homework Central
http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/
WOPortal.woa/db/hwhelp/whatis.html

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide

NetLingo
http://www.netlingo.com

Teacher Librarian
http://www.teacherlibrarian.com

 

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