Hey Kids!
Check out these cool websites for games, activities and ideas!

You'll find all your favorite public television characters at this site. pbskids.org. Choose from games, stories, music or coloring to start having fun with Caillou, the Berenstain Bears, Barney and Clifford the big red dog. This is a good site for younger kids.

Visit www.kidsites.com if you want to find fun stuff to do.  The site is divided into educational, fun and grown up sections.  In the educational section there are topics like dinosaurs with coloring sheets, games and activities.  You can also find pages on math, art and many more topics.  The fun section has a button for coloring pages where you can make your own alphabet book or color the Berenstain Bears.  The grown up section has pages for parents and teachers and includes worksheets for students, parenting tips and pediatric health information.

Are you a puzzle nut?  Then you’ll love www.jigzone.com.  This site has puzzles for all ages and all interests from six pieces to 247 pieces and you solve them right on your computer screen.  There’s a new puzzle each day plus a library of hundreds more.  Themes are varied—fish, horses, flowers, scenery.  You can upload your own puzzles and share them with friends.  You can track your solve time too.

If you are eight years old or older, you will enjoy visiting www.bam.gov/index.html.  This site sponsored by the U.S. Center for Disease Control is a fun way to learn about health.  It offers sections on diseases, physical activity, nutrition and more.  Each section features a cartoon kid “xpert” who answers questions from a kid perspective.  There are recipes, interactive games and inspiring advice for kids who want to live healthy lives.

The theme for Celebrating Youth! for 2010 is Weaving the Web.

We'll highlight the connections between all of us. Visit our "Global Villages of Wisconsin" activity area to explore and experience the arts of different cultures represented in our area. Participate in a group weaving project to create a tapestry of our community. Learn about spiders and how humans and insects are linked.  Come and feel how appreciating and supporting the talent of our youth weaves our community ever closer together. Join us for an outstanding day of creative fun you won't forget.  A youth event like no other - by youth, for youth.  Interactive, experiential, fun for all ages!

These are websites you may enjoy, relating to Weaving the Web:

Visit http://www.kidskonnect.com/component/content/article/13-animals/51-spiders.html?directory=31 to learn about the weavers of the insect world:  spiders.  You can learn about the different types of spiders, anatomy of spiders, do spider activities and see colorful photos of spiders from all over the world.

For an introduction to weaving, visit http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/clothing/weaving.htm. You can watch a video of a Chinese woman weaving cloth.