Games for Kids!

SECURITY CAUTION FOR KIDS & PARENTS: These images link to a gaming website that offers free trial versions of games for download and/or sells games. I have done business with this website in the past and they are honest and very helpful to their customers. BUT... Kids, you must never ever download anything to your computer or buy anything online unless you TELL YOUR MOM OR DAD FIRST that's what you want to do.

Brain Juice for Your Brain

Brain teasers are called "teasers" because they tease the heck out of your brain, trying to make you figure out the answer. You feel really good when you finally figure it all out. It's lots of fun to try! Here are some brain teasers for you to work on then you can try them out on somebody else:

Number One: Rebus brain teasers use words or letters in interesting orientations to represent common phrases. Can you figure out the following rebus brain teaser? It is a common phrase. Answers will be at the bottom of this post.

Salt: Good morning
Pepper: Hello

Number Two: What Doesn't Belong? This brain teaser relies on your ability to recognize what a group of words has in common so you can pick out the one word that does not belong in the group. Here's your group of words... now, which one does not belong?

Binoculars, eyeglasses, goggles, handlebars, jeans, pliers, scissors, shoes, tweezers

Number Three: Another rebus puzzle... can you decipher the musical instruments represented below?

1. P O
2. BA BA
3. ECLART
4. @ # $ %

Number Four: Homonym Sentences - The blanks in the following sentences will be filled in with three different homonyms (words that are spelled differently but sound alike) to make valid sentences. The dashes indicate the number of letters in the words. Can you fill in the blanks?

1. The cut on his _ _ _ _ won't _ _ _ _ in time for the race, so _ _ '_ _ have to drop out.

2. I couldn't _ _ _ _ _ any of the _ _ _ _ _ _ in the flower shop, because for some strange reason I had 50 _ _ _ _ _ crammed up my nose.

3. A bloodthirsty pirate will wander the _ _ _ _ and essentially _ _ _ _ _ everything he _ _ _ _.

Number Five: Word Play - Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters. What do the following words have in common (aside from repeating some letters)?

Assess
Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Voodoo

Are you ready for the answers?




Are you sure you're ready?




Well, okay. Here are your answers:

Number One: Season's Greetings

Number Two: The word "shoes" is the only "pair" that actually has 2 separate pieces.

Number Three: 1. Piano (P and O); 2. Tuba (Two BA); 3. Clarinet (CLAR in ET); 4. Cymbals (Symbols)

Number Four: 1. The cut on his HEEL won't HEAL in time for the race, so HE'LL have to drop out.
2. I couldn't SENSE any of the SCENTS in the flower shop, because for some strange reason I had 50 CENTS crammed up my nose.
3. A bloodthirsty pirate will wander the SEAS and essentially SEIZE everything he SEES.

Number Five: If you take the first letter and move it to the rear of the word, you get the same word when read backwards.

Find LOTS more brain teasers at the Braingle website.

"The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad" - See the whole movie right here!

This movie was a lot of fun to watch when it first came out a very long time ago and it's so much fun, it's even fun today! After viewing "Part One" of the movie that's posted here, scroll down for Part Two, then Three and so on until you've seen the whole thing.

CONTENT ADVISORY: "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad" makes use of wonderful special effects to create fantastical movie "monsters" that are clearly fantasy creatures and should probably not frighten most kids but very young children might find those parts of the movie to be a bit scary.

PART ONE



PART TWO



PART THREE



PART FOUR



PART FIVE



PART SIX



PART SEVEN



PART EIGHT



PART NINE

Learn to Count Money (JAVA Applet)

Play Lizzie McGuire's Turbo Racer Game!

Play Lizzie McGuire Turbo Racer


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Who, What, Where? A REALLY FUN GAME

I created this little game of "Who, What, Where?" to have some fun with good stuff to know. It's kind of like a mini-encyclopedia of fun facts and pictures covering all sorts of subjects. Here's how you play:

1. CAREFUL! Don't put your mouse cursor over any tiny picture pieces until you are sure you are ready to do that.

2. Look at the tiny pieces of pictures and try to guess what the main picture is... "Who" if it's a person and you think you know who, "What" if it's an animal or object, and "Where" if it is a location and exactly where do you think it is? So far, so good?

3. When you are ready to know the answers for sure, move your mouse cursor over a tiny picture piece and it will show you the main picture and give you the answer.

4. If you are the really curious type, CLICK on the tiny picture piece and a new window will pop up showing you a new webpage (not part of this blog) that gives you more details or shows something related to the main picture.

5. HAVE FUN!

Paint a House!

That's right, you can paint a whole entire house with the JAVA applet at the Flexbon paint website. This is NOT a kid's website. It was made for adults who are thinking of painting their house and aren't sure what color combinations they want so this applet lets you try out all kinds of colors on different house types. Even though this website was made for adults, it's still FUN FOR KIDS, TOO!

Younger kids will definitely need older kid or adult help in figuring out how to use the controls on the applet.

The JAVA applet appears in its own pop-up window at the same time that the main window opens. It is not a pop-up ad. It's where you have the fun.

FROM THE WEBSITE:

Welcome to SpectraFlex - Flex Bon's Java™ enabled "point and shoot" paint applet, featuring the Flex Bon Color Source Selection of colors!

In order to paint with our applet you will need to temporarily disable any pop-up window blockers. You will also need to have a Java enabled web browser.

To paint a house, first select a color from the palette. You can scroll through the colors with the navigational buttons to the right. If you know the color number and want to find it, press the "Find color #" button and enter the number (not case sensitive).

Next, move your mouse to the area of the house you want to paint, then click. It's that easy! At any time you can press the "View selections" button to see which colors you have selected for each area of the house you've painted.

While in the "View selections" area, you can press the "Color palette" button to return to the palette screen. To select another house to paint, press the "Pick new image" button. To clear the colors you selected and start over, press "Clear list". Have fun!

Please Note: These computer video simulations only approximate the dry paint color. The actual color will vary depending on the vehicle, gloss level, application technique, film thickness variances, substrate and light source. For critical color matches, a sample of paint should be applied, allowed to dry and checked before proceeding with the entire job.

The optimal color palette setting for your video display is 24 bit (16M colors) or higher.

P.S. Yep, I "painted" those houses you see up there.

50 Great Websites for Kids

KABOOSE.COM - Parenting, food, software & movie reviews, games, contests, learning, downloads, clip art, coloring, crafts, links to other kid sites.

EnchantedLearning.com - this website is so massive and so comprehensive, covers so many subjects, crafts, activities, printables, games, coloring, homework help that I can barely get started trying to describe it. Not to be missed. Especially helpful to homeschoolers and teachers.

KidzWorld.com - Games, Entertainment, sports zone, brain candy, toys, chat, boards, contests

Squigley's Playhouse - Fun and safe activities, variety of games, online coloring, arts and crafts, pencil puzzles, e-cards, jokes, brain teasers, writing... The site is a popular resource for teachers, service club leaders, home schoolers and parents.

Discovery Kids - Discovery Kids TV, Bindi Irwin, Animals, Yucky!, Fun and Games, Webcams, Space Adventures, Sci Squad, Dinosaurs, History, more...

The Willy Wonka Candy Factory - "Feed Your Imagination" - visually entertaining website - what's good, what's happening, what's new, music, create, viewing room, registration may be necessary to get into the fun zones (this website used to be more easily accessible).

Alfy.com - Another site that uses Flash to pleasing effect with games and coloring and all sorts of fun! Alfy is free but they are promoting their pay-to-use website here. Games, clip art, puzzles, polls, forums, prizes, arts and crafts

Disney.com - This website is almost as much of an adventure as going to Disneyland - there is so much to explore, too much to describe here. Younger kids will need help navigating here. All categories represented here.

Nickelodeon - Flash. Main categories: All Nick, Games, Music, WebLab, Blab (Chat), Your World, Shop, videos, shows on channel, more...

Nick, Jr. - for parents and preschoolers to explore together - Dora the Explorer, game arcade, recipes, shows, activities, travel, videos, parenting, more...

PBS for Kids - Links to all PBS kids' shows, games, stories, polls, music, coloring, behind the scenes, get real, search site PBS Parents - This deserves its own mention because the resources here for parents and teachers are humungous! Fun, too. A must-see.

NASA for Kids - Play games, do activities, learn how astronauts live in space, follow NASA events, clubhouse, wonderful photo gallery of outer space Also see NASA QUEST for classroom activities.

Kids.com - Games, webtoons, adventures, kids chat, message boards, e-cards, kids' homepages, create your own stuff, music, gadgets, jokes, stories, join club, parent talk, & Kids JR.

FunBrain - Kids Section, Teachers and Parent Sections, game arcade, quizzes, numbers, words, universe, culture, more...

Pauly's Playhouse - Flash website with cartoons, games, sounds, lab, outside links, shop...

Cyberkids - Fun and games, creative works, reviews, learning center, shopping, links to other kid sites, Parents section

KidsGov - Official government portal for kids Grade Levels K-8 - Find links to government and other kids' sites - Explore, learn, and have fun!

Yahoo Kids - Games, movies, music, Ask Earl, Jokes, Sports, Ecards, Horoscope, Study Zone, Parents... NOTE: Yahoo has other websites frequented by children which are NOT kidsafe. My hope is that the websites here, which are kid-specific, are moderated and supervised.

Fact Monster - Web portal for kids from Information Please - Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Homework Help, Games & Quizzes, World, USA, People, Sports, Science, More...

Surfing the Net With Kids - reviews of websites geared toward kids - covers many categories, provides links to approved websites.

National Park Service for Kids - online fun at the national parks around the USA

The White House for Kids - Go Inside the President's House, Our Presidents, Fun Facts, First Pets...

The House of Representatives for Kids - learn about our government and how laws get made and how to contact your representative in Congress

Library of Congress for Kids and Families - this is America's Library packed full of wonderful and fascinating resources.

The C.I.A. for Kids (don't miss their World Fact Book!)

American Revolution for Kids - A fifth grade class organized some great resources including a timeline, important battles, maps, symbols, reasons for the Revolution and more.

Berit's Best Sites for Children - A directory of categorized websites that were made with kids in mind.

ALA's Great Websites for Kids - from librarians, folks! Good stuff here.

Crayola.com - over 4,000 coloring pages, crafts, games and lesson plans - you can even create your OWN coloring pages!

National Geographic for Kids - Animals, Games, Videos, Stories, Activities, People and Places, Photos, more...

KidSites.com - guide to great websites for kids, categorized.

Time Magazine for Kids - Grades K-6 - worksheets, quizzes, graphic organizers, articles, special subjects, teacher resources...

Kulture Kids - Learning about the world's cultures is fun! Categories include: Games, Recipes, Crafts, Oral Traditions, True Stories, and Didja Know?

Kids Online Resources - Kindergarten through College - Art/Music · Early Childhood · Entertainment · Fun/Favorites · Games/Toys · General Education · · Geography · History · Homeschool/Curriculum · Internet Safety · Kids of the World · Language Arts · Math · · Parents Resources · Reference · Science · Special Education · Technical Support · Teen Resources · · Zoos/Animals ·

KidsClick.com - major web directory (portal) with many, many categories

Mexico for Kids - Play games and do other activities and learn about Mexico's history and culture, biodiversity, food, government... "this website belongs to the President of Mexico"

Canada for Kids - fifth grade class made a website about Canada, pretty comprehensive.

The Why Files - "the science behind the news"

Gamequarium - printables, math, science, in the news, reading, many videos, school...

CybersleuthKids.com - an internet search guide for the K-12 student - many categories

BillyBear4Kids - Lots of fun stuff here - Clipart& Fonts, Animal Scoop, Show & Tell, Fun & Games, Holidays, Post Office, Desktop Themes, Screensavers, Computer Storybooks, more...

Ask for Kids (formerly Ask Jeeves for Kids) - Schoolhouse, Movies, Games, Video, Images

PrimaryGames.com - games, arcade, puzzles, virtual worlds, postcards, print zone, downloads, widgets, much more...

LearningPlanet.com - from pre-K through 7+ - activities, worksheets, games, quizzes, puzzles, teacher tools...

MysteryNet's Kids Mysteries - Mysteries to solve, scary stories, and magic tricks

The Kidz Page - Games, Clip Art, Toys, Movies, Puzzles, Downloads, Coloring, Holidays, more...

A+ Math -developed to help students improve their math skills - game room, flash cards, word find, worksheets, homework helper, more...

Funology.com - "The Science of Having Fun!" - Jokes & Riddles, Boredom Busters, Games, Arcade Games, Wacky Facts, Magic Tricks, Yummy Recipes, Weird Science, more...

Barbie's Official Website - Games, Videos, Closet, Bedroom, Garden, Shop, Virtual World, Email, more...

Lifesaver's Candystand.com - 5 minute games, action games, Flash games, Match-3 games, Racing Games, Tower Defense Games, Sports, Arcade, Puzzle, Multiplayer, more...