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
Monday, August 3, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Peter, Paul, & Mary - A Great Music Group
Peter, Paul, & Mary first got really famous in the 1960's singing folk music and some rock n' roll but always, the songs they sang made you want to think more about the words they were singing. Sometimes serious, sometimes sad, sometimes just plain fun -- Peter, Paul & Mary's music is great for kids of today, too! They have never really stopped teaching and making us think. Their music is still popular and they are loved by several generations of fans.
Here are some of their songs. As you listen, try to imagine what they are trying to tell you. What is the theme or meaning behind each song? Did you enjoy it? Do you think you could learn to sing it?
I bet you and your Mom and Dad would have a lot of fun singing these songs together.
Here are some of their songs. As you listen, try to imagine what they are trying to tell you. What is the theme or meaning behind each song? Did you enjoy it? Do you think you could learn to sing it?
I bet you and your Mom and Dad would have a lot of fun singing these songs together.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Where to buy school supplies?
This is a list of some major retailers who have already set up shop (online) for back to school supplies. Some places listed offer school supplies to the individual student and some places offer school supplies in bulk (for teachers and homeschoolers). Some offer both.
It should be expected that other retailers like Walmart, RiteAid, Target and more will also get around to doing their own back-to-school offers.
It should be expected that other retailers like Walmart, RiteAid, Target and more will also get around to doing their own back-to-school offers.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Disney's Back-to-School Creativity
Be unique and show your creative side! The Disney folks have made a list of fun crafty ideas for young people to do in preparation for going back to school. Make your own back-to-school clothes and accessories by following the easy directions here. Younger kids will need adult or older kid help. Make the other kids at school wonder how you got so trendy. This looks like a lot of fun. VISIT THE WEBPAGE where you can choose ideas like the following (not the whole list, these are just some examples):Artful T-Shirt
Crayon Transfer Designs
Denim Details
Fancy Footwork
Mosaic Prints
Tie-Dye Like a Pro
White Glue Batik
Crystal-Clear Necklace
Friendship Bracelet
Knotted Anklet
Paper Beads
Paper Jewelry
Word for Word Necklace
Backpack Bead Dangler
Hair Ties
Lunch Money Locket
Secret Code Backpack Chains
...AND LOTS MORE, TOO! VISIT THE WEBSITE TO SEE EVERYTHING.
"Peace" in Swahili
These graphics are free to you but you must download them to your own computer then you can upload them to an image hosting place like Image Shack or Photobucket. You can save any image by right-clicking then choose "Save Image As."
SECURITY WARNING FOR KIDS & PARENTS: Kids, you MUST tell your parents you want to download something before you actually do it. This is true even for pictures.
SECURITY WARNING FOR KIDS & PARENTS: Kids, you MUST tell your parents you want to download something before you actually do it. This is true even for pictures.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
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!
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!
Sunday, July 19, 2009
A Live (Sort Of) Picture of the Sun
Courtesy of NASA. Thanks, NASA.
The Discovery Channel has a whole bunch of great images of our sun here. Here's just one of them:
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. The Earth and other matter (including other planets, asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and dust) orbit the Sun, which by itself accounts for about 99.86% of the Solar System's mass. The mean distance of the Sun from the Earth is approximately 149.6 million kilometers (93.0 million miles), and its light travels this distance in 8 minutes and 19 seconds.
Once regarded as a small and relatively insignificant star, the Sun is now known to be brighter than 85% of the stars in the galaxy, most of which are red dwarfs.
The Sun orbits the center of the Milky Way galaxy at a distance of approximately 24,000–26,000 light years from the galactic center, moving generally in the direction of Cygnus and completing one revolution in about 225–250 million years (one Galactic year).
The Sun's magnetic field gives rise to many effects that are collectively called solar activity, including sunspots on the surface of the Sun, solar flares, and variations in solar wind that carry material through the Solar System.
The sun was formed about 4.57 billion years ago when a hydrogen molecular cloud collapsed.
The above information came from this article on Wikipedia.
KidAstronomy has a bunch of great articles about the planets in our solar system and they have an article about the sun.
SunTrek is a website designed for kids to help them discover more about the Sun and its impact on Earth. There's adventure waiting there!
(various age levels)
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.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
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 - |
 | 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... |
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