Here are links to just a few fun (and educational) sites:

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The amazing National Library Week songs by Mr. Craig

• Check it Out! song on YouTube

• Read it! song on YouTube

 

Award-Winning Books 

• Caldecott Medal

• Children's Notable Lists

• KCLS Book Lists

• Newbery Medal

• Otter Award

• Sasquatch Award

• Towner Award

• Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award

 

Amazing Authors, Illustrators and Read-Aloud Sites​

• Authors and Illustrators by ALA

• Avi

• Barbara McClintock

• Beverly Cleary

• Children's Authors and Illustrators on the Web

• Dav Pilkey

• David Wiesner

• Eric Carle

• Jan Brett

• Jon Scieszka

• Kevin Henkes

• Mary Pope Osborne 

• Mo Willems

• Patricia Polacco

• Robert Munsch

• Sharon Creech

• Storyline Online

• Storytime with Ryan and Craig

• Storytime from Space

• Tomie dePaola

 

Book Recommendation Sites

• A Book and a Hug

• Children's Book Sequels

• Mighty Girl Books

• Read Kiddo Read

 

 Coding Activities & Games

• Angry Birds Coding

• Hour of code

• Code.org - coding for K-5

• Hour of Code Information

• Hour of Code Moana

• Ice Skating Coding with Elsa

• Minecraft Coding

• Scratch-learn to code

 

Citation Makers

• Easy Bib

• KnightCite

• OSLIS Cite my Sources

 

Country Research Resources

• Culturegrams

• Fact Monster - countries of the world

• If It Were My Home - country comparison

• Kid Info - countries of the world

• Nation Master - compare countries

 

Current Events

• NASA Kids Club

• Scholastic News for Kids

• Time For Kids

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Internet Safety/Digital Citizenship

• Be Internet Awesome

• Common Sense Media

• OSPI Internet Safety Resources

 

 Just for fun​

• Brain Pop

• Brain Pop Jr.

• Google Arts and Culture

• Museum of Modern Art for Children

• PBS Kids

• Pebble Go

• Pebble Go Next

• San Diego Zoo

• Starfall

• Wonderopolis

 

Photo Sites

• Noun Project

• Open Photo

• Pics4Learning

• Photos for Class

 

Podcasts​

• Book Club for Kids

• Brains On! 

• Buttons and Figs

• Circle Round

• Fun Kids Book Club

• Greeking Out

• KidLit Radio

• Stories Podcast

• Story Seeds

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Poetry​

• Jack Prelutsky

• Kristine George

• Poetry 4 Kids by Kenn Nesbitt

• Shel Silverstein

  
Research Help 

• Dictionary.com

• Easy Bib

• Fact Monster

• History Link Biographies

• KCLS Home

• Kidz Search

• KnightCite

• Librarians Internet Index for Kids

• Library of Congress

• National Geographic Kids

• Online Dictionary

• Online Thesaurus

• Visual Dictionary Online

• Washington State History Museum

• Word Central Dictionary/Thesaurus

 

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STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Math) 

*See "Coding" resources above for more!

• 4-H at Home

• Ask Dr. Universe

• Be Internet Awesome

• Exploratorium

• How Stuff Works

• The Kids Should See This

• Mathigon

• Science Buddies - ideas for projects

• Smithsonian Fun Stuff for Kids and Teens

• Wonderopolis

• Zearn

 

Teacher Interest

• ALA Great Websites for Kids

• Awesome Library

• Carol Hurst Children's Literature Site

• Copyright Permission template

• Copyright Information

• Free Translations

• Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything

• Kyte Learning

• Teacher corner

• Teacher's College Reading and Writing Project

• Virtual Field Trips

 
Washington State Resources

• Experience WA

• Land Regions

• Regions & Cities

• WA The Evergreen State

• WA Facts from History Channel

• WA State History Museum

• WA State Library

 

Writing Resources

• Author Videos (Writing Tips & How To Advice)

• National Writing Month!

• What If? Writing Prompts

• Writers Speak to Kids