* Brain Pop is a wonderful site for kids who ar curious about science, technology, health and other topics. Kids' questions are turned into original, 3-5 minute animated movies, ranging in topics from dinosaurs to blood to airbags. Each movie also features a multiple-choice quiz to test your child's (and your) knowledge of the subject. The site includes printable activity pages about each subject:
http://www.brainpop.com

*Kids ages 7 and older who like to play on computers and collect stickers might enjoy this site, which allows them to have their own web page, where they collect computer stickers by playing games and visiting other kids' sticker sites. Kids also can "trade'' the computer stickers. Jo's kids love this site, and even Mom has her own sticker pages so she can visit the pages of her kids and their friends:
http://www.stickerworld.org

* Funology.com is a great site for kids looking for a variety of fun activities. This site features science experiments, recipes kids can make, crafts, games, puzzles, fun odd facts, magic tricks and jokes:
http://www.funology.com/

* Are you and your child crafters? Then you will enjoy the Crafters Community site, which is full of craft ideas for kids and adults alike:
http://crafterscommunity.com/kids/

* The Creating Music web site allows budding musicians to "compose'' songs on the computer with different instruments. It also has some other interesting musical games:
http://www.creatingmusic.com/

* Crayola has a neat web page offering games, puzzles, mazes, coloring pages, printable cards, decorations, online cards and unique gifts:
http://www.crayola.com

* LTK's Crafts for Kids offers children's crafts and coloring pages for ages 2 and up, including projects for holidays, educational themes and cartoon characters:
 http://www.dltk-kids.com/ 

* KiddoNet provides email, webpage building, crafts and games for children learning how to use the Internet:
http://www.kiddonet.com

* Blue Mountain provides a wide variety of e-mail greeting cards that are animated with music. You can write a personal message with each card to your e-mail buddies:
http://www.bluemountain.com/

* Barbie fans may enjoy this site, where they can "create'' their own virtual Barbie, picking out hair color, skin tone, clothing and makeup. There is the option of ordering the Barbie you created, which is completely optional:
http://www.barbie.com

* If your daughter loves American Girl dolls, or paper dolls, check out this web site, featuring real American girls and their ancestors as paper dolls. You can "dress'' the girls from different generations, read about their real lives, and even print out paper dolls. The more adventurous can create their own paper dolls. This site may take some time to load, so be patient:
http://www.americangirl.com/agcn/paperdoll/index.html

* Language Stars is a leader in second language learning for children. Founded in 1997, Language Stars engages children in fun and effective language learning with the goal of achieving proficiency in a second language:
http://www.languagestars.com/