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comprehensive history of nursery rhymes on the web.
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Midi's of popular children's
songs with lyrics |
| | Nursery
Rhymes and Songs |
| | Picture
substitutions for words help kids identify objects with words |
| | Original
midi's and lyrics to most popular , uncopyrighted children's songs. |
| | Midis
and lyrics to popular kids songs |
| | Midis
and lyrics to nursery rhymes plus some Flash activities. My daughter loves the
Peter Pumpkin "Build a House". |
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songs are quite banal but will be loved by any two year old nonetheless. An excellent
Flash based site for kids with loads of activities for them. |
| | Online
pictures of one of the best storybook artists around.His nursery rhyme illustrations
are delightful. |
| | Some
flash nursery rhymes ( not as good as mine of course :) ) and other activities
for kids. Targeted towards Indian children with activities in English, Hindi,
Marathi, Gujarati etc.The site actually opens up in a new window so don't close
it thinking it's a pop-up ad. |
| | Great
recordings of traditional nursery rhymes and songs. Claims to be flash based but
there's just one little animation that plays throughout. They do, however, have
some very good animations of fairy tales. |
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name's a bit awkward but the site is good. It has hundreds of worksheets (including
nursery rhymes) to print out, great for kindergarten teachers and parents of pre-schoolers. |
| | This
site has some beautifully drawn pictures ( in PDF format) of nursery rhymes by
Kate Greenaway to print out and colour. |
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exactly made for children but my daughter likes to listen/dance to the tunes. |
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of free songs for kids. Musicians post a couple of songs or so from their albums
in order to gain exposure. Quite a bit of the music is kind of cheesy but if you
like that, then this is a great site. Lali liked Joe Thompson's "Pirates
in the Bathroom".Best seen with a broadband connection. |
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your own snowflake or see the thousands that are designed every day by other users.
Flash based. You'll be amazed at how beautifully they all turn out. |
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for smaller toddlers. My daughter loves the "Build a playground" activity.
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| | Stories
with illustrations. The illustrations are quite good but many of the stories,
especially the non-traditional ones, can be tedious and trite. |
| | An
excellent cartoonist who shares his knowledge with kids (and me!). For older children
who like to draw. |
| | Text
renditions of Aesop classics. Some are read out loud. |
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Les
Posen's Israeli Folk Dances | Wonderful
videos of traditional folk dances and new ones set to both traditional and modern
Israeli/Jewish music. Les Posen obviously loves what he does and it shines through
in this site. My daughter loves wearing herself out in the loungeroom with this
site and I love the naps she takes afterwards! |
| Flash
animations of a few of Andersen's classic stories. Best seen with a broadband
connection. |
| | Incredibly
lovely games for older children (and adults). Most of the games are beautifully
illustrated and have good background music. The creator has a beautiful mind. |
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am frequently asked to add more content relating to India and Indian culture.
That's not really the focus of this site (at the moment) but Kamat's Potpourri
is an excellent site if you want to show your children more of this. Babloo (
link above in the nursery rhyme links) also has Indian content
specifically geared towards children. Jatakkatha.com (see below)
also has a good collection of animated Buddhist stories. |
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| This site
has some excellent jigsaw puzzles for older children (although it takes a long
time to download the necessary shockwave player.) It also has quite a few Hans
Christian Andersen stories read out in streaming media which is actually the best
part of the sit. Click on the image above to enter the site. |
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excellent learning activities for pre-schoolers. |
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| This
site is really for older kids (8+) but worth a mention here ( thanks to the anonymous
visitor who submitted it using the form below!). The illustrations are just brilliant
and the games I tried were well thought-out. The navigation can be a bit confusing
but in an interesting sort of way in that you don't quite know where you'll end
up. They've got some sort of subliminal -like advertising from companies like
Disney which lowers the tone a bit (because it's a bit sneaky - not because they
have advertising of course ;) ) but it's not too overdone. As I said, probably
children above the third grade would enjoy this site the most. |
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'alternative' advertising from a place that Lali won't be eating at if we have
anything to do with it (Burger King- she doesn't eat beef) but she thinks this
site is hilarious. I type in commands to the chicken for Lali and he performs
them. It's a good play on their slogan "Have it your way" and is very
well done. |
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good selection of animated Buddhist tales. The voiceovers are difficult to hear
with the background music so careful listening is required. The animations are
engaging though and the stories are classics. |
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excellent Flash based site for really small kids. It has a number of colourful
'cause and effect' games that babies will enjoy, discovering which key causes
which effect. The train is particularly nice. |
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| Lots
of activities for kids and an easy to navigate site. |
| This
site from Disney is one of their better ones and is very good. There are lots
of activities and craft ideas as well as recipes etc. And they don't even advertise
their credit card on the first page (which they do on the main Disney site). |
| Wonderful
site which has a strong and structured phonetics- based approach to learning reading.
Good flash interaction for little kids except a parent would probably need to
show them how to click on the words etc first. Wish we had come across it earlier... |
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| | Offers
online journals, articles, product recall information and a lot of resources for
those facing fertility problems. They also offer a wide range of maternity clothing. |
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of articles, messageboards and a store. |
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Other |
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| SaveDisney.com | For
reasons like this
and this
and this
(though I did think Lilo and Stitch was too schmaltzy and crass
personally :) ) |
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