Sites for Children



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ABC Games Centre This site is part of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s site, with familiar games including characters from B1 and B2, Rattus, Mixy, Feral TV, the Couch Potato game and more. If you hold your mouse pointer over the button on the games page, the wheel in the middle indicates the age appropriateness of the game or activity.	Daisy Maths The site is sponsored by Kraft. It is aimed at preschool and lower primary children and offers plenty of opportunities to develop mathematical skill.
ALFY.COM Alfy has various reading activities, word, spelling and maths games at this site. Simply select a game to play and click on the "Educational Value" button on the navigation bar to read a description about what specific literacy and/or numeracy learning outcomes that the game or puzzle provides.	Count On This British site includes maths challenges (for older students) and games and activities for younger children, including ‘Numberland’, where you can find out all sorts of irrelevant facts about lots of different numbers from the magic number square. Click on ‘links’ on the navigation bar, then select ‘games’, or 'puzzles and problems’ for a huge selection of other sites (with star-ratings) to visit to test your maths ability
irt.org You’ll find lots of board-type games, including mastermind, solitaire, reversi, connect 4 and mastermind at this site. Some of these are better than others – you’ll soon find the ones which appeal to you.	Primary Games Fun site for preschool and elementary kids that features educational games, printable colouring pages, holiday activities, free musical postcards, crafts, and much more
Scrabble for Kids offers a variety of word games including Hangman.	Questacon The National Scienceand Technology Centre
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