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Online Games

Find fun games to play on the Internet!

Resources in this category:

4Kids TV
http://www.4kids.tv/
4Kids TV brings you games with characters from One Piece, Kirby, Mew Mew Power and Sonic X.
A+ Math Games
http://www.aplusmath.com/games/index.html
Play Matho (Math + Bingo), Concentration and Hidden Picture to work on your addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts! Join the Hall of Fame if you get a good score!
Abby and Tess Pet-Sitters Club
http://www.abbyandtess.com/
Visit the tree-house headquarters of the Abby and Tess Pet-Sitters Club. The site is based on the book series about the antics and misadventures of Abby and Tess, two sisters who embark on a pet-sitting businesss of their own.
Afro-Americ@ Kids' Zone
http://www.afro.com/children/children.html
Learn about Africa while playing games and solving brain teasers. The site also includes myths and fables from around the world, as well as information and facts about Africa. Some games require Shockwave 5, which you can download with a link from the site.
Alfy
http://www.ALFY.com/
Here is "the largest web portal for kids," allowing them to safely and easily experience everything the cyber world has to offer including interactive stories, games, crafts, activities, and much more. Check out the Brain Train, which helps with your ABCs and 123s. Or, Music Mania, where you can play, record, and listen to different musical instruments. And even, Storyville, for magical cyber adventures.
Alice in Wonderland: An Interactive Adventure
http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/wonderland/index.htm
"Welcome to Wonderland! Here you will enjoy activities with Alice and her Wonderland friends! Lewis Carroll's two Alice Books, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, have been my favorites since I was a child. I developed this web site to share my love of these books with others, especially hoping that it might influence those who have not read the books to read them. I hope you enjoy your visit!"
Animorphs
http://scholastic.com/animorphs/
You can download a free interactive Animorphs game or screensaver and preview new books in the series.
Bat Page Game Room
http://members.aol.com/bats4kids2/boxpage1.htm
Get bats in your belfrey with the Bat Page Game Room! This is the place to find fun games like Bat Word Jumble, Find the Bat Homes, Bat Concentration, and more. The site also includes jigsaw puzzles, connect-the-dots, an interactive coloring book, and ideas for learning more about bats in the classroom.
The Beasty Game
http://www.weburbia.com/beast/
Play the beasty game, "the oldest computer game." Think of an animal and see if the computer can guess what you're thinking!
Beat the Dictionary Game
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/rhwebsters/
"Are you a word expert? Play the game and see if you can beat the Dictionary."
Bonus.com-the Supersite for Kids
http://www.bonus.com
Bonus.com is a grapics-intensive game site with all sorts of fun games to play on the Web.
The BoomerWolf
http://www.boomerwolf.com/
Join the Boomerwolf Detective Agency and help solve a case, plus many more fun things to do at this site.
BU's Inteactive Web Games
http://scv.bu.edu/miscellaneous/games.html
Lots of games you can play on the Internet, either alone or with someone else over the network. Minesweeper and more!
Build-A-Prairie
http://www.bellmuseum.org/distancelearning/prairie/build/ind...
Plant grasses and flowers, then choose the birds and mammals that will help your prarie survive. Watch what happens! This is a great way to learn about ecosystems.
Can You Guess the Computer?
http://www.pbs.org/nerds/game.html
Are you a super nerd? Do you want to be? Play this game to prove you are a nerd or to learn to recognize the famous computers of the past.
CBBC - Online Games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/index.shtml
CBBC presents a collection of online sports games, activities, puzzles, and more.
Count Your Chickens
http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/cyc/cyc.htm
"Count Your Chickens is a free Shockwave game for preschoolers to play online. You see a screen of animals and it asks 'How many?' Then you click on your choice from three numbers given."
Crayola Color Corner
http://www.crayola.com/colorcensus/
At this site, you can learn all about color, take quizzes on color, find ideas for crafts to make, print out pages to color, send colorful electronic cards, and learn about the Crayola Factory at Two Rivers Landing. Most activities require free registration.
FE Kids Games
http://www.fekids.com/kln/games/
A wide variety of arcade style games to choose from as well as jokes, word puzzles, trivia games and more! Some games even have grade levels to choose from!
Fun & Games
http://www.northvalley.net/kids/fungames.shtml
Here's a list of interactive, online games you can play.
Funbrain.com
http://www.funbrain.com/
Have fun with math, science, history, geography, and play other games too! There is even stuff for Parents and Teachers.
FunRanch.com
http://www.funranch.com/
Fun interactive games for the whole family. Need Shockwave and Flash.
Ghosts in the Castle!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/castles/enter.html
"Greetings traveler. Before you looms a stone castle, built in Britain during the 1300s. ... Castle life endured for centuries until gunpowder overpowered armor and stone. Now we know castles only as museums or ruins. But, as you'll see, castle dwellers still haunt these halls. As you explore, click on them to learn their secrets. Poke around on your own too; each room holds surprises."
The Headbone Zone
http://www.headbone.com/
Come play games like "Mars or Bust," "Scienceopolis," "Elroy's Dress Up Game," "Can You Save Agent 4?" and many others. They're fun and you just might learn something too! (Requires the Shockwave plug-in. Does not work with Safari)
Inkless Tales
http://www.inklesstales.com/
Listen to cool stories online, build a beast in the game section, read poems, and have lots of fun at this amazing website. Games, stories, poems, and music - Inkless Tales has it all. Check it out! Awarded an American Library Association "Great Web Sites" Recommendation.
Kaboose Magazine Fun Games for Kids
http://resources.kaboose.com/games/index.html
Tons of games at this site. Some games require a Java enabled browser or the Shockwave Plug-in.
Kids / Games
http://www.cbc.ca/kids/games/
Play online games including 3 on 3 hockey, soccer shootout, BMX, handball, snowboarding, and others
Kids' Castles
http://www.kidsonthenet.org.uk/castle/
"The home page has an aerial view of the castle. Clicking on a part of the view takes you to that part of the castle. You will find out about the people that lived there and what they did. Sometimes there will also be more information about an aspect of castle life, a game to play or puzzle to solve, or something YOU can do to add to the fun of Kids' Castle."
Kids' Place
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/
You can make your own Wacky Web Tale, test your brain power or play other games that have graded levels of difficulty.
KidsCom
http://www.kidscom.com/
Come here to play games, get craft ideas, send a cyber postcard, meet other kids online, learn about world holidays, write a story, or do lots of other fun activities.
Kinetic City
http://www.kineticcity.com/
Lots of cool ways to have fun with science.
Lawrence Hall of Science - Kids' Corner
http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/kids/
Learn about science with fun games and fascinating facts. Requires Shockwave.
Merpy.com
http://www.merpy.com/
"Welcome to the animated, musical, and interactive tales of Merpy, Jeremy Dragonfly, and more! This fun website has a new story every month, fun activities, and other adventures."
Muppets.com
http://muppets.go.com/main.html
Go to Muppets.com and visit Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the gang. Click on "Map" for games.
Neopets
http://www.neopets.com/
A great virtual pet site! Create and care for your very own neopet! Feed, groom, read to, and watch your pet grow.
Nickelodeon GAS: Games and Sports for Kids
http://www.nick.com/all_nick/gas/index.jhtml
This site goes with Nickelodeon's sports TV shows. GAS Central lets you watch clips from the show. Play GAS has online games.
Official Nintendo Site
http://www.nintendo.com/
You'll find codes, reviews, previews and strategies for Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS games, and support for those systems and older systems (Game Boy, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Game Cube).
Pauly's Playhouse
http://www.paulysplayhouse.com/
This site is filled with fun Flash-based games aimed at younger kids. Included in the site are interactive coloring pages, crosswords, sound games, and a lab with "games and activities for kids who like monsters and freaky things!"
PBS Kids
http://pbskids.org/
Play games, read stories, listen to music and color with your favorite characters from hit PBS kids shows.
Play Kids Games
http://www.playkidsgames.com/
Learn about the alphabet, space, math and logic while playing games.
Playstation
http://www.playstation.com/index.html
Official company site with store and reviews of games and previews of new hardware and games.
Prongo.com
http://www.prongo.com/
This site makes learning fun with such games as Lemonade Larry, Hatch and Match, Farm Stand, and more. The site also includes mazes, word find, puzzles, tic tac toe, and other interactive games.
Punky Doodle's Coloring Club and Funhouse
http://www.pdoodle.com/
Punky Doodle is a cat with an attitude, but his owners have put together this website in his honor where they want to present good clean fun. Print off the coloring pages right from the site, or join the club free to enter the funhouse for lively games, stories, puzzles, jokes, and the arcade. Or you can visit the Clubhouse to send letters to Punky and print out a cool Membership certificate. You will need the latest Macromedia Flash player (available free) to use Punky's website.
Quiz Hub
http://QuizHub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm
Quiz Hub, formerly Kidsub.org, "is a noncommercial portal to excellent free online learning activities for elementary and middle school students. It includes educational games, puzzles, and quizzes."
Rubik's: The Only Official Site
http://www.rubiks.com/
Play Rubik's Cube and other games online.
Scrambler
http://www.edbydesign.com/scrambler/index.html
This site features a wide variety of educational-based games for kids. Puzzles, math, art, reading as well as a resource section for special needs children.
Secrets at Sea
http://www.secretsatsea.org/
"Dive into Ace on the Case: Secrets@Sea and see if you can solve the mystery. In this educational adventure story for grades four through seven, the reader steps into the starring role of Ace, assistant investigator to Paula Pacific, who is assigned to examine unusual behaviors noticed in killer whale populations in the Alanamorris Strait. As you pass through the story, you'll complete a number of ocean-related activities, which will lead you to the solution." Requires the Flash 3 Plug-in.
Sheppard Software - Online Games and More
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_menu.htm
Learn about world continents, countries and oceans at this fun website. Free web games also include vocabulary, United States geography, chemistry and trivia. Fun, educational games for all levels!
Sid's Online Safey Guide
http://www.bizzikid.co.uk/internetsafety.html#
Sid's Online Safey Guide has been created in Scotland by the kids' website BizziKid and Live Wire Productions, a theatre in education company. Through the Internet Safety guide, which is a musical production aimed at 8-12 year olds, kids can learn about safe surfing on the internet. Other features include games and activities. Sid's Online Safety Guide requires Flash.
SparkTop.org
http://www.sparktop.org/home.html
Play online games. Take quizzes. Connect with other kids. Create and share art, photos, writing and recordings. Free registration by parents required for many activities.
Nick.com
http://www.nick.com/
Play games with your favorite Nickelodeon characters like Spongebob Squarepants.
Sports Illustrated Online Games
http://www.sikids.com/games/index.html
Play lots of cool games online. Beat out the competition and save your high scores!
Student's Classroom
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/index.asp?flash=false
This site is packed full of games, quizzes, skill building activities, and tons of information. Parents and Teachers can even come here to get the latest stats about their schools and even colleges. Website has both Flash and Non-Flash Media viewing options available.
Sudoku Collection For Kids
http://www.sudokucollection.com/sp/Kids_Sudokux.html
Do you like the new game Sudoku? Check out this site with printable Sudoku puzzles for kids!
Surfing the Net with Kids
http://www.surfnetkids.com/
This web directory is great for children and teens. It takes the best Internet sites for children of all ages (and their parents) an organizes them into easy-to-find subject headings. There are literally thousands of sites that one can access through this website. It can be a great help with your homework, or it can help you find fun games on through its Directory of Kids Games. This is one place on the Internet to stop and find tons of information!
Time Warp Trio
http://www.timewarptrio.com/
This site features information and games associated with the kid’s television show, "Time Warp Trio" featured on Discovery Kids Channel. Kids can learn history and play games at the same time.
The Watershed Game
http://www.bellmuseum.org/distancelearning/watershed/watersh...
Play a game and learn about watersheds and the water cycle. You can choose between beginner or intermediate levels.
Where's Waldo
http://www.thegreatpicturehunt.com/
Join the hunt for Waldo! This website has games and puzzles and fun facts about the Where's Waldo books series.
Yahoo Kids Games
http://kids.yahoo.com/games
Play online versions of many games and puzzles, including arcade games, puzzles, card games and many more.
Yahoo! Games
http://play.yahoo.com/games/front
" Play Java-based games on Yahoo! with people all across the Internet. All games are FREE and require NO extra plug-ins. " Choose from Board games, card games,word , fantasy and tile games.
Zamboni Kid's Zone
http://www.zamboni.com/kidszone/index.html
Find out about ice resurfacing machines, and play a game of checkers.
Zanyfun.com
http://www.zanyfun.com/
Find trivia, games, stories, jokes, puzzles, pet care tips, space fun, crazy characters, goodies, and tons more! You will need Flash Player to access any of the content.
Zeeks
http://www.zeeks.com/
Provides beginning level computer entertainment, games, web report writing, safe chatrooms, email service, safe (filtered) Internet searcing and other activities for young children and their parents.
 
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