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More free coloring sheets
I have a new coloring page site for you to explore today! The Coloring Spot has tons of pages to color, both online and printables. Categories of pages include people and their jobs, wonders of the world, music, ocean life, mythical creatures, insects, dogs, cats, other animals, and more! Have fun!
7 Free Homework Help Sites
Now that the kids are back in school, it’s helpful to know where they can get help with homework questions, research and writing and even study skills. There are more sites than ever before offering help to kids and parents. Here are 7 great ones: PATH Pupils Ask Teachers Help - offers 100% FREE internet [...]
Free Activity Books from the National Eye Institute
The National Eye Institute is a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and they are offering two free activity books for kids! See All You Can See: Activity Book for Ages 6 to 8 Wild About Healthy Vision: Activity Book for Ages 9 to 12 They contain pages of word puzzles, family surveys, [...]
Totally cool makeable toys
Check out some of the cutest makeable toys I have ever seen! Readymech.com has a whole line of unusual “characters” to print and build. There are scary monsters, and cute animals, robots and space creatures. Each is designed to fit on an 8.5″x11″ page and printed with any printer. You’ll need double-sided tape, thick matte [...]
Free Thomas the Train Coloring Pages
Do your kids like Thomas the Train? My son has just gotten into it, so I’ve heard a lot recently about how to be a “really useful engine”. Speaking of really useful things- check out a really useful site called Time for Thomas. Among other things, like info on Thomas the Train lego sets and [...]
Back to School Coloring Sheets
Ready for school to start? I guess how you answer that depends on whether you’re a kid or a parent. I have two coloring sheets for you today, that might help everyone get in the mood: Coloring Sheet #1 and Coloring Sheet #2 (PDF files)
D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) Kids Craft Site
DIYKids.org is the site of Ellen and Julia Lupton, who are the authors of a new book by the same name: D.I.Y. Kids engages young people in making stuff, from binding their own books to sewing their own clothes. It’s packed with fun ideas for making stickers, logos, clothespin dolls, box buildings, graffiti furniture, ribbon [...]
Free Crayola Fun for Kids
Have you visited the Crayola website yet? There are tons of freebies here for hours of coloring and craft fun. You do have to register for access to some things, but after registering, you get access to over 900 craft ideas and over 1,000 activity and coloring pages. There’s a very nice digital coloring page, [...]
