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Kids Zone

Welcome to the Idea Store Kids Zone. This is your space to discover fun things to do, play games and to share your stories and pictures.

Activities and Events

Discover a wide range of fun activities and events at your local Idea Store

Idea Store Bow
Activities include Nintendo Wii Club and Saturday at the Movies.    
 
Idea Store Canary Wharf
Activities include Crafty Canaries and Yoga Bugs 

Idea Store Chrisp Street
Activities include Chatterboox Club, Premiership Club and Movie Zone  

Idea Store Whitechapel
Activities include Game Zone, Rocking Horse Playgroup and Comic Book and Manga Group 

Books and Reading

Blue Peter Book Club - read the first chapters of books and watch author exclusives

Children's Book Sequels - A great site for finding the next book in a series from A Series of Unfortunate Events to Young Bond. Includes links to author's websites.

Children's Storybooks Online - free children's books to read online

cyberLibrary - websites for you to get involved in and keep up-to-date with children's books

Mrs Mad's Book-a-rama is the place for book reviews, games, stories and jokes

Oxford Owl - ebooks and reading games and activities for children under seven.

Puffin Books - keep up with the latest news and books from Puffin, includes podcasts

Reading For Life - read stories, listen to poems and play games and activities

Reading Matters - read book reviews and get an idea for which book to read next

Fun things to do

CBeebies - games to play, songs to sing, things to make

Disney Playhouse, have fun while you are learning

Fireman Sam - meet the characters, play games and get involved in the activities  

Funology has tons of awesome stuff from jokes, games and magic tricks to science experiments and quizzes

The Internet Public Library KidSpace is packed full of information and fun things to do , including homework help, games, jokes and riddles and the Reading Zone.

The Kidzpage has games, jigsaw puzzles, colouring pages, clip art and fun learning.

Take part in the National Geographic Geobee Challengeand see if you can beat the Bee in this daily geography trivia game.

Noddy - read Noddy's magazine, get recipes, ideas for parties and send in your photos

 

 

 

Sesame Workshop - good site for pre-school children with plenty of fun things to do, including interactive stories with all the Sesame Street characters as well as tips and advice for parents

At Scholastic test your skills with fun games including Wizard Challenge, Pop Quizzes and Synonym
Toast.

Up to Ten has fun award winning early learning games and activities

The World of Peter Rabbit - explore the world of Beatrix Potter, play games, meet characters and introduce your new arrival 

Health

Children's Health - useful websites for information and advice on illnesses

riprap - information, advice and support for children whose parent has cancer

Healthy Eating

BBC sites - useful website for information around healthy eating

It's up to you - meet Rosie and the gang for fun activities around food and healthy eating

Ramsay the Robot - Help Ramsay the Robot to prepare a healthy meal

Recipe For Fun - find great meal ideas and add your own

Help and Advice

BullyingUK - get advice and support if you are being bullied

Childline - free 24 hour helpline for children and young people. Get help and advice on topics such as bullying, exam stress and bereavement

It's not your fault - practical information for children, young people and parents going through a family break-up

Help With Homework

Help With Homework will help you to find the answers to your homework

Safe Surfing

BBC Safe Surfing offers information to help you stay safe while surfing the internet

Chat Danger offers advice about chatrooms, email and mobile phones

Thinkuknow - find out what's good, what's not and what you can do about it

Search Engines

Ask Kids

Kids Love 2 Learn - find the source of the text you used from the internet

Yahoo! Kids

Share Your Stories and Pictures

Kids on the Net is an online writing community where you can send your stories, news, features and reviews.

Kids Space invites children from around the world to share their stories and pictures. 

Stories from the Web - read stories, learn about authors and write your own stories

Comments & Suggestions

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Saturday, February 4, 2012


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