Fun Links for Kids


FilmPicCheck out these great LINX Videos or click a link below to see fun online activities plus upcoming contests and events!
Boston PopsThe Boston Pops is inviting Massachusetts Students to Create Original Art Pieces to be displayed in Symphony Hall during their 125th Anniversary Season. Judges include Keith Lockhart. Prizes include tickets to the POPS, a backstage tour, and a chance to meet the conductor. For more details click http://www.bso.org/bso/mods/content1.jsp?id=42000014

infobitsThe Minuteman Library Network has an excellent resource for all project needs. When you have to find out about history, animals, plants, people, inventions... whatever! Check it out when you start on your next big project. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?locID=wat

With Tikatok a kid can create an original book with original illustrations in hardcover, softcover or PDF form! http://www.tikatok.com/create a book
Toontown Build cartoon characters, paint them crazy colors, give them funny names, and send them on adventures! http://toontown.go.com/
Build WildDiscover your wild side with BUILD YOURSELF WILD, hosted by New York Zoos and Aquarium. Add horns, ears, wings, snout, tail or whatever to make a crazy animal-you! http://www.buildyourwildself.com/
Scholastic NewsToday’s news headlines in a kid-friendly format. Kids will experience the news from a variety of angles with articles, videos, book reviews, surveys, newsfeeds, and podcasts. The Kids Press Corps are real kids conducting interviews, reporting, and maintaining the blog. The site includes interactive games about current events, geography, newsmakers, and more. http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/scholasticNews.jsp?FromBrowseMod=true&Ns=Pub_Date_Sort|1&CurrPage=scholasticNews.jsp&TopicValue=Scholastic%20News
neopetsVisitors can create a free account and take care of up to four virtual pets, buying them food, toys, clothes, and other accessories using the virtual currency called Neopoints, and Neocash. Neopoints can be earned through playing games, investing in the game's stock market, trading, and winning contests. http://www.neopets.com/
castle museumHammond Castle

80 Hesperus Ave.
Gloucester, MA 01930 Reopening on the weekends on May 8th after the closed winter seasons. This is the 80th anniversary of Gloucester's castle. Visitors to Hammond Castle Museum are welcome to explore the castle on a self-guided tour of many rooms including the great hall, indoor courtyard, Renaissance dining room, the inventions exhibit room, the library, the War room, the tower galleries, as well as several smaller rooms and passage ways including a secret passageway. www.hammondcastle.org