{"id":331,"date":"2015-06-15T15:04:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T15:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/argylelibrary.sals.edu\/?page_id=331"},"modified":"2019-05-15T18:36:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T18:36:19","slug":"for-kids","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/argylelibrary.sals.edu\/?page_id=331","title":{"rendered":"For Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoveryeducation.com\/students\/index.cfm?campaign=DE&amp;CFID=1133223&amp;CFTOKEN=18419864\">Discovery Education<\/a> offers free student resources that bring learning to life inside &amp;\u00a0outside the classroom. We invite you to take a look at our interactive games, videos, contests, virtual labs and activities designed to help you dive deeper into a topic \u2014and have fun too!<br \/>\n<a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/fun-games\/kids\/kids-safety\">FBI Internet Safety Tips for Kids<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> provides vital information about\u00a0Online safety through fun &amp; interactive games.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">The <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.homeworkspot.com\/\">Homework Spot<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0provides\u00a0resources for students, parents and teachers organized by grade-appropriate categories.<br \/>\n<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/pbskids.org\/\">PBS Kids<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0offers tons of educational games and videos for children!<br \/>\n<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/kids.nationalgeographic.com\/kids\/\">National Geographic for Kids<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> offers games, videos, information, cool photos, and more will keep your kids engaged and learning on this educational site.<br \/>\n<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.funbrain.com\/\">Fun Brain<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0has math and reading video-like games like math baseball and Mad Libs Junior.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">This <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/homework\/\">Homework <\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">site includes links to help sites in specific subjects, skills and reference sources, links to today\u2019s news, interesting facts about today in history, timelines, a daily spelling bee and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myon.com\">My On <\/a>has over 6,200 children&#8217;s e-books available to read for free. 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