12 Free Kid-Friendly Websites for Your Children to Enjoy
Allowing your child to explore the internet can be a scary endeavor. Even with certain parenting control apps, your child could still wander into an inappropriate news story or be introduced to some ideas that may be better left for when they are older. Thankfully, there are a number of websites that children can explore because they were designed specifically for kids.
While there are certain websites which cost money, no one wants to subscribe only to find out their kid doesn’t enjoy it as much as they did during the free trial. That’s why this list of websites are one’s which are free and don’t require any signing up. We added a suggested age level, as some of these websites are more enjoyable for older kids who don’t mind doing some reading.
We always recommend parents to explore the websites first to make sure there is nothing on them they would not want their kid learning about, but because the majority of these websites were designed with children in mind, it hopefully won’t be a problem. With that said, here are 12 websites we think your kids may enjoy:
Where: https://www.howstuffworks.com/
Who: Ages 10+
What: Interesting blog articles, Videos, Crosswords, Riddles, and Quizzes
2. Fun Brain
Who: 6+
What: Books, Videos, Games, and a Math Zone.
3. National Geographic KidsWhere: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
Who: Ages 7+
What: Mad Libs, Quizzes, Games, Jokes, Animal Fact Pages, and Videos
Where: https://www.highlightskids.com/
Who: Ages 6+
What: Hidden Pictures, Recipes, Science Questions, Wacky Captions, and Jokes
5. PBS Kids
Where: https://pbskids.org/
Who: Ages 5+
What: Video clips from PBS Kids shows, and Games featuring characters from some of their popular shows.
Where: http://thekidzpage.com/
Who: 5+
What: Jigsaw puzzles, Spot the Difference, Word and Memory Games, and Printable Coloring Pages, Dot-to-Dots, and word searches,
Where: https://www.exploratorium.edu/
Who: 12+
What: The “Explore” section of this website has articles and explanations about different science and art topics, enough to give
9. Khan Academy
Where: https://www.khanacademy.org/
Who: Ages 5+
What: Online educational lessons (Videos, examples, and quizzes) from K-12 on most subjects
Sign-Up: Optional. If you make an account, you can record your progress, but you can also participate in the lessons without making an account
Where: https://www.learninggamesforkids.com/
Who: 5+
What: Typing practice and games on various subjects like math, geography, social studies, spelling, and more!
11. The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Kids
Where: https://www.almanac.com/kids
Who: 8+
What: Weather, Calendar, Gardening, and Astronomy info, as well as some recipes and history facts.
12. San Diego Zoo: Wildlife Explorers
Where: https://sdzwildlifeexplorers.org/
Who: 6+
What: Games, coloring pages, videos, and stories all featuring animals
