The Canny Link Directory

Activities and Crafts from ChildFun - Easy crafts and preschool themes, coloring pages, and holiday activities, all sorted by category.

Activities in the Sunshine Room - Online games, activities, and printable coloring pages to teach and reinforce basic skills.

Afunk- Coloring Pages - A collection of easy animal coloring pictures and brief info for kids.

Briana's Nursery - Find nursery rhymes, fairy tales and other bedtime stories, magic fairies and fairy poems, fun songs and lullabies, a magic slate to practice writing your numbers and letters (using your mouse).

Bry-Back Manor - Craft and activity ideas, and some Macintosh computer fun.

ClassBrain - Online games and educational activities for Pre-K and kindergarten children.

Coolplay's Cool for Kids - Includes animated nursery rhymes, crafts, alphabet and spelling games, and coloring book.

Disney.com - Mouse House Jr. - A place for preschoolers to play online games, do online activities, read online stories, and learn.

DLTK's Favorite Friends for Preschoolers - Free printable crafts, coloring pages, and cards for Blue's Clues, Bob the Builder, Dora the Explorer, Winnie the Pooh and so forth.

Eeiren's Faerie Tales and Kyla's Alphabet - A collection of simple learning activities and lessons.

Fun with Spot - Official site of Eric Hill's Spot includes online games, activities, and printable coloring pages featuring everyone's favourite puppy and his friends. Requires Shockwave.

Identifying Time - The Hour - Match the clock face to the time. Requires Flash plug-in.

Kids Bedtime Story - Read about Antelopia and Bunny Rabbit, or Baby Turtle and Mr. Dolphin. Includes printable versions.

Kids Only - Offers factoids and pictures for juniors.

Kids' Class Mate - Provides colorful math, science, communication, and music activities designed for pre-schoolers.

KidsCom Jr. - Features games, coloring pages, art projects, stories, and other interactive content.

Kidzone - Some original kids artwork, recipes, music and fingerpaint ideas.

Kikki's Workshop - Learn about construction machines such as bulldozers or dump trucks. In Japanese and English.

Lil' Fingers Storybooks - Animated Storybooks for toddlers that contain large text and big buttons for little fingers.

MegaFile - Educational freeware and shareware games for children who do not read.

Mothercare Find baby toys and nursery equipment with Mothercare, offering baby gates, newborn baby clothes and baby bath sets.

Myschool - Site for pre-schoolers teaches letters, number, rhymes, and animals names.

Noggin - A place for pre-schoolers to find out about things, play games, and share stuff. Brought to you by Nickelodeon and Children's Television Workshop

Nursery Rhymes and Silly Stuff - Rhymes, pictures and music.

Preschool Planet - Includes health tips, activities, and book reviews for young children.

Quaker Toddler Fun and Games - Find activities organized by age, category, and season.

Rebus Rhymes : EnchantedLearning.com - Preschoolers paint online while picking out the words they can read in their favorite rhymes.

Sesame Workshop - Sesame Street games, stories and educational activities for parents and their preschoolers.

Seussville University - Learn basic reading, math, science, and reasoning skills while playing games with your favorite Seuss characters.

Spell People - Includes email lessons, games, and coloring book. From Kiddies-Kingdom.

The Activity Idea Place - Over 600 theme-based activity ideas for young children.

The Counting Story - Illustrated with animated pink bunnies that do different tricks on each number page.

The Family Room - Five activities to do with children in rainy or wintery weather.

The World of Adam - Animated tale of Adam and his friend Jerami the Bear. Requires Flash plug-in.

The World of Peter Rabbit and His Friends - Meet Peter Rabbit and hear his story told aloud. Join the fun in Tom Kitten's playground, or write a Jemima Puddleduck e-card.

Wiltiky - Contains activities helping children to acquire new knowledge, exercise logic and concentration, and contains activities providing just plain fun.  


Bear in the Big Blue House

Bear in the Big Blue House - Printable template for a 3-D toilet paper roll craft.

Bear in the Big Blue House Live - Introduces all the characters and tells about current episodes.

Big Blue House - Coloring book pages to print and color.

Disney Playhouse: Bear in the Big Blue House - Features music, games, activities and stories.

DLTK-cards.com: Bear in the Big Blue House - Printable birthday party invitations that kids can color and mail.

Bob the Builder

NickJr.com: Bob the Builder - Features games, coloring pages, character introductions, pictures, and TV schedule.

Clifford The Big Red Dog - Games, stories, music and crafts with Clifford, Emily and their friends. Includes a grown-ups guide.  


Crafts

A Magical Childhood - Make fun crafts out of things from outside or in the recycling bin. Some crafts that give mommy some much needed quiet time.

Arts and Crafts - Craft ideas for pre-schoolers.

Baby Food Jar Gardens - A unique craft for pre-schoolers.

Childrens Crafts - Crafts for your child to do with a religous theme.

Crayola Crafts - Extensive and regularly updated craft projects for both preschool and older children.

DLTK's Printable Crafts For Kids - Variety of fun children's crafts, coloring pages, and more. There are lots of printable templates suitable for ages 2 and up.

Edible Crafts - If your children are at the age of preferring to eat their art supplies while you are trying to teach them to expand their creative skills, you'll enjoy these perfect projects.

Enchanted Learning - Large range of inspiring crafts for young children that use materials from around the house. Clear, easy to follow instructions.

Family Art - Assortment of activities created for young children.

Idea Box - Many enjoyable activities for you and your children. A new craft is added every day.

Kid's Page - Variety of fun crafts for the little ones. Make your own goop, paint, bubbles, and other things out of everyday items.

Playtime for Toddlers - Dozens of crafts and other activities designed for young children. Many use recycled materials.

Preschool Paper Crafts - Imaginative range of projects for pre-schoolers that include cutting, pasting, and folding. Many are educational as well as fun.

Recipes for Family Fun - Recipes that you can make from ingredients around your house that children will have fun with including homemade scratch and sniff paint.

Franklin the Turtle - Official site. Includes secret club for Franklin fans, reading room, games, coloring, sights and sounds.

4Kids2Play - Offers funny games, puzzles, online coloring, cute screensavers, and e-cards. Requires Flash plug-in.

Alfy Arcade: Young Kids' Games - More than a dozen games for the youngest Internet users. Most require little or no reading.

Barney Online Games - Find and count things, and paint pictures. Requires Shockwave.

Beach Fun with Otty - Match objects to shapes.

Bears - Features online games and printable coloring pictures. Also sells educational materials.

Boowa and Kwala - Mazes, coloring pages, guessing games, stories and sing alongs for kids 2 to 8. Requires Flash 4.

Buddy Brush Community Play Room - Introduces Buddy Brush, a magical, musical paintbrush. Site is focused on original creative play. Currently features the Buddy Brush Play Zone filled with colour, interactive audio and animations. Requires Shockwave.

Build-a-Monster - Kids can select a head, a torso, and feet to create something weird.

Doug the Slug - Click on the images and watch them come to life.

Fun With Hats - What happens to hats when the wind blows? A memory and matching online game.

Fuzzy-Wuzzy - Simple games and activities that don't require reading.

Glub the Sub - Interactive learning experience for young children. Includes games and stories.

Hide and Seek Puppies - Find puppy love in downloadable puzzles, coloring book, screensavers, online cards, a hide and seek game, and a pre schoolers puppy picture book.

Julia's Rainbow Corner - Introduces colors, letters, and numbers.

KiddieCircle.com - Educational games for children.

KidsPsych - Games and activities for children ages 1 to 5. Offers a maze, online coloring, fun with shapes, Junior I Spy, plus cute animations and sounds.

Kozzy The Koala Bear - Watch the bear follow simple commands.

Seussville Games - Lots of games for you to play, to keep you entertained all day. Some use Shockwave, and others are for printing.  


Noddy

Noddy - Play games online with Noddy and his Toyland friends, or print off activities to share with friends and parents.

Noddy (PBS) - Simple flash games and a simple, fun navigation make this Noddy site an excellent place for pre-schoolers to safely click away. The parent's section gives clever ideas for how to get the most out of the site.

The Official Postman Pat Website - Children can write to Pat or send a letter to a friend, as well as trying out the maze, jigsaw puzzle and colouring book.

Sesame Workshop - Kid City - Build a web page, collect e-stickers, play games, puzzles, or join a club.

DLTK-Kids.com: Teletubbies - Free printable template for crafts geared toward preschool and kindergarten kids. Also includes printable birthday invitations.

Teletubbies (PBS) - Play inside or outside games with Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa, and Po.

Teletubbyland Central - Pictures, a printable coloring book, and tributes to the show's characters.

Angelina Ballerina - Meet Angelina Ballerina and all her friends on the ITV children's television site. Play a memory game, print off colouring pages, and send animated ecards to your friends.

Arthur: The World's Most Famous Aardvark - Developed with the help and advice of Arthur creator Marc Brown, site is organized into pages that are hosted by the series' characters, each with features that encourage kids to read and write.

Babar - HBO Kids site for the Babar animated series. Interactive photo album, illustrated family tree. Simple, colorful site.

Babar - Find Babar and his family, play games and send cards.

Backstage with the Muppets - Muppet sounds, trivia quizzes, and a selection of Muppet products for sale.

Bananas in Pyjamas - B1 and B2 from the television show present games, recipes, an audio story, coloring, and photographs.

BBC CBeebies - Home of the BBC's own pre-school channel. Activities, games, stories and individual program areas.

BBC Education Online - Tweenies - Join Bella, Fizz, Jake and Milo for things to make and do at messy time, stories at story time, music to make and listen to at song time and real world adventures at telly time.

Benny Smart - Fun, games and learning featuring characters from The Big Comfy Couch.

Between the Lions - Features over 200 interactive games, stories, and printable activities featuring characters from the PBS Kids series; QuickTime music clips; recommended books; and tips for parents.

Bloopy's Buddies - Bloopy and his buddies Dr. Feelbetter, Chef Cuisine and others help young kids learn about health, exercise, nutrition, and safety with printable pictures, a coloring book and songs. Also find out where and when to see the television series.

Bookworm Bunch - Play games and learn secrets and facts with Corduroy, Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse and Elliot Moose.

Brum - From the makers of Teletubbies, Brum is a small, heroic car with a difference. Explore Brum's world and play games.

Caillou - Young children can join Caillou and friends to learn to count, play on a magical keyboard, sing songs, and play all sorts of fun games.

Cubeez - Learn to count, play with Dink, Bozz, Doody and Tizzy.

Dragon Tales - Join Emmy and her brother Max on their visits to Dragon Land. Choose a dragon to fly, color, paint, sing, play games, and go on a treasure hunt.

DragonTales - Meet six-year-old Emmy and her four-year-old brother Max on their visits to Dragon Land. Also, character descriptions, games, printable coloring pages, information for parents.

Dream Street - Buddy and all his vehicle friends play and learn on Dream Street.

Eckhart - An animated series about an adventurous little mouse named Eckhart growing up in Prince Edward Island. The site has interactive stories, games, a party-planner, art, post-cards, and downloads.

Fetch the Vet - All kinds of animals visit the Duckhurst Animal Clinic, the petshop, and the Whitecliff farm. Play with the animals and see what vets do.

Fireman Sam - Games, stories, character information and fire safety advice from Sam and his Pontypandy friends. In English and Welsh.

Grandfather Reads - Dr. Benjamin F. Reaves and Pedro the Parrot help children to appreciate reading through games, short stories, books, and videos.

Humphrey Bear - Come play with one of Australia's favorite bears. Games, songs and a history of Humphrey's show.

Jamboree - Play with the Bopkins, meet Mimi and Scruff, and interact with all sorts of other characters from the ITV series Jamboree.

Jay Jay the Jet Plane - Based on the animated series for children, the site features a bedtime story about Jay Jay taking his first flight and a coloring book.

Kino's Storytime - The Web companion to this PBS children's reading program features reading lists, coloring pages, and an online matching game.

Little Bear at Nickjr.com - All about Little Bear's home, family and friends, with dressing up game and coloring.

Merlin the Magical Puppy - Painting, stories, a jigsaw and some magic tricks with Merlin and his friends.

Nick Jr. - Nickelodeon's site for preschoolers and their grown-ups. Educational activities with Little Bear and Blue's Clues.

Paddington Bear - Find out about Paddington Bear on tv and in books, download a screensaver, and send postcards.

Petals - Five little fairys live in the woods, from ABC (Australia). Watch a slide show, print off colours or play a game.

Planet Gullane - Home to all the Gullane characters, including Thomas the Tank Engine, Mumfie, Captain Pugwash, Sooty, James the Cat. Also, an art section with the popular series Art Attack.

Playhouse Disney Presents Stanley - Fun games and activities about animals from your backyard and around the world.

Playhouse Disney UK - Official UK site for the Playhouse Disney with fun and games for pre-school kids and family.

Playhouse Disney.com: PB&J Otter - Features storybook, coloring, online paintbox, movie creator, and noodle dance.

Playhouse Disney: Out of the Box - Cool crafts, story builder, musical fun, and a guide for grown-ups.

Playhouse Disney: Rolie Polie Olie - Features games, music from the Rolie Polie band, online coloring book, virtual paintball, and online story book.

Playhouse Disney: The Book of Pooh - Includes story, games, musical honeypots, and other fun activities.

Ripley and Scuff - CITV's pre-school series. Join Ripley and Scuff as they travel through the UK visiting towns and schools and meeting children. Make and do section, with music and episode guide.

Rosie and Jim The Ragdolls - Join Rosie, Jim and their friends Duck and Tootle to learn, play, and discover.

See It Saw It - A comedy series about a King and his jovial jesters See and Saw who live in the kingdom of Much Jollity-On-The-Mirth. Play games and participate in competitions.

The Book of Virtues - Hidden word games, crossword puzzles and other games that make reading and writing fun, based on the characters and stories from the PBS series.

The Official Mr. Men Website - Features jokes, news, a quiz, silly facts, an interview with Mr. Nonsense and a make your own Mr. Men or Little Miss game.

The Swampcritters of Lost Lagoon - A musical series for pre-schoolers that introduces its audience to bluegrass, dixieland and the blues as it teaches them gentle lessons about the world.

The Toy Castle - Young kids can visit the castle and personalize the site with their favorite characters.

Tiny Planets Online - Online version of the TV show for kids. Site includes fun painting games, puzzles, crafts and a range of learning activities for preschool children.

Titch - Little ragdoll Titch may be too small for a lot of things but he has a big heart and lots of curiousity. Colour an entire Titch story and learn about past episodes.

Tots TV - Tilly, Tom and Tiny live in a secret house in the woods along with Donkey and the mischievous Furryboo. The site and the series are in English and Spanish.

Wombles - Read all about the old and new Womble series, play games, and learn about the environment.

Wumpa's World - Interactive exploration of Inuit culture with Wumpa the Walrus and his friends.

Theodore Too - The travels, adventures and friends of Theodore Tugboat. Offers information on schedule, sightings, postcards, building Theodore, his friends and safe sailing.

Theodore Tugboat Activity Centre - Features interactive stories, activity sheets to print, games, a Java coloring book with sound effects, and a media literacy guide. Based on the PBS children's TV show for preschool and elementary kids.