Summer Activities - General

http://pbskids.org/
Fun, games and learning from PBS.

Animal Activities for Children

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/shapeoflife/resources/
The Shape of Life Activity Guide from PBS. Grade K - 12.

http://press.nationalgeographic.com/pressroom/index.jsp?pageID=pressReleases_detail&siteID=1&cid=1211156608229
Summer Safari with PBS all summer! Check out this site for information on a reading promotion offered this summer that is tied in to the animated National Geographic program "Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies." This program airs on Saturday at 6am on WGBY (PBS) Springfield. Click here to go to the Mama Mirabelle page at PBS.org.

Computer Games

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/kids/games/index.html
Online games that are animal-themed and kid-friendly, from the San Diego Zoo

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/notes/siteoverview.shtml
Little Animals Activity Centre from the BBC. Computer games, activities, rhymes and more.

http://funschool.kaboose.com/
Online games, coloring pages, learning activities, an interactive baseball activity and more.

http://www.thekidzpage.com/learninggames/index.htm
Online computer games, coloring pages, puzzles and more.

http://www.gamequarium.com/
Educational games, videos and activities for children.

http://pbskids.org/berenstainbears/games/pack_picnic/index.html
"The Berenstain Bears Pack a Picnic"

Video Activities

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/filmmaker.html
Wildlife Filmmaker from National Geographic - Make a custom nature film with animal clips, sounds and more!

Printable Coloring Pages

Follow these links to find black & white images suitable for coloring:

http://www.coloring.ws/animals.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/painting/
[online coloring pages - paint the animal on your computer!]
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/coloringbook/archive/
[free online coloring book from National Geographic]
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/manimalposter.html