{"id":3944,"date":"2010-09-30T11:13:54","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T15:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/?p=3944"},"modified":"2010-09-30T11:13:54","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T15:13:54","slug":"fun-free-educational-sites-for-kids","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/fun-free-educational-sites-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Free Educational Sites for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3945\" title=\"grammar-gorillas\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.befrugal.com:444\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/grammar-gorillas.gif\" alt=\"grammar-gorillas\" width=\"245\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While those on the west coast have been dragging themselves through a heat wave this past week, those of us on the east have been dealing with some fairly gloomy, rainy weather.<\/p>\n<p>With any weather extreme, kids are more apt to stay in doors. Instead of just plopping them down in front of the TV, here are a few fun, educational, and most importantly free sites that the children in your life can enjoy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funbrain.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">FunBrain.com<\/a> <\/strong>provides unique learning experiences that focus on math and literacy for elementary aged children. Activities like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.funbrain.com\/math\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Math Baseball<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.funbrain.com\/grammar\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Grammar Gorillas<\/a> bring some excitement into grammar and math lessons. And for some good old fashioned silliness, be sure to check out their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.funbrain.com\/brain\/ReadingBrain\/ReadingBrain.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mad Libs<\/a> section.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\/explore\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Exploratorium<\/a> <\/strong>is the home page for San Francisco's science museum, but it is also filled with a handful of fun activities for kids. With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\/neverlost\/#\/navigation\/planetarium\" target=\"_blank\">Never Lost: Planetarium<\/a>, you'll gaze at the stars and learn all about major constellations. You can also learn how to build a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\/ronh\/solar_system\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">solar system<\/a> or a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\/exploring\/space\/activity.html\" target=\"_blank\">telescope<\/a>, or maybe you're interested in discovering just what qualities make an animal or an object \"cute\" with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\/mind\/judgment\/cuteify\/v1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cute-ify<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>For a more hands on approach to creativity, have your kids visit <a href=\"http:\/\/thetoymaker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>the ToyMaker<\/strong><\/a>, where they can print out images of <a href=\"http:\/\/thetoymaker.com\/2Toys.html\" target=\"_blank\">animals and creatures<\/a>, cut them out, piece them together, and let their imaginations run wild. Scissors and glue are necessary for this site, so depending on your children's ages, they might need supervision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/fun-free-educational-sites-for-kids\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"excerptimage alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>While those on the west coast have been dragging themselves through a heat wave this past week, those of us on the east have been dealing with some fairly gloomy, rainy weather.<a class=\"read-more\" title=\"Fun Free Educational Sites for Kids\" href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/fun-free-educational-sites-for-kids\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[593,681,713,950,1655],"class_list":["post-3944","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-frugal-articles","tag-exploratoriumeduexplore","tag-free-online-activites","tag-funbraincom","tag-kids","tag-thetoymakercom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}