Owl and Mouse

Help your child learn with games, software and educational activities from Owl & Mouse Educational Software. Early reading software—phonics software, alphabet games, and Dolch sight words in a fairy tale story. All of it FREE! Free online USA maps, world maps, map of Europe, map puzzles of the US, Europe, Africa, Asia, and many more. You can build your own castle and coat of arms—free downloads.

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/map-puzzles.htm

Discovery's Yuckiest site on the internet

Learn the science behind all kinds of yucky things.

http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/index.html

Starfall

Teachers around the world use Starfall.com and Starfall high-quality educational products as an inexpensive way to make the classroom more fun and inspire a love of reading and writing. Parents use Starfall to prepare their children for school, and to support them once they are there. Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children. Primarily designed for first grade, Starfall is also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade. Starfall is perfect for home schooling.

http://www.starfall.com/

Fact Monster

Here, you’ll find an almanac, homework center, atlas, dictionary and encyclopedia for younger students.

http://www.factmonster.com/

Earth Album

Earth Album is a simpler, slicker Flickr mash-up that allows you to explore some of the most stunning photos in the world courtesy of Google maps and Flickr

http://www.earthalbum.com/

The Size of Our World

Great pictoral on the comparison of sizes of planets.

http://www.rense.com/general72/size.htm

Discovery

The Discovery channel website.

http://dsc.discovery.com/