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KIDZZ IN THE DALE

Updated 15 February 2010

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Youth Clubs at Armadale Community Centre

Since the Community Centre is being refurbished, updates about replacement venues will be shown on the CLUBS page

Also, Info: Claire.kane2@wled

 

Please note that I have tried to find a variety of suitable sites that might be of interest to Dale Kids. However, I am not responsible for the content of outside sites linked to from the Armadale website.  If the content of any site changes and becomes unsuitable for Dale Kids, please let me know and the link will be removed!

Do you know of a site that Dale Kids would like to visit? 

Favourite Teen Site

BLAST

for teens+: art, dance, music, writing, fashion, film games

Young Scot

for 11 - 26 years

 

 

Electric Scotland

 

 

KidsClick!
Radiowaves   Jokes Armadale & Blackridge News
Web Safety Newsround Guide to Safe Surfing Yahoo Tips BBC Webwise
 

NEWS / TV / FILM

 

Media Standards Channel 4 CBBC Newsround STV Sport
CITV MTV: The Charts  Low Price Films for Kids Cinema
Disney Channel Forth One Radio

+

Its Music / Videos

including new releases and podcasts

Fun Radio Live Kids' Radio Stations Worldwide
Special Effects Animation in Films See You See Me  

(5 - 9 years)

National Geographic: Videos

Star Wars   Batman books Harry Potter The Archaeology of Indiana Jones
Nickelodeon Simon's Cat

One of our favourites!

Comic Books Make your own story book
GAMES
Best BBC Micro Games / BBC Games from the past Bubbles Imaginative Games

from Many Sites

A family favourite!

Bejewelled

+

Sudoku

Tangram

 

Dynamo's Den

(5 - 9 years)

Illusions, Fractals, Stereograms Build Your Own Plane Game

Beebies

Books, Puzzles, Activities

Pre-school Activities Card Solitaire Games Card and Tile Games Worldwide: the rules!
Marathon puzzle Channel 4 Games Variety of Fun:

Spirograph, Reactions, Maze, Number Tests etc

 

Merrelles

 

Popular Online Games Visualisation Puzzles Bubble Shooter Pool Multiplayer
English Spelling Games & Activities Writing / Story / Myths Links - English Spelling! Battleships; Checkers; Memory Game; Connect 4; Life Counter Instructions for Games Ideas
Bridge WB Cartoons and Games Marbles How Pinball Machines Work
Whist Jigsaw Puzzle Games Tetris; Concentration; Tic-Tac-Toe; Link to Comprehensive Chess Tutorial Site for Kids Make a Mancala Game
Things to do and make

from the V&A Museum of Childhood

If you are interested in the history of traditional games, this site should appeal! Crosswords

+

Free Games, Colouring, Online Jigsaws

Yo-yo

History and Techniques

Yo-yo Videos of Tricks

 

SCI / TECH
NASA Kids' Club Astronomy A spectacular site of interest to everyone:

Your Own Planetarium!

Clickonline
Space (BBC) Astronomy For Kids Interesting Activities

linked with NASA site

Science News

with link to News for Kids

Planets Names of Planets! Hubble Space Telescope Photos

Human Space Flight

BBC Science 4 -11 Periodic Table Videos University of Nottingham BBC Science and Nature The Body and Mind (BBC)
Science Made Fun

Element Hangman

Kids' Science Experiments

Cool Science: Links

Some fun experiment sites

Science Sites for Kids How Computer Clothing Works Heart Robot

links to other robots!

Paper Plane Designs

Websites, Mobiles, New Technology & Safety Guide

for ages

5 - 7, 8 -10, 11 -16

Plot the Robot Origami Science

The best paper airplane

in the world?

Measuring Time Augmented Reality All Things Electronic! Wii Games: Calories!

Clocks and Watches

Calendars How To Make A Sundial Roman Numerals and Dates
PHOTOGRAPHY
Camera Basics Digital Cameras  

British Isles in images

(Geograph)

For the more experienced:

SimCam: Film and Digital Camera Simulator

Fun Projects Using Photos National Geographic Photos Photographing Pets Better Photos!
Google Earth

Flash Earth

Cereal Pack Camera 'Crisp' Camera
BOOKS and READING and WRITING
Booktrust with great links! Scottish Book Trust Pushkin Creative Writing Competition Creative Writing Competitions
Children's Poetry Bookshelf Ed's Reading Room:

under age 7 and age 7+

Children's Laureate: Anthony Browne 2009 - 2011 CBeebies
Electric Scotland

Books, games and pictures

Armadale Academy Library S2/3 Recommended Reading List Armadale Academy Library S1 Recommended Reading List Armadale Academy Library Higher Personal Reading List

A useful list for older readers

Grimms Fairy Tales Team Read Big Toe Books

BBC7

Fairy Tales & Fables
Bookheads: Books for Teenagers Book Reviews for Children & Teenagers West Lothian Children's Library Services  
MUSIC
Beats Per Minute Calculator for DJs Guitar Tuning Guitar Links Acoustic / Electric Guitar

/ Band Equipment / MIDI

links to detailed pages

Jazz Hip-Hop Lots of Instruments Free Music Games
Play Drums with Mouse or Keyboard Tin Whistle Kids Read Music Music for Babies, Toddlers

& Mums

Armadale Bands West Lothian Schools’ Brass Band Kids' songs from Scotland  
ART / CRAFT / DESIGN
Calligraphy How To Draw Artwork Library Easy Origami
12 Rules: Handwriting Drawing Manga-style Drawing Sites Links

Great Art and Design Links

from Galleries and Museums

Art Attacks Paper Making Tile Design

V&A site

Quilling

Finger Puppets

 

For budding puppeteers!

Australian Puppet Site

with many 'How to' guides

includes links to Animatronics

Make a Jumping Jack

Sock Puppet Sled Kite with diagrams

+

Sled Kite with photos

Shadow puppet & theatre

Paper Crafts 3+, 4+, 5+

Large site upgradeable for older children (using other materials - foam, felt, etc)

Doorhanger

+

Heart hanger

Dream Catcher

Candy Necklace

Paper Beads

Finger Boomerangs

 

Colour Site for under 7s

 

Create a Kaleidoscope Self Portrait Masks Make a Thaumatrope! Paper Dolls
Jewellery Design Make Shaun the Sheep! Knots Kokeshi Doll
SPORT
Sports Scotland Scotland Winning in Sport No Limits Sports Club Midnight League fixtures
Grass Roots Football WLAYFC West Lothian Soccer Development Association Premier League Football

Not the Pink News

Junior football match reports, league tables and results, next week's fixtures

 

Scottish Junior Football Association The Scottish Football Association Football Central
Motorsports & Formula One Soccer Database Judo Boxing, Karate, Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Basketball Scotland STV Sport Sky Sports Edinburgh and Lothian Sports
Olympics 2012

sports and venues

Olympics Chill Zone How Olympic Timing Works British Olympic Association
Kayak v. Canoe Fish Facts Scottish Tennis Caving and Climbing
Tardis Tennis! Highland Games for Kids! BBC Sport BBC Sport Academy
  Shinty Scottish Sub Aqua Club Munro, Corbett or Graham?

Badminton Scotland

Bike Maintenance  

Maintenance Guide

 

Skateboard Maintenance
ORGANISATIONS
West Lothian Scouts Boys' Brigade Scotland Rainbows/Brownies/Girl Guides Scotland St Andrew's First Aid

Badgers 6 - 10 yrs

Cadets 11 - 15 yrs

  BSES Expeditions

for 16 - 13 year olds

World Challenge  
Organisations Started By Kids Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme Scotland West Lothian Achievers   Woodlands Junior School

(Students pages and Interesting facts for All)

ANIMALS / WILDLIFE / COUNTRYSIDE
Discovery Channel: Animals British Wildlife and Countryside

+

Armadale's Environment

 

How Do Bees Make Honey?

+

Meerkats!

Everything

you've ever wanted to ask
about animals!

Scottish Seabird Centre Webcams
 

Pets

+

British Pet Detective!

 

National Geographic

Kids' Page

ASSORTED SUBJECTS
Rainforests National Geographic's

Kids' Pages

Kids' Weather Links

(American sites)

Web Weather for Kids

Scottish Screen Archive

Superhero Myths:

Video includes Spider!

UK Motorway Archive Coin Collecting for Beginners
Railscot history Royal Mail Starters Guide to Stamp Collecting

The Story of Stamps

Excellent American Smithsonian Institute Site with videos about stamps Royal Mint

Making the coins in your pocket!

Egyptian Tomb Adventure

Ancient Civilisations:

Activities

Ancient Egypt

(British Museum site)

Ancient Egyptian

How To Cook Bread Making Gardening Recycling
Fossils of the Armadale Area Fossils 2 Prehistoric Animals  
Scottish History Stones of Scotland

History Sources:

Local and Family

History (BBC)

On this day in history...

 
Silly Tongue Twisters

Many More Tongue Twisters

Scottish Traditions

Kilts and their history Scotland Fact File
 

VISITS and EVENTS

 

Places to Visit Days Out for Kids in West Lothian Armadale Schools with Photos and Info

including Crossing Wardens

Armadale Gala Days
 

TRAVEL

 

Transport Direct Travelinescotland National Rail First Scotrail
Lothian buses  

Kids go free

Read the terms!

Young Persons' Concessionary Travel

National Entitlement Card

 16 - 18 year olds and young full-time volunteers are entitled to concessionary travel on buses, rail and ferries (third off bus and rail fares).

FIRST

buses in all areas of West Lothian apart from Linlithgow

Traffic Scotland

for info re Scotland's trunk routes

E and M Horsburgh coaches Journey check

for problems on rail routes

SUSTRANS
 

MAPS

 

Google Earth National Geographic: Maps OS Maps British Isles in images
Google Maps National Library of Scotland Maps  New Popular Edition OS maps, 1940s

 

 

 
 

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