This is a selection of the best of favorite kids websites designed to provide spiritually wholesome entertainment and fun learning for the whole family. If you're looking for uplifting online media, you'll find something enjoyable here for every age group, from radio shows and videos to games and fun activities. Older kids will enjoy seeing how far they can advance in completing Bible adventures and challenges -- with quiz questions to test what they've learned of God's Word. Younger kids will enjoy hearing or watching Bible stories come to life. There are even some sites for all ages with puzzles and jokes, and others with movie reviews and creative activities. You can even find answers to some of your most puzzling questions, like "How do dinosaurs fit with the 6 days of Creation?" or "How do I help someone become a child of God?" or "What will Heaven be like?"
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"Finally, my friends, keep your minds on whatever is true, pure, right, holy, friendly, and proper. Don't ever stop thinking about what is truly worthwhile and worthy of praise."
Yours for His pleasure,
Katie's Dad
Sept. 17, 2011
ONLINE VIDEOS FOR KIDS
Jelly Telly - My favorite Christian variety show (similar to the Muppets). It's from the makers of Veggie Tales, but this one is designed to go deeper into God's Word, yet it's still really fun for all ages. There are also games that you can play online, and coloring pages and finger puppets of the characters that you can print out. Since it is sponsored by Focus on the Family, it also offers of their animated Adventures in Odyssey episodes and videos of their Last Chance Detectives series for older kids. Check out the following links to see all the videos available: Shows, Characters, What's in the Bible for Kids and Jelly Telly video segments (on GodTube). Enjoy!
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KidzPlace's Favorite Gospel Presentations (less than 4 minutes each):
An interactive one for younger kids: Show & Tell
(Note: Show & Tell requires the Adobe Shockwave Player to view)
God's Family - My Favorite Animated Gospel Presentation. Here you can watch a 5 minute animated cartoon of Pedro sharing the gospel with Olivia who doesn't even know what a Bible is. Pedro tells her that God loves every one of us, even when we do things we shouldn't do. But I won't tell you how it ends, you'll have to watch it yourself – it's very exciting. Have fun sharing this cartoon with your friends who have email and who may not know Jesus. And be sure to check out their link that says "Already a part of God's Family?" When you click on it, you can zoom in on their Guest Map to find your street address and then click it to put a pin in it. And you can add your name in the bubble that pops up to tell everyone you are a part of God's Family!
Meet Max - Fun animated video on how to go to Heaven.
The Adventures of Donkey Ollie - Journey to Jerusalem - This 27-minute award-winning musical video is the first of 3 videos featuring Ollie, a donkey who wants to serve God. The 2nd one is called Road to Damascus (also 27 minutes). Both have appeared on television. The 3rd one, Donkey Ollie in "Shipwrecked," is a full length movie (77 minutes) and is not yet available as a windows media video, but if you ask your parents, they might be able to access a search engine to help find the Google video version for you.
The Story of Jesus for Children - This 62-minute video introduces children to the life of Jesus, giving them a chance to see and hear the whole story of Jesus at once, from a child's perspective! The video answers questions in clear and
concrete terms, provides fast action, and ends with an invitation, by a child to children, to choose to invite Jesus into their lives. There is also a Spanish version, as well as many other languages. You can even choose to watch it with open captioning of words at the bottom of the screen in English or Spanish (so you can read along as you watch). For a brief 3-minute preview in English, click: Preview.
God's Story - 75 Minutes of Animated Bible Stories from Creation to Eternity, read by Disney star, Dean Jones. Also available in Spanish and other languages.
The Great Dinosaur Mystery - A fascinating 20-minute motion picture
from Eden Communications, the creators of God's Story (shown above).
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Kids Answers - Selected Christian video clips for kids to learn about God's creation.
Kids Talk About God - 60 fun video clips of kids answering questions like "Why did God create boys?"
Also check out their Kids Talk About Heaven slideshow and their Children's Talking Book.
ACTIVITY SITES FOR KIDS
FUN WAYS TO LEARN GOD'S WORD THROUGH EXCITING GAMES,
ACTIVITIES, AND ONLINE BIBLE LESSONS & QUIZZES
Wonderzone - Features animated Bible Lesson Adventures, through which you earn Wonderzone dollars that you can spend to buy virtual clothes and furniture for your very own animated cartoon character that you design yourself and move about in your house in Wonderville. Includes Games, Activities, a Mailbox Club, a 365-day Daily Kids Devotional, and a Message Center where you can share prayer requests and questions with helpful Trail Guides who answer every message! (Some activities require filling out a simple sign up form - no email address required).
(Created by Child Evangelism Fellowship, makers of the Wordless Book)
iToadU - Daily Audio Stories, Crafts, and Animated Bible Lessons with "fill in the blank" quizzes that automatically score your answers! Note: Registration is required to view the lessons which are then accessed from the Chapel at Camp Be-Yon-Key where you earn BeYonKey Bucks that you can spend to buy virtual clothes and furniture for your very own animated cartoon character that you design yourself and move about in your room at camp. Plus, the more bucks you earn, the more games you can play on their Game page.
This fun website is brought to you by CBH (Children's Bible Hour) Ministries, makers of exciting Mission Zone Games and home of "Uncle" Charlie and the following radio shows: Story Time, Down Gilead Lane, and Keys for Kids, all listed in the Radio Shows section below.
JCPlayZone - a safe online play space for children ages 2-6 from the Lutheran Hour Ministries.
Includes music videos with Grandpa Jim.
King's Call - a Christian online adventure game. Here's what one fan of King's Call had to say about it: "I just played the King game... it was so great. I loved how you were trying to meet the king and the places that tempted you along the way and how you were being chased by this evil dragon and the only way to defeat him was to lay your weapons down and allow the shepherd to die in your place. What an awesome adventure. Love it!!!!!"
Gospel Champs - Gospel Message for Kids, plus a fun Kite Game and Scripture Match Game to see if you know how to go to Heaven.
RADIO SHOWS FOR KIDS
We Kids Radio (25 min.) For more episodes, click Previous Shows to listen to the last 4 weeks of this wonderful half hour show with Mr. Nick.
- Click Songs for a list of each week's songs played on the show.
- Click Free Stuff to get their stickers and kids pages in the mail.
- To hear some half-minute commercials (promos) for We Kids, go to the bottom of their Downloads page and click the links on the left side, and you can then hear them with your "Windows Media Player."
Paws & Tales - (25 min. - updated weekly)
Through story and song, Paws & Tales serves up a cast of loveable forest animals who learn important lessons as they embark on a host of imaginative, fun-filled adventures in the vibrant community of Wildwood.
Click Meet the Gang to read all about C.J. Brown and his friends.
For lots more episodes, click Previous Shows and select a title listed under Recent Broadcasts.
The Pond (25 min. - updated weekly)
For pictures and details, go to Your Pond Friends and click on the names of each of the fun characters from the show. There are even coloring pages for you to print out and video previews for you to watch your Pond friends in action.
Kids Corner (25 min. - updated weekly)
Click Characters to see pictures of Liz and all his Lizard Friends, and to read their own descriptions of what they're like. For one-minute fun radio spots, go to Liz Radio. On the bottom of the page you can choose "Other Shows" to hear all 12 one-minute episodes and even email the characters from the show. They also offer a Bible Correspondence Course, lots of Bible Puzzles, and Free Downloads.
They also offer Bible Stories - 18 dramatized stories with a read-along script and a printable coloring page. (To hear these great 3 minute Bible stories, select a title from the middle section of the page, and then click "Play in Popup". Do not click the buttons that say "LISTEN", which are only for the weekly broadcast of the Kids Corner show).
Your Story Hour - (25 min. - updated weekly) Aunt Carole and Uncle Dan introduces 5 exciting dramatized true stories taken from the Bible, history and everyday adventures. For last month’s stories, click Archives and select the month under More Broadcast Archives. To hear even more true stories, click Podcasts. Go to Lessons to receive their "Adventures in the Holy Bible" lessons by mail and get up to 13 free CDs dramatizing the life of Christ. The more lessons you complete, the more CDs you'll receive!
Adventures in Odyssey - Hear the last 10 episodes. (25 min. each - updated daily)
Radio Dramas for Kids: bringing moral and biblical principles to life with memorable characters and situations designed to ignite the imaginations of kids.
Click here for pictures and to read about the main characters from Odyssey and Whit's End.
Click Podcasts to listen to special bonus episodes and interviews with the cast.
Karen and Kids Hear the last 4 episodes (15 min. each). Updated weekly. Listen to Karen and Kids sing and share together on the wonderful truths of God's Word. Click here for pictures of Karen Mortimer and the Kids.
Keys for Kids (4 min. each) To hear these daily stories by Uncle Charlie, just go to the bottom of the page, and after selecting any date after the year 2002 (except Sundays and dates between July 22 & Aug. 5, 2007), just press "Go". Then click one of the "Listen" buttons below the title of the story that pops up. After hearing the story, click on the Bible verse and see if you can guess the "key" point to remember, then click the key at the bottom to unlock the answer. (Note: You can also hear Keys for Kids at iToadU.com).