Fort Montgomery is located in Bear Mountain State Park, NY 10911. Fort Montgomery was the scene of a fierce American Revolution war battle for control of the Hudson River. On October 6, 1777, the British captured Fort Montgomery and destroyed it in the days that followed.
Today, Fort Montgomery is an archeological site and a historic ruin. Fort Montgomery State Historic Site is a genuine vestige of our nation's struggle for independence. Visitors will see the actual foundations of the fort's buildings and remains of the fort's earthworks. Visit Fort Montgomery and tour the remains of the 14 1/2 acre fortification, perched on a cliff overlooking the Hudson River.
Attractions include: Audio-Visual Programs Demonstrations Group Tours Hiking Interpretive Signs Scenic Views Self Guided Tours Visitor Center features artifacts discovered in Fort Montgomery, mannequin displays, a 3 dimensional map model, and a 14 minute orientation film.
Take the kids to the Local Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish Museum located in Bear Mountain State Park in Bear Mountain, Rockland County, NY. The zoo at Bear Mountain is a fun and educational attraction for kids and parents.
New York State is home to 17 species of snakes. These animals, whose tubular, limbless bodies are instantly and universally recognized, produce mixed reactions among people, from fear to fascination. Serpents figure prominently in the mythologies of nearly all human cultures; however, only in some religions are they a symbol of evil and temptation. It is perhaps for this reason that snakes often are persecuted and killed without any understanding of their true nature.
Snakes play critical roles in the environments where they occur, primarily by the position they hold in food webs in natural communities. Many snakes are top level predators; for example, a single rat snake can consume over 100 rodents a year. Other snakes are important in the control they exert on insect and other invertebrate populations. All snakes form part of the diet of other predators such as hawks and foxes and thereby serve to link higher and lower feeding levels.
The Trailside Museum and Wildlife Center, located in Bear Mountain State Park, was established in 1927. The Zoo presents to the visiting public indigenous wildlife, geology and herpetology. On display are native American artifacts, models of Revolutionary War battles fought on-site, and an exhibit of the origins of the Boy Scouts, and four Museum buildings. See the bald eagle, black bear, owl, river otter and more animals local to Bear Mountain.
The Trailside Museum and Wildlife Center also highlight the history of the area. Learn about the importance of Bear Mountain in the Revolutionary War. Viist the Historic 1777 & 1779 Trails that retrace the routes taken by the British army during the Revolutionary War. Visit Fort Montgomery, a Revolutionary War fort built to defend the Hudson Highlands and protect American control of the Hudson River.
Each of the Museum buildings house different exhibits. Visit the Local Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish Museum, the Geology Museum, History Museum and Nature Study Museum. Press "Blue Button" for more information about the Zoo.
Westchester Kids is designed to provide kids with information about things that will be useful and of interest to them. Some of the sites are for younger children and others for teens. Topics included in this site are: Driving, Education, Environment, Fun Stuff, Government, Health, History, Jobs/Volunteer, Recreation, The Arts, and Strictly Westchester. Westchester Kids' Recreation section includes links to various activities in Westchester County and nearby areas.
Ask for Kids is a fast, easy and kid-friendly way for kids to search online. Designed to be a fun destination site focused on learning and "edu-tainment," Ask for Kids uses natural-language technology that allows kids to ask questions and perform web searches, such as "When did Hawaii become a state?" or "What's it like to live in space?"or even "Convert 122 inches into feet" in the same way they would ask a parent, friend or teacher.
Ask for Kids combines human editorial judgment, age-appropriate feature content and filtering technology to enable kids to find both relevant and befitting information on the Web. Press "Blue Button" to explore Ask For Kids.
EssentialMom is a place for the busy, on-the-go mother. EssentialMom provides listings of places to go, things to do, class schedules and resources, as well as fast, easy solutions to your parenting questions. Newcomers groups, play groups and many more "child related resources" are available. Press "Blue Button" to explore more about EssentialMom.
FirstGov for Kids is a U.S. government interagency Kids' Portal. This site was developed and is maintained by the Federal Citizen Information Center. It provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject.
FirstGov for Kids is divided into educational subjects that you might have in your school. Within each subject, we have also divided the sites into these categories: Government, Organizations, Education, and Commercial. The Government sites could be Federal, State, or Military sites. Government sites generally do not sell anything. They are simply sharing information with visitors. Organization sites are developed by groups that have an interest in a special topic - sometimes these sites sell products. Education sites are developed by schools. They can be developed by colleges/universities or high, middle, or elementary schools. These sites usually do not have products to sell. Commercial sites are developed by businesses. Commercial sites share information, but they also have products to sell. Press "Blue Button" to explore Ask For Kids.
KidSites "Approved Sites" includes a selection of "Educational" and "Fun" sites, and a section for Grownups including parents and teachers. Educational Sites include topics about: animals, art, dinosaurs, history, math, music, science and space. Fun Sites include: activities, coloring, comics, crafts, girl's interests, online games, sports, story books, television and video games.
KidSites is full of wonderful "Educational" material, "Fun Sites", and many ideas for Parents and Teachers. Press "Blue Button" to explore KidSites.
KidSmart is a guide to early learning and technology for the Home and School. Both Parents and Teachers can benefit from this website. Whether you are just becoming comfortable with technology or have been using it for years, KidSmart will help you understand what's possible when it comes to young children and computer time.
KidSmart answers many questions such as:
How can I use a computer to encourage early learing in our home? How can I make the computer a part of our household routine? How can I make sure that the computer serves my child?
Things You Can Do A list of useful ideas and suggestions to help you get the most out of your family's PC
School Link Concrete teacher tips, overviews of classroom issues and other tools that your child's teacher may use. The text and audio features of this site will help you discover that the computer is just one of many rich, varied materials found in a good learning environment.
OLogy, the Museum of Natural History's website for kids ages seven through twelve, is based on the premise that "everyone wants to know something," and is designed as a place for kids to explore, ask questions, get answers, meet OLogists, play games, and see what other kids are interested in.
With age-appropriate content in archaeology, astronomy, biodiversity, genetics, marine biology, paleontology, and physical science, OLogy makes science learning rich and engaging. Educators can find suggestions and tips on how to use the OLogy website in the Educator's Guides.
Ology is The Museum of Natural History's "science rich" website for kids. Winner of 2004 Distinguished Achievement Awards for Interactivity and Navigation from The Association of Educational Publishers. Press "Blue Button" and enjoy.
Disney Online includes many features for both children and adults. You can visit the Character Gallery and see Mickey Mouse, Winnie The Pooh, Disney Princess, Disney Fairies and more. Also available are Kids Island, Disney Destinations, and Playhouse Disney. Or, you can shop, play games, visit Video Entertainment which includes Walt Disney Pictures, Disney DVD & Video, Disney on Broadway and many other Disney venues.
Playhouse Disney Preschool Time Online is a subscription service that supplements children's pre-kindergarten learning in a fun, safe, and personalized interactive environment that is secure and advertising-free.
Press "Blue Button" to explore this website - Advertising is displayed on the non-subscription sections of Disney Online.
PBSKids.org is the official Public Broadcasting Service website for children. Young children love the many interactive activities available with their most beloved characters. You and your child can explore Games, Stories, Coloring and Music within many sections including: Arthur, Barney, Berenstain Bears, Between the Lions, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Cyberchase, Dragon Tales, Postcards From Buster, Mister Rogers, Reading Rainbow, Sesame Street, Teletubbies, Zoboomafoo, and ZOOM.
Press "Blue Button" for hours of fun, entertainment, learning and enrichment for your child.
Playmusic.org introduces you to the various components of an orchestra, the family of instruments within an orchestra (Brass, Percussion, Weedwinds, Strings) and about the individual instruments. Learn about the String Section (bass, cello, viola, violin). Or learn about the Percussion Family (cymbals, triangle, bass drum, xylophone, timpani, snare drum). You can even learn how these instruments are made and how each one sounds.
Learn about each instrument: The violin is the smallest member of the string family. Because its strings are the shortest, it produces the highest sound. There are more violins in the orchestra than any other single instrument. The violins play in two different groups, with the first violins playing the highest-pitched part and the second violins playing the second-highest. Learn how an may be held: Rest the violin on one shoulder and hold it in place using your chin and left hand. Hold the bow in your right hand and draws it across the strings. This changes the pitch in two ways: by drawing the bow across different strings, and by pressing on the strings with the fingers of your left hand. The shape of the violin has stayed pretty much the same ever since the 1500s. That's almost 500 years! The modern violin has four strings, but the earliest ones had only three.
At Playmusic.org you can also learn how to write your own music! Press "Blue Button" and enjoy.
Sesame Workshop is a nonprofit educational organization making a meaningful difference in the lives of children worldwide by addressing their critical developmental needs. The Workshop is committed to the principle that all children deserve a chance to learn and grow; to be prepared for school; to better understand the world and each other; to think, dream and discover; to reach their highest potential.
Sesame Workshop provides information about children's activities and tips for parents. This site is helpful and informative - whether you're visiting with a child in search of educational fun or looking for resources to help guide a child through a particular challenge - See how Elmo is comforted when "Visiting the Doctor" or during the "First Day at School".
The Sesame Street website is rich in Games, Stories, Art, Music, Mail, Elmo's World and more. Take the time to explore and find your favorites sections. Play Dot-To-Dot or Letters Big Bird Gets a Letter, Keyboard-o-rama, Bumper Cars, Ernie's Window Box or Numbers Keyboard-o-rama, Cooking with Rosita, Walking the Dogs or Shapes Clouds, Make-a-Monster, Prairie Dawn in the Science Lab, Elmo's Road Trip or Sorting Zoe's Pet Shelter, Bert's Bottle Caps, Oscar's Trash Collection, Things in a Car or visit the Special Section Snuffy's Magic Garden, Zoe's Pet Shelter, Big Bird Gets a Letter, Limbo Elmo, Elmo's Mixed-Up Farm, Your Amazing Body, Footprints and more. See Pinky Dinky Doo designed for children ages 4 to 7, to encourage literacy through the power of storytelling.
For 35 years, Sesame Street has been embraced by millions of viewers through PBS in the U.S. and around the world. You may not know it, but Sesame Workshop is much more than Sesame Street. Sesame Workshop is guided by the conviction that all children deserve a chance to dream and discover, to understand the world and their place in it, to reach their highest potential.
If you're a parent, revisit Sesame Street with your child and watch their joy as they experience your childhood favorites: Bert, Big Bird, Ernie, Elmo, Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Cookie Monster, Zoe, Rosita and Count Von Count. Play along with Elmo at Elmo's World or visit Sesame Street's Music Zone. Go ahead - sing along!
Sesame Street has helped generations of children around the world to learn ABCs, to understand the meaing of letters and letter sounds, and to use these means to begin making sense of the world. "Press "Blue Button" to explore the website of Sesame Street - possibly the most wonderful and certainly the most innovative concept in children's education.
With Toy Symphony, Tod Machover and his team at the MIT Media Lab strive to bridge the gap between professional musicians and children, as well as between audience and performers. This three year project, combining children, virtuosic performers like violinist Joshua Bell and conductor Kent Nagano, composers and symphony orchestras around the world, is intended to radically alter how children are introduced to music, serving to redefine the relationship between professional musicians and young people. Through the use of innovative technologies to create musical instruments and compositional tools designed for an individual of any skill level, as well as weeklong workshops culminating in an integrated performance with children and professional musicians, Toy Symphony is designed as an utterly inclusive experience, one that will infuse the orchestra with youthful and enthusiastic collaborators, and the instruments, sounds, and ideas of the 21st century.
Press "Blue Button" and enjoy an exploration into the world of music.
The EPA Environmental Kids Club is a wonderful website for kids. The Environmental Kids Club helps you explore your environment and learn how to protect it. Have fun as you learn about Air, Water, Garbage & Recycling, Plants & Animals, You & Your Environment. Explore the Art Room, Game Room, Science Room and Trophy Case.
Press "Blue Button" to explore this website. Learn all about our environment through interactive games and more. Learn how you can show your commitment to keeping our planet clean for everyone.
Yahooligans! is a browsable, searchable directory of Internet sites for kids. Each site has been carefully checked by an experienced educator to ensure the content and links are appropriate for kids aged 7-12. In addition to our directory, we also have a number of fun features, including Yahooligans! Games, Sports and News pages, Movies, Animals, Science and Dinosaurs, a Reference section, Parents' and Teachers' Guides, a Cool page, and lots more.
Press "Blue Button" to explore Yahooligans - This site contains advertising.
The New York Philharmonic KidZone offers many exciting sections that will teach, entertain, and engage you in the art of Music. Learn about famous composers at "The Composer's Gallery"; Meet the musicians in the Musicians' Lounge; Learn about different categories of instruments in the "Instrument Lab" or you can even learn how to make your own instrument; Create your own music at the "Composition Workshop". The New York Philharmonic KidZone is a must for anyone interested in music. Press "Blue Button" to hear and see this unique website.
"Welcome to StoryPlace, the ultimate Children's Digital Library. Explore our pages full of stories and activities for children young and old." StoryPlace. a wonderful website for children! The following awards and acknowledgements say it all.
Awards & Acknowledgements
Chosen by the American Library Association as a Great Web Site for Kids.
Chosen by PBS Teacher Source as a recommended resource for teachers.
Selected as a featured site by Lightspan’s StudyWeb as one of the best educational resources on the Web.
Selected as a Best Bet on the USA TODAY Education Web Site for educational value. Fewer than 150 sites are selected each year as USA TODAY Education Best Bet Web sites.
Bonus.com Editor's Choice Award.
A+ rating by Education World as an outstanding site for Pre-kindergarten through 2nd grade.
Net-mom approved as one of the best sites for families on the Net!
Highlighted by World Village for providing quality content appropriate for family viewing and participation.
Selected as Web Site of the Month by School Library Journal for providing quality content appropriate for family viewing and participation.
Our story begins in 1917 in the sleepy village of Box in Wiltshire, England. It is night-time and a young boy lies awake in his bed, listening to steam engines huffing and puffing along the nearby railway tracks.
Deep in the surrounding countryside, where the Great Western Railway main line climbs steadily uphill for 2 miles, a tank engine from Box station is steaming away, helping a heavy goods train up the hill. To the little boy tucked up in bed, listening to the engines struggling up the incline, it sounds very much like they are talking to each other.
Beczak Environmental Education Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating people about the ecology, culture, and history of the Hudson River. Located on the banks of the Hudson in the City of Yonkers within the two-acre Habirshaw Park, Beczak offers exciting interactive learning experiences year-round for young and old alike.
We believe that all children need to safely interact with the natural environment for healthy development. Our engaging, interactive learning programs are built on this principle. One of the primary goals of Beczak is to show even our youngest visitors that the river is part of a complex ecosystem that nurtures an amazing diversity of living things, including people.
Beczak offers an extensive curriculum of interactive educational programs designed to teach students about the complexity of the Hudson River and inspire them to become better stewards of this magnificent resource. Each year more than 5,000 school-age children visit Beczak on class trips and with youth organizations.
All our staff members are trained educators with specialized degrees in fields such as marine biology and environmental interpretation. By creating interdisciplinary programs that meet the New York State Department of Education standards for science, social studies, math, art and English language arts, Beczak educators help animate important concepts that many teachers have introduced in their own classrooms. Press "Blue Button" to learn more about Beczak Environmental Education Center.
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Welcome to Kids & Children's Websites at www.WestchesterTowns.com. We hope you will find our children's website section full of useful information. Kids & Children's Websites will guide you and your child through hours of enjoyment. Each of our kids website links has a brief description to help you decide which are appropriate for your child. We have included a few websites that have product advertising because of their general appeal, such as Disney's website. However, in our description, we advise you of product advertising.
Kids & Children's Websites offer a wide selection of websites for children of all ages. These websites are easy to navigate, fun to use, and are filled with exciting and useful information. Our selection of kids sites include government approved and educationally rich sites. Your children can enjoy many hours of quality time while learning and enjoying themselves. Visit Kids & Children's Websites and prepare to learn, to be challenged, and to have a great time.
Our selected kid's & children's websites are suitable for children of all ages. You'll be surprised at the many things even a Mom, Dad, or older sibling may learn. Although you can safely select one or more of our selected websites for your child without having to individually search and validate thousands of websites on the Internet, we recommend that you review the content to be sure it is suitable for "your child".
Our selection of Kids & Children's Websites cover sites that are fun, interactive, informative and educational. Your child can enjoy hours of interactive play on one of many children websites. Topics covered include: Art, Archeology, Computers, Environment, Geography, Government, History, Music, Science & Math, and Space. Also available are activities such as coloring, crafts, online games, storybooks, sports and much more. These activities should engage and challenge both young and older children.
www.pbskids.org Young children simply love PBSKids. PBSKids.org includes the following well known and loved characters: Arthur, Barney & Friends, Berenstain Bears, Between the Lions, Boohbah, Caillou, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Curious George, Cyberchase, Dragon Tales, ending with Sesame Street, Share a Story, Teletubbies, Zoboomafoo and ZOOM. Within each of these sections you and your child can explore Games, Stories, Coloring and Music.
FirstGov for Kids is for children of all ages and includes a wide variety of topics. Following is just a brief sample of the hundreds of site topics included in "FirstGov for Kids"
Arts which offers sections in which you can draw, paint, play music, read, sing, and act in plays. Or, would you rather watch and listen to others? Either way, select great art sites and get some project ideas for a rainy day.
Careers lets you imagine what life would be like as a veterinarian? What about joining the Air Force? Also available are sections on dozens of different career paths.
Additional topics include: Computers, Fighting Crime, Fun Stuff, Geography, Global Village, Government, Health, History, Homework, Money, Music, Plants & Animals, Recreation, Safety, Science & Math, Space, State Sites, Transportation and more.
OLogy is the Museum of Natural History's website for kids. OLogy is based on the idea that "everyone wants to know something". This children's website is a place in which you can explore, ask questions and get answers. OLogy has age-appropriate content in topics such as: archaeology, astronomy, biodiversity, genetics, marine biology, paleontology, and physical science.
The New York Philharmonic KidZone offers many exciting sections that will teach, entertain, and engage you in the art of Music. Learn about famous composers at "The Composer's Gallery". Meet the musicians in the Musicians' Lounge. Learn about different instruments or even learn how to make your own instruments! Or, create your own music at the "Composition Workshop". New York Philharmonic KidZone is a must for anyone interested in music.
Sesame Street has been included in its own category although it is part of PBSKids.org. Over many years, Sesame Street has become a beloved institution for parents and now for their children. If you have not seen Sesame Street for a while, revisit with your child and watch their joy as they learn about many of your childhood favorites. Sing along with Ernie and Bert, Big Bird, Elmo, Oscar the Grouch and have a wonderful time.
You and your entire family will surely find wonderful and exciting adventures awaiting you at Kids & Children's Websites
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