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- Children's Museums
- Dance
- General - This category lists art-related sites appropriate for children and teenagers. It includes sites that are designed to help young people increase their appreciation for the arts, expand their knowledge of the arts, and develop their own artistic abilities.
- Music - This category lists music-related web sites appropriate for, and of interest to, children under the age of 18. All sites are either educational, reference oriented, or informational in nature. Sites listed in the main Music category each cover a variety of musical topics, such as instrument types, theory, history and styles. If you're looking for web sites that are more focused on one particular aspect of music, please check the appropriate sub-categories.
- Online Stories - This category has online novels, short stories, folk tales, fairy tales, scary stories, and other fiction and non-fiction for children and teenagers.
- Painting
- Photography - Sites listed in the main Photography category each cover a variety of photography and camera-related topics. For example, one site may cover information on taking pictures, as well as developing film, which cameras to use, master photographers, etc. If you're looking for web sites that are more focused on one particular aspect of photography, please check the appropriate sub-categories. Sites listed here will be appropriate for, and of interest to, children under the age of 18. All sites are either educational, reference oriented, or informational in nature.
- Sculpture
- Showcases for Kids' Art
- Theater and Drama - This category lists only pages and sites that children or teenagers might use to learn more about the arts of drama and theater. It does not include listings for private instructors, schools, camps, programs, and/or any other commercial resources.
- Youth Organizations - Kids and Teens: Art: Youth Organizations is a category for young artist organizations' sites.
- Dance
- Chats and Forums
- A listing of the best Teen Chat Rooms found on the internet today. Most are Java and IRC chat rooms. All care is taken to select the most safe and clean teen chat rooms. However, caution must be taken when entering teen chat rooms as most rooms are not moderated. For your safety, it is recommended that you DO NOT give out your phone number, address, or any other personal information. Also, do not always believe what you hear in a chat room. If it is too good to be true..it probably is. Do you know of a clean, user-friendly, and safe teen chat room that you feel should be listed here? Well..feel free to submit the url for review. Please only send your submission once. It will be reviewed as soon as possible. Only original chat rooms will be accepted. Those without any original content and simply linked to the same channel will be rejected. All entries which are added to the directory will be monitored very closely to ensure compliance with web site content rules. Thank you and have fun!
- General - This category is for sites about computers and computing which are made specifically for kids. This includes sites about the history of computers, basic programming, Internet usage, and online communities. Sites of a more topical nature may belong in a different subcategory of Top/Kids and Teens. Look around before submitting your site. Sites which are incomplete, have under construction notices, contain broken graphics or links, or consist mostly of links to other sites will not be listed.
- Internet - Information sites about the internet and using the internet for kids or teens.
- Software - Kids_and_Teens/Computers/Software includes sites that provide freeware and/or shareware titles suitable for children or teens, as well as sites designed to help young people learn to create their own software.
- Web Page Design - This category lists sites that have resources for designing web pages.
- General - This category is for sites about computers and computing which are made specifically for kids. This includes sites about the history of computers, basic programming, Internet usage, and online communities. Sites of a more topical nature may belong in a different subcategory of Top/Kids and Teens. Look around before submitting your site. Sites which are incomplete, have under construction notices, contain broken graphics or links, or consist mostly of links to other sites will not be listed.
- General
- The Directories category is for... directories! A directory is a site that has a comprehensive collection of links divided into a logical, and useful, set of categories . Link pages do not qualify as directories and will not be listed here.
- Anime and Cartoons
- The Kids and Teens: Entertainment: Anime and Cartoons category is for general sites about Anime and Cartoon series. Both the sites and the series are for kids between the ages of 3 and 18. If you are submitting a site about a specific title, please go to http://dmoz.org/editors/editcat.cgi?cat Test/Kids_and_Teens/Entertainment/Anime_and_Cartoons/Titles and pick the appropriate title.
- Bands and Artists
- Celebrities - Official and fan sites for celebrities.
- Comics
- Movies
- Radio - This category lists pages and sites about radio. It includes general information about radio broadcasting, as well as stations that cater to children and teens.
- Television - Sites about television that are for teens or kids.
- Bands and Artists
- Board Games
- Computer and Video - Computer and Video games are electronic games played using a video screen such as monitor or a TV. They involve one or more people playing against a computer or each other. These games can be played on computers and video game consoles such as those made by Nintendo, Sony, Sega, and Microsoft.
- General - The Games category is for sites that contain games or information about games that can be played by kids and/or teens. It does not list sites that sell games.
- Online - Games that can be played online with a web browser. Some require semi-standard browser components such as Java, JavaScript, or Shockwave, but all are playable through the web browser.
- Outdoor and Yard Games - Contains games that children play outdoors, in school yards, and backyards.
- Party Games
- Puzzles and Mazes
- Word Play - Find sites listed here that play with language and with words. Includes word games, secret languages, and made-up words.
- Computer and Video - Computer and Video games are electronic games played using a video screen such as monitor or a TV. They involve one or more people playing against a computer or each other. These games can be played on computers and video game consoles such as those made by Nintendo, Sony, Sega, and Microsoft.
- Conditions and Diseases
- This category lists pages and sites about conditions and diseases, physical problems that keep the human body from operating normally.
- Fitness - This category is aimed at kids between the ages of 3 and 18. Sites provide information or activities related to fitness.
- General - This category is aimed at kids between the ages of 3 and 18. The Health category is designated to feature sites that provide information and activities to help kids and teens learn about health, safety, fitness, and healthy lifestyles.
- Nutrition - This category is aimed at kids between the ages of 3 and 18. Sites provide information or activities related to nutrition.
- Safety - This category is aimed at kids between the ages of 3 and 18. Sites provide information or activities related to safety and the prevention of childhood accidents and injuries.
- Substance Abuse - This category is aimed at kids between the ages of 3 and 18. Sites provide information about the problem of drug abuse and about drug resistance.
- Fitness - This category is aimed at kids between the ages of 3 and 18. Sites provide information or activities related to fitness.
- General
- A place for world news written for (and sometimes by) kids and teens.
- Magazines and E-zines
- Magazines and E-zines
- Biography
- This category has biographies and autobiographies suitable for children to read and use for enjoyment or for schoolwork. Biographies may be brief and sites sites may have several, perhaps connected by occupation, but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g. birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, and so forth.
- Genealogy - This category is aimed at kids under the age of 18. Sites provide information or activities related to genealogy, or they provide specific resources to help kids trace their own family heritages.
- General - This category lists sites created for kids and teens under the age of 18 that provide information about people and society. Personal homepages created by kids are located in Kids_and_Teens/Society_and_People/Personal_Homepages.
- Holidays and Special Days - The sites listed in this category are designed to inform or help young people ages 3-18 to celebrate holidays. Sites focused on single holidays are listed in appropriate sub categories.
- Online Communities - Online Communites are sites where people with similar interests can communicate with each other, learn, and contribute. Contribution is the defining factor of an online community. Sites in this category must be strictly for kids or for kids and teens . They must be sites where young people can interact with each other and "leave their mark" on the site. Sites that offer clubs, give kids a chance to write reviews, and sites that offer free home pages are good examples of online communities. However, just offering one of these things doesn't make a site a community. Sites for this category will be carefully screened and must meet the criteria of a community.
- Organizations
- Pen Pals - Sites created to help kids and teens under the age of 18 find pen pals are listed in this category.
- Personal Homepages - This category is for Personal Homepages created by teens and in English.
- Psychology - Sites here should have information about psychology and mental health issues that concern children. Articles may be about coping skills, the science of psychology, how emotions and feelings work, why people do what they do. All sites in this cateogory should be for children to read and use. Mental health sites for parents and other caregivers to use belong elsewhere in the ODP, such as Health/Mental Health or the appropriate subcategory in Home/Family.
- Religion and Spirituality
- Genealogy - This category is aimed at kids under the age of 18. Sites provide information or activities related to genealogy, or they provide specific resources to help kids trace their own family heritages.
- Crafts
- Drawing and Coloring - This category contains sites that feature activities for very young children to paint and color.
- Games - This is the place for sites that contain online games that can be played by children that aren't reading yet.
- General - This category is for sites aimed at a pre-school audience (typically children up to the age of 5, although there will naturally be some overlap with the 6-7 year age group).
- Online Stories - Online stories which are aimed at pre-school aged children (typically children up to the age of 5, although there will naturally be some overlap with the 6-7 year age group).
- Television - This category is for sites about television programs aimed at a pre-school audience (typically children up to the age of 5, although there will naturally be some overlap with the 6-7 year age group). Sites will often be visually based and of a type which pre-school children can use with a minimum of adult assistance. Sites which require reading skills or other kind of adult assistance may be appropriate here IF the pre-school child is still the intended audience, and if the site contains games, activities or information specifically for this age group. Sites aimed at parents, teachers or care-givers are not appropriate and will not be listed here.
- Drawing and Coloring - This category contains sites that feature activities for very young children to paint and color.
- English
- This category is aimed at kids between the ages of 3 and 13. All sites submitted should be geared toward children and should provide educational activities to help kids improve a range of English skills. Sites that provide help with only one aspect of English should be submitted to the appropriate sub category. Sites ABOUT kids, including sites geared toward parents and teachers will not be listed here.
- Foreign Languages - This category is for sites that help English-speaking children and teens learn langauges other than English. It is not for sites aimed at foreign language teachers or native speakers of non-English languages.
- General - The sites in this category are geared toward elementary, middle school, and high school students. They are designed to help students with homework questions and problems.
- Homework Help - This category lists pages and sites created specifically to assist children and teenagers with homework.
- Math - This category is aimed at children and teenagers between the ages of 3 and 18. All sites submitted should be geared toward young people and should provide educational activities or information to help them improve their math skills or learn more about math. Sites ABOUT kids, including sites geared toward parents and teachers will not be listed here.
- Reference Tools - This category is aimed at Internet users under the age of 18. All sites submitted should be geared toward children and/or teenagers and should provide free online reference resources.
- Science - Web sites and resources for children and teens under the age of 18. Sites geared toward teens over 18 and adults will not be listed here.
- Social Studies - This category lists sites that deal with the way people work and live in communities. Sites geared toward social studies teachers will not be listed here.
- Foreign Languages - This category is for sites that help English-speaking children and teens learn langauges other than English. It is not for sites aimed at foreign language teachers or native speakers of non-English languages.
- Cooking
- This category lists sites that discuss basic cooking techniques and/or provide recipes.
- Crafts - All sites in Arts and Crafts relate to arts and crafts for kids.
- Drawing and Coloring - This category contains sites that help children to learn and improve their drawing and coloring skill.
- Gardening - This category lists pages and sites that cover the basics of gardening.
- General - This category lists sites created for kids between the ages of 3 and 13. The sites provide information about sports and recreation.
- Jokes
- Models
- Olympics - Sites in this category should be about the summer games, winter games, Special Olympics, or ParaOlympics, but should always be sites for children to use and read.
- Sports - This category lists sites that kids ages 3-18 can use to learn about various sports.
- Summer Camps
- Toys - All sites listed in this category and its subcats are appropriate for children. Sites listed in this category and its subcats provide information about children's toys. They may offer facts about toys, directions for making toys, photographs, stories, fan pages, discussion boards, and so forth.
- Trading and Collecting
- Crafts - All sites in Arts and Crafts relate to arts and crafts for kids.
- Advice
- This category contains advice for teenagers, ranging from the ages of 11-19. Please be careful and use your own judgment when requesting advice. It can be hard to determine the qualifications of those offering advice over the Internet.
- Babysitting - Information on babysitting, safety tips, on-line courses, songs you can teach the kids, games you can play, stories you can read, and other do's and don'ts of babysitting.
- Directories - This category is for sites that are links to teenage sites. This can be in the form of a links page, search engine or directory. Most web sites will include ratings and reviews of the linked-to teen sites.
- Driver's Education - An important part of every teenagers life is the experience of learning how to drive. In this category you will find helpful sites related to teen drivers and new drivers alike.
- Fashion - Sites in this category will offer information about general Teen fashion.
- Girls Only - This category contains resources specifically for and about Teen Life as relates to Girls. Includes groups, clubs, societies, email lists, magazines, e-zines, forums, and chat sites.
- Issues - This category contains web sites which deal with controversial or current issues which are of importance to teenagers. Such issues may include the environment, politics, and education.
- Magazines and E-zines - Magazines, articles, or mailing lists that are published on-line, or are the on-line version of a magazine or newspaper geared towards teenagers.
- Memorial Pages - This category lists pages and sites which pay tribute to deceased teenagers. Sites may be created by grown-ups or teens.
- Proms
- Runaways - If you are thinking of running away, first take a look at the help that is available to you before you make any moves.
- Suicide
- Teen Health - This category contains websites which cover the general aspects of teens' health.
- Teen Sexuality - Sites relevant to adolescent sexuality, including planning of sexual conduct, abstinence from sexual conduct, active sexual conduct, consequences of sexual conduct, and related topics. Sites listed here are intended primarily for teens. Additional information on reproductive health topics (intended for all ages) is found in Health:Reproductive Health. DO NOT submit Adult sites to this category. They will NOT be listed, and it is very likely that they will be deleted. The ODP does have an Adult hierarchy -- please submit appropriate sites there.
- Visual Expression - Category which encourages creativity in today's teenage society. Any site that has poetry, music, artwork, photography, basketry, sculpture, leatherwork, metalwork, or any other thing that could be classified as art is excepted.
- Volunteering and Service - This category contains sites which are related to volunteering services or services for teens.
- Web Communities - Online Communites are sites where people with similar interests can communicate with each other, learn, and contribute. Contribution is the defining factor of an online community. Sites in this category must be strictly for teens . They must be sites where young people can interact with each other and "leave their mark" on the site. Sites that offer clubs, give kids a chance to write reviews, and sites that offer free home pages are good examples of online communities. However, just offering one of these things doesn't make a site a community. Sites for this category will be carefully screened and must meet the criteria of a community.
- Babysitting - Information on babysitting, safety tips, on-line courses, songs you can teach the kids, games you can play, stories you can read, and other do's and don'ts of babysitting.
- Adoption
- Brothers and Sisters
- Divorce - This category is for sites that provide information, advice, and support for kids or teenagers whose families have been affected by divorce.
- General - This category lists sites created for kids and teens under the age of 18 that provide information about families and all aspects of family life.
- Grandparents
- Pets
- Step-parents
- Brothers and Sisters