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Town of Glastonbury Recreation
Golf, Walking Trails, Park Areas, and Activties

Glastonbury Parks & Recreation
Learn about our department and program offerings!

Welles Turner Memorial Library
Glastonbury's Public Library

Bonus.com
Parents will enjoy going online with their children with this site, which has oodles of games, puzzles, drawing and coloring, and articles about kid-friendly topics or issues.

FamiliesConnect
A feature of ICONnect, this site contains online courses for families and other materials and activities designed to enhance family enjoyment of the Internet.

The Idea Box
Looking for activities for your little ones? Visit the Idea Box for a steady stream of activities, games, songs, recipes, and crafts to enjoy with your preschoolers. You'll also find holiday activities, worksheets, site recommendations, contests, and parenting and education message boards.

National Geographic Xpeditions
Visit this innovative site with your children to get ideas for field trips, games, and crafts that teach geography. Every other week you'll find a new Xpedition that either focuses on the Internet or encourages you to explore the real world.

The New York Times Family Movie Guide
If you enjoy taking your family to the movies, but are concerned about violence, profanity, or sexually explicit content, then visit this site to see how all the recent film and video releases rate. Read the reviews and then see which age groups make appropriate audiences.

The New York Times Learning Network
Teach your kids how to use the news through this innovative project. Read New York Times' stories as part of family activities, work a crossword puzzle, chat with a reporter, take a daily news quiz, or learn about this day in history.

SuperKids Educational Software Review
Before you purchase software to enjoy with your children, check out this comprehensive guide to software programs reviewed by teams of parents, children, and teachers. Keep track of their new monthly reviews, search the guide for titles you're considering, and check out the bestseller list.

TV Guide Family
This special version of the popular magazine, TV Guide, brings you daily family-friendly viewing suggestions. Check out the local listings, play weekly games and quizzes, and visit the Parent's Guide for tips for fun and safe TV viewing.

Yahoo! Get Local
The popular search engine Yahoo has created specialized Web sites for every state. Enter your ZIP Code for the Yahoo version closest to you and then take your family out to local restaurants, shops, entertainment, and sports.

Yahooligans!
The folks at Yahoo have created this site so that kids can search the Web for kid-friendly sites, get homework help, and read the latest news and sports features. Parents, don' leave the site without checking out their guide to safe Web surfing.

KidsGardening.com
If your kids love dirt, then get them out of the house and into the garden. This site offers parents ideas and projects that use gardening to teach children about insects, plants, vegetables, landscape, and safety. Be sure to browse the Parents' Primer before you get started. Then, join the discussion board, subscribe to the newsletter, or try a community project.



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