KidsClick!
Advantages: broken into categories based on subject matter to make searching more relevant
Good for upper elementary
Created by librarians so includes good resources for quality searching
Disadvantages: guides to good but doesn’t block bad sites
Many pop-up ads
Reading level above many lower elementary levels
Ask for Kids
Advantages: can narrow search by subject
Images and videos available
Free
Many ways to search (video, images, weather, etc)
Disadvantages: very cartoon-y
Draw and sticker feature: is fun, but distracting and not very educational
Clusty
Advantages: groups search results in clusters to make it less overwhelming
Disadvantages: no real filters on search
Complete Planet
Advantages: can search by category/topic
Tried to block inappropriate sites
Searches databases
Searchable sites are listed in many locations so you don’t miss anything
Disadvantages: sometimes encounter “false positives” in your search result
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