Growing Up Well

Here are some jokes, cartoons, pictures, videos, and games for the kids – just for fun.  Sometimes you don’t have to BE all that fun or funny, as long as you will share fun stuff with kids.  If you think it’s funny or cool, then in all likelihood a kid will think so too.  So send your favorite kid a link to one of these things every now and then, just for the fun of it.  Sharing a laugh is a “force multiplier” in the war for your child’s heart.

* Note – By and large, these are family friendly sites, but as with all internet content, beware of the occasional bit of adult content that might be lurking around the corner.

ENJOY

Fascinating Videos (family friendly)   http://www.flixxy.com/

How to curse like Shakespeare http://www.trevorstone.org/curse/

Cool music video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w

Bizarre video of man riding a buffalo

Awareness Test Video (very fun)  http://vodpod.com/watch/596314-how-aware-are-you?pod=wildcatteacher

Steven Wright Jokes  http://www.weather.net/zarg/ZarPages/stevenWright.html

Logic Questions & Riddles  http://www.justriddlesandmore.com/Logic/1.html

Jokes, Pictures, Videos, etc.  http://www.joke-of-the-day.com/

Calvin and Hobbes  http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/

Acrobatics, Breakdance, & Martial Arts Moves  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxMBUq1Z2eE&feature=related

Clean jokes, funny pics, and videos   http://www.cleanjoke.com/

Arcade games  http://funnycleanvideos.info/fun-arcade-games/

More games  http://www.miniclip.com/games/en/

Greatest Christmas light display ever   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgf60CI_ks

Brian Regan   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXLUncbZKbs

Comedian on Conan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN0MpBQG3-E&feature=player_embedded

Card games & board games online  http://family.go.com/games/pkg-card-and-board-games/

Word Clouds   http://www.wordle.net/

Music Map   http://www.music-map.com/

Crazy Libs (just like Mad Libs)   http://www.rinkworks.com/crazylibs/

Dozens of Fun Word Games  http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp

Free Rice – Fun Vocab Game  http://www.freerice.com/index.php

“I believe that the happy people, the ones we all like being around, those who conquer evil, those are the people who have learned to laugh easily – to find humor.  So, I must laugh.  Humor keeps the beat of life even and full of optimism.”  -  Ann Kiemel

RANDOM FUN: One of my students came up with this cool idea which she called Bouncy Grass.  It turns out that some super-cool mom made it already. They used it for a sunscreen commercial in the U.K.   http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid19475236001?bctid=1618642321

This is the coolest father-son science experiment.  Check it out.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6ZMscMp8UM