Join your favorite Muppets for the sing-along of a lifetime at the Muppets Movies Lyric Archive. Follow the rollicking sounds to www.whysanity.net/muppets and get in tune with Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear and Rowlf. The Web site, dedicated to Jim Henson and Richard Hunt, features lyrics from "The Muppet Movie," "The Great Muppet Caper" and "The Muppets Take Manhattan." Plus, there's movie dialogue and photos of your favorite Muppets characters. From "The Rainbow Connection" to "The Muppet Baby Song," you'll be singing, dancing and laughing along with this classic gang. Be sure to save a dance for Miss Piggy!
Set your focus on http://photography. nationalgeographic.com where the work of the world's most famous photography is collected for your use. For generations, National Geographic has been teaching us about amazing cultures, religions, and events all over the world. If you're a junior shutterbug, you'll especially like the Camera Bag, where experts help you become a world-class photographer, too. (Disclaimer: This site now contains advertisements.)
Seeing the sites is easy with a virtual trip to the Kyoto National Museum in Japan at www.kyohaku.go.jp . No reservations required! No 18-hour plane ride! Just click in and sit back for a stroll through one of the best collections of East Asian artifacts in the world. First stop should be the Museum Dictionary for kids. Here's where you'll learn everything you need to know about Buddhism, East Asian archeology, Lion-Dogs, and the importance of tea. Once you've learned more about Japanese, Chinese and
Korean cultures, the rest of the museum will make a lot more sense. Browse through the special exhibits or visit the permanent
collection to see famous statues of the Buddha, Samurai swords and much more. Sayonara!
It all started out with one photograph taken in 1958 by Art Kane. The picture featured many of the greats of the jazz world, who gathered in Harlem for this special photo shoot. What resulted was a snapshot of jazz that captured the music world's imagination and gave way to a documentary film. A Great Day in Harlem brings you back to this special era. Head for Harlem by going back in time to www.harlem.org . You'll meet legendary musicians like Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Maxine Sullivan and Lester Young. If you're an aspiring drummer or a budding saxophone master, you'll love the opportunity to search the site by the instrument of your choice. Get ready to hum to the sounds of One Day in Harlem!
You can always stay within the lines when you point and click to color the image of the Leprechaun. Choose from the color palette then click on an area you wish to become that color. At Carlos' coloring book, www.coloring.com you can choose among six pictures to color. When you're finished coloring in Carlos' book, head on over to http://winnie.acsu.buffalo.edu/potatoe and play edible, starchy tuberhead (a.k.a.,"Mr. Potatohead"). Choose among the funny ears, eyes, noses, feet and mustaches to create your own amiable spud. You'll love the funny pictures and the movie of the flying potato. But don't stop there, because you'll find lots of
"Mr. Potatoheads" on the Web. For a fancier (but
slower loading) site, you can go to: http://westnet.com/~crywalt/pothead/pothead.html By the way, how do YOU spell potato(e)? (The second and third sites are no longer available.)