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Distance conversion http://www. cloos. com/content_convert_distances. html Allows you to convert down to an inch or centimeter—also has nautical distances. Houses http://www. hgpho. to/wfest/house/house-e. html E n tertainm ent Cartoons http://www. cartoonnetwork. com http://www. nick, com http://pbskids. org Movies us-based http://movies % yahoo, com/showtimes/showtimes. html http://www. hollywood, com/
UK-based http://www. cinemaclock. com/clock/ont/London, html Australia-based http://www. movieguide. com. au/ Music BBC Radio 3 http://www. bbc. co. uk/radio3/games/index. shtml A beat machine to compose your own music and lots of fun music games. mtv http://www. mtv. com Find out about everything about all the hottest new bands and singers. You can also watch videos. You might want to look at this site as a teacher so you can keep up with what your children are talking about. Karaoke of popular children’s songs http://www. canadiankids. net/ck/singalong.jsp This is great for teachers if you don’t know the music to a song text. Also see the Canadian kids homepage for other good ideas. http://www. lyrics, com/ http://www. azlyrics. com/ Two good sites for finding lyrics to popular songs. D o n ’t worry if the children can’t understand all the words. They will be eager to translate—it’s cool. However, exercise utm ost care when allowing them to choose songs, as many popular tunes are not really appropriate for children’s ears. Parents who don’t understand English may be shocked to learn what the children are actually listening to—even if the children don’t really know what it all means.