4Kids.org: Topical, Searchable, and Safe Internet-Based Resource for Children and Youth

4Kids.org is an online resource with an accompanying syndicated print publication created to promote safe access to websites and technology literacy. 4Kids.org, created by ALTEC at the University of Kansas in 1995, provides a variety of Internet-based activities as well as access to a database of websites reviewed for educational content, appropriateness, and commercial-free content. This review presents many 4Kids.org features while highlighting a resource designed to provide young people in grades K-5 with a safe and successful Internet experience. (Contains 3 figures.)