web design for kids

Building simple web pages with html is not only dead easy, but it's also a great enrichment activity for students in all disciplines.

Small Planet Communication's Create Your Own Web Page tutorial condenses the page-building process into seven simple steps. One of the greatest strengths of this tutorial is its "big picture" approach: it emphasizes the overall process rather than the niggling individual details of writing html. On the other hand, Small Planet's introduction to html is a bit too rushed and will likely leave students confused as to the specific functions of each tag. A little step-by-step instruction from a teacher should help mitigate this particular problem, though. Alternately, take a look at the Goodell Group's html for kids guide, a well-organized and well-written introduction to the most common html tags. Webmonkey for Kids also has some terrific lessons, project ideas, and links to html editing software.