Alfabetiere
Italian alphabet for children with pages to print out and color for each letter. Also has games and other activities.

Alfabeto
Click on a letter to hear how to pronounce it and to see how to handwrite it. Also has an introduction to Italian punctuation.

Bambini
Italian links for kids broken down into channels such as songs, games, nursery rhymes, cartoons, hobbies, and school.

Books Without Borders
Foreign language bookstore for children sells multilingual media including books, tapes, and videos.

Calimero
Meet Calimero, the famous cartoon character. Children can send postcards, read stories in English and Italian, play online activities, and learn more about the pulcino nero.

Children's Italian Books
Order books, courses, software, and videos to teach children Italian.

Corriere dei Piccoli
A children's version of the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera with news, games, and many other resources.

Disney Italia
Topolino, Pippo, and all the rest are here, with interactive features such as an online coloring book, music, games, and cartoons.

Favole Infinite
Children can color these stories online as they click through the narrative.

Fiabe di Animali
Wonderful, robust site with many tales of "mischievous animals" plus other amusing stories.

Geronimo Stilton: Italy's Answer to Harry Potter
The publishing phenomenon Harry Potter has a new competitor, a furry little creature that speaks Italian and, ironically, is named after a British blue cheese.

Girotondo
The first Italian web search engine designed entirely for children.

Italian ABC's for Children
Illustrated Italian alphabet for children. Hear both the letter and word spoken by a native Italian speaker.

Italian Animal Sounds
A barking dog is a barking dog聴unless that cane happens to live in Italy. Then, instead of "bow-wow," he'll be yapping "bau-bau." At least that's how an Italian would describe the sound. So do Italian animals speak a different language?

Italian Colors for Children
Hear red, white, green, and all the other colors!

Italian Conversation For Children
Conversazione per i bambini: an afternoon at the beach, a birthday party, and more!

Italian For Children
Teach your child the Italian ABC's and practice counting from 1-20 with illustrations and audio.

Italian for Toddlers
Italian language playgroup for infants and toddlers based in New York City. Playgroup includes traditional songs and activities using animals, arts & crafts, toys, music and story telling.

Italian Names Translated
Italian names and their English equivalents.

Italian Numbers For Children
Illustrated counting exercises in Italian for children. With audio.

Learn Italian With Your Children
It's never too early to learn a foreign language, whether it's nursery rhymes, counting exercises, or children's songs. Parents can introduce their children to a whole new world and encourage their appreciation of other cultures.

LinguaWeb Italian
Practice Italian with a jumbled word quiz, flashcard games, and an Italian geography quiz in the form of a hangman game.

Mama Lisa's World: Italian
Hear audio clips of children's songs and rhymes. Accompanying text lets children sing along.

Mondo Bimbo
Links to games, stories, and animated cartoons for youngsters.

Multilingual Munchkins
Provides resources for raising multilingual children. Includes a playgroup database, newsletter, articles, and activity suggestions.

Nenanet
Games, fairy-tales, and information for new parents - great resource for teaching children Italian.

Picture Dictionary: English-Italian
Illustrated dictionary for children and beginners.

Pierino Porcospino
Multitude of games, stories, animation, and cartoons for kids in Italian.

Pimpa
Terrific Flash animation site for children has games, cards, and information on the magazine. Children can also submit their artwork for inclusion on the site.