Great resource for young kids. I recommend buying this book.

My first Book About the Internet
by Sharon Cromwell
illustrated by Dana Regan
Troll, 1997 by Troll Communications LLC
ISBN: 0-8167-4320-7

Some highlights
Stay Safe on the Internet
Internet DO's and DON'Ts
Rule 1 Don't give your phone number, address, password, or photo to anyone.
Rule 2 Do show an adult any message you get that upsets you for any reason.
Rule 3 Don't tell anyone private stuff about yourself or your family.
Have fun on the net!

Links offered in the book
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov		 Nikolai's Web Site
http://www.nikolai.com/nnn.htm
The Global Show-n-Tell Museum
http://www.telenaut.com/gst/ 		Finding more sites for kids...
http://www.cochran.com/theosite/KSites.html

Glossary
@ This symbol is used in E-mail addresses. It means at. The first part of the address is the person's user ID, followed by the @ symbol, and finished with the name of the on-line service.
chat room Electronic "room" where people use computers to talk [or "chat"] to each other. Generally, you use the keyboard to talk instead of your voice. You type words on your keyboard from your computer that other people read on the screen from their computer.
downloading Copying a file from another computer to your computer.
E-mail Electronic mail, or notes that are sent from one computer to another using a modem.
home page The first thing you see when you open a Web site. A home page often tells what you can find at the site. Think of this as the home base of the site.
Internet A group of many, many computers all over the world that are all connected to each other.
link A connection between two Web pages. You can go from one Web page to another by clicking on a link.
modem Your computer's telephone. Your computer uses a modem to connect to other computers.
Net Another word for the Internet.
network A group of computers that are connected to each other. The Internet is the largest network in the world.
on-line What you are when your computer is connected to the Internet. Getting onto the Internet is called going on-line.
on-line service A group of computers that you can connect to by using your modem. You use an on-line service to get onto the Internet.
software The programs that tells your computer how to carry out the commands you give it. The programs may be for word processing, art, music, games, education, or many other things.
surfing the Net Using the Internet to explore more than one Web site or topic.
uploading Copying a file from your computer to another computer.
user ID The name you are known by when you are on-line.
URL The address for a Web page. URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator.
Web page A single screen in the World Wide Web.
World Wide Web A huge collection of electronic pages containing information about many different subjects. These pages are stored in computers around the world. A Web site is a collection of electronic pages belonging to the same location.