Safe Online Projects for Kids

Most online-safety books for kids are built on fear. This one is built on creativity.

Kids today aren't just browsing the internet, they're making things on it. Safe Online Projects for Kids turns that instinct into a strength. Across seven hands-on chapters, children ages 8 to 14 build real projects, code real programs, and create real art, learning to stay safe online as a natural habit rather than a list of scary rules.

By the end of the book, your child will have actually made:

•Their own digital workspace and a personal Digital Rules Poster
•An original digital drawing and a fully planned illustrated story
•An animated character coded from scratch in Scratch
•A complete maze game with keyboard controls, scoring, and sound
•A real, published webpage they designed themselves
•A plan for their own creative project, the Virtual Lemonade Stand

Along the way, safety is woven into every project: strong passwords, privacy settings, smart sharing, kind online behavior, and what to do when something feels wrong. Instead of memorizing warnings, kids learn good digital habits while they're busy building things they're proud of.

Built for grown-ups, too. A complete Facilitator Guide turns every chapter into a ready-to-teach unit, with learning objectives, discussion questions, extension activities, and safety conversation starters. Parents, homeschoolers, librarians, and classroom teachers can run a full digital-literacy unit with no prep. A 25-term glossary makes every concept easy to look up.

Clear enough for an eight-year-old to follow on their own, and never condescending to a fourteen-year-old, this is the digital-skills book that treats kids as the creators they already are.

Perfect for fans of DK's Coding Projects for Kids and Linda Liukas's Hello Ruby, a confident, creativity-first guide to growing up online.