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The website can be used for both educational and entertainment purposes. The Yahoo! Kids' portal has directories such as "Around the World", "Arts & Entertainment", "Computers & Games", "School Bell", "Science & Nature", and "Sports & Recreation". Under the directory "School-Bell", the category "Homework Answers" allows children to access websites pertaining to school subjects such as geography, history, and math.
The homepage also displays links to games, jokes, news, and sports. For the latter three, the content is crafted for those younger than 12. Games provided on the Yahoo! Kids website include Chinese checkers, Go Fish, and Checkers. Age-appropriate offsite games are also accessible via the links under the "games" tab. The website offers an instant messaging gadget that allows children to participate in live chats with notable people. Bill Clinton, J. K. Rowling, and Bill Nye the Science Guy have been guests in the chats.
In March 2011, Yahoo! Kids partnered with the TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars near the season's finale to have children pose questions to Chewbacca. Question submissions were posted on SurveyMonkey, and Yahoo! Kids posted Chewbacca's answers on March 28. The approximately three-minute long video consisted of Chewbacca pantomiming responses to queries such as "How do you deal with all that hair?"
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