Thirty award packages of 2,000 and a free AOL Broadband Gold account for a year are available to new or existing projects in the voluntary sector.
Last year St John's Pre-school in Toxteth, Liverpool, won an award for a project that allowed under-fives to learn about other countries and cultures by surfing the net on a "magic carpet".
Cirencester Opportunity Group, an independent playgroup enabling children with special needs to learn with other children, was another winner with a plan to install a webcam in a bird nesting box.
A spokeswoman for AOL said: "The awards have attracted high numbers of applications from children's charities and community groups in the past two years - clear proof that the internet is having a positive impact in terms of education, helping kids to develop their IT skills, building communities and much more.
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