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Our Math program website with specific information on how you can help your child in Math at home.
http://investigations.terc.edu/families/
BrainPOP---For a fee, animated educational site for kids in Math,
English, Social Studies, Science, Arts and Music, Health,
Engineering & Tech.
http://www.brainpop.com
Create your own dictionary!
http://www.wordcentral.com
Reading activities that require a subscription but a great site
with A LOT of different materials for learning to read.
http://www.readinga-z.com
I Excel--For a fee, extra math practice for the basic skills in
first
grade.
www.ixl.com
Great link with many different websites to address different
intelligences
according to Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences.
Some that I recommend:
Linguistic--Fake Out! (create your own definition and see how
others agree)
Logical--Cybersquares (compare-contrast)
Visual--Google Earth (see any part of our world in "real time")
Rhythmic--RhymeZone (offers rhyming words so you can create your
own rhyme)
Kinesthic--Globz (uses your hand-eye coordination-how does it
compare to
Wii?)
Naturalist--Animal Cams (Smithsonian National Zoological Park-
watch real life
animals)
Interpersonal--Skype (stay in touch with family and friends for
free on the
internet!)
Intrapersonal--Voices of Youth (sponsored by Unicef raising
issues in our
world that students can respond to and take action on)
Existentialism--UN Cyberschoolbus (promotes peace throughout our
world that
students can understand and relate to)
http://www.surfaquarium.com/MI/intelligences.htm
Fun Reading activities
http://www.starfall.com
Highly interactive for English language learning exchange
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies
Fun activities arranged by grade level, subject and category.
http://www.learningplanet.com
English activities for kids who may need support in English. It
would be
good to give to TUTORS working with your child. The games, songs
and
holidays tabs have all free resources. The flashcards and the
worksheets
require a subscription for $25.
http://www.eslkidstuff.com
Choose the level that you think your child would be the most
comfortable
either early stage, key stage 1 or key stage 2. For now, I would
choose
literacy for most of the students in the class but later in the
year they
can choose subjects that they like.
http://www.crickweb.co.uk
Free Games ranging from action to smart activities
http://www.gizdic.com
Word games (need MacroMedia flash)
http://www.kidbraingames.com
Books come alive with characters like Clifford and Curious
George. The
stories are on video through YouTube for your child to listen to.
Arranged
by topics and levels.
http://www.gamequarium.com
Good for TUTORS and has a lot of free resources to help your
child learn
English.
http://esl.about.com/
Coloring (need to download Adobe flash)
http://www.crayola.com
Games recommended by Social Studies publishers
http://www.iknowthat.com
Music games and coloring (with Clifford and Teletubbies)
http://www.pbskids.org
Interactive games for families
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/games.jsp
Variety of games
http://funschool.kaboose.com/
Coloring with songs (need flash plugin)
http://www.jellybeanjungle.com/
Games based on environmental issues
http://www.jayzeebear.com/
Dr. Seuss based activities
http://www.seussville.com/lb/home.html
Games created by NASA
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/games.shtml
Interactive fictional reading site
http://www.theplanetw.com/Ch.htm
Games based on Scholastic books (need flash plug in)
http://www.scholastic.com/ispy/play/index.asp
SOCIAL STUDIES
http://www.mhschool.com
Extra math---Free math practice online
www.xtramath.org
International Children´s Digital Library---For a membership fee,
books to read online.
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
Stories are made into pictures so students can see words that
they are using over and over.
www.tagxedo.com