My children love to use the computer and love to do work on the computer. I want some really good websites that have easy to use, fun and educational programs. What are some you have used, and why! Thanks!!!
1st-2nd and 4th-5th grade levels
Weather/Meteorology (the weather dude).
http://www.wxdude.com
Astronomy
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/star…
Mr. Donn’s history sire – unit studies.
http://www.members.aol.com/don………
Free weekly tips, worksheets,lesson plans, resources , and curriculum.
http://about.com/education/
http://www.freeworksheets.com/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/
Math:
http://www.tlsbooks.com/mathworksheets.h…
http://www.mathsisfun.com/worksheets/ind…
http://www.algebra.com
http://www.coolmath.com/
http://www.coolmathalgebra.com/……
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Geography
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world
other:
http://www.dltk-kids.com
http://www.dltk-kids.com/color………
Typing-keyboarding
http://www.auntlee.com/easytyp………
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
http://www.funbrain.com/
http://www.brainpopjr.com/
http://www.iknowthat.com/
http://www.kidzone.ws/
http://kidsites.com/
http://www.spellingtime.com/
http://kidsites.com/
http://www.surfnetkids.com/
http://kids.yahoo.com/
Two very good sites; they do require a yearly membership fee of $20.00:
http://enchantedlearning.com/
http://www.abcteach.com/
You can check them out for free, and have limited access, but to be able to print all the great stuff they offer you do need to be a member.
A great site to get computer software for only the price of shipping and handling is:
http://www.planetcdrom.com/free-homeschool/
Personally we prefer board games; we use them both for learning, and family fun.
I would recommend trying these over computers; we use both, but the computer is limited.
http://www.educationallearninggames.com/educational-board-games.asp
December 4th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
neopets.com and gaiaonline.com are both wonderful websites for you older children and nick.com is perfect for your younger children. All 3 sites are closely monitored and safe.
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December 4th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
A great comprehensive list of education sites can be found on the American Library Association’s website: http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm
Sites are broken down by subject area.
One of my favorite sites for young readers is http://www.starfall.com
There are great games and activities for reinforcing reading skills.
If your kids love animals, a fun site to visit is the National Zoo’s webcam page: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/
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December 4th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
I have come to wonder how educational games really are …
Board games and dice games etc are just as useful and probably more sociable …
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December 4th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Weather/Meteorology (the weather dude).
http://www.wxdude.com
Astronomy
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/star...
Mr. Donn’s history sire – unit studies.
http://www.members.aol.com/don……...
Free weekly tips, worksheets,lesson plans, resources , and curriculum.
http://about.com/education/
http://www.freeworksheets.com/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/
Math:
http://www.tlsbooks.com/mathworksheets.h...
http://www.mathsisfun.com/worksheets/ind...
http://www.algebra.com
http://www.coolmath.com/
http://www.coolmathalgebra.com/…...
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Geography
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world
other:
http://www.dltk-kids.com
http://www.dltk-kids.com/color……...
Typing-keyboarding
http://www.auntlee.com/easytyp……...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
http://www.funbrain.com/
http://www.brainpopjr.com/
http://www.iknowthat.com/
http://www.kidzone.ws/
http://kidsites.com/
http://www.spellingtime.com/
http://kidsites.com/
http://www.surfnetkids.com/
http://kids.yahoo.com/
Two very good sites; they do require a yearly membership fee of $20.00:
http://enchantedlearning.com/
http://www.abcteach.com/
You can check them out for free, and have limited access, but to be able to print all the great stuff they offer you do need to be a member.
A great site to get computer software for only the price of shipping and handling is:
http://www.planetcdrom.com/free-homeschool/
Personally we prefer board games; we use them both for learning, and family fun.
I would recommend trying these over computers; we use both, but the computer is limited.
http://www.educationallearninggames.com/educational-board-games.asp
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December 4th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Go onto http://www.bbc.co.uk and then go to learning and the appropriate age. There are lots of games to play in many subjects. For younger children cbeebies is also fun with lots of things to do.
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December 4th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
http://www.gamequarium.com/
http://www.wonka.com/WonkaSchool/WillysClassroom/
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
http://www.learningplanet.com/act/fl/aact/index.asp
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December 4th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
See SolutionsForHomeschool – http://www.solutionsforhomeschool.com – they post monthly updated fun and high quality learning sites (with zero or few ads) for grade levels K-12, plus have some "Cool Tools" for teaching parents. My kids visit every month to see what’s been added – they post new featured Learning Links on the home page about mid-month…
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