Comments on: Fun and educational websites for children!?

By: windover3301

windover3301 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:02:59 +0000

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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By: MSB

MSB — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:25:59 +0000

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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By: happyjumpyfrog

happyjumpyfrog — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:04:59 +0000

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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By: busymom

busymom — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:56:59 +0000

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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By: jmcwnz

jmcwnz — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:35:59 +0000

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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By: misstizzypc

misstizzypc — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:23:59 +0000

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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By: Kathy R

Kathy R — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:37:59 +0000

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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