What do you get when you cross a dog and a computer? Looking for some good clean fun mixed with a little bit of learning? Check out the sites below. They can be used as a learning center or for a guided lesson. American Sign Language helps you to practice your signing. Funschool is a fun site for primary grades. It has number games, word games, science games, and games just for the fun of it. Learning Planet is a paid site, but it has some really cool free stuff to try that makes it worth the visit! Leonardo's Workshop is a really cool site that allows visitors to journey back in time to learn what is happening to Leonardo's paintings. At each stop in time the viewer is given a choice, so you can visit the site multiple times and never have the same adventure twice. Primary Games is great for the little guys. It is educational and fun! The Puzzle Choice has Soduko, rhyming puzzles, as well as crosswords and word finds. The Kidz Page has cool games, puzzles, coloring and a few educational opportunities, but don't tell your kids! NIEHS Kid's Pages has lots of great brain teasers and rebus style puzzles. Wacky Web Tales is a totally fun site that uses the Mad Lib to help the students write their own crazy stories. After clicking on a subject, students are prompted for the appropriate number of adjectives, verbs, nouns, etc. They click on "See Your Web Tale" and their crazy story is created before their eyes! Why not capitalize on the interest in paper airplanes! There are many sites that provide step by step directions on how to make many different types of paper airplanes. The possibilities are endless. I can see, reading and math objectives being met as well as science and technology objectives. Why not make it a multidisciplinary unit and study the history of airplanes? Prongo.com is a wonderfully fun site with games that reinforce math, reading, memory, and computer skills. It has varied levels for different age groups. Mamamedia.com is a super website with lots of cool things for kids. You have to become a member, but membership is free and only takes a minute. With membership, kids get a story of the week, games, riddles, animations, and other cool stuff that kids (and some adults love). Alfy.com is a fun site with variety of arcade games and a link for teachers. If you are looking for a fun site for younger site, this is the site for you. This site is fun and helps children learn mouse skills, and fine motor skills while having fun. Children can send animated cards, complete on-line puzzles, play games, color animated pictures and more. Check out Up to Ten for your under ten year old children. Want to get your kids to do some subtraction and have fun doing it? Check out this site. The computer 7up guy takes you through some mathematic operations before reading your mind! Count On is a cool site that provides math games for one or two players. It focuses on multiplication, addition, subtraction, division, fractions and more. DW Kids is a site that provides games that involve problem solving. A parent link is provided that provides "learning guides" Miniclip has lots of fun, free games you can use for indoor recess or rewards! Game Aquarium is a fantastic site including games for many different subject areas. With If you want your children to practice equivalent fractions, they must go to the Learning Planet. They get to play while they learn their fractions. Funbrain is a must see sight to improve or reinforce your students' basic math skills. A Game A Day is a great site that provides puzzles that support basic skills in reading, math and spelling. Teach-Nology is a great sight with many resources for you and your children. This link will take you to a page containing many fun educational games. |