ONLINE RESOURCES FOR KIDS! Awesome!

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Online Resources

Here is a list of ES-reviewed online resources available to use.   They are listed as the “top 10” for each subject. You can also find them listed on our school website, under Empowering Parents Learning Resources Online Resources  (organized by subject).

History
-Take a trip to Egypt and motivate the people to build pyramids.  Practice skills in building, geometry, and observation  @ www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/pyramid_builder_game.shtml
-Very interactive activities to study gladiators @ www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/launch_gms_gladiator.shtml
-Take the time to explore this fabulous resource for all subjects!! www.bbc.co.uk
-View and add to the student gallery of the Wall of Dreams.  Investigate what the American dream has meant over the past years @ http://memory.locgov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/dream
-Students can view journal entries, pictures drawings and more to learn about the Lewis and Clark adventures @ www.nationalgeograpic.com/lewisandclark
-Also try exploring life as a slave using interactive activities @ www.nationalgeograpic.com/railroad/j1.html
-Learn how to do Research!  All the virtual information students will ever need, presented in a fun way is @ www.kyvl.org/html/kids/homebase.html
-Using interactive videos, sounds clips and interviews, students can study diversity and influence through the eyes of African Americans @ www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices
-Printable resources for all 50 states and capitals  can be found @ www.studystack.com/studytable-78072
-FREE on-line social studies resources, links, study helps, test prep, etc. @ www.glencoe.com
-On-line resources to "extend" their textbooks @ www.phschool.com

Language Arts:
-This site is created by Sylivan.   It provides book lists by grade levels, quizzes, and prizes when a quiz is passed.  Student will have to have login information to track prizes.  @ www.bookadventure.org
-This is an approved vendor.  This is a great site to assess your student to find the accurate reading fluency level for your student.  It also provides online books, phonic activities and is kid friendly @ http://www.readinga-z.com/
-www.starfall.com  Starfall is a good resource for young students.  There is a “Learning to Read” section that uses introductory phonics to teach reading.  The site also includes games and activities.  The section for older students has a list of online stories, comics, plays, fables, myths, and folk tales.  It is a fun way to encourage independent reading.
-www.storyit.com Includes a variety of picture and story prompts for writing.  There are also stories on the site to read and explore.  This site is most appropriate for younger students (K-3).
-Dr. Seuss  includes information, activities, links, etc. @ www.randomhouse.com/seussville
-Ed hound  has many links to reading related resources @ www.edhound.com/showlinks.cfm?subj=LanguageArts&skey=Reading
-Mrs. Alphabet.com includes ideas, activities, links, resources, etc @ www.mrsalphabet.com
-Internet 4 teachers. You can select subject and grade level for interactive kid friendly games for spelling and all areas of language arts. @ http://www.internet4classrooms.com/k12links.htm
-Learning that sticks.  This site offers interactive games to help students practice spelling strategies @ http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/frieda2/frieda2.html  K-5
-writing resources including graphic organizers @ http://www.liveandlearn.com/writehlp.html

Life Skills
-This site is great for ideas and resources for cooking with kids. You can also click on the resources tab, and other links tab to the right of the page for more great cooking resources. @ http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nutrition/whats_cooking.html
-Find kid friendly recipes, and cooking tips @ http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/cooking_for_kids/
-This website includes snacks that kids can make, and weekly planning menus that are designed for children to help in preparing and cooking @ http://recipes.kaboose.com/cooking-with-kids.html
-This webiste includes resources for primary, and secondary students relating to life skills including; study skills, health, typing practice, design, technology, and business skills @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
-Home Economics Links for all ages @ http://homeschooling.about.com/od/homeeconomics/Home_Economics_Resources.htm
-Find developmentally appropriate physical education programs for children and youth @ www.pecentral.org
-Adaptive PE, coaching, sports, elementary PE, health, fitness, nutrition, interdisciplinary PE, Secondary PE, and technology in PE  @ www.pelinks4u.org
-This program encourages all Americans to make being active part of their everyday lives.  No matter what activity and fitness level the President’s Challenge can help motivate you to improve @ www.presidentschallenge.org
-Sports Illustrated for Kids @ www.sikids.com
-Here is a link that lists a variety of Exercise, Nutrition, food pyramid, eating healthy, and Sport rule links including; soccer, baseball, and basketball @ http://vygotsky.ced.appstate.edu/grasso/listlink.htm

Math
-Distance learning is available for ALL students 3-12th grade through ALEKS math.  It uses interactive tutoring, assessments, and pie charts giving learning modes, immediate feedback, review and worksheets.  It provides detailed reports for the ES to help monitor areas of strength and weakness.  Please let your ES know if you are interested in using this awesome resource for Math!  Ask your ES how to sign your student up for ALEKS math, there is a small annual fee.
-This is a great site for all students to practice math concepts @ www.Webmath.com
-This is a fun interactive website for students to practice and review math concepts @ www.Coolmath4kids.com
-This is another fun way for students to get the drill practice and automaticity in math concepts such as addition, subtraction and mulitplicaiton facts @ www.aplusmath.com
-You will find fun interactive games in a variety of subjects, including math @ www.funbrain.com
-This is an approved vendor, and a great interactive site for practicing multiplication times tables @ www.timezattack.com
-Gamequarium online reinforcement games @ www.gamequarium.com/division.html
-Student are presented with a mystery math operation.  They try and figure out the mystery.  @ http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/patterns/mystery
-Students will find math everywhere using this interactive math website that incorporates the characters from a popular kids educational tv show @ www.cyberchase.com
-This website helps facilitate math learning based on the 5 NCTM math standards.  It is interactive and broken down for 6-8th grade and high school.  @ http://nlvm.usu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
-This site is a great interactive student site and also offers teacher resources.  The games begins at the pre - algebra level and increase in difficulty as they master each level.@  http://www.learningwave.com/abmath

Science
-Online games including; Identifying Elements @ http://www.funbrain.com/periodic/index.html 
-Access to online science experiments, videos and factual information @ www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/archive
-Online visually stimulating activities on topics including; observatory, planet earth, machines and tools and many other scientific topics @
-www.exploratorium.edu/explore/online.html
-This website is a very student friendly resource for science.  Choose a topic, or type of dissection, watch a video,  and answer online quizzes.  These quizzes can be printed too. @ www.brainpop.com ** this is not an approved vendor and has a small fee to use.
-Recommended for 3rd – 12th grade students * watch videos and read articles about a variety of topics including science, history and find the answers to questions such as how baseball works 3-12th grade @ www.howstuffworks.com
-This is a great way for students to experience a virtual dinosaur dig and play educational dinosaur games.  @ www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/dinosaurs
-This website gives an animated tour of the pyramid food guide and provides tracking worksheets. @ www.mypyramid.com
-This website provides interactive activities where students can see forces of nature in action. @ www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/
-You can also explore so many other topics on the www.nationageographic.com website itself!
-Use this interactive website as an over view or  as a visual resource while reviewing the brain, skeleton, heart and digestive tract.  @ http://medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
-Planet Earth is a great site that allows students to play games and interact with the study of the earth @ www.planetearth.com

Special Interests
-Fun and interactive exploration of a variety of art media online @ www.nga.gov/kids/zone 
-A variety of topics of interest can be found @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ 
-Here is a fun website to find out information about orchestras, composing music, the Carnegie Music Hall – it is kid friendly for 2nd grade up@ www.playmusic.org 
-Fun facts for kids – language arts, math and science by topic or grades k-4 including lesson plans and themed units @ www.kidzone.ws 
-Fun and educational games and printable coloring pages @ www.disneychannel.com 
-Color and learn printables, games, crafts, and cooking with kids ideas for students preschool-1st grade@ www.nickjr.com 
-Children’s educational television programs, games, printables for students preschool – 1st grade@ www.noggin.com
-CA Dept. of Education "S.C.O.R.E. CyberGuides" site includes lists of recommended literature selections for K-3, 4-5, 6-8. 9-12, and foreign languages with links to information, resources, activity ideas, etc. for each. @  www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
-www.studystack.com  This is a comprehensive website full of facts, vocabulary, formulas, instruction, and information.  Subjects covered include all levels of Math, Science, History, and Geography.  There are also categories for Medicine, Languages, Accounting, Computers, Cooking, Commerce, Sports, and various novel studies.  The Languages section contains a comprehensive list of a variety of languages.  Spanish, French, Hebrew, German, Latin, Czech, Russian, Indonesian, and Korean are just a sample of the languages listed.  The intended use of the information is for study and practice rather than an introduction to material.  The information can be practiced in the form of online flashcards, crossword puzzles, a study stack, a study table, matching, hangman, or a word search.  Parents must first review content.  Anyone is able to post on this site so sometimes people will post something irrelevant or inappropriate.  However! , the webmaster cleans the site often.  Also, religious material is posted in the Religion section.
-Lesson plans for History, language arts, literature, science and character  education @ www.teachwithmovies.com-

Teacher Resources:
-Home2School has an on-line search for literature lists by grade level, authors, topic, etc. When you get to their home page, click on the linked text that says "find reading books" and you'll be at the search site. @ www.home2school.com
-A To Z Homeschooling "Reading Lists" webpage includes links to a variety of literature lists. @ www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling/articles/122997.htm
-CA Dept. of Education "S.C.O.R.E. CyberGuides" site includes lists of recommended literature selections for K-3, 4-5, 6-8. 9-12, and foreign languages with links to information, resources, activity ideas, etc. for each. @  www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
-Enchanted Learning has games, coloring pages and printable worksheets@ www.enchantedlearning.com, ask your ES for a school subscription.
-Daily writing prompts @ http://www.theteacherscorner.net/daily-writing-prompts/july/index.htm
-http://sciencepage.org/lessons.htm  This site contains hundreds of links for elementary level science sites.  Lesson plans, experiments, and a virtual frog dissection can all be found on this page.  It is an excellent resource for a variety of levels
-The math work sheet site  is a place you can create any math worksheets @ www.themathworksheetsite.com
-Algebra worksheets generated at www.math.com 
-Algebra terminology - http://www.mathleague.com/help/algebra/algebra.htm 
-United Streaming is a great site to view archived videos, and is great for the visual and auditory learners.  Please ask your ES for log in information for our River S

[HealthyMom27]

Dec. 2, 2008 at 7:39 PM Thanks for posting this,I am checking out some of the links.

[sunmoonstars]

Dec. 3, 2008 at 8:07 AM

Awesome links!  Thank you!!

If anyone has a particular interest in science, we have a group for that.  I plan to include more resources like these you posted, so thanks for the start.  Do youmind if I link to your journal from my group?

http://www.cafemom.com/group/93341

Tonya :)