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GRADE LEVEL: All Grades; Secular
COMMENTS: This is the "home of the Encarta Lesson Collection". Select a topic and lesson plans will be pulled up. Find one for your grade level and voila! Instant lesson! Also on this page is a link to use the ENCARTA CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA ON-LINE.
WonderKorner: The Question/Answer Place for Curious Kids
GRADE LEVEL: All Grades; Secular
COMMENTS: Is your child full of questions? You might look here to find the answers. Just reading the questions and answers here are mighty informative. Follow her FAMILY-FRIENDLY links for more learning and fun.
Ask Jeeves
GRADE LEVEL: All Grades; Secular
COMMENTS: "Ask Jeeves is a smarter, easier way to find answers online. You can ask your question in plain English rather than using keywords. Jeeves searches its own KnowledgeBase and other search engines, returning a short list of relevant matches." For instance, I just typed the question, "Can you tell me all about the animal turkey?" and I got links to animal information as well as information about cooking and carving turkeys! Much easier to use than a typical search engine. This particular "Ask Jeeves" may not be safe for kids to use however there is an "Ask Jeeves for Kids" available too. Click here for the version for kids. If you want another child-safe search engine/directory for kids to use for their research, try the next link below..."Yahooligans".
GRADE LEVEL: All Grades; Secular COMMENTS: This is a CHILD-SAFE directory/search engine that you can have your child use in order to do some research on their own. Teach them how to use this simple tool and they will learn all kinds of things for fun or for a research paper for school.
GRADE LEVEL: All Grades; Secular COMMENTS: This site has over 1,000 lesson plans listed by subject and grade level. I found a fantastic 2nd grade Math activity using shaving cream to teach fractions! If you follow the EDUCATIONAL LINKS also listed at this site you will be brought to many more sites having many more lesson plans for you to choose from. Definitely worth your time to look around here!
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GRADE LEVEL: Elementary-Middle School; Secular COMMENTS: Need some educational games in geography, spelling, grammar and math? Come to FunBrain! I really liked the math game where you had to tell how many coins you would need to make change for a given sale. Kids need this kind of practice games are here and if that isn't enough, homeschool parents may design their own quiz in the teacher section of this site for your child to take in any subject area! Then, have your child sign on and take the quiz you made...results are e-mailed to you. A great resource!
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary-Middle School; Secular COMMENTS: Look up things in several different dictionaries at this site. Categories available are as follows: 1) English Language: General Dictionaries 2) Search other online dictionaries of English 3) English Language: Jargon 4) Computer terms and other technical talk from @ to Zee 5) English Language: Writing--English grammar, usage and style guides and references 6) Other Languages--Links to more than 600 dictionaries in 150 different languages.
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary-Middle School; Secular COMMENTS: Find things in many different categories at this site. Very similar to Yahooligans! in format and ease of use. It was created by a "bunch of librarians" so it should be fairly safe for children to use in researching. CAUTION: I did see a section on "Religion" and "AIDS" so you may want to preview...there may be areas you want your child to stay away from...just be aware to be safe.
GRADE LEVEL: All ages; Secular COMMENTS: "The Awesome Library contains 14,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education." A resource-packed site if you have the time to browse a little. I chose "Teachers" and then "Lessons". From there I selected "PE" and then "Preschool" and I found several fun and educational activities for preschoolers. There is so much to look at here...a great reference to have!
GRADE LEVEL: Pre-School-Middle School; Secular COMMENTS: This site's links were collected, created and maintained by Mr. DeCamilla of the Longfellow Elementary School in Maine. "The goal of this web page is to empower teachers, parents and students by providing easy and direct access to relevant curriculum resources." Among other things, I was able to find a math site that gave a word problem per week to kids....their detailed solutions are even posted!
Links can be found in the following topic areas at this site:
Kindergarten thru Fifth Grade, Special Education, Art, Library, Music, Physical Education, Health, Reading, Math for all ages, Writing for all ages, Holidays, Teachers, Parents, Cool Sites for Kids, and Computers and Technology.
GRADE LEVEL: 1st Grade-College; Secular COMMENTS: Billed as the "Internet's Biggest Study Collection", this site can give help in ALL homework subjects and areas of study. There are 3 categories to choose from: 1) 1st-6th grade, 2) Middle and High School and 3) College and Beyond. You can get help in arithmetic basics, higher math, grammar, science, history, economics, and more. There are even links to drills or games in certain areas like math facts. Definitely a site you will want to get well acquainted with.
GRADE LEVEL: High School-College; Secular COMMENTS: "Academic Assistance Access is an Internet forum in which questions are asked to a host of professionals who, in turn, will submit an answer. The whole concept relies on a mailing list environment. If you need help with homework or assignments in any field, now or at any other time, this is the place to get it all, Free of Charge!!"
You get to choose which list you want to subscribe to: Available for the High School Level is: American History, Mathematics and Sciences. Available for the College level is: Accounting, Algebra, Astronomy, Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, Economics, English Grammar, Finance, French and Spanish as a Second Language, Geology, Marketing, Philosophy, Statistics and Theology.
GRADE LEVEL: All ages; Secular COMMENTS: Quia! allows you to sign up with them for FREE and then it gives you the templates you need to create nice reinforcement activities for whatever your child is studying! The templates are for eight different types of games including: matching, concentration, flashcards, and/or word search game, a hangman game, a jumbled words game, a pop-ups game, and a challenge board game. There are also templates for two types of quizzes: the basic type or a Java type!
Not only can you create your own games but you can have the benefit of playing what others have created! There are games already created in 50 areas including the following: beginning Spanish and French vocabulary, U.S. and WORLD capitals, Explorers, U.S. Presidents, Chemical Elements, Counting Change, Addition, Multiplication and SO MUCH MORE! Check it out today. You'll wonder what you ever did without it!
GRADE LEVEL: Jr. High- College age; Secular COMMENTS: You have to register at this site to get its benefits but it is FREE to do so. Once a member, you will have access to TONS of things that can help you teach your middle school thru high school child. Are they reading a classic novel and you need to have a quick review of what the book was about so you can hold a meaningful discussion with them? Well, ever hear of BARRON'S BOOKNOTES? There are 109 of them available in their entirety at this site! (Just don't let your kids know they are here!LOL!) Having trouble with Algebra? Go to the CORE CONCEPTS SECTION and you will find all kinds of links to help...including teachers who are willing to answer your question via e-mail. In addition, you'll find a huge library of literature classics available for viewing or download.
GRADE LEVEL: All ages; Secular COMMENTS: "Britannica.com editors bring you the best websites, leading magazines, related books, and the complete Encyclopædia Britannica." Like having your own FREE encyclopedia online!
GRADE LEVEL: All ages; Secular COMMENTS: I got this valuable link from my FREEBIE OF THE DAY mailing. Their description of this site says it all so I will quote it here. You've got to visit this place soon! It is a great site for both kids and parents. Kids Freeware has four main sections: Lots
of Fun, School is Open, Computers and Web, and Parents Only!
"Lots of Fun is a comprehensive collection of free software and online services like games, screensavers, coloring books, and a lot more. This includes coloring pages that can be printed or colored right online, as well as trivia games related to some of kids favorite subjects. This section also has desktop themes and screensavers like The Lion King, Toy Story 2, and a whole lot more!"
"School is Open is a comprehensive collection of educational programs to help kids with math, reading, and writing just to name a few. It also makes learning fun with games to help improve your child's memory and learn the alphabet among other things."
"Computers and Web section is a great resource
for programs to improve your child's surfing experience including calculators, collection organizers, and a lot more. It also includes tutorials for creating graphics, web pages, etc. Although this section is geared towards children, it includes a lot of programs that adults may even find useful."
"Parents Only section is just that. It includes programs and links to online resources to help you teach your children to surf safely and other non-computer related activities like product recalls, and anything else you can imagine."
GRADE LEVEL: All ages; Secular COMMENTS: This is the most wonderful site I have ever seen! Barbara Feldman keeps up with what is out there on the web that is safe, fun and educational for your child. Be sure to sign up for her semi-weekly e-mail newsletter which will keep you informed as to more educational sites on the web. I am impressed that her newsletter contains not only links to great sites but a commentary as well...a great time-saver for Mom. This is one newsletter you can't afford to not sign up for if you are homeschooling OR if you have children who like to visit educational sites. Her newsletter usually is centered around a theme too, especially helpful for those homeschoolers who do unit studies. Hats off to Barbara Feldman and her wonderful site!
Yahooligans
The Lesson Plans Page
FunBrain.com
Dictionary.com
KidsClick! Web Search
Awesome Library for Teachers, Students and Parents
Longfellow Links
Homework Central
Academic Assistance Access, the best tutoring and homework assistance on the Web
Quia! Create Your Own Learning Activities
PinkMonkey.com, The Internet's one stop Free
Study Site
Britannica.com
Kid's Freeware--Free Software & Internet Services for Kids
Surfing the Net With Kids: Guide to the BEST KID SITES for Kids of All Ages
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