Math

At Home with Math – Math activities for parents and kids

Flashcards

  Flashcards – you can pick the operation

  More flashcards

  Multiplication – there is an orange box in the middle of the page

Factors

  The Factor Game – play the computer to find the factors of a number

Fractions

  Comparing Fractions – enter the numerators and denominators of two fractions to see which is bigger and a fraction bar showing the two fractions

  13 Ways of Looking at Half – can you find 13 different ways to make half??

Guess the Number

Weekly Contests

  Contest of the Week – email the correct answer to the address on the page to have them display your name as a winner on their website

  White House Math Challenge

  Mr. Goodmath’s Cool Challenges of the Week

Language Arts

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Reading – weekly stories

Create puzzles

  Wordsearch

  Crossword

Games

  Bookworm

  Grammar Gorillas

  Idioms

  Plural Girls

  Scrabble Blast (click Play Now)

  Text Twist – how many words can you find?

Summer Book Lists

Fourth grade

Grade 4 list from TeachersFirst

Lots of different lists to choose from by category

100 Favorite Children’s Books from the New York Public Library

Social Studies

Branches of Government

Colonial America

Ellis Island and Immigration

Illinois WebQuest

U.S. Presidents Hangman

U.S. Geography

  U.S. States Quiz

  USA Puzzle – put the states in the right place

  State Hangman

Southeast

  Underground Railroad

  Civil Rights

U.S. History Timeline

White House Tour

Latitude & Longitude Practice

Sample ISAT Social Studies Test

Science

Energy

  Newton’s Laws

  Kinetic Energy

  Potential Energy

  Gravity

  Force

Leaves change color

  Fall foliage facts

  Autumn leaf scrapbook

Earth’s rotation

  How were the planets formed?

  Does the sun spin like the Earth?

  What makes the Earth spin?

Sample ISAT ScienceTest

Games

Battleship – click the refresh button to play again

Checkers

Chess

Concentration

Dots

Hexic – rotate the tiles to remove them (click Play Now)

IQ

Othello

Super Hyper Spider Typer – how fast can you type?

Tic Tac Toe

Tower of Hanoi – can you move the disks to another peg??  This one is HARD!!

Holidays

Halloween

Thanksgiving

 Word Search

 The First Thanksgiving

Homework Help

Kidsclick – listed by topic

For Parents

Summer Reading with Children

10 Weeks of Summer Reading Adventures for You and Your Kids

Kids Who Read Books Over the Summer Do Better in the Fall

Summer Reading Tips for Parents

Summer Reading and Learning for Children

Tips for Selecting Books

Scholastic Families

A Commonsense Guide to Finding Books

Choosing Books with and for Young Readers

Reading with Children

Cuddling Up With Your Child and a Good Book

How Most Children Learn to Read

A parent’s guide to promoting reading in children

Helping Parents of Reluctant Readers

When Kids Hate to Read

Choosing Books for Reluctant Readers

Resources for Reluctant Readers

Summer Reading Tips for Parents

Nurture Your Children’s Language Development