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| Educational LA Stuff for Kids Reading Practice StarFall FREE K-2 interactive books & word games Roy the Zebra 1st Graders will love this one BookPALS Storyline Online Listen to members of Screen Actor Guild read books Printable Books for Kids A nice little collection for early el Book Adventure Free - similar to Accelerated Reader  Mrs.
P Interactive story tellerPlay with Words Voycabulary Viewing www pages thru this site will allow you to check dictionary & thesaurus info of words Visual Dictionary Online From Merriam Webster Magnetic
Poetry Tiles Move the tiles - or make your own
tiles!! Fridge Magnet Poetry,
Poems, Magnets Idea: sort by nouns, verbs, etc.Bembo's Zoo Watch how the letters of the alphabet re-form into animals. How do they do that?? Scribble Goal: create as many words as you can in 5 minutes using the 10 scribble letters. Building
Language for Literacy Scholastic - PreK-K interactive Make a
Word Interactive - Make as many words as you can from
the given word Word Magnets
Use phonics & sight words to create sentencesZoom Playhouse 40+ complete play scripts - short and sweet! Learning Vocabulary
Fun My 5th graders LUV Hang Mouse! Road
Hog Spelling 3 letter wordsWord Ahead HS vocab videos - good for SAT prep BowWow Trivia Answer dog trivia questions to donate kibble Lemons for Literacy Answer vocab questions to donatte money to teach people to read LA Games ReviseWise English From the BBC - interactive site with Reading, Writing, Spelling & Grammar & games Mr. Nussbaum LA Games GameGoo InteractiveMortifying Monday Gr 4-8 Choose your own adventure story From PBS Kids Character Scrapbook Interactive reader's response Writing Left-Brained Poetry Prompts and Right-Brained Poetry Prompts Read Write Think Interactive tools for reading & writing Make Beliefs Comix Create your own comics! bookr Create and share your own photobook using Flickr images Magic Pen Story Starters Daily Writing Prompt Upper el + My StoryMaker Lower el - cannot save and continue another day The House
of Scary Words Make your own story!Spelling Spin and Spell
Choose a picture and spell the word. Grades 1-3BigIQkids Vocab & Spelling Words Program Grades 1-5 Spelling Wizard Type in 10 words, then make a word search or word scramble Spelling City Free register, upload spelling lists, send kids to practice Spell It Right Spelling worksheets and more |
Educational Math Stuff for Kids Tessellation
Town Click & drag to create your own
tessellations National Library of
Virtual
Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics Long name. Cool site.
Interactive
virtual manipulatives based on NCTM standards NCTM
Illuminations More Interactive
Math Tools Glencoe
Virtual
Manipulatives More Interactive
Math Tools Encyclogram Explore harmonograms, spirographs, and lissajous figures The MegaPenny Project Visualizing HUGE numbers CosmicZoom Based on book Powers of Ten -visualizing large numbers ReviseWise Maths From the BBC - Numbers, Data Handling, Shape/Space/Measure, Mental Maths & Games Count Us In
Number concept games to download or play online. K-2 Mr. Nussbaum Math Games(My kids love Math Fries and Decimal Place Value Pirates) A Maths Dictionary for
Kids Animated & interactive Pattern
Blocks Interactive The Same Game
Addicting strategy game Splat
Square Look for patterns on this 100 square (turn your
sound off!) CrickWeb
A variety of Math games Overlapping
Shapes Coin Combo Click on the falling
coins to make the money amount.The
Counting Game Count by 1s, 2s, 3s and moreMath Playground PreK-8 Origami Now Step by step videos for creating fantastic origami art NumberNut Memory game based on estimation & rounding numbers Online Sudoku A new game every day!
Star
Gazing Practice angle measurement from PBS 10
Frame - Practice for counting and additionButtons Fun logic game Mancala Play against the computer NEW! Hooda Math Games, videos, tutorials aligned with Common Core NEW! Student Made MATH Movies Lots of how-to's done by kids :-) Math Facts Practice DrillFly Math drills. Anytime. Anywhere. Go Figure Math Run How fast are your math skills? Multiflyer Online multiplication practice Snakes
and Ladders Game Addition skills from BBC Count
Hoot's Number Games
Addition & Subtraction practiceMultiplication Station Timed game Math Attack Practice multiplication in a gaming environment - free version or buy Math Drill Assign math practice, then receive graded reports - FREE! CarrotSticks Click on Classroom Setup': free for kids in-school |
Educational Science Stuff for Kids Fantastic Contraption A fun physics puzzle game! TinkerBall Create different ways to get the ball to its goal How Stuff Works Hundreds of cool articles JungleWalk Tons of audio, video, web sites for jungle lovers Virtual Fish Tank Build-Your-Own-Fish online and release them into the Virtual FishTank(TM) exhibit at the Museum Of Science, Boston Switcheroo Zoo
Switch the
animals'
heads, legs and tails to make new creatures at this surrealistic
virtual
zooReviseWise Science From the BBC - Living things, Materials, Physical Processes, Games Playing with Time Slow time down in several examples and watch what happens! Devices of Wonder Interactive site. Cool stuff from the last 4 centuries! Biology in Motion Grades 7-12 A collection of learning activities, animations, and cartoons exZooberance Animal pictures and facts Edheads
Interactive science activities. Click on Choose an Activity.Peep Research Answers to all your 'Peep' questions! Use this site to intro Scientific Method ;-) Zoobooks Click on Kids for interesting info on animals Extreme Science Find the biggest, baddest, best in the world Build a Solar System Make a scale model 5th/6th Foss Human Body
Human skeleton assembly kit Planets,
Moons, and Their Dark Sides BBC
School Science Clips Interactive Flash Science
activities Life Cycles of plants,
frogs, humansLearn to Be Healthy 1-6 FREE activities The Amazing Food Detective (gr 4-6) Interactive games, lessons, activities - a complete unit Knowledge Bears Info about animals, dinosaurs, geography, space, weather, and more. Good place to start research. Science
Clips from the BBC Choose an age level at the left
Gr K-7Planet Science Interactive activities, resources, lessons WeatherMaker Interactive - how weather is made - from Scholastic Energy
Flows
Interactive -put objects in sequence to let energy flow 3-6Ology Interactive museum: archeology, astronomy, water, etc. Science
Splat From the BBC - online science quizWild
Weather Adventure Online weather game from NASA for up
to 4 studentsClassify
This
Put the bugs in the right classificationBuild a Bridge Learn about suspension bridges from PBS Science Labs
Science interactives, lessons, & quizzes for 6th grade units |
| Educational Social St Stuff for Kids Fact Monster Atlas, encyclopedia, current events, daily facts and more Ref Desk A collection of references: encyclopedias, newspapers, language translators and more Net Detectives Interactive role playing Kids NewsRoom This week's news written just for kids. dMarie Time Capsule Plug in a date & find out what music, books, famous people were 'happening' Place the State How
well do you know your states??Growth of a Nation Free 10 minute movie of the geographic history of the US. BuzzTracker Shows relationship between news stories. Great for current events! City Creator For the younger kids Don't Gross Out the World Cute - International Dining Etiquette Quiz Mr. Nussbaum Social Studies Games, maps, history Interactive Lewis + Clark History Mystery From Scholastic Gr 4-9 Lemonade Stand Great way to apply economics Bayeux Tapestry Activities World History: Complete the tapestry, build a Norman ship, etc Puzzled States US puzzle from Scholastic The Road to Revolution - 1763 from PBS Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration - music video remake. Who are these players? SavingsQuest - Savings & budget game for kids Geocaching (that's
gee-oh-cash-ing)Geocaching Got a GPS unit? This site will help YOU be the search engine!! PodCacher A weekly podcast all about geocaching. Michigan Geocaching Organization (MiGO) Discussion forum about geocaching in Michigan EdCaching (Educational Geocaching) Check out the Links and Brainstorms links for ways to use geocaching in your classroom Way Cool MapsWorld Atlas.com Plug in a date & find out what music, books, famous people were 'happening' Google Earth PC + MAC Free download of satellite images + local facts. Check out the minimum configurations before downloading Google Earth in the Classroom Tips for using with kids Earth Contest Free - Great way for students to USE Google Earth! Google Earth Touring Directions for creating your own Google Earth tour. Google Moon NOT a download - NASA images + Google maps = pay a visit to the Moon! Google Mars NOT a download - NASA images + Google maps = pay a visit to Mars! NASA World Wind PC only Free download lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Takes a LOT of memory - check out system requirements Map Machine from National Geographic InfoNation Compare countries NationMaster and StateMaster Compare statistics for countries and states Maps Outlines of states, countries, & continents How Far Is It? Plug in 2 destinations and this site will figure the mileage & give you lat/long. Maps Outlines of states, countries, & continents Gmaps Pedometer Track your walks TerraClues Interactive
Scavenger Hunts using
Google Maps Map Maker Make your own map from National Atlas Earth Album Google Earth + flickr = photos around the world Google Earth file: Extent of sea ice downloads directly to Google Earth Global Temperature Trends for Google Earth Download this set of .kmz files to get data on temperature trends |
Educational Fine Arts Stuff for Kids Bomomo Art play Pointilism Practice Page Interactive canvas - paint like Seurat or VanGogh! Kaleidoscope Painter Click and move your mouse for stellar creations Incredible Art Lessons For teachers - Art lesson plans by grade levels (Early Childhood to HS) with categories like Art History/games & ideas for subs & student teachers The Artists Toolkit From The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Explore the tools that artists use - like line, color, & balance - to build words of art. Destination Modern Art Interactive exploration for elementary students from the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. Color in Motion Animated & interactive - wear your earphones! ZeFrank Flowers Fun play area TuxPaint Free download pc/Mac ArtPad Cool online drawing Mr. PicassoHead Use Picasso strategies with Mr. Potato Head techniques Artsonia Students can have their own art gallery online. Tip: take dig pix of art works instead of scanning! PlayMusic Fun, educational site - instruments, musicians, & more Dallas Symphony Orchestra Music fun games A Little of Everything Stuff for KidsHomework Spot K-12 articles, themes, field trips, references and more Paper Toys Just print, cut, fold and glue! Think Tanks Students (grades 3-8) develop a Research Organizer (a list of topics and subtopics) for reports and projects SodaPlay Build your own or just sit back and wonder how they do that Professor Garfield Click on Knowledge Box & choose a grade level & curriculum area K-6 Thinking Machine 4 Interactive Chess game Little Animals Activity Center K-2 read-along stories, math practice, music games from the BBC Kids Know It Network Games, activities, all FREE Free Kibble Answer trivia questions to donatte kibble to animal shelters Free Kibble Kat Answer trivia questions to donatte kibble to animal shelters Kid Friendly
Directories KidsClick! Enchanted Learning FactMonster KidsNet.Au GoGooligans Quintura Kid Friendly Search Engines Boolify Teach kids how to use key words to search - also a great search engine Ask for Kids (formerly Ask Jeeves for Kids) Kartoo Mooter NEW! Oolone Visual search engine Kid
Friendly Browsers Firefly ZAC Browser Developed for autistic & special needs kids |
Communication Stuff Teachers.Net Chatboards Great teacher resource for all grades, curricula, & interests CreateSurvey Create your
own
surveys
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| Teaching Stuff Language Arts
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Sparks Free Kindergarten Reading Worksheets
Printable Books For emergent readers Make your own minibooks Features minibooks for each letter of the alphabet. Good Readers 1st Graders SHOW kids how to be Good Readers. A lovely video using REAL kids! Intervention A for K-1 Reading intervention program for small groups of 1-6 K or 1st students Free Reading.net Reading strategies for the young group Into the Book Excellent reading strategies for K-3 Compact for Reading K-3 agreement for families + school to help teach reading Great resource! Free download Novel Study Guides Grades 3-8 How to create a Talking Book Video with step by step directions for using PPT Writing Prompts Enough for everyday this year and next! Creative Writing Prompts More daily ideas Young Writers Workshop Story starters and publishing kids' writing Writing Rubric Very kid-friendly! Picture Prompt Story Starters for Early El Spell-A-Rama Download, print, laminate this set of cards and let 'em learn while they're playing! Great things to DO with your word wall: Word Wall Activity List More activities Even more activities Another list Research Noodle Tools: Bib & Quest Bibliography Composer & Search strategies NoteStar Take notes from online sources. Source information for citations is automatically captured Math School Sparks Free Kindergarten Math Worksheets To Excel in the Classroom K-6 Excel projects Math Quiz Generator Create your own worksheets The
Maths Teacher's Toolkit Demo math tools e.g. Place
value calculator, Screen Calculator, 12 hour clock, Sequences, and
more. MathWire Creative themes to teach Math based on NCTM standards Printable Graph Paper Virtual Dice Click to 'throw' or create your own virtual 6, 8, 10, or 12-sided dice TenMarks Free personalized math instruction - register free & set up your students Science/Social Studies Live Science Movies, headlines, cool stuff. PREVIEW before sending kids here! Visual Ranking Rank and put lists in order - free teacher tool Seeing Reason Cause & effect - free teacher tool Showing Evidence Analyzing & evaluating info - free teacher tool eThemes Internet resources for Gr 1-12 GSN Projects Registry Find great online projects here, or create your own! Time for Kids/Teachers Gr K-6 MythBusters: Results 5 Seasons worth of results HSI: Historical Scene Investigation Upper El + MS - based on Crime Scene Investigations, uses primary & secondary docs to re-evaluate history 4 2 Explore Definitions, activities, the 4 good starting points, and many more links and resources for the thematic topic for over 200 themes. Online Timelines Dipity Very cool timeline Timelines.com View a variety of historical timelines Games Personal Educational Press Free Create your own flashcards, game boards, quizzes via word lists EclipseCrossword FREE download - create your own crossword puzzles with your words & clues |
More Teaching Stuff SmartBoard Primary
Interactive Whiteboard Resources LOTS of
ideas and resources for getting the most out of your interactive
whiteboard SmartBoard
web site resources More
SmartBoard
web site resourcesOrganizers Graphic Organizers Lots of different kinds of organizers. Just click, print and use in your classroom as hard copies! Bubbl.us FREE online brainstorming mind map Study Stack FREE online flashcards - use theirs or create your own Flashcard Exchange Create, study, print, download & share flashcards. FREE registration Teacher Tools Homeworkopoly Directions for creating a monopoly-like game to encourage homework Teacher's Domain Public tv content for K-12 teachers The Classroom Flyer $$$ A daily email newsletter that contains teaching resources and tools. Sign up for a level specific newsletter to come to your email box weekly, or view today's newsletter, or explore the archives. Teach-nology Lesson Plans, worksheets, teacher resources, rubrics & Motivators Rubistar Make your own Rubrics! TWICE VideoConference field trip database Read Around the Planet - Michigan clearinghouse for matching classrooms Michigan Educator's Resources Michigan curriculum standards, benchmarks, aligned with resources plus lots more Michigan info Using PowerPoint Parade of Games in PowerPoint Pete's PowerPoint Station Free ppts , templates, clipart and more PowerPoint Palooza Free ppt slideshows to use in your classes 9-12 Free PowerPoint templates (complete with sound!)
QR Codes QR Codes in the Classroom Intro to QR codes QR Codes At a Glance Tag My Doc QR Treasure Hunt Generator QR Stuff code generator Snap Maze code generator QR Code Scanner for
Desktop & Laptop
Make
your Life Easier StuffDesktop note holder that is unobtrusive MS Office Template Gallery Why re-create the wheel??? You Can Handle Them All Suggestions for handling over 100 different misbehaviors Teacher's Pet Free MS Word download to help you create flashcards, word-jumbles, multiple-choice questions, vowel remover, and more. Great for LA classes! Bookmarklets Cute little FREE java script you can drag to your browser toolbar. Click on one and you can place a bookmark in the middle of a web page, find out when the page was last updated, etc. Mail2web Pick up your email from ANYWHERE! Online Stopwatch Counts up and down. Free download. NEW! Online Countdown Timers From seconds to hours Random Number Generator Click Refresh and get a new number from 1-30 Create Your Own WordSearch DropBox Access your files from anywhere. Make files public to share or private. 4Shared 10 gb of online storage for free! Box.net Share large files online Pixel2Life Collection of software tutorials (e.g. Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, Gimp, MS Word, etc) Easy Test Maker FREE online test generator to help you create your tests. Classroom Architect Plan out your classroom floor plan without hauling desks around Mailinator Free temporary email address for when you need an email address to register for a site The Free Mac Classroom Free software for Mac computers Kathy Schrock's Directions for determining Readability |
Internet
Safety Disney Surfswell Island K-6 Covers privacy, viruses, and netiquette NetSmartKidz Internet safety thru songs, characters & interactive games Safety Land Answer Internet safety questions to help a super hero catch a bad Internet character Privacy Playground Gr 3-5 Cyberpigs help teach how to spot online marketing strategies, protect personal info, and avoid online predators ConnectSafely Especially for kids who are involved in social networking CyberSmart A complete K-8 Online Safety curriculum NEW! Guide for Children and Kid Safety on the Web A collection of online safety resources suggested by Rachel Online
Bookmarking sitesOnly2Clicks links appear as webpage thumbnails. Easy to use! diigo Another social bookmarking site - can highlight and make comments on pages Make a
classroom websiteWeb Worksheet Wizard Simple way to get info online - post an image, text, links for 1 year Moodle Create an online classroom FREE! Blogger Create a classroom blog or web page FREE! ProtoPage Free personal start page Pageflakes Free personal start page Google Pages Easy free web page Webster's Classroom Free classroom web site Weebly Click & drag - easy!!!! Yola Click & drag - easy!!! LiveBinders Digital 3 ring binder that can hold web pages, docs, videos Anti-Frustration
with
Technology StuffWayback Machine Displays the Web as it looked on a given date. Locate old web pages here Ad Aware Detect and remove spy ware - FREE! Spybot Search and Destroy Stop transmitting information about your surfing behaviour to the 'Net Old Version NOT the newest software - original versions of old standbys  TILT Teachers Improving Learning with Technology: Free how to videos Zamzar Free online file conversion Zamzar Button Add this link to your toolbar for a shortcut to online conversions (save a YouTube video to view at school!) How to clear your browser cache Directions for any browser
Oo La La Stuff Making Friends Paper Dolls Print, color, cut. Glue on student's digital picture for even more fun - then use as a story starter! Papercraft Free downloads to print, cut & fold. Make animals, buildings, toys, origami, scenes from around the world. Undercover Free PowerPoint template similar to Concentration, in which the students test their ability to identify an event, person, place, or any image as it is uncovered. TuxPaint Free drawing program for kids with drawing and text tools, rubber stamps, and more. OFSET: Organization for Free Software in Education and The Hat Handy little utility that offers a fun & easy way to automatically determine a random order from a list of any amount of names |
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Picture Stuff Easy Thumbnails pc only FREE software for creating thumbnail pictures. JigZone.com Free online jigsaw puzzles. Become a member (FREE) and use your own photos EarthCam for Kids Cameras let you view activities around the world Mondrimat Create virtual works of art. Based on the art of Piet Mondrian. Web Picture Creator Free software for resizing images, making thumbnails, copying images and creating Internet photo albums. Irfanview FREEware for Windows - photo editing, thumbnails, slideshow, effects & more Picasa FREE find, edit, share pictures on your computer Picasa in the Classroom suggestions for using Picasa with kids The Futures Channel Math/Science movies connecting learning to the real world Cute PDF Create and edit PDF files for free Flickr Photo sharing - don't send students here unchaperoned! Spell with Flickr Safe place to send kids who are looking for alphabet images GIMP Free image editing similar to Photoshop pc/Mac flauntR Free online photo editor. Add a border, and more ClipArt Etc. Free clipart for teachers & students Bookr Online photobook Blabberize Upload an image, trace the mouth and record - what fun! BEWARE - some 'blabbers' may not be appropriate for students! PicResize Free photo editing - blur, sharpen, resize, add text, crop, etc. BigHugeLabs (flickr Toys) - fun things to do with your pictures |
Video Stuff
ScreenCast-o-Matic Create your own screencast videos quickly & easily with optional web cam pip Mr. Needleman's Video in the Classroom Way cool samples Bombay TV Create your own video with 70's East India movie clips Animoto Upload your images and Animoto creates a cool music video FREE PREMIUM SERVICES TO EDUCATORS Teacher Tube My Learning Tube School Tube Great Blogs Blogging is Elementary How to get started Free Technology for Teachers Features educational web sites + applications for your classroom iLearn Technology More ed'l web resources + uses Make your own Blog Kidblog Safe & simple blog creator for your students Edublogs for teachers & students Blogger Easy to use template Blogger in the Classroom How to use a blog Make your own
Podcast Podomatic free and simple VoiceThread Add converstation to your images What is Podcasting Everything you ever wanted to know about making your own podcast Learning in Hand: Podcasting from Tony Vincent. Check out the Create Podcasts page Audacity Free download for pc - audio editing software Kid-Cast Podcasts for an by kids - a safe place to post your 'casts. vozMe Type in text & voxMe converts to mp3 |
Copyright
Stuff Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers Great chart that puts classroom copyright issues into perspective Copyright for Kids Easy to navigate Movie Licensing USA Keep it legal! Copyright and You Very nicely put-together tutorial A Fair(y) Use Tale Humorous movie that reviews copyright terms
Free Music Resources ujam Make your own music Creative Commons Search Click on Jamendo for music you can share, use, and remix FreePlayMusic Free downloads can only be used in classroom - not re-published on Internet Just for listening: Pandora Free streaming music - select your artist or album and do some chair dancing! NEW! Accuradio Free streaming music - does have a short 'radio-ad' every few songs SoundSnap Looking for a sound snippet? You'll find it here! Make your own Wiki Wikispaces Free templates PBWorks "Easy as making a peanutbutter sandwich" Twiki Issues Suggestions to avoid tricky situations |
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