This is really fun.
http://www.howjsay.com/
Also useful.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Yenka: Math and Science lessons, demos, interactives
This is a very cool site. Focusing in math, physics, chemistry, programming, and engineering/technology, the site has interactives, demos, and tools as well as lessons on the subjects. There are over 300 physics resources alone!
http://www.yenka.com/
http://www.yenka.com/
Sumdog Math Facts Practice
Similar to Fun4theBrain.com, this site gives you engaging games to practice math facts. These games, however, can be multiplayer games. Some have very hip, modern themes (like saving endangered animals). Play is free, but they do want you to register.
http://www.sumdog.com/
http://www.sumdog.com/
Virtual Math Manipulatives--"Thinking Blocks"
http://www.thinkingblocks.com/
I really love the approach on this site: First they teach you how to use the manipulatives to work math problems visually, and then they give you a chance to work it out. For example, the ratios section gives you a word problem and a work space so you can translate the word problem into thinking blocks and figure out the answer.
Great site!
I really love the approach on this site: First they teach you how to use the manipulatives to work math problems visually, and then they give you a chance to work it out. For example, the ratios section gives you a word problem and a work space so you can translate the word problem into thinking blocks and figure out the answer.
Great site!
Songs--LOTS of them
Songs, lyrics, audio, video, downloads....TONS of kids (over 2000 songs by their count) music here:
http://bussongs.com/
http://bussongs.com/
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Reading Program
There are tons of great interatives here for learning reading, including pre-reading skills.
http://www.literactive.com/Home/roadtoreading.asp
http://www.literactive.com/Home/roadtoreading.asp
Friday, January 20, 2012
Pre-reading activities, for pre-readers
Videos of stories and rhymes for preschoolers that help build language skills and pre-reading skills:
http://www.storyblocks.org/
http://www.storyblocks.org/
Thursday, January 19, 2012
FREE Complete first-sixth grade grammar, usage, and mechanics courses
Published by Scholastic, these are high-quality workbooks in pdf format.
http://www.scholastic.com/dodea/index2.htm
The "Training Module" are teacher's manuals
The "Black Line Masters" are the workbooks.
Fantastic resource!
http://www.scholastic.com/dodea/index2.htm
The "Training Module" are teacher's manuals
The "Black Line Masters" are the workbooks.
Fantastic resource!
Phonics exploration
What sounds do letters and letter combinations make?
http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/demos/aaPrimary/Literacy/phonemes/Alphabet.html
http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/demos/aaPrimary/Literacy/phonemes/Alphabet.html
This is a great writing text
None of the stupid games most writing teachers use in Elementary school (like "Write a report on a country..."). In fact, this downloadable text tells you how to make your writing great despite stupid teachers with bad writing pedagogy. And it's fun to read, with lots of examples.
https://ttms.box.net/shared/static/ldpbe9jvhy.pdf
(That's a download link, just so you aren't surprised when it starts to download).
You can get more great language arts downloads here: http://www.ttms.org/
https://ttms.box.net/shared/static/ldpbe9jvhy.pdf
(That's a download link, just so you aren't surprised when it starts to download).
You can get more great language arts downloads here: http://www.ttms.org/
Flipped Schools High School
This high school tried (successfully) a new technique for educating the students. They have the teachers record the lectures so the students watch them at home. Then they do the classwork in class instead of as homework.
The advantage of this for us is they put the lectures online, freely available to everyone. That means you can have a complete high school course in any of the core subjects free.
http://flippedhighschool.com/
Click on the subjects in the navigation bar. Because it is left to the teachers to record their lectures, the lectures are of varying quality (just like teacher's classes in real life are). But, since this is a functioning system in use by the school right now, there is a good chance the quality will improve over time.
The advantage of this for us is they put the lectures online, freely available to everyone. That means you can have a complete high school course in any of the core subjects free.
http://flippedhighschool.com/
Click on the subjects in the navigation bar. Because it is left to the teachers to record their lectures, the lectures are of varying quality (just like teacher's classes in real life are). But, since this is a functioning system in use by the school right now, there is a good chance the quality will improve over time.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Art Lessons for Kids
http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/
Awesome art projects for kids. You could take all your art curriculum from here. Easily.
Awesome art projects for kids. You could take all your art curriculum from here. Easily.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
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