Great Educational Sites

Parents have been asking about extra curriculur/enrichment activities for children to do at home to reinforce the learning they are doing at school....some of you even asked for websites because your children love using the computer. What a great idea! So we got researching! We asked other teachers about the sites they like and use in their classroom. Listed below are four that we were referred and played around with to check out the content.
* www.starfall.com is a fantastic site that has skills that would coorelate with what we are teaching. Such cute little videos,too!
* http://pbskids.org has games that goes with their children's shows. Between the Lions is a show that teaches phonics and letter/sound skills.
* www.primarygames.com has just that- primary level skills in fun games.
* www.internet4classrooms.com has a great collection of activities from lots of different sites that directly teach a variety of skills.
Check out these sites and let us know if you have any other favorite kid-friendly and free sites your family uses at home. Usage of the computer is a great motivator to do homework, a great priviledge to earn and a fun way to learn. We are incorporating them into our classroom for those reasons!

Karson's Melissa suggested www.spellingcity.com - you can enter the High 5 words of the week and it either tests you, teaches you or plays a game! Thanks! :)