Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Top Ten Reading Websites for Kids! Plus One!

Top Ten Reading Websites For Kids!

Top Ten Reading Websites For Students!
Great Educational Websites For Kids 2011!

1. http://www.starfall.com/
Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public service to teach children to read with phonics. Our systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice, is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL). Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children.

2. http://pbskids.org/lions/
Looking for fun activities and games you can do with your kids throughout the day to help them learn to read and write? You'll find them here, along with recommended books and tips to get your kids wild about books and reading.

3. http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html
Since 1997, kids, teachers, librarians, and parents have enthusiastically turned to Funbrain for its free educational games, online books, and comics. Funbrain, created for kids age preschool through grade 8, offers more than 100 fun, interactive games that develop skills in math, reading, and literacy. Plus, kids can read a variety of popular books and comics on the site, including Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amelia Writes Again, and Brewster Rocket.

4. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

National Geographic Explorer For Kids is a online version of the award wining magazine.
Wikipedia Free Online Encyclopedia
Reading is a means of language acquisition, of communication, and of sharing information and ideas. Like all language, it is a complex interaction between the text and the reader which is shaped by the reader’s prior knowledge, experiences, attitude, and language community which is culturally and socially situated. The reading process requires continuous practices, development, and refinement.

6. http://www.jumpstart.com/
JumpStart World of Learning is a revolutionary educational software solution that transforms math, reading and critical thinking lessons into adventures! In each of the 4 grade-based programs, students are invited to embark on a journey through JumpStart World – a personalized 3D environment that evolves as a student progresses. Along the way, students master dozens of skills based on state and national educational standards. Designed by educators and built with cutting edge interactive technology, JumpStart World of Learning is a powerful supplemental learning program that every early elementary classroom needs.


Discovery Education offers free student resources that bring learning to life both inside and outside the classroom. We invite you to take a look at our interactive games, videos, contests, virtual labs and activities designed to help you dive deeper into a topic —and have fun too!

Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by and is maintained by Sylvan Learning.

9. http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/
Clifford The Big Red Dog: Interactive Storybooks! Phonics fun, games, and stories for early readers.

10. http://storynory.com/
Storynory has published a new audio story every week since November 2005.




Honorable Mention

Funology is the best place on the Web to find things to do. Not just while you're sitting at the computer, but anywhere. Things to do by yourself or with your friends, your parents, your pets, anyone. We'll teach you a million and one ways to make things, explore the world, and discover skills you never knew you had. You'll use words, numbers, facts, ideas, and objects you find around the house. It's one place where you'll never be bored!

Story Time For Me provides a unique and fun learning experience for toddlers all the way up through 2nd grade school aged children. We want kids to see that reading can be just as fun (if not more!) than watching TV and playing video games. We believe that by providing superior stories with award winning illustrations, unique animation, and professional narration enhanced with music and sound effects, Story Time For Me will bring back the magic in reading.


http://www.exploratorium.edu/
he Exploratorium isn’t just a museum, it’s an ongoing exploration of science, art, and human perception—a vast collection of online interactives, web features, activities, programs and events that feed your curiosity.


http://www.zula.com/
Zula USA, LLC is a leading provider of educational products designed to provide and promote science and math education as well as reading literacy for children in PreK through 3rd grade - a group for whom early exposure and intervention has proven most effective. Zula's comprehensive program addresses the national call for science, math and reading literacy education among PreK and early elementary students, provides a critical foundation in understanding core concepts and content and promotes the development of critical thinking skills.


http://www.thekidzpage.com/
Thekidzpage.com website for kids! Hundreds of free kids games, puzzles, activities, coloring pages, clip art & more for children, families, parents, teachers... Kids of all ages are invited to play! We also have free online games, puzzles and kids printables in the kids games & activities sections! New educational and fun games, activities and printables added on a regular basis for kids, schools and family fun.


http://www.meetmeatthecorner.org/

MEET ME AT THE CORNER, Virtual Field Trips for Kids, is a dynamic, interactive site, which encourages individual expression and participation through video submissions from children worldwide. Through these video pod casts we hope to create a community of children, who learn the art of self-expression and storytelling through video.

2 comments:

  1. Here's another great website for your list.

    MEET ME AT THE CORNER, Virtual Field Trips for Kids is a series of free kid-friendly educational video podcasts for children ages 5-13. Each episode comes with a list of recommended books, a list of fun websites and a Learning Corner of questions and extended activities.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Smart Board: Teacher Technology Resources

Great Teacher Resources for Technology



“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats





http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en-us/ - Activ Inspire resources


http://learninginhand.com/ - Tony Vincent’s site full of teacher tips for technology use.



http://www.pbs.org/teachers/ - great online technology resource



http://www.teach-nology.com/ - printable rubrics and much more



http://edu.glogster.com/ - online interactive poster maker



http://www.pixton.com/ - online comic maker



http://www.toondoo.com/ - online comic maker



http://speechable.com/ - take any photo and add speech bubbles



http://www.xtranormal.com/ - turn any text into an animated movie



http://blabberize.com/ - take any photo/image into a talking picture



http://voki.com/ - create your own avatar with recording features



http://pbworks.com – a great place to create a wiki



http://www.edmodo.com/ - secure social network site for teachers and students.



http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Home - a place to search for great web 2.0 tools.



http://brainpop.com/ - for a small fee you can have access to videos that teach on a variety of different topics.



http://unitedstreaming.com – for a small fee you can have access to a database of videos. 



http://www.googlelittrips.org/ - virtual field trips for various stories and novels.


http://www.kerpoof.com – write a story, draw pictures, and make it into a movie.  Has ready to go lesson plans and ideas. 



http://storybird.com/teachers/- share short visual stories of your own creation.  Great artwork from artists.  Students choose artwork and write poetry/stories.



http://tweentribune.com/– read articles and write comments, write your own articles/stories.  Writing contests.  Age appropriate content. 



http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm– wide variety of poetry forms to fill out.  Quick and easy to use. 



http://littlebirdtales.com/- great site for being creative with reading and writing!





Apps – There are thousands of great apps for ipads out there!  Here is a site that has a few fun educational apps. 










For an electronic version of this document with clickable links email ahilt@up140.org or check out the IRC Ning. 



Thank you!



If you have any further questions or comments don’t hesitate to email Shae or Amanda!



Shae Guglesgugle@up140.org

Amanda Hiltahilt@up140.org













“Tell me and I forget.  Teach me and I remember.  Involve me and I learn.”

– Benjamin Franklin

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Teachers Pay Teachers!!!!!

New to me...but every session I attended mentioned this wonderful website.  Check out
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com

Here you can post, sell, buy, or find free lessons generated by teachers!

Websites, IPods and iPads in Education

I haven't posted anything in awhile, but I just attended the No Child Left Behind Conference in Chicago during the first week of February and I really enjoyed the following presentations.  I decided it's time to SHARE!

Check out:  www.tinyurl.com/7oq9c19

They have a great list of apps and websites and practical uses for them in your classroom. 

Thursday, May 5, 2011

IPads in the Classroom

Kathy Schrock's educational links are always helpful to teachers of all levels.  She has great
organizational ideas, forms you can use, links to wonderful sites.  She also stays in the know
with new technology.  Check out this link for education related Ipad Links. 


https://sites.google.com/site/schrockipad/

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

SMART BOARD Sites

I recently attended the Illinois Reading Conference in Springfield, IL.  There were several sessions on the
use of SMART or Interactive White Boards in the classroom.  This session was upsetting for all involved because the SMART board the presenter was provided with was not compatible with her laptop/projector or something like that.. The presenter gave us her website  to go check out, so I will now give credit for the following SMART Board Lesson/Activiites/Sites to April Flood.  Her website is :  www.ux1.eiu.edu/~adflood
  1. http://www.bristolvaschools.org/mwarren/SBActivities.htm
  2. http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard
  3. http://exchange.smarttech.com/
  4. http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/smartboard.htm
  5. http://faculty.usiouxfalls.edu/arpeterson/smartboard.htm
  6. http://www.mrshurleysesl.com/smartboards/smartboardfavorites.html
  7. Free Online Professional Development for SMARTBoards
    http://smarttech.com/Home%20Page/Solutions/Education%20Solutions/Professional%20development
  8. http://ismartboard.com/
  9. http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/howto/smartboard/lessons.htm
  10. http://www.ehow.com/smartboard-activities
  11. http://mrsgebauer.com/smartboard.html
  12. http://www.svsu.org/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=15949&
  13. http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/longsmart3.html
  14. http://pbskids.org/whiteboard/
  15. http://www.fle.richland2.org/~sweston/websites.htm
  16. http://staffweb.srk12.org/sears_l/smartboard_resources.htm
  17. http://ecurranonline.com/smartboard.htm
  18. http://staffweb.srk12.org/sears_l/smartboard_resources.htm
  19. http://ecurranonline.com/smartboard.htm
  20. http://www.pppst.com/
  21. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/
  22. http://www.softschools.com/
  23. http://www.starfall.com/
  24. http://www.amphi.com/departments/technology/whiteboard/eleminteractivesites.html