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Mrs. Carey's Website picks of the Month
Grade Math Language Arts
Prek-K Purpy's Shapes Starfall
1st Grade Counting Fun StoryLine
2nd Grade Let's Compare- Money Word Turtle

Math  
Reading    Science Social Studies Snow and Holidays French Websites Internet Safety

**Websites highlighted in red were previous website picks of the month

Math

A+ Math             This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively.

AAA Math          (K - 8) - Hundreds of pages of basic math skills .  The site 

ABCya All of the games and activities were created by teachers for kids! Activities are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way to learn.

Ask Dr. Math  (K - 12) - Students may ask Dr. Math questions to help them with their math assignments.  An archive of past answers to questions is also included.

Basket Math Interactive Learning      K - 8) - Score a basket every time a question is answered correctly in a variety of math categories.

Aunty Math         Math challenges for K-5 Learners

Base Blocks Subtraction National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

Cool Math 4 Kids   An amusement park of math and more -  It is also a place to find a calculator when you have looked all over your house and can't find one.  *

Cool Math Sites    (K - 12) - A collection of interesting activities and puzzles. 

Count On             Math activities and games for all ages

Count on              (K-5) Interactive Math activities and Games

Create a Graph     (K - 12) - Students are able to create their own graphs online.

Eduplace              (K-5) Kids games and activities by Houghton Mifflin

Fact Monster    (K-12) Games, quizzes, homework help. *

Fun Mathematics Lessons           Find a collection of Math Lessons from pattern blocks, fractions to cartology all created by a math teacher

Fun School          Interactive activities organized by grade level *

Funbrain              Features many great math games, including that all American favorite, Multiplication Baseball! *

Harcourt School Publishers: Fun K-5 Kids games and activities by Harcourt Brace

King's Math       A collection of interactive math activities

Interactive Math Games  Fun math games for all levels

Math Cats          A land of creative, open-ended math explorations!

 Just In Time     Interactive games and printable materials

Multiplication      Techniques, tips, and secrets used by master teachers.

Learning Planet       Fun learning activities, educational games, printable worksheets and interactive quizzes.

Skills Tutor- is an online math enrichment program that can be done at school and at home.

Money   A collection of interactive websites about Money

Olivia Octagon-Patterns  

Primary Games  Tons of fun activities organized by grade level and subject area. *

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives    Virtual manipulatives related to the NCTM standards for grades Pre-K - 2.

Rainforest Math - Interactive Math activities for grades K-6

Prongo                  Educational games to help children explore their young minds and exercise their imagination. 

SuccessNet        Log-in website by Scott Foresman - Addison Wesley
Log-in Procedures

Telling Time - Resources            A collection of interactive websites about teaching time

The First Grade Backpack         A collection of math websites

Toftwood's Math Games (K-3)lots of great math games for younger students
  Tux Math Math Facts
(Free Download)
   

 

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Reading and Writing

Bananaboo!     An activity center for kids ages 4-8

Beginning Phonics     Listen to the beginning sound that you select and find the pictures that start with that letter.

Beverly Cleary Visit the exciting world of Beverly Cleary. Meet all the characters from her books, and play some fun games

 Billy Bear         Online games and Alphabet fun

Childrens Story      Story tellers read aloud fairy tales. Follow the words or simply listen. 

Eduplace              Wacky Web tales - Fill in words to make up silly stories on the web

Enchanted Learning           Great stuff for all ages!

Giggle Poetry   Hundreds of poems to read and rate!

Kids Space        Kid's Space has stories and art for kids

Kids Castle        Smithsonian Magazine's Kids castle

Little Fingers Software  Download trial versions their software and play online games 

My Skills Tutor      Log-in Based website -Over 1500 basic skills lessons 

PawPark Alphabetizing  

Poetry Express      You can make, revise, share, and publish poems.

Poetry 4 Kids   This site makes poetry fun for kids

Primary Games Tons of fun activities organized by grade level and subject area.

Read Write Think  Great resources in reading and language arts instruction

Scholastic          Find your favorite characters, great teacher resources and fun games for kids.

Spelling City  Makes practicing for a spelling test fun!

Time For Kids   Inspires your kids to read and succeed!

 Starfall              Books games and activities for emergent and beginning readers

Story Place Online stories  

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Science

Cool Science for Curious Kids Activities that get kids excited about Science!

 Enchanted Learning         Great stuff for all ages!

For Kids Only         NASA Earth Science Enterprise

NASA Kids Club    Games, Activities, NASA Kids Club

Net Smartz Kids Teaching kids about Internet Safety

National Geographic for Kids- Animals, Photos, stories, kids games and more

Scholastic    Science Explorations

NIEHS Kids Page National Institutes of Health Department of Health & Human Services for Kids

Science News for Kids     Science news, activities, games and puzzles

SCI-4-KIDS          Interactive site sponsored by USDA 

Solar System Resources A great collection of Solar System Websites

Score Science - Kids Corner     Great Science Websites by Grade level

Dinosaurs Sound Sites             A great collection of sites on the science of sound
Webquest - Something's Fishy  

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Social Studies

Dr.Martin Luther King Resources        A collection of great sites on Martin Luther King Jr.

Constitution Day Resources      A collection of sites which explore Constitution Day

Native American Resources       A collection of great sites on Native Americans

Veterans Day Resources A collection of sites for Veterans Day

A Place for Kids! Kbears.com   A fun site with world and ecosystem information

 Inauguration Day Resources  A collection of sites for Inauguration Day

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French Websites

Kids PlaygroundA great site for kids!  Select Primary, Intermediate or Games. A large amount of games, websites, etc to choose from!

  Poisson Rouge An interactive site for kids

Literacy Centres French - Literacy, math, shapes and  alphabet games

 Les jeux de Lulu A large selection of French online games for kids

Hello-World  Games, activities, and songs

Up to Ten Games for kids (French and English website)

Radio-Canada for Kids  Various games for all different levels including arcade games, sports, puzzles and much more!

Language Lab Speak French with Roller and his friends.

Caillou  Simple games from the popular TV show with great graphics.

  Internet Picture Dictionary: French  French words and activities to practice French vocabulary

 

Research

 

ithaki for Kids        Helps you to find the best sites just for kids

National Geographic for Kids- Animals, Photos, stories, kids games and more

KidsClick                         Web Search for Kids by Librarians

 

Super Kids                     Kids directory

Little Explorers           A picture dictionary with links

Worldbook Kids
User ID - metrowest
Password - regional
          An online research tool for younger students that infuses creativity and wonder in learning.

  Yahooligans                    The Web Guide for Kids

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Fire Safety
USFA for Kids Smoke Detectives - Games to challenge your fire safety knowledge
Sparky's ABC's of Fire Safety Kids Fire Safety Tips
The Fire Avenger - coloring pages Smokey the Bear
Activity Book Fire prevention Word Search
Fire Safety  

Holidays
Halloween Thanksgiving
Billy Bear Christmas Games Hanukkah
Kwanzaa New Year's

Snow

The Weepies - Snowglobe Ice Cube Game
Virtual Gingerbread Cookie Decorator InterActive Snowman
Make-a-Flake SOUTH FLORIDA SNOWMAN
Build a Snowman Winter Slide Puzzle
Ten Little Snowmen Bell Playing Polar Bells

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Compiled by Winnie Carey 
Integration Technology Specialist
Last updated
01/20/2010