Games & Resources
Listed below are a variety of online resources that provide interesting information and/or fun learning games to help students practice important skills. Educational games are a great tool for strengthening foundation language and math skills that today's students must know.
Sites for Nightly Math Skills Practice (*student user name/password required)
*Math fact practice using XtraMath: xtramath.org/
*Everyday Mathematics at Home: connected.mcgraw-hill.com/school/i6q3
Everyday Mathematices Games Links by Grade and Unit: everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/games-table/
Language Arts
ABCya. com "Spelling Practice" (Dolch Word Resource): abcya.com/dolch_sight_word_spelling.htm
ABCya.com "Dolch Word BINGO": abcya.com/dolch_sight_word_bingo.htm
English Vocabulary Building Games: vocabulary.co.il/
Game Goo (Houghton Mifflin): earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
K12 Reader (Dolch Word Resources and More): k12reader.com/dolch-word-list/
Make Beliefs (Make Your Own Comic): makebeliefscomix.com/
Poetry4Kids: poetry4kids.com/
Shel Silverstein Poetry and Games: shelsilverstein.com/html/kidsgames.html
Starfall (reading at pre-K through 2nd Grade levels): starfall.com/
Sight Word (Dolch Word) Games and Resources: sightwords.com
Storyline Online (Books read aloud by actors and actresses): storylineonline.net/
Math Games & Practice
AAA Math: aaamath.com/
Aplus Math: www.aplusmath.com/
Cool Math Games: coolmath-games.com/
Fun Brain: funbrain.com/numbers.html
IXL 2nd Grade Math: ixl.com/math/grade-2
Khan Academy: khanacademy.org/
Kids Numbers: kidsnumbers.com/
Math Games (Organized by Topic): sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm
PBS Kids Math: pbskids.org/games/math.html
Telling Time (Make the Sun rise and set with this interactive clock while learning to tell time): time-for-time.com/swf/myclox.swf
General Information/Social Studies/Science
ABCya! (Educational Computer Games and Apps for Kids): abcya.com/
Academic Skill Builders (By Subject and Grade): arcademicskillbuilders.com/
American Library Association’s Great Websites for Kids: gws.ala.org/
BBC Bitesize (Assorted English, Math and Science Games): bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/
Can I Compost This? compostthis.co.uk
Catch the Science Bug: sciencebug.org/index.html
Congress fro Kids: congressforkids.net/index.htm
Discovery Kids: kids.discovery.com/
Earth Rangers Compost Crunch: earthrangers.com/games/compostcrunch
ipl2: Information You Can Trust (Internet Public Library for Kids): ipl.org/div/kidspace/
I was Wondering (Women's Adventures in Science): iwaswondering.org/
Kids Know It: kidsknowit.com/index.php
Learning Games for Kids: learninggamesforkids.com/
Money As You Grow (Parent Resource): moneyasyougrow.org/
Mr. Nussbaum (A Thousand Sites in One): mrnussbaum.com/index.html
NASA's Climate Kids: climatekids.nasa.gov/
National Geographic Kids: kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
PBS Kids: pbskids.org/
Science Net (Classification): sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/Classification.swf
The Magic School Bus: scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/
Time Magazine for Kids: timeforkids.com/
TurffMutt (Saving the Planet One Yard at a Time!): turfmutt.discoveryeducation.com
U.S.A. Geography (States & Capitals): sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
Weather Wiz Kids: weatherwizkids.com/
World Geography (Continents & Oceans): sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm