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At this colorful site from New Zealand, you are sure to find something fun to add to your science studies! Science for Kids features games, lessons, experiments, videos, and other resources in 30 different science topic areas. Here are the 30 categories or topics: animals, plants, and nature biology, chemistry, and physics electricity, light,…
Turtle Diary offers a variety of FREE printable math, English language arts, and science worksheets for preschool through third grade. Here is a selection of links to direct areas within their awesomely helpful site: Math worksheets English worksheets Science worksheets Preschool worksheets Kindergarten worksheets First grade worksheets Second grade worksheets Third grade worksheets …
LearningGamesForKids.com is a good place to spend an afternoon or visit during the long summer hours. And if the natives are getting restless, have them practice their school lessons using the games, videos, and animated songs on this site! LGK includes the following sections, each with its own subsections and/or lists of games and other…
[click to view larger] This makes a great activity for warming up the minds of homeschool kids or other mixed-age groups. I used it as a morning activity to not only get those brain cells firing, but also to establish a feeling of mutual investment in each other’s education — older children encouraged younger,…
[click to view larger] This simple one-page printable features 40 tiny cards to use for creative writing prompts. Each card highlights one place (such as a bonfire, a graveyard, or a craft store) and 3 of the 5 senses. Simply pick a card, close your eyes, imagine yourself in that place, and write about…
You know Kids Discover — they are the creator of all those fascinating little complete study unit mini-magazines that you’ve seen, with all the bright colors and interesting infographics. Much like ZooBooks, they often have puzzles and other fun stuff built right in. [click to view larger] Well, Kids Discover also offers free lesson…
The UK site Galactic Phonics is a treasure trove for anyone teaching reading using the phonics method! The site features sections on letter sounds, CVC words, consonants, vowels and special sounds, and key words (high frequency words). Other sections of their site are still under construction. The most developed and useful sections of Galactic Phonics…
The Print Zone at Primary Games has a variety of free printables for parents and teachers. Some are in PDF format, while others must be printed from your browser. Categories of printables in The Print Zone include: E-Books (nature & science) Activity Pages (PreK-K & Green World) Calendar (1 page/month) Coloring Pages Award Certificates Paper…
If you teach math and don’t know about this site yet, you have been missing out! Need a step-by-step explanation of how to convert a decimal to a fraction and a percentage? How to explain the concept of exponents? Just need a little extra practice to help a concept sink in? Whether it’s addition for…