Hi Ladies! In the last couple of days I've had an epiphany of sorts. I've decided, with the help of God using His people to help me, that we are using the wrong curriculum. School is NO FUN! So, since I've spent the money on curriculum and the DVD program for the girls in the current curriculum, we are going to stick with it until the end of the year. BUT, we are going to pare it back a ton! And, what I would like to do is bring in some fun stuff. Websites, games, etc... You know, the kinds of things that are fun and your kids don't even realize they are learning! I think websites would be of particular interest as our curriculum is heavily workbook based and my kids love to get on the computer. So... please, do share! While I'm at it, I'd like to share something that my pastor's wife shared with me yesterday. She said "You need to make your curriculum work for you, not you work for the curriculum!". Isn't that GREAT? I told her I need to have that framed (I am a slave to curriculum and what I am "supposed" to be doing) and she needs to write it down. She said it was a God thing as it just came to her. Anyway, I thought it was brilliant! So, I just had to share! TIA! ______
try these: www.funbrain.com Good grammar, maths and music games to play online http://www.gamequarium.com Lots of kids games, some educational. Computer labs – online learning about computing skills Links to biographies of famous people Links to online encyclopedias, including Encarta and britanica Online atlas, thesaurus, and dictionary http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html Lesson plans, assessment rubrics, great weather instrument building instructions. Great site! All free I have loads of other links, but my kids are older than yours, and am not sure exactly what you are looking for? Happy to shre if you want more
I made this page for my kids... http://www.jennifererix.com/kidspage_02.html My kids are second grade and younger and I made this page as our browsers "Start" page. They can turn on the browser and go play anything they want. Most of the games (Especially to the left) are actually school games. Some, like "Monkey Bar" are solely for reward to blow off steam after some good work.... Any site that asks you to register, is free, so no worries, there...my sister in law and I have been doing a lot of curriculum dropping, in trade for fun school on the computer. We still have our paper time, but there is nothing funner than learning your multiplication facts while battling aliens, eh? Good luck!
We love the BBC site! http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/index.shtml there are other age levels, but the 4-11 one covers my house..lol
Hey Angie...haven't seen you in awhile! How ya doin? If you look on the website forum on HSSpot...there is a huge list! It is under a thread about someone loosing all their links...it starts with HELP...... AWWWWW...I am of no help. I will try to find it but I am leaving for the zoo. Need to get there before the weather gets bad. lol.
I'm not sure if these are there, but a few we like http://www.crayola.com/coloring_application/index.cfm?referrer=/gamesFun/index.cfm&mt=digicolor or just http://www.crayola.com http://pbskids.org/superwhy/index.html# http://pbskids.org/wordworld/index_flash.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/menu.shtml http://www.uptoten.com/kids/boowakwala-home.html http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm http://www.rainforestmaths.com/
That's awesome! I wish I was computer savvy in the LEAST! Will you come to my house and do it for me? :lol: I wish! Thanks! Can't wait to look at all of these sites closer. Our day has already been so much more fun!
did anyone say scholastics.com, its not only about books and stuff they have things to do too, and Discoverykids.com as well!
