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This library consists of about 3000 images which we hope will be useful in the teaching of basic vocabulary in a variety of languages. The characters and objects depicted are as culturally neutral as we could make them. This is not a huge resource of graphics; its purpose is to provide a set of those graphics most basic and useful for low-level language-teaching, and at the same time, to make them as easily searchable as possible. The 3000 images consist of 1500 pairs. One member of each pair has a transparent background just big enough to fit the image, the other has a white background 110 by 110 pixels. For example, compare these two images:

With one simple click on a button your child opens the Glubble library where all the Glubbles you have approved are collected. Each Glubble is uniquely identified with a picture which your child will find easy to remember. Selecting a Glubble will open the links to featured web sites that are all thumbnailed to help your child to choose the web site of their choice. Glubble library and thumbnails kids homepage Coloring pages, games, dress-up dolls, cartoons, language exercises, audio books reference for school papers and tons of other cool and safe content has been carefully selected for your children to discover and play with by our in-house editorial team. This free content is archived in the Glubble library and is accessible for children easily by clicking any of the thumbnails. New way to bookmark favorite sites kids homepage The star button right next to the web address bar allows your child to easily bookmark a site as a favorite. All they have to do is press the star button and the page they are looking at gets added to their favorite thumbnail bar. The web's window is bigger! kids homepage We've made the child browser bar much thinner so children can see as much of the web page possible without scrolling. When your child uses Firefox now with their Userbar tab it will automatically operate in full-screen mode, which means that they can see as much screen area as your monitor will permit. Take a look, we hope your child likes it. Better and safe search engine results kids homepage In our experience most children want to be a bigger children and grow into trusted independence by experiencing the act of discovery for themselves. The search engine augmentation feature enables them to use world famous search engines like Google on their own while you remain safe in the knowledge that they can only find things that they are allowed to see! Easy to ask for approval to open new sites kids homepage Whenever your child hits a link or submits an URL to a web site

visual programing language from MIT. Drag and drop

This lesson explores the use of verbs to add dramatic interest to poems. The activities will encourage pupils to think more carefully about the use of verbs to describe action and should enable them to develop their knowledge of verbs and stimulate them to write more descriptive poems. The whiteboard activities will encourage whole class/group discussion, collaboration and participation.

a ground breaking free video vocabulary builder. We have started beta testing with more than 400 Vocabulary Videos. Our goal is to include several thousand vocab videos for SAT / ACT level words in the coming months. Join us, its FREE!

links to interactive sites K5 listed by subject area

be sure to have loud speakers plugged in when you view this site

Confusing Words is a collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misuse

Welcome to the Visual Dictionary Online, the dictionary with a new point of view. A quick glance at the index is all it takes to connect words with images. Explore the 15 major themes to access more than 6,000 images and see words like never before.

Type the text you wish to scramble and click next to turn the words into indivitual "magnets"

games, stories in English, French or Japanese

Try before you buy! Click to download full teaching topics for use on your Interactive Whiteboard.