Wonderful educational game site for learning! Offers a variety of math and reading fun to keep students interested in learning. Mostly enjoyed by the K-5 grades.
I LOVE this site!!! I believe in standing up and moving between subjects. Kids' brains need breaks to become stimulated and to get oxygen every once in a while. Brain breaks also give students something fun to look forward to after hard work. This site allows teachers to create a playlist of fun brain breaks. These are great to reduce antsy behaviors and to keep kids with special needs in line.
This is a great article to take a look at. In this article it has 4 main ways to when furthering and gaining professional development; Engage, Learn, Support and measure.
This website is loaded with activities that make learning fun! FunBrain is the Internet's premier location for interactive, educational games (math, grammar, science) for children and kids of all ages, and grade levels.
Learning Games for Kids - Education is part of life. It should be fun and challenging... not boring. Learn while you play games! Kids will have lots of fun with these interactive activities with a choice of different subjects.
A website which can provide several activities for a first grade social studies class based on geography. However it does have choices on the side for other grade levels too.
JumpStart's collection of fun social studies activities is free, printable, and designed for students of different ages. These activities cover topics in geography, history, civics, and many other related subjects. Parents and teachers using them can rest assured that the kids are learning as much as they're having fun.
This is a guessing game where students give clues to their partner who attempts to guess their number. This is a fun a simple game for 2nd graders. i like this site because it provide rating for each activity on the site.
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Looking for a fun and physical way to celebrate Read Across America Day? Try this chaotic balloon game inspired by The Cat in the Hat Comes Back by Dr. Seuss. Kids practice the alphabet while trying to keep 1, 2, 3, or even 26 balloons up in the air!
This activity would go with the
K.RF.2.4:
Identify and
name all uppercase
(capital) and lowercase
letters of the alphabet
Many teachers have trouble making social studies interesting because they don't understand or like the subject themselves. There's good news: we all have personal limitations, and they DON'T have to affect our students. On this page, you'll learn how to get students passionate about social studies even when you have limited time, resources, or background information.
In the theme of the month, this fun activity challenges students to write their own creative Scary story. It also falls in line with IDOE Standard 4.W.3.3 in which students are asked to establish an introduction, organize events that unfold naturally, use dialogue and descriptive detail, and employ sensory with sufficient sensory. This activity not only tests their knowledge in this area, it has help steps to guide them!!