This website is designed for kindergarten through second grade learners. It can be accessed by any computer, and it is easy (and fun!) to navigate through. This site targets literacy skills and focuses and reading and letters with fun-filled explanations and games. It is best used by individuals, and certain sections would best be used with headphones because of the word/ letter pronunciation. There are sections where a child can read a story with interesting pictures, or when activated, someone can read it for you through the computer. This site is great for those beginning readers and can help build up sight vocabulary.
This was another great website I found that has good activities for preK through 6th grade students. The teacher or parent can select the level that their child is in and find activities for that student on a variety of subject areas. I thought this site could be used by an individual student, or it could also be used by the teacher incorporating it into a lesson. This site is a little more difficult to navigate through, but once the student is briefly shown, they should be able to find the activities fairly easy. There were some map activities in the "social studies section that required an Adobe software download, but it was available at no cost. There were more ads that seemed to crowd the area, but once you register, the distracting ads would go away. Once you access the activities for the grade level you desire, it will bring up the subscription form; but you can choose to continue on to the activity without giving any information. This site was a little expensive to subscribe to with a family rate of $5.95 a month or a classroom rate with more members for $199.00 a year. The benefits to registering include no advertisements and the work done by the students can be saved to access or check again later. Most of the activities, however, were easily accessible and could be incorporated for fun learning lessons or for some individual game time.
This is another resourceful website I found that has learning and ideas for the teacher as well as the student. It gives teachers advice and help on incorporating technology into the classroom with great lesson ideas, rubrics, etc. It also gives a link for the students to have fun while testing their learning at "Arcademic Skill Builders" (arcademicskillbuilders.com). These "educational video games" are a way for the students to continue working on a variety of math skills. These games can be accessed by Windows or Mac and mostly test the basic math areas: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and even work with fractions. Most of the games can have up to four players, so it can be used to help the students working together to become more comfortable with what they are learning and more comfortable with the technology.
This is a great list of resources for teachers. Your reviews are very clear and point out the most important aspects of these resources. I particularly liked reviewing Starfall. It's not always easy to find decent resources for K-2 students, but this fits the bill nicely.
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