3. Overview
• This informational session will look at
educational and fun websites for students in
K-12 education to help make their summer
both fun and educational while on the
computer. Websites will be discussed and
broken down by grade level. In addition,
resources will be provided for both the parent
and the teacher. This session is part of the
Parent Informational Series.
12. Resources for Parents
• Mom’s Homeroom - • Activity TV -
http://momshomeroom.msn.com/
http://www.activitytv.com/summ
• Summer Activities for Kids -
http://www.activitiesforkids.com/summer/calendar.htm
• 80+ Inexpensive or Free
• Mail Just 4 Me – Summer Fun -
http://mailjust4me.com/play/summer1.htm Activities for Kids this Summer -
http://www.crystalandcomp.com/2011/05/80-inexpensive-or-fre
• Kaboose – Summer Activities -
http://holidays.kaboose.com/summer/ + Newsletter + Crafts
• Disney Go – Summer Fun -
• Martha Stewart 60 Summer
http://familyfun.go.com/summer
Activities for Kids -
http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/60-summer-activities-for-kids
• Creative Kids at Home -
http://www.creativekidsathome.com/summerkidsactivities2.html
14. K-2 Summer Resources
• Starfall – Phonemic
awareness, phonics and
fluency
• Orson’s Farm: Phonemic Awareness
• GameGoo
• Building Language and Literacy
from Scholastic
• Study Dog – Supports all
5 building blocks to
reading
15. Arthur Games from PBS Kids
Arthur Games – Letters To...
Arthur Games – Poetry Club
Arthur Games – Muffy’s
Wardrobe
Story Scramble
Unmatching Game
Between the Lions Games from
PBS Kids
Digby Mole’s Word Games from
BBC; end sounds, first sounds, and
rhymes
16. ISpy from Scholastic
Literacy Center
Read and Write with Clifford from Scholastic
17. Construct A Word from
ReadWriteThink
Word Wizard from
ReadWriteThink
What’s in the Bag from
ReadWriteThink
Picture Match from
ReadWriteThink
18. Sound and Letter Time from
Scholastic
• Scholastic News
– Ask a Weather Watcher (Listen &
Read)
– Here Come the Frogs! (Listen & Read)
– Insect World Records (Listen & Read)
– Growing Up Gater (Listen & Read)
– Meet Mr. President (Listen & Read)
– Welcome Back, Bald Eagles! (Listen &
Read)
19. • Dragonfly no longer
maintained by University
of Miami, but still
available.
• Scholastic Special Reports
• National Geographic for
Kids Stories from Around
the World Includes Videos,
Activites and Games.
20. • Moppet Games Fund
educational games kids
3-12.
• PBS Sesame Games
• Brain Pop Jr
Paid site, but
some free
materials
23. • PBS Science Games
Designed for Middle
School grades.
• PBS Designed Squad Projects
Designed for Middle
School Grades
• ABC Teach Science Experiments
Most are designed for
Upper Elementary
24. • Picture Book Maker
• StoryBird
• I Know That This site is a
supplement to education programs and has
both online and offline activities.
• CAST UDL Book Builder
25. • Discovery Math Homework Help
• PBS Summer Post Cards
• Hands on Activities and Games
286 Pages of
activities!
39. Alice StoryTelling
http://www.alice.org/
• Carnegie Mellon makes
downloads of the Alice software
available for free at
www.alice.org.
• Eight textbooks on Alice have
been written. Alice is used by 10
percent of U.S. colleges and in
many high schools.
• Also available is a version for
middle school children called
"Storytelling Alice," which was
designed by Caitlin Kelleher,
Pausch's Ph.D. student, to appeal
in particular to young girls with
hopes of increasing female
interest in computer science
careers.
44. Other Resources to Check Out
• Family suggested iPad and Phone Apps for Kids - http://familyinternet.about.com/od/software/tp/ipad_apps_kids_families.htm
• Home – The Summer Learning Place - http://www.megaskillshsi.org/media/docs/summerLearningPlace.pdf
• Summer Reading Brochure - http://www.rif.org/documents/us/summer_reading.pdf
• Reading Plant http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet.htm
• Reading Rockets 10 Weeks of Summer Reading - http://www.readingrockets.org/article/391
• Six Games for Reading - http://www.readingrockets.org/article/79
• Language Arts Games online - http://childparenting.about.com/od/languageartsgamesonline/Language_Arts_Games_Online.htm
• Spelling Games for Kids - http://homeparents.about.com/cs/homeschooling/a/spell_games.htm
• Three Easy Sight Word Games - http://childparenting.about.com/od/makeathomewordgames/a/sightwordgames.htm
• YRCA - http://www.pnla.org/yrca/index.htm
• Top 20th Century Children’s Literature - http://www.randomhouse.com/features/treasury/vote/
• The Read Aloud Handbook - http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/readalouds/fr/readaloudhandbk.htm
• Public Library Book Search Page http://www.cmlibrary.org/bookhive/
• Lit Charts - http://www.litcharts.com/
