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Fun Word Games that Teach

There is a website called Learning Games For Kids. It has free games that kids can play. Each game allows kids to practice a specific concept that has to do with words, spelling, or language. These games can be easily added into your lesson plans, as a fun way to practice a new concept. Learning Games for Kids has games that teach math, health, art and music, geography concepts, science games, and more. They have some excellent word games. There are games designed to let your child practice alphabetizing, spelling, understanding contractions, understanding homophones, and even some poetry concepts! This … Continue reading →

Mouse in the House: ABCMouse

Looking for resources for your kindergarten and pre-K home learners? There are so many web-based services to choose from. ABC Mouse is an educational web site with a vast scope, and we checked it out over this Thanksgiving weekend. ABC Mouse has a huge number of activities. There are activities for toddlers to kindergarten children. Most activities are under five minutes long. There are reading and math activities and there are also areas that focus on science, social studies, and art. For under $8 a month, your child gets access to hundreds of web-based lessons, games, puzzles and printable worksheets. … Continue reading →

Tools to Teach Kindergarten

Homeschooling your Kindergartener will come with challenges, frustration, joy, and so much fun. Kindergarteners are naturally curious so this can make learning both difficult and easy. Difficult because the child often gets distracted and wants to veer off to the left of your straight path. Easy in the sense that you get a student ready, willing, and able to learn anything and everything she sees. It’s up to you to find the proper tools to guide your little student down the right path. I hear “What curriculum should I use for my Kindergartener?” all the time. It is reasonable that … Continue reading →

Affording Toys for the Holidays

If you are having a lean year, like many of us, you might have started getting concerned about the holidays and how you will be able to afford getting toys and other gifts for your children. Yes, we all know the real meaning of the holidays does not involve material gifts, but what parent doesn’t want the pleasure of giving toys to their children? This will be a two part series on affording toys for the holidays. As I look around our living room, which has been turned into a playroom for the kids, I feel blessed that we are … Continue reading →

Jan Brett’s Website – Over 4000 Fun Activities

Jan Brett is a well known children’s author and illustrator. Her artwork is beautiful and unique. She shares it for free on her website, www.janbrett.com, with over four thousand pages of activities, coloring pages, drawing instructions, games, and projects that are sure to educate and entertain children for hours. You can view video instructions for drawing hedgehogs, polar bears, lions, elephants, chickens, bunnies, and even gingerbread babies. You’ll even find some recipes, and craft instructions. Online games include a concentration game, a scrambler, and interactive coloring pages. My favorites though are the chance to decorate a Christmas tree and gingerbread … Continue reading →

Fun Ways to Keep Children Occupied Today

Occupying the kids the day before Thanksgiving is always a challenge. I let my boys take turns helping with the cooking which helps. And now they are old enough to mainly occupy themselves with games and computers when it’s not their turn to be in the kitchen. When they were younger though, keeping them happy and getting the cooking done was always a challenge. Particularly if I was also trying to keep the house clean for company. Going on neighborhood walks was always a great way to tire out the kids. And if there were visiting grandparents, sending them all … Continue reading →

Thanksgiving for Kids Online

Thanksgiving comes in just a few more days. Have you begun making your preparations? While you are taking care of all of your last minute cooking tasks or during that long drive to the relatives, it is nice to have some great Thanksgiving activities to keep the kids occupied and enjoying the time leading up to the holidays. We’ve found quite a few on the Internet, from Thanksgiving craft ideas to Thanksgiving games and puzzles that you can print out. Take advantage of your computer and printer to provide the kids with all of these Thanksgiving activities for free. DLTK … Continue reading →

Homeschooling Resource of the Day: 09/27/07

Welcome to another edition of homeschooling resource of the day. As always, if you see something you want changed, you have something you would like added, or know of something that should be featured please feel free to leave me a comment. Today’s website is DLTK Kids. DLTK has a multitude of resources, particularly for the younger crowd. There are lots of arts and crafts to do. There is also a load of printables such as mini books, worksheets, and more. Then there are the fun online games and puzzles. Word of the day: execrable \EK-sih-kruh-buhl\, adjective: 1. Deserving to … Continue reading →

Boy Toys versus Girl Toys

It can drive you nuts when you are out shopping for baby and you see the gender separation of toys even at such a young age. You may wonder what’s going on if your male toddler enjoys playing with baby dolls and is it okay that someone gave your baby girl a play set of tools? The trick here is to realize that there’s a ton of research in this area, but most of it is undependable. Babies develop at different rates and are affected by everything from their environment (including whether they have siblings), to their parents to the … Continue reading →

Online Fun and Learning for Kids

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Today there are countless sites that provide free activities for children. Online, kids can color pictures, play fun and educational games, read stories, or enjoy plenty of other types of activities. Instead of purchasing expensive computer programs and video games to entertain and educate children, check out some of the online sites that offer these things for no cost. One way to find great sites for children is to look for database sites that have already compiled a list of the type of websites you are looking for. These are some of the most helpful sites that I discovered. Take … Continue reading →