Our Favorite Websites

Note to parents and families: This site includes kid friendly web pages that we either use in class or are posted for your child’s enjoyment. We make every effort to check sites before posting them. We periodically recheck sites for changes. Should you find anything you question on a site, please contact us through our contact form: https://allsaintscs.org/contact/

*Some sites contain ads. During class we discuss how to avoid clicking on items, such as ads, not part of the educational value of the sites.

Please use links below to access websites.

Art

Build Your Wild Self

National Gallery of Art Several different ways to create art

Tate Kids Lots of great games for creating art

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Virtual Lite Brite

Check out 45 sites to create artwork for more ideas

Homework Help

Khan Academy

Ms. Davis’ Website-Resource

Time for Kids – click on Homework Helper

Citation Machine for Bibliographies

Know Mia- Videos to help you learn in many subjects

Citing Internet Sources_

Noodle Tools requires login but is free for creating MLA bibliographies

The process of writing

How to Make Note Cards

Basic Steps to Research Paper

10 do’s and don’ts for PowerPoint

Creating a presentation board

Science Fair presentation board

Science Fair project board checklist

Internet Safety

Caller Smart

Clicky’s Quest Primary

Critterverse Fun game to play online or download for free. About bullying.

CyberBullying

Digital Reputation

Internet Safety Tips

A special thank you to Casey, Kailey, Jared, Markus, Andrew, and Selena from Mrs. Baranowski’s Computer/Technology Class for this list!

http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/

http://www.mobilephonemarketing.us/cell-phone-safety.html

http://www.cyberbullying.us/resources.php

http://www.interiorwebdesign.com/guide-for-children-and-kids-safety-on-the-web

http://www.makeadifferenceforkids.org/

http://www.datehookup.com/content-internet-hoax-and-chain-letter-information-center.htm

http://www.stillwater.k12.mn.us/schools/junior-high-schools/oak-land-junior-high/parents

Intro to Computer Programming

Gamestar Mechanic

Hour of Code Websites

Scratch – Downloadable

Create your own simulations Downloadable program

Celestia 3D solar system software to download

12 sites for coding

Made With Code (Google)

For the serious programmers: Smart Scholar

Just for Fun

Sporcle.com Free rice

Fun with Words

Visuwords – graphical dictionary

WordSift – visualize text

ImageChef- Word Mosaic

Keyboarding

Keyboard Climber 1

Keyboard Climber 2

Fun Keyboarding Site

Novel Games Keyboarding

Typer Shark (20wpm+)

Barracuda

DanceMat

Keyboarding Practice

We always like receiving websites from other students: Special thanks to Jess for this one: http://www.dimins.com/business-skills-keyboarding/

Kindergarten-First Grade

Language Arts

1st Grade Language Arts

Math

Financial Literacy (Thanks to Mrs. Lee’s Class for this suggestion)

Hooda Math

IXL

Kindergarten Math

Kids Math Games -money + much more!

Learning Planet

Maggie’s Earth Adventures

Math-Play.com

Math Playground

Math Games: Multiplication, Time, Fractions

Math Games to play against the clock

Mega Math

Multiplication

PBS Math

Place Value 1st grade

Telling Time For Kids

Telling Time-Lots of different games

Turtle Diary

More Telling Time Choices

Media Literacy

Name that Corporation

Buying Smart

Multiple Curriculum Areas

Meddybemps Primary Games only

Line Game- Brain teaser

Sharendipity (Create your own games, animations, etc.)

Teacher Domain

Terra Nova Practice

Skill Builders

Left brain / Right Brain Quiz

BiteSize (Math, English, Science)

Omaha Public Library

Disney Books Online On the middle tab, “Collections,” go down to the last selection, “Disney Online Books”

Ebooks for Kids online

Great Websites for Kids.

Kidspot for Programs and Events

Tumblebooks for Kids On the first tab, “Catalog”, go down to Tumblebooks and click. This is a link through the OPL that does not require a login.

Online Storage

Dropbox

Google Drive

One Drive

Presentation Sites

No need to always use Power Point or Google Slides!

http://biteslide.com/

Picktograph sign in required

46 Tools to make Infographics Links to several popular sites

Reading

Starfall

Sheppard Software

www.literacycenter.net

Haunted Alphabet

ABC Match

Resource Sites

Math and Science

http://www.multiplication.com/games

http://www.coolmath-games.com Cool Math is “designed for the pure enjoyment of mathematics.” This interactive site features a plethora of fun games, puzzles, calculators and lesson plans.

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/math5.html Math Live, a fantastic site for upper elementary students, is full of cartoon math tutorials on subjects like fractions, multiplication, area and perimeter, tessellations, probability, and a variety of other topics. The glossary section is an amazing collection of math concepts animated for more solid understanding.

http://multiplication.com

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/ Skill building activites for single or up to 4 players

http://mathrun.net/ A fun site for practicing basic math facts, Mathrun is a simple idea (math problems float up the screen, and you have to tell whether they are correct or incorrect), and I love simplicity. There is no registration required and no advertisements — I love this, too.

http://www.sciencebob.com/index.php Science Bob is a fun, interactive site that has several different areas for kids to choose from. There are videos, experiments, science fair ideas and a research help link with many fantastic links to other sites.

http://www.sciencebug.org/index.html The educational goals of Catch the Science Bug are to increase science literacy and raise environmental awareness by having fun through interactive learning.

Reading

http://www.raz-kids.com/main/Login

Online guided reading program with interactive ebooks, downloadable books, and reading quizzes.

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/ Skill building

http://www.starfall.com A free website to teach children to read. Perfect for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. Contains exciting interactive books and phonics games.

http://www.magictreehouse.com If your students like The Magic Tree House series (and let’s be honest, who doesn’t?), they’ll love The Magic Tree House website. Students climb up the tree and enter the tree house to find some great puzzles, fun games and quizzes on any of the 45+ MTH books.

http://www.storyjumper.com/ Story Jumper is a wonderful site that allows children to create their very own books. You can create cover pages, add text, upload drawings or photos to illustrate your story, and you can use the Story Jumper clipart gallery, too.

http://gardenofpraise.com/ Free biographies and activities

http://www.adrianbruce.com/ Games to reinforce language arts skill

http://storylineonline.net/ The Screen Actors Guild Foundation brings story alive with their members reading children stories aloud.