Online Activities for Kids
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Dance Mat Typing:
Helps students improve keyboarding skills. The activity is completely
online, which means there is no software to download. This is a site
that students often access from school and thoroughly enjoy! It is
recommended that students start at level 1.
Merriam-Websters Online Dictionary & Thesaurus
- This site is a great tool to use as a resource for writing, spelling,
vocabulary, and fun! Offers an online dictionary and thesaurus, as well
as fun games for our students to play that build their vocabulary. Browse the "For Educators" tab to download this resource to your web browser!
Fact Monster -
This is a one-stop reference source of kid-friendly facts and articles.
The award-winning site also has loads of interactive tools that
encourage kids to improve their math, spelling and vocabulary. Contains
a reference center (dictionary, atlas, encyclopedia, etc) as well as
homework help.
SchoolDiscovery: Brain Boosters - Need a challenge? Enjoy brain teasers? Then this site is for you! Also contains homework help and other useful links to enjoy.
KidsSpell - Free spelling games and activities for kids to practice spelling. Students can use our class spelling list or try new words. Lots of fun!
Reading Websites for Kids
Main Idea (Non-Fiction) Activities - Practice identifying main ideas and supporting details in informational text.
Main Idea (Fiction) Activities - this site contains several fiction reading activities that vary in length and difficulty. Each reading asks students to identify the main idea and comprehension questions in a drop down/multiple choice format.
3rd Grade Reading Skill Builders - this site has dozens of links for reading and math that allow students to practice skills.
Reading Practice
Reading Test Online -This site has reading material that is slightly above 3rd grade, but it is good practice for using graphic organizers and comparing different articles.
Arthur and Friends - Interact with Arthur and friends to practice reading skills, send letters to the characters, play games, and make music.
Mathematics Website for Kids
Who Wants to be a Mathionnaire: Based on the game "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," this game drills you on difficult math facts. It starts out easy and gets quite challenging the longer you play. Loads of fun!
EOG Sample Questions: Mathematics
TimezAttack - The ultimate video game that reinforces multiplication facts. Scroll down to the bottom to download the base (free) version.
Number & Operations: Practice a variety of math skills that focus on computation such as problem solving, addition/subtraction, multiplication/division, fractions, and patterns. Many of the activities have built in lessons that talk to the students and provide the additional practice or enrichment that students need.
Online Multplication Games - A bunch of online and downloadable math games that will allow students to practice and reinforce multiplication facts.
Area & Perimeter- This is a wonderful site that provides a tutorial for area and perimeter as well as letting kids use a virtual ruler to measure shapes. There are many other wonderful math activities on this site.
3rd Grade Skill Builders - This site has dozens of links for reading and math that allow students to practice skills.
Houghton Mifflin Test Practice for Math
BrainPop: Calculations and Computations - contains many several free activities that provides practice with computation, graphing, and fractions. To view all games, you must subscribe.
