Educational Games At Home

Hello everyone! 

We are finally back from spring break, and it feels wonderful to be back in the swing of things. The kids did such a great job coming in this morning and getting right back into our routine.

I have a few online resources for you today! These are games that we've played at school, or that would be great to play at home. 

ABCya   Here's a summary from their website:

All children's educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. All educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn. 

Grade level lessons incorporate areas such as math and language arts while introducing basic computer skills. Many of the kindergarten and first grade activities are equipped with sound to enhance understanding. Fun children's Holiday activities are available in grade level sections!

In addition to the online games, ABCya also has apps for iPad, iPhone, and iPod, and it looks like they are developing apps for the Kindle Fire.

The games are organized by grade level.   When you click on a grade level, the games are organized  into groups such as Letters, Numbers, Holiday, etc.  The organization is designed to make it easy for children to use.

This game is 100 Number Chart.  Students click and drag to place the missing numbers.

There's lots more, so you'll want to get in there and explore.

Sheppard software is a great place for those going into kindergarten next year, or early in the school year. 

We used this website a lot with our Mobi as an extra for centers. 

Scoot Pad  is a GREAT website for later in the year. I have a few students who use this already at home, and parents seem to love it. It is completely personalized, and meets the child where they are, and pushes them further.

Learning Games For Kids is another website we've used in the classroom. It works great for our Mobi, to get the kids interacting. The link is to memory games, but they have games for every subject. 

Have Fun Teaching is a great website for students and teachers alike. They have worksheets, coloring, flash cards, activities, songs, videos, teacher tools, and ways to connect. You can go and print off number flashcards to practice with your child, or have them watch a video about life cycles. Great tool!