Pick of the week. I will change this link to reflect the site we are using that week. It may or may not change weekly. Descriptions are numbered for sites below to assist children using the links alone. http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/district/students/games/puzzles/potato/index.htm
1. This site reads and highlights the words to some of our favortie fairy tales. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/storycircle/fairystories/
2. Online jigsaw puzzles for children. http://www.thekidzpage.com/onlinejigsawpuzzles/holidays/christmas/index.html
3. Just like the Lite Brite we all know and love, this site offers an online screen and pegs. http://www.sfpg.com/animation/liteBrite.html#
4. Play around the North Pole online. http://www.northpole.com/
5. Select a letter and find pictures beginning with this letter. http://www.kiddonet.com/gb/flash/phonics/Intro.html
6. Dress Mr. Potato Head or Mrs. Potato Head. http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/district/students/games/puzzles/potato/index.htm
7. WOW! Great way to select a sentence and let your child copy it. Write and read those popcorn words. Practice writing your name. This site ccreates a printable, customized worksheet. http://www.eslcity.com/english/?doc=hw/hw.php
8. Create a Lego character. http://belville.lego.com/en-us/games/Dressup.aspx
9. Need a word in Spanish? This dictionary site gives you the chance to look for the English word and see the Spanish word below it. Pictures are included. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Spanish
10. This site offers various reading levels an opportunity to identify beginning sounds, ending sounds and reading challenges. Puzzles and word searches are also available. http://www.gamequarium.com/beginningsounds.html
11. Match capital and lower case letters, keyboarding, spelling and writing all available in a fun way. http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm
12. You can find K-2 games for American holidays here. Connect the dots, locate the 50 states, coloring pages and mazes are available. http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/games/interactive.html
13. Do you need to practice writing letters? Try this website for printouts of the correct way to form letters. http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/
14. Or you might like to try this handwriting format. http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/cursive.htm
15. Keyboarding practice for young children. http://sense-lang.org/typing/
16. Learn a different way to tie your shoes with visual cues. http://www.freedomknot.com
17. Find monthly learning activities and animal facts on this site. http://www.enchantedlearning.com
18. Go to Jan Brett's website and find activities to accompany her many children's books. http://www.janbrett.com
19. Spell, read and write with Julia's rainbow. http://www.juliasrainbowcorner.com/html/funandgames.html
20. Find fun ways to read on this website. http://www.starfall.com
21. White House activities for children. http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/whlife/index.html
22. National Geographic activities for children. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
23. The Berenstain Bears' site has mazes, read alongs and more fun activities. http://www.berenstainbears.com/
24. Fun online games for Christmas. http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/games/index.htm
25. Create a picture in a format much like Microsoft paint. http://www.meddybemps.com/MagicPaint.html
26. Learn to use the mouse in a fun way. http://www.myfreecolouringpages.com/online_coloring.htm
27. Fun and games with Dr. Seuss. http://www.seussville.com/
28. Etch-a-sketch looks a bit different online. http://www.ohioart.com/etch/
29. Clifford has fun with letters and so much more. http://www.scholastic.com/clifford/play/index.htm
30. "Carve" a pumpkin online. http://www.coasttocoastam.com/timages/page/pumpkin_sim.html
31. Indiana Jones with Legos. http://indianajones.lego.com/en-US/default.aspx
32. Play Hang Mouse or find a word search along with many more options. You can plug in the popcorn words and use those words for play. http://www.spellingcity.com/
33. Be creative with your own collage. http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/collagemachine.htm
34. Our new interest in origami led me to this origami link. You also have the choice of animated directions. Have fun. http://www.origami-club.com/en/kids/index.html