Summer vacation is one week closer! The kids and I are so excited to put this school year behind us, take a breather, and then get ready for what’s next. Third grade what a challenge to our entire family. Rather than vent about it all – I’ll just say that the summer will focused on letting Cole relax a little and in contrast giving Truman, my future 1st grader, some much-needed attention.
In the past year we have discovered a few web sites that we want to award with an 8busyfeet gold star. They are noteworthy first because the kids think they’re fun and also because I think they really do have educational value.
Spellingcity– this site let’s you enter their actual spelling list and then play games to learn them. It also has a test feature so the kids can take a practice test on their own
Big IQ Kids on this site the kids can work on math or spelling. The spelling feature is our favorite. Like spellingcity, Big IQ Kids lets you enter your own words. Then the kids have to work on their words to earn game tokens.
Mathmagician – this one is great for checking how fast they can do their math facts. They have different levels – addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and mixed I had all the kids on this site working on various things through the year.
Math is Fun– this is one that I could set one of the kids up to work on what they needed to and be able to help someone else with their homework. The math trainers are self-learning so they repeat the problems that the kids are having trouble with.
Dad’s Worksheets– This dad has put together a great site with printable worksheets and easy to understand rules, tricks, and poems to memorize multiplication facts. His site is expanding all the time with new printables.
Enchanted learning – this is also a printable focused site, but has been invaluable for doing research, creating mini books, and reinforcing concepts. At various times all three kids found valuable things here.
Cool Math for Kids- This is another fun math site. The games range from the basic addition facts all the day through fractions. I especially like how they explain number families to help tie multiplication and division together.
SFS Kids– this is one our music teacher sent us and the kids love it. Cole and Anna Mae play violin and Truman is taking piano – the site has activities that focus on notes, rhythms, and other building blocks of music to give them a little extra practice.
That’s our list for now – if you have great sites that you think we should check out please send them to us and the 8busyfeet will give them a try!
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