Free Interactive Learning Online

Here is a selection of FREE online Learning Sites that Can be used easily in Lesson Plans, or even be lessons in their own right. 

(Please be sure to have adblock - to the links on the right- installed and functioning when having your child visit any online site, and teach your child what to do if something pops up on the screen that makes them uncomfortable. Here is a game that teaches just that:: CLICK HERE FOR CYBER FIVE )  


STARFALL  PreK-1st
           (Phonics, Colors, Reading, Shapes, Counting,...)

ABCya    PreK-5th
            (Use your spelling words to create word search puzzles, Keyboard knowledge games, Sight word recognition, Upper/Lower Case, counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, Holiday and seasonal games, Connect the Dots, Pacman math - for increasing speed, Months, Story Books, Spelling, Spanish, Parts of Speech, Decimals, Number values, Fractions, Measurements, Money, US Maps, US States and Capitals, World Maps, Antonyms, Synonyms & Homonyms, Sujects, Verbs, Nouns, 5 parts of letter writing, Tangrams, Telling Time, Percent, Place Value, Roman Numerals, Countries and Capitals, Latitude and Longitude, National Flags, Food Pyramid, Problem Solving)


US STATES GAME QUIZ 3rd - 6th
              (Spelling, Placement, Timed - great fun for the family to learn together)

IXL         PreK-12th
              (Math and English)

SPELLING LISTS 1st -12th
              (Spelling... :D)

KHAN ACADEMY    3rd - College
               (Every sort of Math, Many types of Science, Economics and Finance, Humanities, Partner Content - Museums - school of meds - academy of sciences, Computer Programming, and more; This site is composed of videos that teach; the math section is also designed into a lesson forum) 

Emma Smith, 'My Story'

Emma Smith- My Story

Please, be wary of the garbage from youtube that may pop up in this box after you finish watching this touching movie.

The Hobbit

I deleted the Opera Adblock. It has proven unreliable in that explorer. I also deleted the Amino Acids quiz in an effort to see whether I had added too many links. While I am able to delete links, I cannot add them. 

Thus, I am adding these links to the blog section only, for the moment.

I have a child with severe dyslexia, which has made audio books a huge blessing. Below are the embedded Audios of The Hobbit, parts 1 and 2 of 2. Please be aware that while embedding prevents the side images of the main youtube site, images and other video links which may not be appropriate, will appear at the end of the recordings. 

Apologies, youtube has had the owner of these links remove the recordings.  

For those looking for The Hobbit to read online, I am adding a link as well: Click Here to read 'The Hobbit'. Adblock removes the annoying ads, see a link for that in my links section for Chrome and Firefox. 

Happy Journey! :)

New Link

I added C-Span to our links today.

There is a lot for teenagers (and adults) to learn, from watching how our government process works both in live feed, and on video.

New Site! ^.^ And, a new Game!

I am very happy to be able to present a new interactive educational site, abcya.com 

Please be sure to have you ad-blocker up and running since no one can ever be certain what sorts of ads will pop up on a site that has them. 

This interactive educational game site has activities for grades Kindergarten through Fifth grade. 

I produced a game for my students: 
Dice Multiplication
Multiple-Player
Rules: One person tosses two dice. All players multiply the two numbers facing up on the dice once they land. The person that tosses must tell the other players if they have the correct answer. Everyone depends on this player to be correct. Each player takes a turn tossing the dice for the other players. 

A timer may added to increase speed and add a new aspect.
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Have students record their work in a notebook for you to look over later. This is really nice for when you need to work one-on -one with a student, yet need to keep the other students busy at the same time. 

Other ways to use this game are to teach finger-multiplications just previous to introducing the game, add manipulatives for students to use in figuring out their answers, and adding a bell for the first student done in each group - OR - for the first group in class that get their answer in a setting where the teacher tosses the dice for the whole class to figure out. 

Have Fun Being Educated! ^.^

Quiz and Know

I have added several new quizzes to the links section. Some are interesting, some complicated, and others are just fun. 

Learn How to Draw - By Darrel Tank

I added this link today, via request by one of my older children.

http://www.fivepencilmethod.com/