Best Web Sites for Reading and Writing with Kids, K-5
Here's my outline for a half-day workshop on using web-based resources for K-5 literacy instruction, including links to my favorite literacy-oriented sites.
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Materials and resources appropriate for children ages 5 – 8, or in US grades kindgergarten through 3rd grade
The Color Bug: Radio-Controlled Art
The RC Color Bug is one cool idea (and one we used to rig up ourselves with remote controlled cars, markers and rubber bands). This lady-bug shaped toy holds markers point down so kids can draw by steering the bug with a button-operated remote. With a little work, we could probably adapt the remote to work with ability switches used by many kids with physical disabilities. At the...
Make your own graph paper and other specialty grids
Incomptech.com provides free pdf generators for making your own graph papers and other specialty papers to print. Many allow you to set spacing and other variables.
Edutopia on Emotional Intelligence
Edutopia, the online educators magazine from the George Lucas Educational Foundation, has compiled a collection of resources on emotional and social intelligence.
UseVisualStrategies.com
Tips and tools for people who are visual learners, especially those on the autism spectrum or with other behavior or communication challenges, by Linda Hodgdon.powered by performancing firefox
Play ‘FakeOut!’ – Online Fictionary for Kids
Education Place offers kids in K-8 a chance to participate in Fake Out! by (1) guessing the correct definition for a word, and (2) submitting their own fake definitions for use in later games of Fake Out! The web site tracks how many people vote for each definition. www.eduplace.com/fakeout/index.html powered by performancing firefox