This document provides a summary of educational websites for students in grades K-12 to use during the summer for fun and learning. It discusses websites broken down by grade level and includes resources for parents and teachers. A variety of websites are listed covering subjects like reading, math, science, languages and more. The document aims to help students continue learning over the summer in an enjoyable way through educational online resources.

1. Sites for
Summer Help
By
Karen Brooks
6/13/2012

2. Educational
Sites
for
Summer Help

3. Overview
• This informational session will look at
educational and fun websites for students in
K-12 education to help make their summer
both fun and educational while on the
computer. Websites will be discussed and
broken down by grade level. In addition,
resources will be provided for both the parent
and the teacher. This session is part of the
Parent Informational Series.

4. Resources for Presentation
• http://www.slideshare.net/kbrooks
• http://www.karenbrooksucboces.blogspot.com
• http://www.karenbrooks.wikispaces.com
• http://www.pinterest.com/Dembe27

5. Video
Social Media Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0EnhXn5boM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0EnhXn5boM

6. http://www.espressoeducation.com/

7. Incredibox
http://www.incredibox.com/en/#/app

8. Pinterest.com
http://www.pinterest.com/dembe27

9. All My Favs – Educational Tab
http://edu.allmyfaves.com/

10. Parent Resources
ReadWriteThink
http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/

11. Parent Resources
ReadWriteThink
http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/

12. Resources for Parents
• Mom’s Homeroom - • Activity TV -
http://momshomeroom.msn.com/
http://www.activitytv.com/summ
• Summer Activities for Kids -
http://www.activitiesforkids.com/summer/calendar.htm
• 80+ Inexpensive or Free
• Mail Just 4 Me – Summer Fun -
http://mailjust4me.com/play/summer1.htm Activities for Kids this Summer -
http://www.crystalandcomp.com/2011/05/80-inexpensive-or-fre
• Kaboose – Summer Activities -
http://holidays.kaboose.com/summer/ + Newsletter + Crafts 
• Disney Go – Summer Fun -
• Martha Stewart 60 Summer
http://familyfun.go.com/summer
Activities for Kids -
http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/60-summer-activities-for-kids
• Creative Kids at Home -
http://www.creativekidsathome.com/summerkidsactivities2.html

13. K-2
Reading and Ability Level

14. K-2 Summer Resources
• Starfall – Phonemic
awareness, phonics and
fluency
• Orson’s Farm: Phonemic Awareness
• GameGoo
• Building Language and Literacy
from Scholastic
• Study Dog – Supports all
5 building blocks to
reading

15.  Arthur Games from PBS Kids
 Arthur Games – Letters To...
 Arthur Games – Poetry Club
 Arthur Games – Muffy’s
Wardrobe
 Story Scramble
 Unmatching Game
 Between the Lions Games from
PBS Kids
 Digby Mole’s Word Games from
BBC; end sounds, first sounds, and
rhymes

16.  ISpy from Scholastic
 Literacy Center
 Read and Write with Clifford from Scholastic

17. Construct A Word from
ReadWriteThink
Word Wizard from
ReadWriteThink
What’s in the Bag from
ReadWriteThink
Picture Match from
ReadWriteThink

18. Sound and Letter Time from
Scholastic
• Scholastic News
– Ask a Weather Watcher (Listen &
Read)
– Here Come the Frogs! (Listen & Read)
– Insect World Records (Listen & Read)
– Growing Up Gater (Listen & Read)
– Meet Mr. President (Listen & Read)
– Welcome Back, Bald Eagles! (Listen &
Read)

19. • Dragonfly no longer
maintained by University
of Miami, but still
available.
• Scholastic Special Reports
• National Geographic for
Kids Stories from Around
the World Includes Videos,
Activites and Games.

20. • Moppet Games Fund
educational games kids
3-12.
• PBS Sesame Games
• Brain Pop Jr
Paid site, but
some free
materials

21. 3-5
Ability and Reading Levels

22. • Kids Lab http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary
• KidsHealth
• PBS Raising Readers

23. • PBS Science Games
Designed for Middle
School grades.
• PBS Designed Squad Projects
Designed for Middle
School Grades
• ABC Teach Science Experiments
Most are designed for
Upper Elementary

24. • Picture Book Maker
• StoryBird
• I Know That This site is a
supplement to education programs and has
both online and offline activities.
• CAST UDL Book Builder

25. • Discovery Math Homework Help
• PBS Summer Post Cards
• Hands on Activities and Games
286 Pages of
activities!

26. 6-8
Ability and Reading Levels

27. • It’s My Life PBS Site
• Scholastic Character Scrapbook
• BBC Bitesize

28. • Financial Lessons
• Kids Know It
• Pico Cricket

29. • Bright Horizons Summer Resources
• Food Detectives
• Interactive Math Games

30. 9-12
Ability and Reading Levels

31. High School
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/hs/home/home/index.htm

32. Magnetic Poetry
http://www.magneticpoetry.com/poetgame/create.cfm?k=5

33. Jefferson Labs
http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/elementgames.php

34. BBC World History
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/worldhistory/

35. Playing History
http://playinghistory.org/

36. More resources on Delicious.com
• http://delicious.com/dembe01/Middle_School
• http://delicious.com/dembe01/parent_resource
• http://delicious.com/dembe01/ss
• http://delicious.com/dembe01/art
• http://delicious.com/dembe01/music
• http://delicious.com/dembe01/science
• http://delicious.com/dembe01/math
• http://delicious.com/dembe01/ela
• http://delicious.com/dembe01/languages
• http://delicious.com/dembe01/internet_safety

37. Other

38. BBC Learning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/

39. Alice StoryTelling
http://www.alice.org/
• Carnegie Mellon makes
downloads of the Alice software
available for free at
www.alice.org.
• Eight textbooks on Alice have
been written. Alice is used by 10
percent of U.S. colleges and in
many high schools.
• Also available is a version for
middle school children called
"Storytelling Alice," which was
designed by Caitlin Kelleher,
Pausch's Ph.D. student, to appeal
in particular to young girls with
hopes of increasing female
interest in computer science
careers.

40. Scratch
http://scratch.mit.edu/

41. http://school.familyeducation.com/

42. C
Check out the US Department of Education
http://www2.ed.gov/parents/landing.jhtml

43. Don’t forget to check teacher websites & District
Websites!

44. Other Resources to Check Out
• Family suggested iPad and Phone Apps for Kids - http://familyinternet.about.com/od/software/tp/ipad_apps_kids_families.htm
• Home – The Summer Learning Place - http://www.megaskillshsi.org/media/docs/summerLearningPlace.pdf
• Summer Reading Brochure - http://www.rif.org/documents/us/summer_reading.pdf
• Reading Plant http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet.htm
• Reading Rockets 10 Weeks of Summer Reading - http://www.readingrockets.org/article/391
• Six Games for Reading - http://www.readingrockets.org/article/79
• Language Arts Games online - http://childparenting.about.com/od/languageartsgamesonline/Language_Arts_Games_Online.htm
• Spelling Games for Kids - http://homeparents.about.com/cs/homeschooling/a/spell_games.htm
• Three Easy Sight Word Games - http://childparenting.about.com/od/makeathomewordgames/a/sightwordgames.htm
• YRCA - http://www.pnla.org/yrca/index.htm
• Top 20th Century Children’s Literature - http://www.randomhouse.com/features/treasury/vote/
• The Read Aloud Handbook - http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/readalouds/fr/readaloudhandbk.htm
• Public Library Book Search Page http://www.cmlibrary.org/bookhive/
• Lit Charts - http://www.litcharts.com/

45. Others
• http://www.friv.com/
• http://www.studyegg.com/users/sign_in
• http://www.switchzoo.com/
• http://www.beonlineb.com/
• http://www.reasonablyclever.com/mini/
• http://www.zefrank.com/byokal/kal2.html
• http://www.picassohead.com/create.html?skin=original
• http://www.whattablast.com/
• http://www.amnh.org/ology/index.php
• http://www.kindersite.org/
• http://www.mathchimp.com/index.php
• http://www.edheads.org/
• http://phet.colorado.edu/
• http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar1.htm
• http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
• http://www.lil-fingers.com/storybooks/index.php

46. Thanks for attending!
kbrooks@ulsterboces.org