Matching Sounds

PBS Kids is fantastic for basic literacy.  Be sure to explore the site for all kinds of different learning exercises.

Pounce!

Long And Short Vowel Sounds

Starfall is another fantastic site to help with the basic phonetic reading, but they've also added some things for math as well.  be sure to browse around if you've never used this site:

Learn To Read

Putting Words in Alphabetical Order

Earobics is a fantastic company designed with online software to help readers develop their phonetic skills.  Some students may have hearing or speech impairments that make this more difficult, these people are also great at working with these issues.

http://www.earobics.com/

Putting words in alphabetical order:

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark2/pawpark2.html

Alphabet Websites

Learning the Roman Letters of the alphabet used in the U.S. English language can be daunting.  It's even more difficult if the student comes from a country using non-Roman letters.  Here are some sites to help:

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/play.htm?f

http://www.fisher-price.com/us/fun/games/abc/default.asp

ABC Match

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/theospuzzles.html

Matching the Upper case letters with the Lower case letters:

PawPark from GooGames

Mousing Skills Practice

The school I work at serves disadvantaged children.  Many of these students come to the school (particularly in kindergarten) not knowing how to use a mouse.

These are some web sites that can help with improving those "mousing skills".

http://www.mouseprogram.com/mousepractice/


This second site also helps children learn how to listen and follow instructions, as well as practice their mousing skills:

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/tina2/tina2.html

Books

Do you like reading? If you are someone, like me, who appreciates the art of thinking outside the box, you try to expose yourself to all kinds of thinking. I saw a video for a book on the Harvard Business Review Ideacast. You can watch them on YouTube, or they are also a free, downloadable podcast on iTunes. Type in HBR.

Back to the point: this video intrigued me. Why? Because when I'm thinking outside the box, it's usually to find a solution to a problem.



I went out and bought the book immediately and while I'm only up to chapter 4 so far, I'm loving it. If you are a manager looking for new ways to get your creative juices flowing - and inspire your team to do so as well - this is a great place to start.

Their web site: http://innovatorsdna.com

My Review of Instant Expert: Ancient History: Egypt DVD

I purchased this DVD, finding it at Fry's Electronics for the least expensive price.  It's a very good DVD!  I would really like to see them make more.

Originally submitted at AETN

HISTORY introduces INSTANT EXPERT, an exciting new line of titles offering on-the-spot knowledge to students and lifelong learners on a wide variety of topics. Long before the Romans built their first mud huts, ancient Egypt's mighty pharaohs began commissioning and building monumental masterpi...

Instant Expert: Ancient History: Egypt DVD

Fantastic

By genealotech from Mesa, Arizona, USA on 8/2/2011

5out of 5

Pros: Entertaining, Informative, Great Cinematography, High Production Value
Cons: Poor Tech Explanation
Best Uses: Middle school students
Describe Yourself: Movie Buff

This is a fantastic video showcasing the Pharaohs who didn't just exist, but made engineering history with their monuments. The pyramids are only part of the story. Very well done, and with a DVD quiz to review some of the points. There is a booklet included with the DVD containing a brief summary, additional discussion questions and internet links for further research.

The one drawback that I saw was the use of engineering terms without giving a basic explanation of it's meaning and how it worked. Engineering An Empire did a better job.

I'm hopeful they will make more!

(legalese)