Math Games for Grade 1-8!

January 9th, 2012 by admin No comments »

Hi! It’s Monday, January 9, 2012 and time for Math at ClickSchoooling!

Recommended Website:
MathPlay.com

Age Range: 6-14 (Grades 1-8, approximately, with parental supervision)

This is one of the best ad-supported websites with fun educational content that I’ve seen. It provides a variety of free, fun math games that help students practice their math skills from simple addition to algebraic operations with integers. 

When you get to the site you’ll see a menu of games listed by grade level from 1-8 in the middle of the screen, along with games that help kids practice:

  • Addition
  • Subtraction
  • Multiplication
  • Place Value
  • Integers
  • Equations

Plus there are links to printable math worksheets! 

Then, look at the menu on the left side of the screen and you’ll see the content is divided into game topics such as:

  • Math Jeopardy
  • Math Millionaire
  • Algebra Games
  • Geometry Games
  • Decimal Games
  • Fraction Games
  • Math Logic Games

And much more! Click on any game and get ready for a multi-media, interactive treat!  Bookmark this website so you can refer to it again and again as your kids learn to tackle different kinds of math skills.

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New Year’s Story & Activities

December 21st, 2011 by admin No comments »

Hi! It’s Wednesday, December 21, 2011 and time for Language Arts at ClickSchooling!

This is the last ClickSchooling review of 2011. ClickSchooling will take a holiday break from Thursday, December 22, 2011 through Monday, January 2, 2012. 

ClickSchooling messages will resume on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. Happy Holidays!  :)

Recommended Website
Activity Village: New Year for Kids!

Age Range: 5-12 (approximately, with parental supervision)

This ad-supported website offers a selection of fun Language Arts activities and free printables to celebrate the New Year. There are a few “for a fee” activities sprinkled among the freebies. So when you get to the site, to get right to the free Language Arts activities just scroll down the center of the page and look for the links to:

*New Year Worksheets – Includes printable pages of New Year story starters.

*New Year Puzzles & Mazes – Includes New Year themed word search puzzles and word games

*New Year Stories – Make your own booklet of Hans Christian Andersen’s Christmas and New Year story, The Little Match Girl. Includes the printable story and coloring pages.

You’ll also find links to New Year crafts, coloring pages, and jigsaw puzzles.

 

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Winter Solstice Science

December 20th, 2011 by admin No comments »

Hi!  It’s Tuesday, December 20, 2012 and time for Science at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
SciJinks: What’s a Solstice

Age Range: 8-13 (about grades 3-8, with parental supervision)

The Winter Solstice will soon be here (for those in the Northern Hemisphere of planet Earth). It marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year.  The winter solstice is celebrated by various cultures and religions worldwide.  But what exactly is a solstice?

At this NASA-sponsored website, scientists provide an easy-to-understand explanation of the solstice complete with illustrations and photographs.  This presentation includes information about:

  • The Equator
  • Earth’s Axis of Rotation
  • Arctic Circle
  • Tropic of Cancer
  • Tropic of Capricorn
  • Antarctic Circle
  • Spring and Autumnal Equinox

When you’re through exploring the solstice page, use the menu to access mini-lessons and games that teach about:

  • Weather
  • Hurricanes
  • Clouds, Water, and Ice
  • Tides and Oceans
  • Atmosphere
  • Satellites and Technology
  • And More!

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Winter, Gingerbread, Snowman & Penguin Math!

December 19th, 2011 by admin No comments »

Hi!  It’s Monday, December 19, 2011 and time for Math at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
Mathwire.com
 
Age Range: 5-13 (about grades K-8, with parental supervision)

What do winter, gingerbread, snowmen, and penguins have in common? At this website, the answer is math. This site archives an assortment of fun and challenging winter-themed math activities with illustrations, animations, and downloadable worksheets that meet the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ standards. 

When you get to the site, you’ll see “December 2011″ at the top of the page. [Note: If you visit this site after December, 2011 you may need to enter the names of the activities listed below in the search engine to find them.] Scroll down the page slightly to explore:

*Winter Math Activities – Click on the links to activities that were created for Winter in 2005, 2006, and 2007. Use an interactive program to learn about triangles as you create your own Koch Snowflake, explore making winter glyphs, make pattern block snowflakes, and discover math-literature connections.

*Gingerbread Man Math – Learn about measurement, symmetry, probability, glyphs, and play a gingerbread man game that helps students practice coordinate graphing skills. 

*Snowman Math – Enjoy snowman skip counting, estimation, symmetry, glyphs and graphing, and test your addition skills by playing “Last Snowman Standing!”

*Penguin Math – Learn about Pascal’s Triangle, play “Capture the Penguin” or a “Penguin Bowling Game” and discover coordinate graphing, use your math skills to solve problems about penguins.

There’s enough here to keep you busy all winter long.

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Make An Art Print!

December 17th, 2011 by admin No comments »

Hi!  It’s Saturday, December 17, 2011 and time for Art at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
Museum Of Modern Art

Age Range: 9 and up (approximately, with parental supervision)

The Museum of Modern Art in New York offers this terrific interactive presentation that demonstrates what an artistic print is and how it’s made. Renowned works of art have been
created using various print methods by artists such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, Otto Dix, and Andy Warhol to name a few.

When you get to the site you’ll see an introduction and a menu of the four best-known printing techniques including:

*Woodcut – In this demonstration you can virtually cut a block of wood to create a print. Then, explore the gallery of woodcut prints by selected artists.

*Etching – Try your hand at applying acid to a metal plate to etch an artistic image. Explore the steps to create an etching and view the gallery of artistic etchings.

*Lithography – Use virtual lithographic crayons to draw an image on a polished slab of limestone. See how lithographic prints are made. Explore the lithography gallery

*Screenprint – Use a blade to cut a stencil and create a screenprint. Follow the steps to learn the complete process. View the gallery of artistic screenprints.

This is a terrific interactive that explains artistic technique through demonstrations and it provides interesting lessons in art history.

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Visit a Fruitcake Factory!

December 16th, 2011 by admin No comments »

Hi!  It’s Friday, December 16, 2011 and time for a Virtual Field Trip at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
Gethsemani Farms

Age Range: 8 and up (with parental supervision)

Fruitcakes are prevalent during the holidays. At this website you can watch videos and see photographs of how Trappist monks at Gethsemani Farms in Kentucky have been supporting themselves since 1848 by making and selling fruitcakes.

When you get to the site, you can watch some video clips of different aspects of the manufacturing process including loading the cakes into the oven, injecting them with bourbon, and packaging them for distribution.

If this whets your appetite for fruitcake, you can order one at the website.  :)

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History of Hot Chocolate & Marshmallows!

December 15th, 2011 by admin No comments »

Hi!  It’s Thursday, December 15, 2011 and time for Social Sciences at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Websites:
See Below

Age Range: 9 and up (approximately, with parental supervision)

The History of Hot Chocolate – ClickScholar Cie McCullough wrote this article about the history of hot chocolate. Find out how a warm cup of cocoa got its start in the jungles of Mesoamerica.

What would a cup of warm cocoa be without a few marshmallows on top? Ever wonder where marshmallows come from? Check out this website…

History of Marshmallows – Find out how ancient Egyptians made a gooey treat from the mallow plant that grows in marshes. Then, discover the fascinating history of marshmallows and how
they’re made today.

We can’t talk about marshmallows without acknowledging the invention of “Marshmallow Fluff.” Read all about the history of marshmallow crème, download “The Yummy Book” for free, and visit the “Kids Pages” for a marshmallow coloring book.

See?  History can be fun!  :)

 

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Free Audio Holiday Stories!

December 14th, 2011 by admin No comments »

Hi! It’s Wednesday, December 14, 2011 and time for Language Arts at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
(See Below)

Age Range:  All (with parental supervision)

Here is a selection free, audio holiday stories. They are available as audio recordings to listen to on your computer, to burn to a CD, or to download to your portable audio player (mp3). Choose from a great selection of classics including:

*A Visit From St. Nicholas by Clement Moore – This is also known as The Night Before Christmas. Written in 1822, this is the poem that named Santa’s 8 reindeer including, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, and Blitzen.

*A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - ”This is the classic tale of what comes to those whose hearts are hard. In a series of ghostly visits, Scrooge visits his happy past, sees the difficulties of the present, views a bleak future, and in the end amends his mean ways.” (Summary written by Kristen McQuillin)

*Good King Wenceslas – Listen to the Christmas carol Good King Wenceslas and the story behind the song.

*The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry – This short story is about a young couple who are very much in love and also very poor. For Christmas, they each make a sacrifice to purchase a gift for the other, with ironic results.

*The Elves and the Shoemaker – This traditional fairy tale is a short story about a Christmas
gift. A poor shoemaker receives some unexpected help just when he needs it most.

 

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Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight!

December 13th, 2011 by admin No comments »

Hi!  It’s Tuesday, December 13, 2011 and time for Science at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
SpaceWeather.com

Age Range: All (with parental supervision)

I couldn’t resist reminding you that the annual Geminid meteor shower is tonight! According to this website, Earth is passing through a stream of debris from asteroid 3200 Phaethon, source of this annual meteor shower. Forecasters expect meteor rates to reach 20 to 40 per hour when the shower peaks in bright moonlight. The moonlight may interfere slightly with your ability to see the display – but check it out anyway because chances are good you’ll see a shooting star!

The best time to look, no matter where you live, is from 10 pm local time on Tuesday, December 13th, until sunrise on Wednesday, December 14th. Bundle up, grab a cup of warm cocoa, and head outside to watch this heavenly event with your family.

If this piques your interest, you’ll find more in-depth information about meteors by reading the FAQs at the American Meteor Society website.

Younger children can check out the Meteoroid Facts for Kids website, or the Kids Pages at the European Space Agency website.

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Pascal’s Triangle & The 12 Days of Christmas!

December 12th, 2011 by admin No comments »

Hi! It’s Monday, December 12, 2011 and time for Math at Clickschooling!

Recommended Website:
DIMACS: 12 Days of Christmas

Age Range: 5-13 (Grades K-8, with parental guidance)

This website, sponsored by Rutgers University, offers an interesting exploration of Pascal’s Triangle (used in algebra and probability) through the lyrics of the song, The Twelve Days of Christmas. (Click here to just listen to the tune and see the printed lyrics of the song.)

When you get to the site, you’ll find the lesson plan and instructions for leading your students through this fun math exercise.

If you like working with triangles, the site offers another interesting lesson plan using The Star of David.

Students can also have fun calculating the cost of purchasing the 12 items mentioned in The 12 Days of Christmas. Click here for the Lesson Plan.

Holiday Bonus! Watch a video of homeschool moms singing a humorous version of this Christmas carol retitled, The 12 Days of Homeschooling.

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