Posts Tagged ‘arts’

Free Virtual MIdnight Ride of Paul Revere!

April 18th, 2012

Hi!  It’s Wednesday, April 18, 2012 and time for Language Arts at ClickSchooling.

Recommended Websites:
See Below

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

April 18th is the anniversary of Paul Revere’s Ride that took place in 1775. Revere rode by horseback to warn Sam Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them. A quintessential moment in the American Revolution, it was depicted in the poem, Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

I thought it would be appropriate to commemorate this date with the resources at these websites:

*Read Paul Revere’s Ride
At this website you can read the full text of Longfellow’s poem online, or print it out to read offline.

*Listen to Paul Revere’s Ride
At National Public Radio website you can listen to (or download) a free audio recording of the poem. It includes a discussion of the background of Revere’s ride, and historical inaccuracies in the poem.

*Take a Virtual Midnight Ride!
The Paul Revere House museum offers a “Virtual Midnight Ride” through an interactive map of the route Revere took on April 18, 1775. Click on the images to see photos and illustrations and read historical information. 

*Paul Revere’s Biography
Learn about Revere’s life and times from 1734-1818 including his foundry, copper mill, and silversmith’s shop.

 

Free K-8 Math Games & Worksheets!

April 16th, 2012

Hi! It’s Monday, April 16, 2012 and time for Math at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
Dositey.com

This ad-supported and commercial website offers some free interactive games and printable worksheets that help kids practice their math skills.

When you get to the site you’ll see a menu divided by grade level as follows:

*K-2 – Match numerals with number words and practice multiplication facts to 20.

*3-4 – Practice rounding numbers, add 3-digit numbers, and practice division.

*5-8 – Match fractions to their decimal equivalents, play games to learn the metric system, explore negative numbers, and solve some short word problems.

*All Ages – Some math games for ages 5-105.

When you click on a menu item a new page opens with a menu of the free math games. Be sure to click on “See more Math” to access the printable worksheets.

You’ll also find some free Language Arts games that help kids develop reading skills.

This site offers the free math activities with the hope that you’ll like them enough to purchase a subscription that will allow access to all of the games and resources in a given category (without any advertising).  You don’t have to purchase a thing to try the free games and worksheets.

 

For Students Who Think Grammar “Bites”!

April 11th, 2012

Hi! It’s Wednesday, April 11, 2012 and time for Language Arts at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
Grammar Bytes

Age Range: 9 and up (with parental supervision)
 
Do you or your students think learning English grammar “bites”?  Then, check out this website developed by a college English professor with attitude. She’s irreverent and funny and has devised a way to provide meaningful grammar lessons and interactive drills and quizzes that won’t bore your kids to death.

When you get to the site, you’ll see a menu that includes:
 
*Terms — Detailed definitions of grammar terminology including:

  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Conjunction
  • Dangling Modifier
  • Gerund
  • Nouns
  • Participle
  • Semicolon
  • Verbs
  • And more!

*Exercises — Interactive exercises (lessons) to help students learn correct grammar usage. Topics include comma splices, fragments, irregular verbs, misplaced modifiers, pronouns, subject-verb agreement, etc.

*Handouts — FREE handouts in PDF files that are companions to the exercises that students can do offline.

*Videos at You Tube – A short selection of fun, entertaining videos and animations that teach grammar.

Just click on any menu item title (in black) and a new page opens where you can access the free materials.

You might want to click on the “About” section as well, where you’ll meet Professor Robin and discover her views on grammar instruction (and other areas of interest as well). She makes it very clear that people who don’t like her methods — can go to another grammar website! If you decide to stick around, this website offers something quite unusual — interesting grammar lessons developed by a teacher who believes, “There are NO good textbooks.”

 

Free Live Expedition to Arctic & Antarctic Poles!

April 10th, 2012

Hi!  It’s Tuesday, April 10, 2012 and time for Science at Clickschooling!

Recommended Website:
STEM Academy: Virtual Arctic Expedition

Age Range: 11-18 (about grades 6-12 with parental supervision)

This coming Thursday, April, 12th, at 1:00 PM (ET) you can take the ultimate virtual expedition to explore the Arctic and Antarctic poles with scientists from Discovery Channel’s groundbreaking series, Frozen Planet. This broadcast is sponsored by the STEM Academy. (STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.)

Scientists will talk about their experiences in the polar regions and the work they are doing each and every day to study the evolving landscape and ecosystems there.

As explained at the website, researchers “will discuss how their career lets them make a positive impact on the environment every day, and what students can do to make a difference.”  

Registration is required but no special equipment is needed to view this event online. All you need is an internet connected computer.

Those that register for the event will be notified when the archive is available soon after the live event. So, if you can’t make the date/time for the live event, you’ll be able to watch the broadcast when it’s convenient.

Enjoy!

Diane Flynn Keith
for ClickSchooling
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You’ll enjoy the daily recommendations (delivered directly to your email inbox) for educational and entertaining websites that help your kids learn.

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Free Easter Books!

April 4th, 2012

Hi!  It’s Wednesday April 4, 2012 and time for Language Arts at ClickSchooling!

Easter is almost here! You may enjoy these free, Easter-themed online books for kids

Recommended Websites:
See Below

Age Range: All (with parental supervision)

*21 Easter Activities for Kids
Get a free, downloadable Easter-themed activity book. It contains games, riddles, Easter Word Sudoku and other Word Puzzles, Math Puzzles, Easter Poems, Easter Crafts and more! Print it out and take it along in the car on Easter and Spring Break road trips! 

*Easter: The King James Version for children with beautiful illustrations by Jan Pienkowski

*The Tale of Peter Rabbit By Beatrix Potter
A beloved, illustrated children’s classic that you can read aloud online.

*The Adventurous Bunny and Easter Island
A wonderful online tale of the mis-adventures of a lovable bunny at Easter time.

 

Free Language Arts “Audio School”

March 28th, 2012

Hi! It’s Wednesday, March 28, 2012 and time for Language Arts at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
My Audio School
 
Age Range:  All (with parental supervision)

This commercial website, founded by a homeschool parent, offers educational audio content such as classic books, old-time radio theater, historical radio and television broadcasts, and video clips on a variety of school subjects such as Ancient History, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the American Revolution, etc.

While 80% of the content is available for an annual fee of $14.99, 20% of the content is “unblocked” and available absolutely FREE, which is why we’re featuring it on ClickSchooling. Much of the free content focuses on Language Arts.

When you get to the site, scroll down the page to see a menu of the free titles that include:

  • A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • The Cat of Bubastes by G.A. Henty
  • Lord Byron, Selected Poems
  • The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
  • Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny Gruelle
  • Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
  • In Flanders Field By John McCrae

You’ll also find more free poetry selections, a variety of art appreciation videos, videos that teach kids about bird watching, and even John F. Kennedy’s Moon Speech.

Most of the titles also come with links to curriculum (available for sale on CurrClick.com), as a way to enhance learning.

Again, you don’t need to purchase a thing to access the free or “unblocked” titles.