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Boost Mental & Physical Skills with Speed Stacking!

March 12th, 2022

Speed Stacks

(www.speedstacks.com/learn/?lang=en)

Grades 1-12, with parental supervision

Cup Stacking (also known as Sport Stacking and Speed Stacking) is an amazing sport of fitness, agility, concentration and quickness.

Essentially, cup stackers take matching cups of any shape or size, and stack them in pyramids and then unstack them at an unusually high rate of speed.

At this website, you can explore this craze and watch cup stacking tutorial videos. Learn how to speed stack — a fun sporting idea that can be done indoors or outdoors to satisfy that P.E. requirement.

When you get to the site you’ll see the introduction video and 7 other “How To” training or rules videos you can watch for free.

This is a commercial site that sells stacking cups, mats, and various other paraphernalia — but you don’t have to buy a thing to watch the tutorials.

If your kids think this looks like fun, a set of stacking cups may make great stocking stuffers!

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Introductory Spanish Lessons + More!

March 5th, 2022

FREE Online Spanish Lessons & Games for Families

(www.onlinefreespanish.com)

Grades: All, with parental supervision

This website offers FREE, interactive Spanish lessons, games, activities, and printable coloring pages and worksheets through a high quality, multi-media platform that is engaging and user friendly

The people who designed this site requested a ClickSchooling review – and I’m so glad they did. It was created especially for children and their parents to provide basic, introductory Spanish skills whether for education, travel, business, or pleasure.

When you get to the site you’ll see a brief introduction followed by four icon menus for Levels 1-4. Enjoy Spanish lessons that teach the alphabet, numbers, colors, parts of the human face, fruits, pets, bugs, geometrical shapes, holidays, and more. Click on any lesson icon and a new page opens where you can watch an animated video lesson. Be sure to turn on your speakers to hear the correct pronunciation of words as they come up on the screen. Each lesson includes a link to “Related Lessons and Activities” that provide printable worksheets to reinforce learning.

Scroll further down the page to Spanish Word of the Day, Today’s Date, Today’s Funny Pun & Let’s Read.

As you continue down the page, you will find Activities by category that include games puzzles, sorting, matching, songs, coloring pages & more!

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Valentine Fun with Language Arts!

February 9th, 2022

Various Free Valentine Language Arts Worksheets

Grades: Various, with adult supervision

Valentine’s Day is February 14th. Here are some sites that provide free Language Arts worksheets themed around Valentine’s Day. 

Education.com

(www.education.com/worksheets/valentines/)

You will not believe the massive selection of free Valentine-themed worksheets and printables for grades K-6 that are offered on this website. Get free crosswords, mazes, word searches, Valentine card templates, matching games, word challenges, coloring pages, and more. You’ll also find Valentine math worksheets.

Lanternfish.com

(bogglesworldesl.com/valentines_day_worksheets.htm)

Get a printable Valentine-themed crossword puzzle, word scramble, word search, rhyme activity, and more.

Mamasmiles.com

(www.mamasmiles.com/printable-mad-libs-for-kids/)

Enjoy printable Valentine’s Day Mad Libs to practice parts of speech.

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Online, Interactive Flashcards for Math & Much More!

August 23rd, 2021

Study Stack

(www.studystack.com/)

Grades 2-12, with parental supervision

At this website, use the menu to find “Study Stacks” of interactive, virtual flashcards for a variety of subjects.

Today we are focusing on math, so scroll down and click on the ‘math’ icon. There are hundreds of choices including:

  • Algebra Terms
  • Multiplication Facts
  • Divisibility Rules
  • Factors and Multiples
  • Statistics
  • Financial Literacy

These flashcards are “evolved” and quite unique. They can list several facts on each card. The Study Stack cards feature virtual flaps which hide the information – each separate item is hidden behind its own virtual flap, so you can check yourself on one fact without seeing all of the others.

But that’s not all! Each set of virtual flashcards comes with its corresponding set of activities. There’s a matching game, hangman, a study table (where you can view all of the information in the form of a table), traditional flashcards, crossword, unscramble, and more!

Not only are there many sets of flashcards available to study; you can create your own (free) account and create your own sets to add to the website, or modify existing ones. (If you happen to notice a mistake, you can fix it yourself!) So if you have a specific set of facts that you need to learn, you can join the many users who have entered their own flashcards here, and practice them… and invite your friends to try their hand at them, too!

In addition to Math, there are cards in the categories of Business, Geography, History, Languages, Medical, Science, and Standardized Tests.

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Video Library for Social Studies

April 8th, 2021

File Folder Fun – Social Studies

(filefolderfun.com/SearchAge)

Grades 1-3, with parental supervision

 

This site offers free, printable file folder games and activities that help young children learn about topics in Social Studies.

When you get to the site, scroll down to the grade you are interested in and click on the link for the Social Studies related activities. Or to make it easier, we have listed the links below: 

  • First Grade Social Studies – The Oregon Trail, U.S. symbols, Shadow Statues
  • Second Grade Social Studies – National Landmarks, History of the Oregon Trail, continents and oceans
  • Third Grade Social Studies – Founding Fathers matching game

Read the explanation and/or instructions, then download the game/activity you are interested in. There are also skill-building links and supplementary resources.

The activities at this site are for younger children, but older children may enjoy preparing them for their siblings.

(While there are a variety of free file folder activities at this commercial site, there are much more available for sale.)

When you are through exploring the Social Studies activities, check out the Language Arts, Science, and Math activities for grades PreK-3. There is so much at this site, so bookmark it to return often!

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Speak the Traditional Language of the Sac and Fox Indian Nation of Oklahoma

February 6th, 2021

Talk Sauk

(www.talksauk.com/#/)

Grades 3-12, with parental supervision

 

Discover the traditional language of the Sac and Fox Indian Nation of Oklahoma with this website. Derived from the Algonquian language family, the Sauk language is currently only spoken by a handful of elders. The Sauk Language department created this website to help “keep the Sauk language as a living and integral component of the Sac and Fox Nation”.

When arriving at the colorful website, select the “Menu” option in the upper left to expose the menu and find: 

  • About – Learn more about the Sauk Nation’s history and more
  • Dictionary – Use the visual dictionary to learn the Sauk language word for animals, food, numbers, and other everyday words. Click an image to hear the word in the Sauk language.
  • Phrases – Read phrases in English related to colors, days, weather, eating, greetings, feelings, and much more, then click the phrase to hear it in the Sauk language.
  • Games – Play matching games, enjoy the online or downloadable coloring book, or explore the online games of Sauk Count and Climb and Sauk Drop and Catch (NOTE: We could not get these 2 games to load for us.)
  • Storybooks – Read and listen to “Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed”, see the Eric Carle book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear translated into Sauk and the story “Kâta Kîshkô”.
  • Videos – Watch animated stories, see videos about the Sauk language, and learn to count to 10.

And more!

Visitors do not need to be part of the Sac and Fox Nation to appreciate the value and beauty of the language. This website provides a wonderful introduction to the Sauk language and students may be inspired to dig deeper into the language of their own heritage.

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