Kentucky Country Day – Lower School

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EXPLOREMORE

EDUCATIONAL
WEB SITES

The Web sites on this page are used in the classroom by the lower school teachers. As you access these sites, you will get an idea about the type of technology students are using in the classroom. These sites are also meant to be used by children at home to reinforce concepts and skills learned in school. Many of these Web sites are popular with students because they are both entertaining and educational. We suggest you look over the sites with your children and enjoy the activities together. Enjoy!

GENERAL WEB SITES

Game Aquarium
A teacher-created site that offers something for everyone: students, parents, and educators. This is a good place to work on skill development in fun and engaging ways.

Enchanted Learning
An educational Web site designed to capture the imagination while maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment. Easy for children to use.

Rainbow Magic
Fun for kids of all ages! Games, puzzles, stories, holiday pages. Includes a parent and teacher resource section.

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
This is a library of interactive, Web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials for mathematics instruction.

Safe Kids
Family guide to making the Internet and technology fun, safe, and productive.

Kaboose
Kaboose is the largest independent, family-focused online media company in North America. Their mission is to improve the quality of family life by connecting parents and kids in a fun, educational, safe environment.

JK AND K WEB SITES

Starfall
Phonemic awareness, letter-sound relationships, sound-spelling relationships, word recognition skills, reading comprehension strategies.

Learning Planet
Search activities by grade level, subject, or category.

Chicago Everyday Math
Interactive manipulatives and math games.

BBC school resources
Fun, interactive games for all levels

Earobics
Literacy and math activities categorized by beginner, intermediate, and advanced

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Contains a library of interactive manipulatives for use on SmartBoard.

Cyberchase games
A variety of interactive games.

Funbrain
Search games by grade.

Earobics
These games are educational and great fun for younger children.

Crayola
Lots of educational resources and good ideas for lessons too.

Edhelper
Lots of reinforcement educational material for elementary levels.