Scholastic Website: Idea #21

As a teacher I was always looking for good educational websites. Kids love anything on the computer these days, so it is important to have a few favorites. A fun one you should try is: http://www.scholastic.com/home/.

This website includes great ideas and resources for teachers, helps for parents, games and videos for kids, articles for administrators, and technology ideas for librarians. It is easy to navigate and is user friendly.

One of my favorite games is the Clifford Sound Match Game. You can find this game in the Student Activities under the Teachers tab. In this game students must drag all the pictures that begin with the same letter sound into a box. Every time they drag the right picture into the box, Clifford barks. Pretty fun! As the picture is put in the box, the word also shows up. For example, if your student put a dog in the box, the word 'dog' would appear on the word list. It is a great way for kids to connect words to pictures. Have fun checking out this wonderful website!