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PARENT/KIDS READING AND MATH WEBSITES

K-12 Readers: This site offers free reading instruction resources for teachers and parents. If you’re looking for practice materials for your child, you can find worksheets and detailed program supplements for reading, spelling, sight words, grammar, phonics, comprehension, writing and more.

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Sheppard Software: Fun interactive games for students to practice their math skills.

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IXL: Exploring this site is easy because the content is separated by grade level (from Pre K through 8th Grade) and by content area. You can easily find a specific topic for your child to practice. In addition, this website allows you to keep track of your child’s time on each question, his or her score, and overall progress.

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Khan Academy: Growing in popularity around the world, the Khan Academy is full of helpful videos explaining all sorts of math topics (they have videos on other school subjects too). When you login (free forever they say!) you see a home screen and your child can even take a math pre-test to see where he/she is starting.

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Arcademic Skill Builder: This top 10 math website was created with the idea of “Academics + Arcade = Fun” in mind! Games are free, muli-player, and educational. And they even designed these games while conscious about online safety. “Private” games can be set up with a password, so a student and his/her friends could organize games to play against each other in a private game! “Public” games can be joined by anyone at anytime but there is no contact between the outside players and the student. They also monitor player names and block inappropriate ones.

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Prodigy: This is a fun, interactive math game that has students thinking they are playing a video game when in reality, they are learning great math skills.

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Fun Brain: Find math games by topic or by grade at FunBrain. Students will enjoy playing a variety of math games that reinforce concepts and engage young learners.

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Multiplication.com: From the Multiplication Grand Prix to the Knight and the Princess, students can practice their basic math skills in a fun and engaging way. There are additional resources available for parents and teachers to help reinforce and teach skills. Check out the Classroom Games section for off-line fun.

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Hooda Math: Logic and reasoning, math fact practice, and more make up the free educational games at Hooda Math. There are quite a few games that call for higher order thinking and ask students to problem solve to complete the activities.

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Math Game Time: Designed for students from Pre-K through 7th Grade, Math Game Time offers fun, educational games. From games like Integer War, Ratio Martian, and Jet Ski Addition, students quickly engage with games that are on-target for their grade and the Common Core Standards.

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Math Resources: This website provides a list of resources that are more classroom based with lessons, worksheets and online videos.

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Oxford Owl: This is a reading and math website that helps children ages 3 to 11. The “Expert Help” tab of the website’s reading portion offers resources on helping struggling readers, encouraging reading, and working on issues including phonics, grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Check out the ideas Oxford Owl suggests for games and activities.

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PBS Parents: PBS Parents offers two reading-related sections under the “Education” tab. The age range extends from infancy to third grade. The “Reading Activities” section lists great ideas for reading on the go, making it easier for you to fit in practice throughout the day. If you’re looking for book recommendations, the “Bookfinder” feature is an excellent tool that allows you to search by age, book theme, keyword, and whether your child intends to read aloud or silently.

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ReadWriteThink: The International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English are a couple of the partners sponsoring ReadWritThink, a website that offers resources for grades K-12. Under the “Parent & Afterschool Resources” tab, visit the podcast section to find book reviews for different age groups. You can also find links to the “Activities & Projects”, “Games & Tools”, “Tips & How-To’s”, and “Printouts” pages.

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Storyline Online: Developed by the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, Storyline Online features accomplished actors and actresses reading some of their favorite children’s books. Each story comes with a free activity guide and can be viewed on YouTube or SchoolTube. Rainbow Fish, Wilfrid Gordon Macdonald Partridge, and To Be a Drum are just a few of the books available.

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Starfall: While some areas of Starfall are part of their premium service, they have many early reader stories available for free. Students can follow along as the story is read to them and can, in some instances, help create their own story. The website is highly engaging and a favorite of young readers.

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ABCya!: Children can listen to short stories read aloud to them as they follow along with the highlighted text. ABCya! has a variety of educational games in addition to the featured stories. Free resources and materials are available for grades K through 5.

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Storynory: has published a new audio story every week since November 2005.

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Book Adventure: is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they’ve read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by and is maintained by Sylvan Learning.

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Discovery Education: offers free student resources that bring learning to life both inside and outside the classroom. We invite you to take a look at our interactive games, videos, contests, virtual labs and activities designed to help you dive deeper into a topic – and have fun too.

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PARENT/KIDS READING AND MATH WEBSITES

K-12 Readers: This site offers free reading instruction resources for teachers and parents. If you’re looking for practice materials for your child, you can find worksheets and detailed program supplements for reading, spelling, sight words, grammar, phonics, comprehension, writing and more.

Sheppard Software: Fun interactive games for students to practice their math skills.

Prodigy: This is a fun, interactive math game that has students thinking they are playing a video game when in reality, they are learning great math skills.

Fun Brain: Find math games by topic or by grade at FunBrain. Students will enjoy playing a variety of math games that reinforce concepts and engage young learners.

Hooda Math: Logic and reasoning, math fact practice, and more make up the free educational games at Hooda Math. There are quite a few games that call for higher order thinking and ask students to problem solve to complete the activities.

Math Game Time: Designed for students from Pre-K through 7th Grade, Math Game Time offers fun, educational games. From games like Integer War, Ratio Martian, and Jet Ski Addition, students quickly engage with games that are on-target for their grade and the Common Core Standards.

Math Resources: This website provides a list of resources that are more classroom based with lessons, worksheets and online videos.

Scholastic

ABCya!: Children can listen to short stories read aloud to them as they follow along with the highlighted text. ABCya! has a variety of educational games in addition to the featured stories. Free resources and materials are available for grades K through 5.

Storynory: has published a new audio story every week since November 2005.

Discovery Education: offers free student resources that bring learning to life both inside and outside the classroom. We invite you to take a look at our interactive games, videos, contests, virtual labs and activities designed to help you dive deeper into a topic – and have fun too.

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