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Last updated 4 February 2012

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Here are four sites' worth of online Valentine Games! Enjoy!

Valentine's Day Candy Puzzle for K-1's from ABCya! Fun little 1:1 correspondence game, put the candy back in the box. It talks, too.

Valentine's Day Games from Funschool. Several online games.

Valentine's Day Games from Primary Games. A dozen online games and puzzles.

Valentine's Day Games from Apples 4 the Teacher. Nine online games including a Titanic dressup game and The Scared Groom game.

Piney's Black Hills Adventure Help Piney the Pine Cone explore the tourist attractions of Rapid City and the Black Hills while he hunts for his pine cone family members! Interactive Flash video has a slide show and a short description of each attraction. Fun music and action. Going in our Black Hills section.

(The) American Revolution from American Flag Works. This is a well organized collection of links that cover (1) events leading up to the rebellion, (2) battles of the Revolution, and (3) the important people of the Revolution. This site draws on established sites like the History Channel and PBS. Thanks to Nancy Ward for the email! It will be a nice addition to our Social Studies > History section.

Josie's Poems It's fair to call this site "the biggest poetry website on the internet". "...knowing how very important rhyming and rhythmic poetry is for helping children develop phonological awareness, a key literacy tool, I’ve just written almost 900 poems for children of all ages." These are GOOD poems to read or to read aloud. The sort of poems that develop language skills, because they emphasize rhyming, rhythm, the way words sound in the head, mouth, and ear, and demonstrate the use of parts of speech! The haiku, cinquains, adverb poems, similes page is a shining example of how to teach poetry structure and grammar all at once! Read Apostrophe - Mr Blob and see what we're so happy about. There are ebooks, audios, and videos, too, and the chance to buy books (the rest of the site is FREE). This site is also used by ESL students in Europe. The English speaking world badly needs this sort of place on the web - so much of what is in here is no longer covered well (or at all) in many educational environments. We should have posted this site a long time ago. A big THANK YOU to Josie Whitehead, the teacher who created the site and most of the poems! Going in Literacy > ESL, Grammar, Children's Literature, New Readers, and Writing; Homeschool, and in Teachers & Parents.

Hooda Math Games section, divided into Geometry, Arithmetic, and Logic. Two or three pages of games in each category. It's refreshing to find Logic games online! A well regarded site with good math games. Thanks to Michael Edlavitch at Hoodmath! Going in Mathematics.

Wizard of Alderley Edge Excellent video poem from students of Bradford University, wonderful rhyming poem, good animation and music, the narrator is great! Covers some good ancient English mythic themes (sacred mounds and wells, white horses, armies asleep underground). Good stuff! Thanks to Josie Whitehead, who listed this video on her stupendous site - Josie's Poems. Going in Ancient History and in Literacy > Children's Literature.

Smart Kit School-Safe Puzzle Games "stimulate thinking, logic, and problem solving." Here are oodles of thinking games in several categories. All have music and live action, and no violence. Make sure you understand what you are supposed to do before playing, instructions are at the bottom of each games's start page. Useful to teachers. Have fun! Thanks to Ryan at Smart-Kit for the email. Going in Mathematics.

Cookie from Gudlicom "Provides Free online learning games, educational lesson plans, kids learning games, free games for kids, worksheets, etc. Gudli is the best free online games website including many categories like learning games, kids games, math games, puzzle games, science games etc. which are free to use for 'Early childhood Education' and 'pre-school Education' for kids.... Gudli is a unique online experience for kids where they enjoy learning. With our interactive educational games children develop skills in maths, logic, memory, words, creativity and more. Gudli is free, full of fun, easy to use and the ideal learning space for preschoolers to second grade kids." Well, the proof of the pudding and all that: all the activities are colorful, musical, and informative. There are plenty of games and videos, this is a great learning site and will make a fine addition to Good Sites for Kids. Thank you, Neeta Saini, for the email! Going in Early Learning, Literacy > ESL, Games, and Grammar, and in Mathematics.

Students' Homepage and Student Resources Online from School District 91 - Nechako Lakes, British Columbia, Canada. This is without a doubt the largest and greatest collection of educational links on the web. It is amazing what's on here! Like a fractal it goes on and out and out, but you will never get lost. We LOVE this site layout! There are things here for every elementary school subject: ABCs, technology, lit circles, anything we looked for, it's here, both well-known good sites and new discoveries! Go there and see what we mean! We want to praise Mrs. Jill French, who created this wonder and keeps it organized (and thanks for your kind permission to list it here.). Going in Homeschool, Portals, Parents & Teachers, and School Sites. Later, many of the sites listed will be put in our ed categories.

Energy Kids featuring Energy Ant: learn all about where we get our energy and how we use it. Loaded with facts, games, and activities. The Glossary explains every energy term you ever heard of.

Touchstone Energy Kids Zone "a cool place where you can learn about electricity, energy savings and electrical safety. Energy is part of our daily lives. Every time you watch television or turn on a light you are using electricity. Here at the Touchstone Energy Kids Zone we have some fun games and activities that will help you learn about energy and energy efficiency. We have lots of information you can share with your family and friends." Pretty good site, with easy explanation of electricity transmission, how to save electricity, games and activities for kids, and a Teacher Zone. Going in Teachers & Parents and Technology.

flag of India Make Me Genius "India's Most Visited Place for School Science Videos" (In English) Right now they have 55 excellent, easy to understand elementary-age videos covering human biology, animals, earth science, electricity, rainbows, volcanos, weather, plants, health, teeth, states of matter, and more! Also free PowerPoints and Cool Facts trivia on many of these topics. Other parts of this site are available for a small subscription. It's a work in progress so more videos, etc will be added in the future. This is a student-made site, mostly. Thanks to the students at MMG for the email about their site! Going in Science > all three main sections.

Signing Savvy THE place to go for ASL! "Signing Savvy is a sign language dictionary containing several thousand high resolution videos of American Sign Language (ASL) signs, fingerspelled words, and other common signs used within the United States and Canada." Watching a video of the signing is way better than looking at a picture with confusing curving arrows. This site will help you learn ASL! Includes search for words and phrases; or browse by letter. Look up fingerspelling, numbers, colors, animals, geography, baby signs, more! Free but limited access for guests. Full membership gives unlimited access to all site resources for $50 a year. Normally Good Sites would not run pay sites, but if you need to learn to sign this is worth it. Thanks Corey and Teri. Going in Early Learning, Life Skills, Literacy > ESL and Writing, and in Teachers & Parents.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial This is the new in 2012 multimedia site from CyArk. It is fantastic. This presentation starts with a slideshow. Other sections off of the horizontally scrolling main section cover the Black Hills, Gutzom Borglum, carving the sculpture, preservation, how CyArk digitally documented the Memorial for posterity, laser scanning, photography, the Virtual Tour, videos (including the Tom Brokaw intro that you watch at the Memorial), and 2D & 3D perspectives. Marvelous job. Our fave is the very cool Virtual Tour, showing everywhere you can go. If you cannot visit Rushmore then this is the way to go! Visualize someone taking the virtual tour while standing on the same spot! Going in Black Hills and in Social Studies > History.

Could you pass a US citizenship test? Here is a 96 question test covering what you would need to know in order to pass the citizenship test. OK, American citizens, let's see how you do! Useful for civics and government classes. Going in Life Skills and Social Studies > History/Government.

Tony Fraction's Pizza Shop from Mr. Nussbaum.com - "A Thousand Sites in One." Challenging fraction game, tests knowledge of equivalent fractions by mixing different sizes slices and toppings on a pizza! There is even a good video that explains how to play. This is a good learning tool for any student who is not afraid to think. Going in Mathematics.

Bear Cam is back for 2012! Lily the Bear returns, along with Faith, and introducing “Jewel of the Northwoods”. Jewel may have cubs real soon! From the Wildlife Research Institute in Ely, Minnesota. Going in Animals.

Mothmatic as in ARITHmatic not AUTOmatic. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fractions games for grades 1 - 6. Funny, cute, animated insects fill every exercise. We also liked the multiple choice format. " Free to use animated Math games for Kids." These give quite a good drill! Thank you, Craig Gibson, for your email about your site! Those insects must have been fun to draw and code! Going in Mathematics.

American Rhetoric will teach you all about making speeches! An online database of 5,000 good speeches on every topic, with examples from history, the movies; full text, audio, and video database of the 100 top American political speeches of the 20th century! Hear the Pearl Harbor speech, FDR's Fireside Chats, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X; hear and read Ghandi, Gladiator, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Robert Gould Shaw, Joshua Chamberlain, Lincoln, Queen Elizabeth I, Martin Luther at Worms, Army-McCarthy Hearings, Maya Angelou, Marc Antony, Marlin Brando, hundreds more! Plus: "200+ short audio and video clips illustrating stylistic figures of speech ranging from alliteration to synecdoche. Clips are taken from speeches, movies, sermons, and sensational media events and delivered by politicians, actors, preachers, athletes, and other notable personalities." See how it's done, learn from the pros! Going in Life Skills and in Literacy > Writing and Miscellaneous.

More PBS Kids is yet another way to get to your favorite PBS Kids sites! Just a page with a pic of every kid show! Click and go to the one(s) you want.

Skip Counting from Math is Fun. Learn to skip count by 2s, 5s, 10s, 3s, and 4s! Easy to play games let kids get lots of practice. This page explains the concept well, too. Part of a huge site we must check out! Going in Mathematics.

Place Value to Thousands from Toon University. " It is important to understand the value of each numeral in a number. This game will test your understanding of place value to the thousands position." Three levels with a hilarious cartoon character as a helper! Excellent special effects! Going in Mathematics.

Place Value Pirates from Mr. Nussbaum.com - "A Thousand Sites in One." Fight pirates and complete a quest by choosing the right place value for numbers! Kids can play this with or without decimals. From the creators of Tony Fraction's Pizza Shop. Going in Mathematics.

Cool Coloring Pages (cool - our first site from Poland!) "Cool Coloring Pages - Free educational coloring pages for kids. High quality, professionally formatted in pdf file format. Perfect for home childcare providers, and parents teaching children basic concepts at home." This great Polish site has everything - animals by type, plants by type, shapes, calligraphy, countries, flags, crosswords, word searches, telling time worksheets, dot to dot, holiday pages, lots more! Good site layout and graphic design, too. But wait, there's more! "All the coloring pages on our site are free and printable! Download and print as many copies as you like for your personal use or for the classroom. Color individual pages or download a bunch to make your own coloring book. Cool Coloring Pages... Coloring pages for Your children !!!" So thank you, Mr. Wiktor Chmur, for emailing us about your site. Going in Art and in Homeschool.

Go Social Studies Go "Go Social Studies Go integrates fun content with the coolest links, videos, and games found on the net. In addition, we’ve teamed with with Cramstoppers, a free quiz making site that allows students to take their education one step further. " This site constantly adds new things to read and do. American and World History, World Geography, Global Religions, Choose Your Own Adventure, links, more. Oodles of subcategories in each! We ran on the Underground Railroad, read about Archduke Ferdinand's assassination, checked out the Silk Road, learned about African geography ("Place is huge!"). This is middle school through high school level, maybe first year college - anyway, excellent site! Shout out to "veteran social studies teacher" Ken Uhde, of Groves High School, Birmingham, Michigan, its creator! Going in Social Studies - both in Geography and History.

Zeus' Petals from the makers of Multiflyer. Work your way through 48 levels (of multiplication facts) to restore all the petals to the flowering tree of peace! Pretty imaginative multiplication drill. Players can resume games by typing in the passwords they get when they leave. Try this one out! Going in Mathematics.

That Quiz Click this link now!! Scalable, customizable quizzes in all levels of K-12 mathematics. Geography, languages, cell structure, elements, periodic tables, anatomy, conversions. Their righteous pitch: "What is ThatQuiz?

A free service for teachers who want to replace paper tests with online testing.
An online grade book providing fast analysis of class and individual student progress.
An exchange for teachers to share the resources they create.
A skills site for students, especially useful for math practice and testing.

Registration is free and teachers who register receive complete record-keeping of student grades. They have access to more precise test-generation tools, can create single tests with questions from different categories, can create matching and multiple choice questions, and can access a public test library. There is no reason for students to register, since the additional features are only useful for teachers." Going in Homeschool, Mathematics and in Teachers & Parents.

Journey of Mankind - The Peopling of the World. Interactive Flash map lets you follow the migrations of humans over the last 160,000 years! Plenty of places to click to get more information, too. Very impressive, with sound effects (Toba Volcano). Lays it all out for students right on the computer screen! Going in Ancient History & Archaeology.

Sumdog "Free Games to Make Math Fun" Suddenly very popular in local schools, our kids want to play it all the time! Log in or play as guest, "Everything on Sumdog is free except for progress reports.". Areas for kids and for their teachers. Kids start out training and progress through different levels via games. Games cover +, -, *, \. Teachers can can 1 - create a free account, then 2- Set up your school, 3- Create & print student logins, 4 - Students log in and play, 5 - Take part in local contests, 6 - Create a student activity. Pricing: "A class subscription covering 30 students costs $60 per year." They also have school discounts and district subscriptions. Going in Mathematics and in Teachers and Parents.

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