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Free Science Activities for Kids
Science experiments are a fantastic way to learn while having fun, and ZOOMsci is full of free ideas for science activities and experiments. Try making butter in the Chemistry section, a homemade flashlight in the Engineering section, or a potato maze in the Life Science section! There are over 150 different ideas available, so go [...]
Free Thanksgiving Craft for Kids
I can’t believe it’s this close, but Thanksgiving is right around the corner, so get ready to have lots of holiday fun! Here are some easy Pilgrim and Indian crafts to get you started. All you need is a toilet paper roll, some crayons or markers, glue, and paper to print out the template.
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7 Free Homework Help Sites
Now that the kids are back in school, it’s helpful to know where they can get help with homework questions, research and writing and even study skills. There are more sites than ever before offering help to kids and parents. Here are 7 great ones:
PATH Pupils Ask Teachers Help – offers 100% FREE [...]
Classical Music Site for Kids
The radio show, “Classics for Kids” has a wonderful website that I just discovered and am so excited to share it with you! You can listen to current and past week shows as well as play games such as the Note Name Game and Rockin’ Rhythm Master, and you can even compose your own [...]
Build a roller coaster online
Via Casual Keystrokes, I found this cool site for all you future engineers where you can experiment with roller coaster building online.
It is your mission to design the coaster so that you can achieve maximum thrills and chills without crashing or flying off the track (unless that’s how you like your coaster to work!).
You [...]
Free games, activities and fun at American Girl
For all of you out there who love American Girl dolls, the American Girl web site is full of games and activities that are educational as well as fun!
You can visit the world of the historical dolls like Felicity and Molly, send an e-card to a special friend, whip up some “super snacks”, and even [...]
Free site that teaches about insects
Do you have a little one who is interested in bugs? Check out the InsectLore site where they can play and learn at the same time. On the site, there are insect related games and activities that will keep them busy as little bees!
Earth Day Word Search and Earth Day History
I know that many of you who visit here are also regular visitors at Printables 4 Kids, so you may have already seen this new Earth Day Word Search. But, if you haven’t- stop on over and check it out!
Curious about how Earth Day got started? You can read about it at the US EPA [...]
Another online ABC game for preschoolers
I recently wrote about the ABC game at the Fisher Price site. That game is perfect for toddlers (and preschoolers), and I found another ABC teaching site that is great as they move into the preschool years at Starfall.com. It has different areas for each letter with animation and great sounds. It includes both uppercase [...]
Learn to tell time printable worksheet
Here’s a free printable worksheet that has the clocks set in 5 minute intervals that will help the little ones practice telling and writing the time. I found it at a nice site called Time for Time that has some good teaching resources for teachers and parents, including this page that has some games [...]
