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This blog has been designed to share fun and engaging websites I have found. As an Educator and a Parent I like to provide opportunities for children to develop learning skills and have fun while developing skills using technology.
I have included resources and ideas which parents can use at home to assist in providing their children with fun and educational activities.
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My Culture Quest is a fun, interactive site which explores different cultures and countries. You choose a character and then start travelling the world visiting museums and galleries. Each place visited offers information about an artwork or cultural item. Students need to read the information and then answer a multiple choice question correctly in order to collect the item and create their own exhibition.
Once in the game, a world map is provided with highlighted points. Click on the point to travel to the destination. Your character will travel via air balloon.
You are given 12 days to collect as many items as you can. You probably won’t get all the items in this time allowing students to play the game several times without being bored as they explore new places.
One drawback however, there is no point to visit in Australia!
This site provides a great way for children to learn about art, history, countries, cultures, religion and maps. It also encourages the development of comprehension and reading skills. The site allows you to
download flash cards with quiz questions to help children remember the information.
2:56 AM
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Build Your Wild Self is a fun and creative site where kids can create a character by choosing human parts and then combine them with animal parts. The site provides lovely hand drawn and watercoloured images. Simply click on the body part you want to create and choose the image you want. There are also options to change colours. There are limited options for clothes though.
Once finished creating you can print out the design or email it to a friend or yourself. It is sent as a .gif file allowing you to save it.
When this site was trialled in our household there was quite a bit of laughter so I am sure your children will love it.
The site is easy to work, however, younger children will need some help.
6:50 AM
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If you have children who like to use the computer but find it difficult to navigate and find sites they like then this is for you.
The KIDO'Z Kid's Web Environment is the safe, easy and fun way for young kids to surf their favourite sites, watch videos and play games. Simply go to the site, download and install the program.
The browser only provides access to approved children sites and sites you have added yourself. The sites are divided into websites, games and videos and are shown as thumbnail pictures making it easy for children to identify and access the site. This is free.
6:44 AM
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A site which I love at the moment is
Spelling City. It provides activities to learn the spelling of words which are fun and engaging for children. This site allows you to add a list of words which are then generated into activities. These activities are divided into Teach me, Test me and Play me. Play Activities include matching games, alphabetising, word search and crossword puzzles and placing the words with the correct sentences and meanings. The activities are easy to follow allowing children to navigate themselves.
It is a great site for the weekly homework spelling lists. You can type in the words each time or register and save your lists. This site is free to use.
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