Links to Beneficial Resources
Beneficial Resources & Games
With that focus, the following are some free, parent identified resources we wanted to share in hopes our students will find one or more they enjoy while learning!
Discover Through Reading
- SCPS online resources offers a list of helpful links
- Seminole County Public Library provides many benefits of which includes access to their catalog and free access to the World Book Encyclopedia. Note: You must enter your 14 digit Seminole County Public Library barcode number with no spaces.
With that focus, the following are some free, parent identified resources we wanted to share in hopes our students will find one or more they enjoy while learning!
Discover Through Reading
- Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com/ ..a fact-filled site with ready reference information for students
- National Geographic Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
- Time Magazine for Kids http://www.timeforkids.com/
- Teaching Kids News http://teachingkidsnews.com/
- Scholastic Book WIZARD http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/ GREAT resource to search and find books by using various selection features to filter search
- Timez Attack is a free download of a FUN "video gaming" pc application to practice multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction - all are downloadable games. http://www.bigbrainz.com/
- IXL.com is a online site students can access math games by topic and grade level http://www.ixl.com/
- Khan Academy (https://www.khanacademy.org/about)
- Students - Watch one of our 4,300 videos or try a practice exercise. Then check out your profile to view your history and suggestions on what you can learn next. You can also select your avatar and show off your accomplishments.
- Coaches (Parents) - Head on over to your coach dashboard. Whether you're coaching one or hundreds, or are a parent, mentor or teacher, the coach dashboard provides you the insight you need to best support each learner's progress.
- Teachers - Check out the teacher toolkit to take Khan Academy to the next level in your classroom or school. The toolkit provides ideas, materials and inspiring stories from teachers, who share how they've integrated Khan Academy into their classrooms.
- Math Playground (http://www.mathplayground.com/) - provides a safe place for kids to learn and explore math concepts online.