This summer, my kids have used the website Sheppard Software to play games to help them with Math, Language Arts and Geography. If you go to the top of the page, you will see even more subjects than what we used. The best part is that it is free!
My kids' favorites are Math Fruit Shoot, Math Man and the Parts of Speech Tutorial.
- Math fruit shoot gives you a math problem and you have to shoot the fruit with the right answer to score.
- Math Man looks like Pac-Man except you have to eat the dot with a question mark to get the math problem. Then you have to eat the ghost with the right answer. Do not eat the ghost with the wrong answer or else you will lose a turn.
- Parts of Speech tutorial made my kids laugh. You have to pick a noun, adjective and a verb. Your choice is animated for you at the end. For example, you could pick to have an angry cloud sleeping or a sparkly girl flying. A definition with examples is given each time your child picks their noun, adjective and verb.
I also like IXL website (www.ixl.com). Children can practice their math skills. It is for grades pre-K to the 8th grade. Your child can practice 20 questions for free each day. If you want more than what is offered for free then you have to pay $9.95 for the month or $79 for the year. There is also a teachers rate which can be shared with the class or school. If you or your school is not ready to purchase a membership then I would at least let your children answer 20 questions a day. It can only help them get better at math.
I would love to hear of any educational websites that you use with your family. Let me know. Thanks.
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