Cool Links 

Typing Practice
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

Language Arts
StarFall.com  (First grade reading skills)
 http://www.starfall.com

Literacy Center (Early Childhood Education)
www.literacycenter.net

Grammar Reference
Harcourt Animated Grammar Dictionary

Funbrain.com  "Grammar Gorillas"
http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html

Synonyms
http://www.quia.com/jg/44798.html

Antonyms
http://www.quia.com/jg/44806.html
 

Math

Everyday Math Lesson Links
www.emgames.com  (password required)

Math Games
 www.coolmath4kids.com
http://www.funbrain.com/numbers.html

www.aaamath.com

www.aplusmath.com

Telling Time
http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/draggames/sthec3.html


Health
 Interactive Food Guide Pyramid
http://www.hooah4health.com/body/pyramidInteractive.htm

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/nutrition/nutrition.html

www.mypyramid.gov (new food guide pyramid)

Kids Health
http://kidshealth.org/kid/index.html

Science
Dinosaurs
 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/

NASA Web site for kids
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/

Bill Nye the science guy
 http://www.billnye.com/core.html?flashtarget=core.html&noflashtarget=noflash.html

Greatest Inventions
http://library.thinkquest.org/C002942/guide/index.shtml

How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com

Weather
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/af/home.rxml

http://www.weather.com

The Water Cycle
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/cycle/index.htm

Hurricanes
www.nhc.noaa.gov

http://science.howstuffworks.com/hurricane1.htm

All about the Ocean
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/motion/default.htm

Coral Reefs
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/habitats/coral1.htm

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/coral/

 

Social Studies
New Jersey During the American Revolution
http://www.trschools.com/silverbay/revolution/index.html 

COLONIAL AMERICA
Animated Atlas   Growth of a Nation
http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html

Colonial Williamsburg
http://www.history.org/history/

Information on the 50 states
www.50states.com

Jamestown
http://www.apva.org/ngex/index.html

http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/

Take a virtual tour of the Ocean County Historical Society Museum
http://www.oceancountyhistory.org/Museum/New%20tour/tour.htm

Geography
Learning about maps (interactive map learning)
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/sysm/landscapes/

World Almanac for Kids (Information, Games and Activities)
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/index.html

Atlapedia
http://www.atlapedia.com/

National Geographic Wild World Map
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/index.html

National Geographic Wild World Map
  http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html

Zoom Into Maps
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/maps/index.html

New Jersey Landforms Map
http://192.107.108.56/portfolios/y/yusko_l/RaritanRiver/landform_map.htm

New Jersey Historical Society
 http://www.jerseyhistory.org/

County and municipal web sites for New Jersey
http://www.state.nj.us/localgov.htm
http://www.njac.org/njac%20website/County%20web%20links.htm

County Government
http://www.naco.org/counties/counties/state.cfm

Counties of New Jersey
http://www.njac.org/njac%20website/County%20Statistical%20Information.htm


Reference
 http://www.factmonster.com

http://www.infoplease.com

http://www.mapquest.com

http://www.encyclopedia.com/ 

Spanish
http://www.anacleta.homestead.com/spanishcultures.html

http://www.anacleta.homestead.com/howdoisayitwhatdoesitmean.html

Art

PBS coloring
http://pbskids.org/coloring.html

NGA (National Gallery of Art) Kids
http://www.nga.gov/kids/ 

Music
Interactive site about music theory and different types of instruments.
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1 
 

The New York Philharmonic Kids Zone
http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml
 

Create your own beat
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/makingtracks/beatmachine.shtml

http://www.creatingmusic.com/
 

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
www.dsokids.com
 
 
Beethoven's Baseball
 http://www.dsokids.com/games/baseball/ 
 


New York Philharmonic Kids
http://www.nyphilkids.org/games/main.phtml?

 

PBS Jazz for Kids
http://pbskids.org/jazz/

 
A digital metronome
http://www.metronomeonline.com/

 

Orchestra Game
http://www.thirteen.org/publicarts/orchestra/

 

Nashville Symphony Orchestra
http://www.nsokids.org/home.html

 
The Symphony: An Interactive Guide

 http://library.thinkquest.org/22673/index.html     
Search Engines
Kidsclick

Surf Safely

Ask Jeeves for Kids

TekMom

Yahooligans

KidsKonnect

Education World

Fun Stuff

 Make a snowflake online
 http://snowflakes.lookandfeel.com



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