Elementary Age Educational Websites

Most of these websites are fabulous resources no matter where you live, and some are specific to VA since that's where we are! Thank you to the wonderful teachers who provided these amazing resources to me and my kids!

For Kids:
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/

KidPort Grade 1 Home Page
http://www.kidport.com/Grade1/Grade1Home.htm

Learning Games:

PBS Kids:
http://pbskids.org/

Sheppard Software: We Make Learning Fun
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/

History & Social Studies

Capital Classroom:
http://capclass.virginiageneralassembly.gov/

Jamestown and Yorktown:
http://www.historyisfun.org/videos-and-podcasts.htm

Museums in VA:
http://www.virginia.org/directory/museums/

Virginia Historic Sites:
http://www.virginia.org/historicsites/

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

Gifted Education:

Hoagies' Kids and Teens Gifted Education Page:

http://www.hoagiesgifted.com/hoagies_kids.htm

NCGE:
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/parents/parentws.html

Reading:

Daily activities related to reading:
http://daybydayva.org/

Go to this website and enter in your child's grade level, interest categories, and print a custom reading list:
http://www.lexile.com/fab/VA/

Hoagies' Gifted Education Readings Lists:

http://www.hoagiesgifted.com/reading_lists.htm

Literactive:

http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp

Public Libraries in VA:
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/libraries.asp

Star Fall:
http://www.starfall.com/

Story Time For Me:
http://www.storytimeforme.com/

Math:

Count Us In:
http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm

Math & Science Resources:
http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=12&cid=3&tid=4278&parent=0

Mathcounts Arcade:
https://mathcounts.org/arcade

Snappy Maths:
http://www.snappymaths.com/

Science

4H Virtual Forest:
http://www.sites.ext.vt.edu/virtualforest/

NOAA For Kids:
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/kids/

Science Matters:
http://ideastations.org/sciencematters

The Smithsonian:
http://smithsonianeducation.org/students/

Puzzles:

Concept is Puzzles:

http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/

Brain Bashers:

http://www.brainbashers.com/

Brain Food:

http://www.rinkworks.com/brainfood/

Language:

Hello World:

http://www.hello-world.com/

Research Sites:

Ask:
www.askkids.com

EduHound:
http://www.eduhound.com/

Fact Monster:
http://finditva.com/

Find It Virginia: free access to resources- newspapers, magazine articles, journals, and books for all age ranges and interests
http://finditva.com/

Go Gooligans:
http://www.gogooligans.com/

Kids Click:
http://www.kidsclick.org/

Kids Konnect:
http://www.kidskonnect.com/

National Geographic Kids:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

Sports Illustrated Kids:
http://www.sikids.com/

Start Squad:
http://www.startsquad.org/

Yahoo! Kids:
www.kids.yahoo.com

Summer:

Virginia Department of Education's Summer Learning Website:
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/summer/index.shtml