E for EXPLORE!

E! for Explore is a great curated website of ideas and resource for teachers and parents. They have selected unique learning activities, and searched the internet to compile ideas from other sources around the internet.

Their index helps you find what you may be looking for in activities in math, science, even Language Arts. They provide easy links to those websites. All E is for Explore activities conform to state common core curriculum standards.

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12 Educational and Productive Websites

12 Educational and Productive Websites  (for use in the classroom or at home)

1. www.popplet.com             A classroom version of Pinterest®

2. www.pics4learning.com A site of royalty free and non-copyrighted photos for use in presentations by teachers and students.

3. www.betterlesson.com   A collection of lesson plans by grade level, by technology device which all follow the Common Core Standards.

4. www.socrative.com         Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.

5. www.ClassDojo.com       A personal favorite for attendance and behavior. The site produces great reporting as well as parental logins and views.

6. www.joine.me                  A method of sharing what is on the laptops in the classroom.

7. www.symbaloo.com        A listing of the iPad and iPhone apps that are available for educators and parents arranged by subject and importance.

8. www.teded.com               TED is a great set of curated videos and the TEDed set are just for educators. Especially helpful if you need inspiration, professional improvement or development in a certain area as well as a great site for watching how others do things in their classrooms.

9. www.evernote.com         This site is still free (with Login) and is a great cloud location to place notes from meetings, notes from research as well as to place pictures, graphs, etc. for use by the students as they conduct their research. Evernote® is available on your laptop, computer and iPad, iPhone and Android app for continuous access and updating.

10. www.mathplayground.com     A math site by grade level.  Includes math games, logic puzzles and word problems.

11. www.Math-play.com     This site hosts multiplication table matching games along with a great collection of other math games including money, fractions, decimals and geometry games.  A great site for parents to help students at home.

12. www.ixl.com                   IXL Math is a subscription based site, but it is free for a few times each day. This is a great site by grade level and offers several methods of solving math, math sentences, problem solving, etc. A great site for students to do at home.

iPad Apps (from the App Store)

Multipliation+                                 The Apps Gate Inc (Free)   This helps with learning multiplication tables.

Math-Multiplication table             This is another free ap  from Online Science classroom 

                                                            available at the AppStore for iPads and iPhones.

Prezi                                       A great presentation application which is similar to in functionality to power point, but has an easier user interface.

Slideshare                             (Free) another great presentation alternative to power point.

Thanks to my friends from the Middle Tennessee Education Technology Association – Instructional Technology Academy for sharing some of these ideas, apps and websites.

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Links for studying ABC's

ABC Links I Love My ABC's - from Kinderkorner ABC Activities - activities and theme links for each letter of the alphabet ABC Ideas - ideas (with photos) for each letter at Little Giraffes Alphabet Review - from Teachers.nett Printable Alphabet Worksheets - free from Beginning Reading Alphabet Coloring Book - free printables from Alphabet Soup Alphabet Coloring Pages - from Crafts for Kids Chicka Chicka Boom Boom ABC Bingo Cards- free printables from Mrs. Bottom's K Class Chicka Chicka Boom Boom - from A to Z Teacher Stuff Chicka Chicka Boom Boom - lesson from Webbing Into  Literacy Chicka Chicka Boom Boom - from Teaching is a Work of  Heart Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Printables - free from Making Learning Fun Multiple Alphabet Crafts for Each Letter - from the Best Kids Booksite Printable Alphabet Materials - from First School Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Printables - from DLTK Mini ABC Books - free printables from DLTK ABC Printables - from ABC Teach Letter and Rhyme a Day - inside Hubbard's Cupboard Nursery Rhyme Links Nursery Rhyme Rhyme Printables - from First School Words to Nursery Rhymes -inside Hubbard's Cupboard Kindergarten Rhyme Time - activities for a family night - inside Hubbard's Cupboard Nursery Rhyme Coloring Sheets - printables from Henderson Police Department Nursery Rhymes: Tales to Live By - What can we learn from our favorite nursery rhymes? Stories From Rainbows Edge - In depth questions for nursery rhymes, printable nursery rhyme puzzles, etc.