DISTRICT FAMILY LIBRARY-MEDIA NIGHT

April 15, 2002

Laptop Learning

 

Games and Puzzles on the Web

FunBrain

http://funbrain.com

Educational games that include Math Baseball, Grammar Gorillas, Math Car Racing, Change Maker, Soccer Shootout, Weather Dog, and What’s the Word?

 

Surfing the Net with Kids

http://surfingthenetwithkids.com/games/Harry_Potter

Games include arcade games – Harry Potter Quidditch Game, picture games –

Harry Potter books, word games – Goblet of Fire Crossword, Harry Potter Crossword, Harry Potter Game Show, Harry Potter Word Search, quizzes – Harry Potter Board Game Quiz, and others.

  

Kid’s Domain Space Games

http://kidsdomain.com/games/space.html

Games to help you learn about outer space.

  

PBS Games and Diversions

http://www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/fun/#activities

Online games and activities associated with PBS television shows.

 

Kid’s Clubhouse Brain Teasers

http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html

Houghton Mifflin’s Education Place poses new brain teasers each week.  They include:  riddles, logic problems, and story problems that deal with mathematics.

 

Fake Out

http://www.eduplace.com/dictionary/index.html

Houghton Mifflin’s Education Place presents definitions for vocabulary words.  Students try to avoid being “faked out” by choosing the correct definitions.

 

Seusville Games

http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/games

Random House, publisher of Dr. Seuss books, presents games and activities that you can play.

 

A+ Math Games

http://www.aplusmath.com/Games/

Games include Matho, a combination of bingo and math, and games that use addition and subtraction skills to play Concentration or Hidden Picture.  Also includes Math Word Find puzzle and this site can be used to create and print your own set of flashcards online. 

Another site for flashcards is http://www.edu4kids.com/math/

 

Puzzle Maker

http://www.puzzlemaker.com

Discovery Schools lets you create your own crossword puzzles, word search, mazes, and other types of puzzles.

 

Maze Maker

http://hereandabove.com/maze/

Three shapes of mazes can be made:  rectangular, Christmas tree, and Valentine.  You determine the size, color, and other specifications.  Also includes a maze link board that identifies other good maze sites.

 

United States Jigsaw Puzzle

http://www.furby.com/ffp/usapuzzle.html

A fun way to learn the fifty states and locate them on a map.

 

Name that Candybar

http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/c/crossection/namethatbar.html

Test your candy identification skills at this unique site.  Name that Candybar is part of the Science Museum of Minnesota’s Thinking Fountain.