Okaloosa Walton College

On the Interactive Literacy Activities section of the Website, visitors can find literacy building projects, booklists for children, and other suggestions for academic and social skills development sorted by grade level. There is even a section devoted to middle and high school students! One of the many useful ideas on this site is "Books-in-a-Bag" activity contains a recommended children's book and a suggested book-related, hands-on project that adults can do with children. To access "Books-in-a-Bag," click on "Literacy Building Activities - Infants and Toddlers." (Note: Although "Books-in-a-Bag" activities are listed under "Infants and Toddlers," there are activities for grades Pre-K-2, 1-3, and "all ages.") Many of the activities on this site are in PDF format. Visitors will need Adobe Reader (which can be downloaded for free from the Adobe Website at www.adobe.com) to view them.

Reading is Fundamental (RIF)

On this page of the RIF Website, visitors can conduct a search to find literacy-related activities. Individuals can search for activities based on the skill they want to help children reinforce--vocabulary, the alphabet, and writing, to name a few--and the age of the children, ranging from 0-4 years through 13 years-old and older. 

Utah State University National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics 

This interactive Website contains many online activities that can help Pre-K to grade 12 students reinforce many of the math skills they are learning and being tested on in school. Activities include: developing spatial awareness using online tangrams; gaining practice in problem-solving; sorting attribute blocks; measuring; reinforcing place value using the site's online base-ten blocks; and much more. Visitors should click "search" (without typing anything in the search box) to get a listing of all the math skills practice this Website offers.

British Broadcasting Company

The Parents Section of the BBC Website contains many online literacy (English), mathematics, science, history, and geography games, activities, and worksheets. Visitors can easily search for topics, the type of activity needed with their chosen topic, and age range of the student who will be participating in the activity. (Note: With regard to spelling games on this site, adults and students should keep in mind that British spelling sometimes differs from American spelling, for example, color vs. colour.) 

Please Note: It is recommended that before adults visit any Website with students that they independently examine the site for content. In rare cases, domain names are sold (without notice) to questionable enterprises.

This information was obtained through the Title I Dissemination Project, Inc.