Apple Addition Game Freebie!

Here's a game I have used in math centers before in the beginning of the year (goes well with apple unit!).

Directions:

       1.     Two or more players can play

       2.      Each player will take turns rolling the die

       3.      When you roll, count the amount of spaces and solve the addition sentence at that apple

       4.      If you answer the addition sentence correctly, you can move to that space.  If you answer it incorrectly, stay at the space you are on.

       5.      The first person to reach the finish wins!

      (Provide manipulatives so they can check their answers if both partners are unsure!) 

      I've attached a picture of the game board for Apple Addition, but you can download it from my TeachersPayTeachers site here.

       Enjoy!

Awesome Read-Alouds w/ Video Online!

UPDATE: Just came across Barnes & Noble's Online Storytime which also has some free read aloud videos!  Check it out here --> Barnes & Noble Online Storytime

So I've come across some sites and YouTube videos that have read-aloud picture books with an accompanying video.  I've used these on the SmartBoard at times when we don't have enough time for a lesson, but do have enough time to fit in a story.  Sometimes it's good to switch it up with read-alouds, and some of these options have great videos (which allows all students to see the illustrations) to go along with the story.  They'll feel as though they are watching a movie or a show, when in fact, they are being a read a story!  I also found that this works well at times when the students are tired or riled up (for example: after a field trip or outside play) to get them back in "school mode."  Enjoy this list of videos and feel free to add your own in the comments!

 

Me and My Cat - By Satoshi Kitamura

Read by Elijah Wood

 Brave Irene - By William Steig

Read by Al Gore

To Be a Drum - By Evelyn Coleman

Read by James Earl Jones

Enemy Pie - By Derek Munson

Read by Camryn Manheim

Guji Guji - By Chih-Yuan Chen

Read by Robert Guillaume

 

Harry the Dirty Dog - By Gene Zion

Read by Betty White

 

Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch - By Eileen Spinelli

Read by Hector Elizondo

Knots on a Counting Rope - By Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

Read by Bonnie Bartlett and William Daniels

The Night I Followed the Dog - By Nina Laden

Read by Amanda Bynes

No Mirrors in My Nana's House - By Ysaye M. Barnwell

Read by Tia and Tamara Mowry

When Pigasso Met Mootisse - By Nina Laden

Read by Eric Close

The Polar Express - By Chris Van Allsburg

Read by Lou Diamond Phillips

The Rainbow Fish - By Marcus Pfister

Read by Ernest Borgnine

Romeow & Drooliet - By Nina Laden

Read by Haylie Duff

My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother - By Patricia Polacco

Read by Melissa Gilbert

Sebastian's Roller Skates - By Joan De Du Prats

Read by Caitlin Wachs

Sophie's Masterpiece - By Eileen Spinelli

Read by CCH Pounder

Stellaluna - By Janell Cannon

Read by Pamela Reed

A Bad Case of Stripes - By David Shannon

Read by Sean Astin

Thank you, Mr. Falker - By Patricia Polacco

Read by Jane Kaczmarek

White Socks Only - By Evelyn Coleman

Read by Amber Tamblyn

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge - By Mem Fox

Read by Bradley Whitford

Private I. Guana - By Nina Laden

Read by Esai Morales

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - By Eric Carle

We're Going on a Bear Hunt - By Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury

Owl Babies - By Martin Waddell

The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny (Parts 1&2) - By Beatrix Potter 

Little Red Riding Hood by Oxbridge Baby

The Mixed Up Chameleon - By Eric Carle

The Tiny Seed - By Eric Carle

 

Duck and Cover by Jackie Urbanovic Video

 

Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy by Jane O'Connor Video

 Duck Soup by Jackie Urbanovic Video

 

The Handy Girls Can Fix It by Peggy Kahn Video

When I Was a Girl I Dreamed by J.P. Matott Video 

Excuse Me by Lisa Kopelke Video 

Bugtown Boogie by Warren Manson Video 

 Granny McFanny by Lewis Kimberly Video

 The Gum Chewing Rattler by Joe Hayes Video

Mr. Walrus and the Old School Bus by Patricia Derrick Video

 Anansi Goes to Lunch by Bobby and Sherry Norfolk Video

 Ensoñación y el Jardín de Sueños / Dreamygirls Field of Wishes by Jorge Betancourt Polanco Video

 Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes Video

 Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor Video

 Lilly's Big Day by Kevin Henkes Video

 Hooray Jose by Michael Garland Video For the Hearing Impaired

 A Soup Opera by Joe Gill Video

Enjoy the videos and please leave some comments with your own read aloud videos!

Great Math Educational Websites!

Here's a list of great educational math sites for children and students from grade levels Pre-K - Middle School.  Keep their math skills fresh during the summer using these fun interactive game sites!

IXL
IXL is a wonderful math resource for students and teachers alike.  It is separated by grade level, so there will be no confusion about whether the activities are age appropriate or not!

Smarty Games
Smart Games has a lot of fun interactive math games for children to play.  It also has puzzles, sudoku, and reading lessons.  The games focus on different math lessons like money, telling time, and other various math lessons.

My Savings Quest
My Savings Quest is a unique website that allows older chidren and students to create their own savings plan based on how much they make.  They create a character and pick a job and must budget their "money" to save up for something.  It is a great real life lesson!

Math Slice
Math Slice has tons of games and activities for a broad range of subjects.  Each topic is listed on the left, so it is easy to navigate and get the kinds of games and lessons that you want.

Math Playground
Math Playground allows you to practice skills with flashcards, manipulatives, and games.  A truly great resource!

Math Moves U
Math Moves U is a website created for middle grades.  It allows students to make their own character and travel through worlds where they see math applied in real life situations.  There is not a lot of direct computation, but it is a fun site to explore for older children.

Math is Fun
Math is Fun has math games and activities all organized by categories.  It goes from number practice to algebra, so it really is a broad range!

Sheppard Software
Sheppard Software is one of my favorite math websites.  It has so many games and activities that are neatly categorized.  The games are also very fun and the website is very up to date!

Johnnie's Math Page
Though the graphics are a little out of date, this site has a lot of great resources for different math topics.  It has numbers, geometry, probability, fractions, etc.

Cool Math Games
Cool Math has a lot of fun games at the bottom that are organized by strategy and skill.  It is great for elementary student practice!

A Plus Click
A+ Click has a lot of fun math activities separated by grade level from grade 1 through grade 12.  They are not explicit games, but there are a lot of questions that get a math brain to think!

FunBrain
FunBrain has a ton of resources for students, but their math arcade is one of their best!  It provides a lot of awesome games and resources that children will love.  Also make sure to check out their Math Baseball game!

Primary Games
Primary Games has a lot of games right there to choose from.  It is great for children who have a hard time navigating a complciated website, because the games are all right there with a brief explanation and a screenshot!

Sumdog
This is a site that must be registered for, but it is free and totally worth it!  Students will get to practice their math skills in a fun and interactive environment!

Fuel the Brain
Fuel the Brain is another site that has its math practices and games separated into categories.  Just choose the skill you want to work on and voila!  You will find a game you will love.

Hooda Math
Hooda Math is a unique site because it doesn't only have math games, but it has math tutorials, learning tools, and even some videos.  Great for math practice!

TES iboard
This site can be used as a great resource for games or as a great resource for the interactive whiteboard!  It has many different strategies that can be displayed for your whole class!

Soft Schools
Soft Schools Math has a ton of different math categories to choose from, and then it has categories within the categories!  This is a truly wonderful resource and will provide the perfect practice for whatever students are looking for!

Math Game Time
Math Game Time is a really great site for games for all grade levels (also categorized by grade level!).  Students will love to navigate this site and play the awesome games!

Kids Numbers
Kids Numbers is great for lower elementary students.  It has a lot of games and activities that help to promote number sense. 

Math Run
Math Run is a fun and easy way to practice basic math facts.

Math Live
Math Live is a unique website that is fun and interactive.  It is not exactly a game site, but it provides interactive lessons for the math concept of your choice.

Learn Your Tables
Learn Your Tables is a site that is very simplistic in its design and its approach.  It is a good site for practicing multiplication tables.

Cool Math Games for Kids: Kids Activity Blog
This blog has listed a ton of fun and free math games for kids!  Check out each of the games and their descriptions at this site.

Academic Skill Builders
Academic Skill Builders is an awesome site with great games to practice academic skills.  It is research-based and standards-aligned and has tons of categories to choose from!

Math TV
Math TV has a ton of instructional math videos separated by concept and topic.  It ranges from recognizing whole numbers to finding derivatives!

That's all for now.  Please let me know if you have any other great math sites for kids!

Great Language Arts Educational Webistes!

Here's a list of great educational websites for games and lessons.  This is a wonderful resource for the summer to keep the kids busy and learning!

Starfall
Starfall is a great resource for young elementary children to help them with their letter sounds and beginning reading skills.

Seussville
Seussville has a ton of games, activities, videos, and books for children to explore.  It has fun graphics and has all of the familiar characters that children love!

Read Write Think
Students and children may need assistance with getting started with some of these activities (depending on age), but there are tons of activities sorted by grade level/literacy skill that are awesome.  They are interactive and effective.

Spelling City
This is a wonderful resource to practice spelling and vocabulary words.  You can insert your own list or use pre-made lists to practice!

Free Rice
This site has a very interesting premise: for every question that you answer correctly, 10 grains of rice are donated through the World Food Programme.  It's great vocabulary practice for an even greater cause!

Wordle
Wordle is a fun site that creates word maps and clouds out of the words that you insert.  A fun and creative way to get to know words.

Magnetic Poetry
Kids will have a blast creating their own poems by using the drag and drop function of Magnetic Poetry.  Words are provided and all you have to do is create a poetic masterpiece!

Storyline Online
Done by the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, Storyline Online is a great way to keep children entertained.  Famous actors and actresses read well-known children's stories aloud as children can follow along.  This is not only great for an at-home activity, but it's also great to fill in some free time in the classroom!

PBS Kids
PBS Kids is a fun way for kids to interact with their favorite PBS characters with fun games and activities.  Between the Lions has great interactive games and stories for children who are learning to read!

ABCya
This is an excellent website for children! It is already split up into grade levels (K-5) and each level provides fun games, books, and aactivities that are age appropriate.

Cookie
Cookie is a great resource for both Language Arts and Math for grades Pre-K-2.  It has games, letter practice, word practice, stories, worksheets, and much more!

Scholastic
Scholastic provides many resources for parents and children alike.  It has a lot of games and a lot of fun stories to read through!  Also great for Clifford interactive story books!

Funschool Language Arts
The Language Arts section of Funschool allows children to play tons of games that cover spelling, vocabulary, reading, etc!

Sheppard Software
This site has tons of games separated into different subjects and categories.

Highlights Kids
This Highlights site has a lot of games, stories, and creative activities for young children and students to do!

FunBrain
FunBrain has tons of resources and games for children to explore from Language Arts to Math!

Jayzee Bear
Jayzee Bear is a bit outdated with its graphics, but it provides some fun practices games for ages 2-8.  

TVO Kids
This site has a lot of fun Flash games with a wide range of subjects for children ages 2-6.

Utah Education Network
Just choose your grade level and subject area and this site will direct you to plenty of sites to suit your needs!  Very good resource to find new educational sites.

Brain Pop Jr.
Brain Pop Jr. has a ton of resources from all across the curriculum.  It also helps to strengthen different reading and comprehension strategies!

Discovery Kids
Discovery Kids is an awesome website to integrate reading with science and exploration.  It has a lot of fun resources for children of all ages!

Sesame Street
Sesame Street has a lot of fun interactive games and stories for children to use and play with.  Obviously this is better suited for younger children, but it has great resources for up to early elementary aged children.

Sports Illustrated for Kids
This is an excellent resource for students who love sports!  Students can read articles about their favorite sports in a kid friendly format.

Kids.gov
This is a government sponsored site that has awesome resources for children and students of all ages. It also categorizes its content into subject areas!

Kids Click
Kids Click is a resource that provides other resources for certain subject areas.

Let me know if you have any other good Language Arts sites for kids!  Thanks!

Pre-K iPad Apps

As I was pinning today, I realized how many great iPad apps there were out there that I had no idea about!  Over the next few days I will post them according to grade level (some may be subjective in that respect!).  Please enjoy!

This Is My Story
create your own story and decorate it with story stickers!
iWriteWords
handwriting and letter practice through a lot of fun games!
Shapes Toddler Preschool
tons of shapes to learn, puzzles to complete, and games to play!
Nature Tap
pictures and flashcards of animals and plants, then fun games and shape/color identification within the pictures!
JungleSpeak
hear animals "speak" while learning fun facts about them!
ABC Music
musical words with pictures, sounds, and videos for kids: great supplement for teaching music!
Letter Quiz
help with learning the ABCs with letter tracing, flashcards, games, and more!
Audubon Guides
learn all about animals and their habitats and much more with this nature-inspired guide!
See.Touch.Learn
great for visual learners, tons of pictures that aid in creating an interactive learning experience..also great for special needs students and children!
ColorSlapPs
great resource for helping children learn colors and distinguish them from one another
Dr. Seuss Band
create music using Dr. Seuss inspired instruments and stories
Bob Books #1 - Reading Magic
bring stories to life with colors and practices reading and spelling sight words
Play123
practice with shapes and numbers on this fun app!
Feed Me!
great for practicing colors, shapes, counting, etc.
Park Math HD
play in the park while learning basic math skills! (some aspects may be more appropriate for Kindergarten but there is still a lot for Pre-K to do)
Fish School HD
swim underwater while learning colors, numbers, shapes, and letters!
Toddler Counting
a simple and fun way to learn to count
Letters A to Z
fun way to learn letters and sounds!
Interactive Alphabet
learn your ABCs with a fun and interactive app
Jumpstart Preschool Magic of Learning
follow Frankie the Dog in a journey through basic preschool concepts in a fun way!


That's all for now!  I'm sure there will be more to come.  If you have any recommendations please leave them in the comments!