I stumbled upon GrabbaBeast.com today while browsing Delicious. It’s an awesome interactive website where you can build your own beast using a variety of body parts. You can even paint the beast any color you’d like by using the paint tool. Once completed, you can save it, send it as an ecard, download it as wallpaper, or share it with friends on a variety of social sites. You will even be given a bit.ly url to your beast, as well as an embed code so you can put it on any website or blog. You don’t have to register or log in to do any of these things; however, you will have to name your beast and add your nickname. How awesome would this site be to use for the Monster Exchange or any similar project? Your students are going to love this!
Check out SpellingConnectionsOnline.com by Zaner-Bloser. This site goes with the company’s Spelling Connections program; however, anyone can use this site! There are several games and activities, and most work well on the SMART Board with the exception of a few the require keyboard entry (but those are great, too!). There are many different levels and units within each game as well. Below is one of the Complete the Sentence activities.
The Le@rning Federation out of Australia provides digital resources aligned with Australian standards.There are several categories in the sample curriculum content section that you should definitely check out! Number Trains, from the Early Years category, is a wonderful interactive for learning to count numbers 1-10 represented as words, numerals, and dots! Place the carriages in the correct order in groups of four to make the train move along the track. Enjoy, and don’t forget to check out the rest of the free activities.
Learning about plants, food, or farming? Check out The Potato Story. This site contains four interactive modules, including quizzes and animations, as well as information for parents and teachers. I’d like to highlight the Growing Plants Game. Students must sequence the stages of plant growth as quickly as possible. Please make sure you check out the Lifecycles section too. The entire site is worth a look!
