The Barnaby and Belinda Bear site is a nice interactive website for young children that covers several topics including geography, map skills, life cycles, and more. This site works great on the SMART Board and would be perfect for a Pre-school or Kindergarten classroom. Make sure you visit the teacher section as well. Check it [...]
Learning Together is a website that offers a variety of history and geography games, including one on State Abbreviations. Just match the states with the correct abbreviation by touching and dragging. Time yourself or split the class into two teams and keep score. For more practice, you could also try this abbreviations game or take [...]
While browsing the SMART Board tagged Delicious bookmarks, I ran across iboard.co.uk. This is a GOLD MINE of interactive resources for all subjects to be used on the SMART Board or any interactive whiteboard. There are 15 free sample activities offered, but there is also a special going on right now for schools. Create a [...]
Mapping Our World is an interactive resource from Oxfam.org.uk specifically made for Whiteboards that explores the relationship between maps and globes. There are 3 different lessons with a total of 9 different activities, and each focuses on different skills related to maps, globes, and geography (read here for more specific curriculum information). Review questions for [...]
