Our last two columns reviewed some of the learning websites for younger children. This week we look at homework helper sites for older children. Fact Monster includes homework help for a variety of subjects, from geography to writing to math to science. Each topic includes facts, timelines, quizzes and other self-paced learning tools. The site, which is…
This is the second in our series on learning websites for children. Read Part 1 here. A few more websites to acclimate the kids to the Season of School: PBSkids.org is a favorite learning site among teachers and parents, but I found the navigation and sign-up process clunky (password authentication is a series of pictures,…
Now’s the time of year when the kidlets are either back to school or getting ready to go back to school. If their brains have turned to mush over the long, hot summer, here are some websites to pique kids’ interests and teach them at the same time: ABCya.com was developed by a grade-school teacher and…
