Ballard East

Extending your child’s learning at home with online games, interactive books and other activities can be a very engaging and worthwhile experience for your child. The websites below are resources gathered by teachers at Ballard that aim to help our students grow in all content areas as well as develop their research skills and skills with technology. We hope you enjoy them at home as well as at school and we’re always open for suggestions, ideas and new websites!

If a website requires a login, your child’s teacher, librarian or Mrs. Kelley can provide you with this information. Some websites may have ads; these websites have been screened and there should not be inappropriate ads. Help your child remember to stay safe online by avoiding ads. Please bring any questionable ads to our attention.

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Reading/Language Arts Websites

• ABCYa – Games & activities

• Book Flix – Fiction interactive videos/books

  • Login Required

• epic! - Access to thousands of high-quality books for kids grade 6 and under

• Fun Brain – Ebooks, games & activities

• PBS Kids Go – Games & activities

• Spelling City – Spelling games, activities, vocabulary & more

• Scholastic True Flix – Non-fiction ebooks & videos about history and science-related topics

  • Login Required

Library & Literature

• Ballard East Elementary Online Catalog

• MackinVia – eBooks & audiobooks database

• Story Starter Idea Generator

Math Websites

• Number Frames

• Number Line

• Number Pieces

• Number Rack

• XtraMath - Fact fluency program that helps students develop quick recall and automaticity of their basic math facts.

• Prodigy - Math games for 1st - 8th grade students.

• ABCYa – Math games & activities

• Monster Crossing – Problem-solving (like Frogger)

• PBS Kids Go – Games & activities

• Create a Graph – Create different kinds of graphs

• FunBrain - Games & activates

• Toy Theater - Games & activates

• Mr. Nussbaum – Math games & activities

Science Websites

• Brain Pop – Videos, games & activities

• TrueFlix  – Non-fiction ebooks & videos about history and science-related topics

• NASA – Space pictures, videos, research & more

• National Geographic Kids – Great for all kinds of research

• San Diego Zoo – Nature pictures, videos, research & more

• Smithsonian Kids – Great for all kinds of research

• Discovery Education

• Pebble Go Next - Collection of hundreds of articles designed for 3-5 students about American Indian history, biographies, science, social studies, and U.S. states

• ScienceFix - Collection of books, experiments and video clips related to science

• Mystery Science (Teachers)  – Please ask your child’s teacher or building librarian for the AEA Login and Password for this site

Social Studies Websites

• FreedomFlix - Bring history to life with video clips and e-books, with popup features such as maps, timelines, virtual tour clips, primary source videos, and audio clips (Grades 4-9)

• Pebble Go Next - Collection of hundreds of articles designed for 3-5 students about American Indian history, biographies, science, social studies, and U.S. states

• TrueFlix  – Non-fiction ebooks & videos about history and science-related topics

• Brain Pop – Videos, games & activities

• CultureGrams – Research for states/countries

• Kids.gov – Great for all kinds of social studies research

• National Geographic Kids – Great for all kinds of research

• Smithsonian Kids – Great for all kinds of research

• 50 States – All about the 50 states

• US Gov. Ben’s Guide

Research Tools

• Britannica School Edition – Research & images

• KidRex – Safe search engine for kids

• NetTrekker – Login Required

• Discovery Education

• Learn360

• Pebble Go

• Pebble Go Next - Collection of hundreds of articles designed for 3-5 students about American Indian history, biographies, science, social studies, and U.S. states

Resources

Image

• Britannica School Edition – Royalty free images

  • Login Required

• EduPic – Royalty free images

• iClipArt – Free Clip Art

  • Login Required

• Pics4Learning – Royalty free images

• Smithsonian Institution – Historical & artifact images

Video

• Khan Academy – Video lessons; learn almost anything for free

• Learn360 – Web-based learning, videos, images & much more

• NeoK12 – Great videos for research & many content areas

Keyboarding

• typing.com – Teaching the foundations of technology

Music & Sound Effects

• Soundz Abound – Royalty-free music & sound effects

• Purple Planet – Royalty free music

Creativity & Web 2.0 Tools

• Prezi – Presentation tool

• VisuWords – Concept map vocabulary tool; synonyms & much more

• Glogster – Create interactive posters

• Animoto for Education – Create a slideshow

Digital Citizenship

• Digital Etiquette – Free video, activities, printables & games

• Brain Pop – Free video, activities, printables & games

• Net Smartz Kids – Videos, games & activities

• Interland

Visual Arts

• A Pintura Art Detective – Begin your investigation

• Color Matters – Everything you need to know about color

• Drawing with Shapes – A great place to learn how to draw

• Haring Kids – Art activities & books

• Picasso Head – Create your own Picasso head

• Museum of Modern Art

• The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis – All about glass blowing

Teacher & Parent Resources

• Brightly Storytime – Engaging picture book read-alouds to build a love of reading

Teachers - Are you looking for book titles for your classroom? Did you receive a Ballard Foundation Grant for books? If so, be sure to check out the Growing Reader tab in the Brightly Storytime site above.

•  Crash Course - High quality educational videos available to everyone for free.

• Digital Citizenship Lessons by Common Sense Education ~

5th Grade - My Media Balance: Lesson / Presentation / Lesson Quiz

4th Grade -  Private and Personal Information: Lesson / Presentation / Lesson Quiz

3rd Grade - Rings of Responsibility:  Lesson / Presentation / Lesson Quiz

• Google Classrooms for Parents - A short 9 min tutorial video for parents/guardians on how to support their student(s) with using Google Classroom

• Iowa Reading Research Center (Families and Educators Web Resources)

• 🌟 Mathigon Activities - A collection of eleven different math games/activities.

• Reading is Fundamental Read-Aloud Videos – More than 200 animated read-alouds (Pre-K to 6th Grade), many lesson plans and activities