Learning Games and Videos

The law is the set of rules that we live by. The Constitution is the highest law. It belongs to the United States. It belongs to all Americans. The Constitution says how the government works. It creates the Presidency. It creates the Congress. It creates the Supreme Court. The Constitution lists some key rights. Rights are things that all people have just because they are alive. By listing the rights, they are made special. They are made safe. The Bill of Rights is a part of the Constitution. The Bill of Rights lists many rights of the people.

History

The Constitution was written in 1787. Yes, it is over 200 years old. We actually have old copies of what was created! In 1787, a group of men met to write the Constitution. They did not like the way the country was going. They fixed it by creating the Constitution. We call these men The Framers. Some of the Framers are very famous. George Washington was a Framer. So was Ben Franklin.The Framers met in Independence Hall during a hot summer in Philadelphia. They had a lot of arguments. In the end, they agreed to the words in the Constitution. They knew they had to agree. If they did not agree, the fighting would keep going. After the Framers wrote the Constitution, they asked the states to approve it. It took some time, but all the states did approve it. Some people did not like the Constitution. Some were afraid because it did not do enough to protect the rights of the people. It had no bill, or list, of rights. Promises were made to add a bill of rights. After the Constitution passed, the Bill of Rights was added. The Bill of Rights is the first ten changes to the Constitution.

The Bill of Rights

The Bill of Rights is very important. It protects important ideas. It protects your right to say what you want. It lets you think for yourself. It keeps the laws from being too hard. It gives rules for the police. It lets you believe in God if you want. No one can tell you not to believe. It lets you gather with your friends to talk. It makes sure you can read newspapers. The Bill of Rights also protects your home. It helps keep Americans safe. Today, we are very happy the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution.

Making changes:

The Constitution is not perfect. When it was written, they knew that it would have to be improved. The Framers added a way to make changes. This is called "amendment". The Bill of Rights was actually added as a set of amendments. The Constitution has been changed 18 times since it was written. The amendments added things that the Framers didn't think of. One amendment says that all black men can vote. Another says that all women can vote. One more says that the President can only be elected twice. The first amendments, the Bill of Rights, were added in 1791. The last amendment was added in 1992. Lots of people have ideas for new amendments. Adding an amendment is hard — it takes lots of agreement!

How it all works

The Constitution sets up the government. It is split into three parts: One part is the Congress. The Congress makes laws. The people elect the members of Congress. The next part is the President. The President enforces the laws. The last part is the Courts. The courts decide what the law means when there are questions. All of the parts have to work together. Just like the Framers agreed on the Constitution, the parts have to agree on the laws. No part has too much power. The power is shared. This helps protect the people!

Click the link below to see a picture of the Constitution:

https://www.constitutionday.com/the-constitution.html

The "Declaration of Independence" is the name of a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a new nation—the United States of America.

History for Kids!

https://www.historyforkids.net/ancient-indian-literature-for-kids.html

Animal Trivia Games

(Learn about tigers, polar bears, elephants, and rhinos!)

https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/animal-trivia-games

Have fun drawing and creating...just click on the plus sign on the left side of the screen to get started!

https://sketch.io/sketchpad/

TRIP UP YOUR BRAIN!

https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/brain/trip-up-your-brain2

Play and Learn - Free online games for kids:

https://sccld.org/blogs/post/play-and-learn-free-online-games-for-kids/

PBS Games

https://pbskids.org/games/

Which color matches your personality quiz!

https://www.highlightskids.com/jokes/quiz/which-color-matches-your-personality

SPORTS GAMES!

https://www.ducksters.com/games/sports_games.php

EDUCATIONAL GAMES!

https://www.ducksters.com/games/

https://www.thesaurus.com/

Play one or all of these addictive word puzzles! The hangman games are categorized by topic.

Try to figure out the word or phrase by clicking on letters. A new body part appears with every wrong guess.

https://www.factmonster.com/games/hangman

"SCIENCE BOB" FOR KIDS!

https://sciencebob.com/category/videos/

https://sciencebob.com/category/experiments/

https://sciencebob.com/elephant-toothpaste-with-jimmy-kimmel/

HIGHLIGHTS Games for Kids!

https://www.highlightskids.com/games

Once a day you should take a break from all the rush. Give yourself a few minutes of relaxation and become a bit calmer. Pay attention to the little things that surround you which are usually unnoticed. Follow your natural curiosity and release your inner explorer. Just a few minutes per day.

These relaxing environments will encourage you to stop and listen, watch and feel!

https://www.free-training-tutorial.com/mindfulness.html

Kids' Corner

https://carolinatigerrescue.org/kids-games/

...and activities!

https://carolinatigerrescue.org/kids-activities/

Test your knowledge of United States geography! Put the states in the proper place on the map!

https://bensguide.gpo.gov/games

Are you cut out for MARS? Do you have what it takes to go on a space mission to the Red Planet??https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/astronomy/are-you-cut-out-for-mars

Welcome to "OLogy" the Science website for kids from the American Museum of Natural History!!

https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/

Incredible site for kids who love SCIENCE!!

(facts, experiments, games, videos, even jokes!!)

https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE:

Identify the mystery skulls!

http://virtualexhibits.mos.org/mystery-skulls/

Identify the flight patterns of these birds!

http://virtualexhibits.mos.org/bird-flight-patterns/

Educational Quizzes! So much fun :)

https://happylearning.tv/en/games/quizzes/

Long o and oo phonics games:

https://www.kizphonics.com/phonics/long-o-silent-e-phonics-games/

https://www.kizphonics.com/phonics/oo-long-vowel-digraph-phonics-game/

https://www.kizphonics.com/phonics/oo-long-vowel-digraph-audio-card

https://www.kizphonics.com/phonics/oa-vowel-digraph-phonics-game/

https://www.kizphonics.com/phonics/oa-vowel-digraph-audio-cards/

MATH GAMES!

https://www.mathplayground.com/math-games.html

Over 140 Learning Games for Kids

RoomRecess.com is dedicated to providing children with free learning games that are fun. Our online games reinforce important skills that are vital to elementary students and their educational process. RoomRecess.com was developed entirely by an elementary school teacher with the goal of reinforcing fundamental learning concepts in math, reading, spelling, language arts, typing, and problem solving. Because our learning games are free, students do not have to sign up or hold an account with us. Children can simply load up an activity and have fun learning online while they play!

https://www.roomrecess.com/

I love this game!!

"Rocketship Reader"

https://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/RocketshipReader/play.html

PBS Kids - MATH Games

https://pbskids.org/games/math/

FREE MATH ONLINE GAMES!

(Number Sense, Math Facts, Fractions and Decimals, Negative Numbers, Angles, etc.)

https://www.free-training-tutorial.com/math-games.html

ADDING & SUBTRACTING 3-DIGIT NUMBERS

https://www.mathplayground.com/video_add_subtract_3_digit_numbers.html

Switch Zoo Animal Games! So much fun... Listen to music performed by animals, make new animals, build a biome or an online habitat...

https://switchzoo.com/watch_listen.htm

https://switchzoo.com/

Click any animal name to read the animal's profile!

https://switchzoo.com/animallist.htm

Build a Biome!

https://switchzoo.com/games/buildabiome.htm

Free Multiplication Math Games

https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

Educational Games:

http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/menu_jeux.html

Learning Games for Kids at Home that you can play as a family!

Slap the word!

This is a good one to get some of the yoo-hoos out:))

Write several words (9-12) that rhyme in large letters on sheets of computer paper or other scratch paper. There should be one word per piece of paper.
Lay out the papers on the floor or a table. You may want to put something underneath the papers like a towel.
Give each of the players something to hit the board with, like a flyswatter, a wooden spoon, or a drumstick.
Make up a quick poem using 2 of the rhyming words. The first player to slap the words in your poem gets a point.
Have the next person make up a poem and let the slapping commence!

To make this game more challenging, use longer words or say them faster.

Picture it!

Put your drawing skills to the test by illustrating a common idiom. (It’s not as easy as you’d think!)

Have each family member choose an idiom from the list above or another familiar idiom.
Fold a sheet of paper in half. On one side, draw a picture of the literal meaning of each idiom. On the other side, draw a picture of what people understand the idiom to mean.
Take turns guessing which idiom each person drew!

Simon capitalizes

This version of the popular children’s game only requires a list of vocabulary words and space to move!

Work with your child to compose a list of words and names related to astronomy and space exploration.
Designate one adult to be “Simon” and stand a distance away from other family members.
Simon states a direction about the capitalization of one of the words from the list. For example: “Simon says to take two steps forward if the word Jupiter is capitalized.”
The other players can move forward if the statement is true and begins with “Simon says.” However, if they are incorrect or they moved without hearing “Simon says,” they must take a step backward.
This game continues until someone reaches Simon, proving themselves to be an expert on capitalization!

Planet tag

This is a chance for everyone in the family to show off their knowledge of comparative and superlative adjectives while getting a workout!

Assist your child in drawing each planet in the solar system roughly to scale. (Put that chart from Day 1 to good use!) Have them label the drawings.
Arrange the drawings in planet order on the floor or ground, with ample space between them.
One family member at a time is the clue giver, while the other family members stand at a designated home base.
The clue giver asks question using a superlative or comparative word, such as, “Which is the biggest planet in the solar system?” (Jupiter) or “Which planet is closer to the Sun, Venus or Mercury?” (Mercury).
The other family members will race to the correct drawing.
The first person to reach the correct planet will receive a point and give the next clue.

Sentence builders

Write down the names of several nouns, verbs, and adjectives on strips of paper.

Separate the piles by part of speech and place in paper bags or hats.
Have each family member select a noun, verb, and adjective at random and come up with a sentence using all three.
To keep the fun going, have family members draw or act out their sentence!

Compound word jigsaw

Help your child understand how compound words work by creating and playing this matching game!

Write the following words on index cards: rain, bow, snow, flake, sun, light, summer, time, over, cast, hail, stone. Have your child identify the meaning of each word.
Place the cards face down on the table in a random order.
Take turns flipping over two cards at a time. If the smaller words form a compound word, read aloud and define the word, then take the cards out of play.
The player with the most pairs wins!

Compound word visual puzzles

Using sticky notes or index cards with tape, have your child label items and places in your home that are compound words, such as bookcase, bedroom, and toothpaste.

Turn these compound words into visual puzzles!

Take one of the compound words from your home, such as raincoat.
Fold a sheet of paper in half.
Draw pictures of the shorter words on each half of the page. (for example: a cloud with raindrops on one side and a coat on the other)
Have another family member guess the compound word!

Word part jigsaw

Help your child understand how word parts work together by creating and playing this matching game!

Write the following word parts on index cards: telescope, unmanned, mid-flight, equator, diameter, cosmonaut, scientist.
Have your child identify familiar word parts and explain what they mean. (For any that you’re unsure about, search Dictionary.com for the word or word part.)
Guide your child to cut each word in two, between its root and affix.
Place the cards face down on the table in a random order.
Take turns flipping over two cards at a time. If the word parts form a word, read aloud the word and take the cards out of play.
The player with the most pairs wins!

An activity a day to learn about the brain!

https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/act.html

SPELLING CITY GAMES (click on "free games")

Even Spelling Tests are fun on this site!

https://www.spellingcity.com/spelling-games-vocabulary-games.html#

Chicken Coop Game :))

https://pbskids.org/peg/games/chicken-coop

GOLD RUSH GAME!!

https://www.nma.gov.au/av/goldrush/index.html

Math is Fun website:

https://www.mathsisfun.com/index.htm

MATH FLASHCARDS!

(addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division)

(https://www.factmonster.com/math/flashcards

Graphing for Reading and Math Fun

Uncategorized (Connie McCarthy)

Graphing is a great way for a young child to visually see math and understand the concepts of more or less and addition and subtraction in mathematics. Graphs can also be used in reading to help a child compare and contrast elements of a story. There are simple bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, and even Venn diagrams to help children understand new concepts in both reading and math.

Here are three ways to make graphing fun:

Use an old shower curtain or blanket as a large graph mat. Place it flat on the floor. Let your child organize objects to graph, such as stuffed animals, toy cars, or favorite books. If she decides to graph her stuffed animals she can organize by size, color, type of animal, etc. She might start at the bottom of the blanket and put all her yellow cats in a column, then her black cats in the next column, her orange cats next, and so on. Or she might choose to graph the cats by size. Ask “How many cats are yellow?” “Is that more or less than your black cats?” She is sorting and comparing results with this activity, as well as visually reading a graph.
Use same size, different-colored Legos or blocks to make a standing bar graph. Let your child ask family and friends their favorite kind of cookie, for example. Help him write responses. Let him assign a different colored Lego for different cookies—for example, red for chocolate chip, blue for peanut butter, etc. Stack up the Legos according to choices recorded. Help him make sure that each column is evenly spaced. Step back and help him analyze the cookie most favored and the least favorite one. Ask “How many more people liked chocolate chip than peanut butter cookies?” “What was the second most favorite kind?” “How do you know?”
Create a large Venn diagram by overlapping two Hula hoops. Or you can use string to create and overlap two large circles. Together read a favorite book, such as The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister and J. Alison James. After reading the book, talk about ways the Rainbow Fish is like a real fish. For example, both live in water. Help her write that on a small note or index card and place it in the space where the circles overlap to show characteristics that the story fish and a real fish might share. Try to find three examples of how they are alike. On the other spaces of the diagram, where there is no overlap, help her write characteristics of the Rainbow Fish that are not real, and place them to the left of the intersection. To the right, place a few characteristics of real fish that are not shared by the Rainbow Fish. When finished, help her compare and contrast how the fictitious fish and a real fish are alike and how they are different.

Graphs are an important learning tool because they demonstrate information visually. They help a child organize data to increase greater comprehension of reading and math facts.

Roman Numeral Challenge

https://www.factmonster.com/math/roman

Language Arts and Spelling

https://www.factmonster.com/features/grammar-and-spelling

*Subject/Verb Matching Game:

https://www.roomrecess.com/memory/SubjectVerbMatcher/play.html

*HOMOPHONE MATCHER Game:

https://www.roomrecess.com/memory/HomophoneMatcher/play.html

Spelling and Language Arts Games for kids!

https://www.roomrecess.com/pages/WordGames.html

Video demonstration of a frog dissection! Excellent presentation and lesson!

https://www.azscience.org/learn/content/videos/english/demonstration-frog-dissection/