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Online programs educational games etc. for Kindy

post #1 of 15
9/17/10 at 12:55am
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Title says it.....Looking for help in finding low cost or free would be best, programs online to give another outlet for learning for my DS. Actually 1st grade would work as well.....Thanks in advance~
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post #2 of 15
9/17/10 at 11:54am
Of all the sites for younger kids--we use these the most. They are free.

http://www.starfall.com/
http://www.toytheater.com/math.php
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/website...anguages.shtml

Amy
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post #3 of 15
9/17/10 at 1:56pm
low cost: www.time4learning.com
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post #4 of 15
9/17/10 at 1:58pm
We like Readingeggs.com
It's not free but it's low cost and you can get a free 2 week trial and then decide if you want to spend the $60-something for a 12 month subscription.
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post #5 of 15
9/17/10 at 6:42pm
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Thanks! We do use Starfall but I'll try the others
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post #6 of 15
9/22/10 at 4:09pm
It may not be super popular here but we let them use www.pbskids.org
They love it and have learned a lot.
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post #7 of 15
9/22/10 at 7:10pm
Brainpop has a K-3 option.
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post #8 of 15
9/22/10 at 10:09pm
Not specifically for K, but there are K levels on all these.
http://www.funbrain.com/
http://www.abcya.com/
http://storylineonline.net/
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/
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post #9 of 15
9/23/10 at 12:13am
My kindy really loves readingeggs.com. We have subscribed twice and think it was worth the money.
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post #10 of 15
9/23/10 at 12:54am
My first grader LOVED Blox
http://www.freeworldgroup.com/games/...ver/index.html
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post #11 of 15
9/23/10 at 12:57am
They also love bloxorz
http://www.miniclip.com/games/bloxorz/en/
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post #12 of 15
9/23/10 at 12:59am
not all edcuational, but we love Jumpstart - there is a free version, and a subscription version ($8 a month for unlimitted access to all features). There are educational games, but the kids can also just tool around the online realm and have pets, dress up, play noneducational but fun games, etc. They can either communicate with pre-set "chats" (that are like, "hi, how are you?" "fine", they cannot free type in anything), or you can turn that feature off so they cannot communicate with other kids online - which is what we have done.
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post #13 of 15
9/23/10 at 1:01am
Also not in the learny, as in letters kind of way, but my 6 yo LOVES CHuzzle on MSN games page. you have to line up these colored fuzzy ball dudes and they pop and disappear. the more you get lined up, the higher your score, and sometimes rows lock/etc. so there's not only matching, but basic strategy as well.

We also like Cyberchase on pbskids.
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post #14 of 15
9/23/10 at 1:12am
Just heard about this today. It's free curriculum through upper grades. Looks decent. http://www.theheadoftheclass.com/
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post #15 of 15
9/23/10 at 5:39pm
Thread Starter 
Wow!!! Thanks so much to all of you we now have so many to choose from. I really appreciate all of your posts.
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