Keyboarding
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ Dance Mat Typing
http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=222 Keyboard Climber
http://www.freetypinggame.net/play.asp Free Typing games - "The frogs are off their diet" is good.
Creativity
http://www.toytheater.com - The drum section is very popular.
http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/
http://www.crayola.com/coloring_application/index.cfm?referrer=/index.cfm
Math
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/math.html
An extensive selection of math activities - the money area offers a lot of practice games.
http://resources.oswego.org/games/
This site offers many, many math activities that can be adjusted for various levels.
http://www.multiplication.com/ Learn and practice your times tables.
Money Practice
http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/math/math_lessons/mathles3/tutor.htm A good place to practice counting coins.
http://www.hbschool.com/thinkmath/topics/time_money.html#0 Another place to practice money skills.
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/java/buyit/BuyIt.html More money practice
http://fen.com/studentactivities/Piggybank/piggybank.html Practice counting coins
Telling Time
http://www.hbschool.com/thinkmath/topics/time_money.html#0 Practice telling time - and elapsed time
Language Arts
Listen to stories
Tumblebooks - ACSSSD has a subscription. We can listen to these stories at home too. Ask your teacher for the sign in information.
http://www.literactive.com It does require (free) registration. The stories are very well done.
http://www.storylineonline.net
Listening Skills
http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/tina2/tina2lo.html Help Tina follow directions.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-listen-up.htm Listen to the clues to solve the mystery. ( Speaker has a British accent)
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/in_the_bag/index.html Listen to clues to determine what's in the bag.
http://www.melting-mindz.com/Big_Bob%27s_Burger_Joint.php A good site to practice following directions while you "work" in a fast food restaurant. It is challenging.
Also there are many listening activities at pbskids.org
Spelling
Grammar
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/quizzes/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/
http://www.kwarp.com/portfolio/grammarninja.html
Science
http://www.planet-science.com
This site has many, many, many science activities.
http://www.edheads.org
This site gives you the opportunity to practice your surgical skills!
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/dinosphere/index.html
Visit this museum for its many fun dinosaur activities
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/
Experiments of all types ! We've enjoyed testing to see if materials are strong, flexible, transparent and waterproof.
Learning ( These are sites with activities for many grades and skills)
brainpop.com, brainpopjr.com These are paid subscription sites but do offer some free materials.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/ This site offers hundreds of educational activities. We really enjoy the science and math.
http://www.abcya.com/
http://www.uen.org/News/article.cgi?category_id=2&article_id=1352
http://www.iknowthat.com Many fine activities.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/
http://www.helpkidzlearn.com -
http://www.primarygames.com/ - There are games to help learn math and reading skills. There are also holiday puzzles and activities.
http://e-learningforkids.org/ Another site of many activities, sorted by grade, subject
Social Skills
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/conflict/intromovie.html Focus is on getting along with others.
http://stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids/
Focus is on anti-bullying.
Preparing for the State Test
http://www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us/south/shared_pages/standardized_test_practice.htm
This site is not NJ based but there are many ways here to practice skills that will be tested here next Spring. Math and reading for grades 1-5
http://www.brainchild.com - The 4th grade demos are very helpful. The science section is also educational.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/ - A place to practice-test math skills for grades 1-6
Acknowledgements
I have learned about many of these sites by visiting the following edublogs:
Free Resources from the Net for (Special) Education
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs: Alternate Format Books and Stories
http://specialclassroom.blogspot.com/
and especially Welcome to NCS-Tech!