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Fun Word Games that Teach

There is a website called Learning Games For Kids. It has free games that kids can play. Each game allows kids to practice a specific concept that has to do with words, spelling, or language. These games can be easily added into your lesson plans, as a fun way to practice a new concept. Learning Games for Kids has games that teach math, health, art and music, geography concepts, science games, and more. They have some excellent word games. There are games designed to let your child practice alphabetizing, spelling, understanding contractions, understanding homophones, and even some poetry concepts! This … Continue reading →

Education Week in Review: February 16 – February 29

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Welcome back to a wonderful weekend wrap up of education topics and issues. The past couple of weeks have been a little slow on my part. Therefore, this week’s review will detail the two past weeks. The weeks’ discussions have ranged from school lunch to history, to teaching proper etiquette to girls. Check out below for any discussions that you may have missed. Tuesday, February 19 School Cafeterias are Losing Money More and more children are bringing their lunch to school. Children are becoming dissatisfied with the choices and taste of school lunches. Cafeterias are being forced to offer more … Continue reading →

Why Early Interventions?

Student performance, test scores, and overall academic success have been a focus and a concern for teachers and school administration for years. Groups of children, individuals, and teachers have been tracked for some time now. Also, for some time now students who are struggling have receive a type of intervention such as one on one help or tutoring. However, what is different in today’s schools is the level and age at which students are being targeted. Until recently, teachers and schools tended to focus mainly on the children who were taking the test (which usually begins at about third grade). … Continue reading →

Make Better Use of Travel Time

With today’s busy world, moms and dads use every part of their day to squeeze in more and more chores. I am one of those myself that is always looking for more ways to save time and get more accomplished. As I was driving down the road the other day I began to take notice of all of the parents that I saw using their cell phones as they traveled down the road. Many of them were likely taking advantage of the couple of moments that they had to talk. Some were completing business deals on the way to soccer … Continue reading →

Classroom Game Fun

In some of my last articles I offered some ideas for games that can be used in the classroom. Children learn more when they are engaged in learning. If children are bored and inattentive they learn less. Therefore it is important that teachers make their lessons as fun and as engaging as possible. Games are a great way to review material and get students involved. The first game that I discussed was a quickness game and works best with quick or memorization facts. The second game discussed is played much like baseball. It can be used with facts and with … Continue reading →

More Fun Classroom Games

In a previous article I discussed how a child’s education can be fun and exciting. All it takes is a little creativity and planning by the teacher. Because not all teachers possess creativity, I will share some ideas that work for me in the classroom. The games that I am listing have worked for both lower grade levels and upper grade levels. Simply adjust the material to meet your needs. The first game that I described was a quickness games. Students compete to see who can name or answer a card first. The next couple of games listed are also … Continue reading →

Fun Games for Classrooms

Good teaching, effective teaching, is actually an art. An effective teacher has a creative way of relaying information to the students so that it is fun and interesting. While not all school work can be fun, much of learning can be exciting if it is presented in a proper manner. Some teachers are natural creators. They are creative and make-up fun and educational games with ease. Other teachers are not so fortunate to have this gift. However, that does not mean that their classes must be boring and games cannot be used. There are many resource books and websites that … Continue reading →

More Games for Your Child

In a previous article, I discussed a couple of games that were great for on the road trips or times of waiting because the games required no materials. In this article, I will offer some rainy day at home games that are more detailed and require a bit more preparation. Both types of games are fun and entertaining for you and your child! Help your child create picture cards. Picture cards are cards with pictures and labels. Each card should only have one picture and its label word. These can be made with index cards and pictures from magazines or … Continue reading →

Flash Focus – DS Game

How old are your eyes? The new DS game, Flash Focus promises to train your eyes and to sharpen your momentary vision, your peripheral vision, hand-eye coordination, and dynamic visual acuity. The game explains what all those mean and how they are important. Although the game is rated E for everyone, it’s a hard game for younger children. The activities get very fast and challenging. If you have young children who frustrate easily, I wouldn’t buy this game for them. For you though, it’s fun. Ideally, you train your eyes once a day for fifteen minutes. Just like in Brain … Continue reading →

Visual Brainstorms – Game Review

Visual Brainstorms: The Smart Thinking Game comes with 100 sturdy over-sized playing cards. The cards are color coded for easy, hard, and extra hard questions. Some of the cards have bonus questions. Harder questions are awarded more points. Some have “visual” bonus questions that you can only answer by having paid close attention to the card before you flipped it over for the answer. This game can be played several ways. I like that it’s so flexible for rules and time limits. You can play as teams, or with one or two players. If you play as teams you can … Continue reading →