Gudli

Gudli is a free online learning site for young children. It is very easy to set up an account and it is free! The bright colours and engaging activities are awesome for littles and Kindergarten to Year Two children.

The site is divided into maths, English, puzzles and fun . Once you have set up an account then you can go to the following pages. Maths, English, Puzzles and Fun.

Here are some of the math activities that can be explored.

Maths

Maths part 2

Here are some of the English activities that can be explored.

English

Here are some of the Puzzle activities that can be explored.

Puzzles

And lastly here are some of the Fun activities that can be explored.

Fun

Onc you have set up your account you are also given your own page where you can list your favrouite game and make comments. there is also a parent and Kids activity section on the page that gives you hints about different fun activities that you can take part in.

You account page

Here are 2 that are found on the site. Thank you to http://www.gudli.com/ for the following extracts from their account page.

Body Pillows :
All you need is a flat sheet of solid color (or fabric)..we used white, fabric glue, (or if you can sew, that may be more durable in the long run) yarn that matches the color of the childs hair, buttons for the eyes and then stuffing for the body. Trace the childs body on the sheet, cut it out, glued it together, leaving an opening for the stuffing and let the little ones stuff and decorate them.

Indoor Bowling :
6 toilet paper rolls (can be decorated) or 16 fl.oz. plastic bottles. Set on ends to serve as pins. Using a tennis ball or small rubber ball, stand 4 to 6 feet away from the bottles. Younger children can stand closer. Take turns rolling the ball to try and knock over the bottles. Let each player have 5 turns. The player who knocks over the most pins is the winner. Ready, set, BOWL.

I am going to have so much fun exploring this site with my year 2 children on the IWB this week.

Thanks to @kbconnected for mentioning this site on twitter.

Scholastics Computer Lab Favourites

Nov27

Scholastics has done it again. There are so many different wonderful teaching resources on the site. This is the latest that I have been shown. It is the Computer Lab Favourites. It is like a portal to all their different interactive sites, divided into age appropriate ( K-2 and 3-5 ) and subject. There are 50 activities that last 15-30 minutes each.

You can select an activity from the turntable:

click on spin it to get a random activity:

Spin It

click on the subject to see more activities.

More Activities

The K-2 section deals with language arts, sciences, social studies, math and Spanish. Inside each of these areas there are 10 different activities.

K-2 Computer Lab

Language arts- Spell with Leo, Share what You are Reading, Names with Nina, Read Here Clifford, Make a Postcard, Play Sound Match, Play Concentration, Rhyme with Reggie, Read with Clifford, Story Starters

Science – Listen and Read- Arctic Foxes, Build a Dinosaur, Build a Monster Bug, Build a Caterpillar, Turtle Facts, Listen and read Snow Monkeys, Dino Sized Quiz, Gets and Earful, Animal Habitats , Photosynthesis

Maths-Count Coins, Perfect Parade, The Fantastical Zoo, Card Castles, Count Stars, Ice Cream Money,

Spanish -Read Where is Emily, Dude the Dog, Clifford’s Big Dig, Read with Clifford, Read Here Clifford,Piñata Concentration

Social Studies- What;s the Word, Meet the Mayor, Meet a Veterinarian, Meet a Paediatrician, Meet a Firefighter, Meet a Police Officer, Meet a Utility Worker, Meet a Pizza Maker, Meet a Librarian,

Computer Lab 3-5

The 3-5 Section deals with language arts, sciences, social studies, math and Spanish. Inside each of these areas there are subtitles.

Language arts- Poetry Idea Engine, Story Starters, Choose and Adventure, Fish Up Word Endings, Pick the Perfect Word, Character Scrapbook, Play I spy Library, Its Greek to Me, Myth Brainstorming Machine, Share What You’re Reading

Science – Water Cycle, Moon Olympics, Build a Caterpillar, Turtle Facts, Dino Sized Quiz, Weather Maker, Water Cycle, Build a Food Web, Classify This, Bat Watch, States of Matter,

Maths-Sports Math Hunt, Fractions, Pizza Puzzle, Dude the Dog, Rainforest Math Hunt, The Cafeteria Caper, Mysterious Money, Human Body Math Hunt, Determine the Missing Operation, Around the World

Spanish -Piñata Concentration, Around the World, Scientific Labelling, Dude the Dog, Read Where is Emily, Spanish English Bike Race, Clean up Grammar, read Clifford’s Big Dig, Read with Clifford,

Social Studies- What’s the Word, Be the President, Design an Historic Home, Tour Ellis Island, Puzzled States, Mapman Challenge, Submit a Caption, Scholastic News Hangman, Build a Plane,

Study Jam

Oct25

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/index.htm

I found this terrific site because I was looking for weather resources for a Unit of study on the Weather that we are engaged in at the moment.

It highlights both math and science topics, where you search for what you need.

Here are the topics found when I searched for ‘weather’

I clicked on Weather and climate and here is what you see.

I love the little videos that are present and then there is a quiz. which is multiple choice.

Where the vocabulary is listed when you click on these words a small definition will pop up.

Also , there are related jams at the bottom of the screen.

What a brilliant site!

Thanks Scholastic for another terrific resource.

Study Ladder

Sep11

I love using Smart Kiddies with my class. Now it is even more awesome.

It is now called Study Ladder and there are so many more fun ways to engage children’s learning not only with maths but also Literacy as well.

There are activities available from preschool to Yr 7. You just select the ones that you need.

Literacy

In the literacy section you can choose from

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Time Table PowerPoint

Jul16

I am in the process of making interactive PowerPoint for times tables. Feel free to download.
I wanted to embed as a macro enabled PowerPoint but embedit does not support this.

I finally worked it out. I made a Portfolio. Hope that it works. Click on Times_Tables and it should take you to the Ppt. More will be added later.

Here are 1, 2 and 3 times tables.

Times_Tables

Bits and Pieces Place

A place to find the Bits and Pieces to help with your teaching.

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Time Table PowerPoint