As they turn the cans they can change the words that they make. Then kids work to stack the letters and make words. One of my favorite games in 100 Fun and Easy Learning Games for Kids is the STACK A WORD game! To play you stick paper around a can with different letters on it. My friends Kim & Amanda from The Educators' Spin On It just launched their new book 100 Fun and Easy Learning Games for Kids! After spending time reading through the book with my daughter, I decided that we will be using a lot of these games to help us have fun and enjoy learning this summer! This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. I do like to put together simple hands-on learning activities with them to review basic fine motor skills, reading skills, and math skills when we have time in fun ways.Īlthough I love surfing Pinterest and looking for exciting Reading ideas or Math activities, it is even easier when I find a resource that I like where I can just copy the activities or put my own spin on them without having to do much digging. I don't give my kids homework (besides reading) and we don't usually buy big workbooks for them to do over the summer. Membership supports the production of new books, educational games, and movies.During the summer I like to be lazy and we like to relax. Starfall’s low-cost membership program expands the free content to include additional animated songs, mathematics activities, and reading. It is widely used in schools and homeschools. Its emphasis on phonemic awareness, systematic sequential phonics, and common sight words in conjunction with audiovisual interactivity is especially effective for teaching emergent readers, children of all ages with special needs or learning difficulties, as well as ELL (ESL) students. Starfall activities are research-based and align with state learning objectives for English language arts and mathematics. Due to the engaging content that “feels like play,” Starfall serves as an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children. The program emphasizes exploration, play, and positive reinforcement-encouraging children to become confident and intrinsically motivated.

Since then it has expanded to include standards in language arts and mathematics for preschool through fifth grade and above. Starfall was developed in the classroom by teachers and opened in August 2002 as a free public service to teach children to read. He was motivated to create a learning platform with untimed, multisensory interactive games that allow children to see, hear, and touch as they learn. Stephen Schutz, who had difficulty learning to read as a child due to dyslexia.

At Starfall, children have fun while they learn

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