Free Resources for Students
For kids up to age 12: Homework help and more 
             

Homework Help

Six Steps to Smarter Studying                                               

When Tests Make You Nervous

Group Projects for School

Organize, Focus, Get It Done

What Is Plagiarism?

Five Steps to Better Handwriting

How to Pick a Great Book to Read

Backpacks

Getting Along With Teachers

School Counselors

The Real Deal on Repeating a Grade

What to Do if You Don't Like School

Getting Your Period at School

School and Diabetes

School and Asthma

CBeebies Songs      

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/somethingspecial/songs/
Build a weather or farm scene and listen to a song about your scene.
 Weather Song
     Drop the animals into the picture then change the weather. 
     Click on 'Play Song' to listen to the Weather Song with Justin.

The eKit

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/ekit.swf

Learn more about drums and how they sound using this eKit.

Hands on Banking - Kids

http://handsonbanking.org/HOB_kids_en.html
Join green alien Zing as gives you some practical money advice. He teaches what money is and about budgeting and banking, as well.

SFSKids.org: The Composerizer
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/musicLabF.asp?pageid=15

Build a song with the Composerizer, courtesy of the San Fransisco Orchestra for Kids Program

 Global Gizmo (Arthur)
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/globalgizmo/
Search the grid to find matching pairs of musical instruments.
 Match picture to picture.
Also, click on the Global Gizmo Map to find more about instruments from around the world                                                                                          

Making A Difference:  Meeting diverse learning needs with differentiated   instruction

This resource provides teachers with an Alberta context for differentiated instruction, including information and strategies for implementing differentiated instructional practices to better meet the diverse learning needs of all students.


http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/resources/cross/making-a-difference.aspx


Media Awareness - Online Privacy and Marketing

Media Awareness has many great resources for teachers who wish to introduce the idea of consumerism, or study how kids being targeted by online marketing. From this page, you will find backgrounders, tip sheets and links to kids' games and activities.

http://www.mediaawareness.ca/english/teachers/wa_teachers/kids_for_sale_teachers/index.cfm

        My Hands ~ Sandbox Learning Website


During the holidays there are many opportunities for practicing skills that are important for independence. Used together or separately, the following Sandbox Learning stories are an engaging way to learn important skills.
Creating art projects, throwing a ball, and dressing are a few examples of good things to do with your hands. My Hands discusses the many positive things hands can do as well as inappropriate hand usage such as hitting, pinching, and throwing things. A page for child-specific hand behaviors and appropriate strategies is included.     

8 Ways to Make Outings Less Stressful

The holidays are a time of year families and classrooms go on fun outings. 8 Ways to Make Outings Less Stressful includes eight helpful hints for making any family outing or class trip less stressful.

Please feel free to share this article or any other Sandbox Learning articles with other parents and professionals.
 
          8 Ways to Make Outings Less Stressful - PDF
          8 Ways to Make Outings Less Stressful - Web Article
                      Full List of Articles

Student Links
For Fun
Funbrain- online educational games for kids of all ages
CBC kids- games, videos and activities for children
CBC kids- games, videos and activties for the younger children
Seussville- official Dr Seuss website
PBS Kids- educational programs for children
Chef Solus- free kids healthy games



Math
Cool Math for Kids
Mr Anker Tests
A Plus Math 



Science
National Geographic for Kids
Weather Network
Astronomy picture of the Day



Language
Raz-kids - a site for reading leveled books
Tumble books-interactive library of animated, talking storybooks
Starfall-A free website to teach children to read with phonics
Scholastic Canada-A world-wide publisher and distributor of children's books, classroom and professional magazines, educational software and instructional materials.Mr Anker Tests- Fun quizzes to practice skills of by subject and grade levels



News
CBC for Kids
Owl MagazineSSRSB Website



Search
Wikipedia- a great site for any information
Ask Jeeves Kids- a great search engine for answering simple questions


Library Websites
www.childrenslibrary.org
www.readingrockets.org
www.funbrain.com
www.magickeys.com
www.scholastic.com
www.virtual-egypt.com