Favorite Educational Sites

So my son learned how to use a mouse on the computer a couple of months ago and he LOVES to play computer games now.  He would play for HOURS if we let him!!  (He has 30 minutes of computer time twice a week as part of his preschool time.) Here is my featured site this week... STARFALL- The website that he learned computer skills on first was Starfall .  It goes through each letter sound and uses minimal mouse directions.  (Click the blinking arrow to go to the next page).  I really like this site and actually used it with my 1st graders when I taught way back when.  Another thing that is great about this site is that it is great for all ages and abilities.   I can sit my almost 1 year old on my lap...

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Letter B- Week 2

So I stuck with just one theme when we covered the letter a... Apples.  After completing that week, I didn't really feel like my son got that other things besides apples started with the /a/.  So for the B week, I wanted to have a variety of things that began with the /b/.  The first one being band-aids...  B is for Band-aid For this activity, I had my son take his favorite band-aids and place them in between the lines of the B.  (This was great practice for him since he can't really color between the lines yet.)   B is for Balloon This was a great review of shape and color activity that my son had to match the shapes inside the balloon and them glue them in the correct place.  I then cut it out for him...

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