Internet stuff

Hi everybody! How about that snow today... makes me want to go skiing!

Well, I have been looking around on the internet and have found some interesting links for you guys to try. They are fun and also educational :-)

First, to improve your typing skills, click here to try some fun games and lessons. Try doing just the "home row" first, and then as you get better at it, try the upper row and the lower row.

Spelling games:

Click here for a find-a-word style spelling game where you race against the clock to click on letters to spell out words. (Some of the words were a little hard, but you can look at the word as you click letters to spell it)

Click here to go to Big IQ Kids free spelling program. This website has a lot of advertising, and the computer generated voice is a little annoying, BUT the lesson is pretty good. Look at the right side of the page at the top and you can see a place to select a word list to practice. Choose a grade level that you feel comfortable with (for example, our BrainQuest book is Grade 3 level), and choose lesson 1. It will give you a word list to practice. Then you can click "Learn" at the bottom right hand side of the page. It will help you read each word on the list, give it to you in a sentence, and ask you to spell it. If you complete the lesson, you earn a game coin to use later. After you "Learn", you can "Practice" and you can even take a "Test" to make sure you've learned the word list well. After you have earned a few game coins, go to the games and try them out!

If I find any more I will post them here later.

Have fun! See you Saturday.

(p.s. please do a journal entry)