fun {and easy} way to use technology.

I found {cookie} this morning and have to admit I've spent the last half hour playing games!  This is a fantastic website that I'm going to start using on Monday!  They all have audio directions in case you want your kids to work independently and when one game ends, another one pops up to play again...so it doesn't require your attention every 5 minutes.  ;)  Most of them also have timers at the bottom so you can encourage a little competition in a group center.

Here are a few that I found, er, played this morning and love for kindergarten.

{literacy}
Alphabet Writing: green arrows and red Xs force the children form letters correctly in order to move on.

The Blank: practice using sight words to complete sentences.  Good grammar practice!

What Letter Missing: practice ABC order.  The chipmunks cry at a wrong answer or clap for the right choice.

Simple Sentences: click the bubbles to write a complete sentence.  Punctuation included!

Sight Words: Sight word memory.  Choose preschool - 3rd grade ability level.

{math}
Color Addition: each color choice has a number, which represents the sum of the equation.

Color Subtraction: same game, reverse skill!

Learn Shape: students match shapes to their shadows.  Then a short video pops up telling the shape name,  how many sides it has and showing real life objects of the same shape.

Graph and Tally: a video walks students through counting and recording amounts of animals then shows them how to make a tally chart.  A skill practice game comes next.  The same process is also there for teaching and practicing venn diagrams, picture graphs, pictographs and bar graphs.

{science}
The Five Senses: a video explains all five senses then students categorize items by which sense they would use to explore it.

Grow Plant: after a video explanation of how to care for a plant, students match the vocabulary to correct picture for a review of each part's purpose.

Body Parts: students label major body parts then move into smaller parts of the face, arms and legs.  They match body parts to their function and end by finding the parts on an animal.

Yes, the voice is a touch robotic, but the graphics, movement and skill practice are amazing.  There are also worksheets to print for additional practice {or data keeping} that go along with the skill of each game.  Happy Playing!  :)