Education Category

Book Adventure

In: Books, Education

My kids have not been able to STOP playing at this site since we discovered it!
This site encourages your child to read more books by rewarding them with real-live gifts. Once your child registers, they can take quizzes on all the books they have read and receive points. Once they have banked up a bunch [...]

Computer Help Online

In: Education

Okay, you’ve set up the computer and braved the Internet. Now come the questions. How do I get rid of that annoying password for Windows? I want to vaccinate my pc against viruses-I hear they are pretty bad. So how do I beat the bug? What the heck is defragging (sounds illegal) and why do [...]

Feeding Others Online

In: Education

Remember being a kid and hearing, “Clean your plate. There are kids starving in China”? And of course you ate- stuffing yourself on food you didn’t want that never even helped that child. Now you can pass up the peas and feel good about helping a REAL child somewhere. Hungersite is a corporately sponsored website [...]

Preschool Education At Home

In: Education

Before I get started, this site is not just for preschoolers. There are tons of links to other sites for K-6th graders, adoptive families, home schoolers and fathers. With that said…though I don’t have a preschooler anymore (sniff) I can really appreciate the effort that went into this stellar site. What first caught my eye [...]

Homework Help

In: Education

Sorry kids, now you don’t have any excuses for missing school assignments. The host of this site is a 13 year old who, with his dad’s help, started his own website. I couldn’t possibly tell you everything available there, but here is a  “drop in the bucket” sample.
Go to the Foreign Language icon and the [...]

A great site for both parents and kids is familyeducation.com. The purpose of this site is to help parents assist in their children’s learning success. There are over 23 free newsletters for parents and educators. I receive those appropriate to my children’s ages and enjoy reading them.
You can [...]