Work sheet fun–K12 Reader

K12 Reader is more like a spelling and reading curriculum for grades 1-5. There are tons of worksheets for spelling and reading comprehension in here like the Dolch words worksheets and activities, handwriting practice worksheets etc. categorized by grade level. There are also some grammar worksheets. You can also find instructions on a number of topics such as phoneme awareness, reading fluency etc. The site also offers many games and activities to enhance the reading and spelling skills of children. If you like to use curriculums in your home education and are looking for a reading and spelling one, then before spending a good chunk of money you can give this site a try.

Worksheet Fun for October 2011

 

I have previously posted about Scott Foresman’s grammar and writing handbook. I have found another great grammar skills book from scholastics. Just click on “skill builders” for the grade you want (1-6 grades available) and save the PDF. It is free to use and you can even download the teachers’ manual with it.

Practice skimming

Skimming or skim reading is an essential skill when processing information for researches etc. BBC skillwise has a nice set of activity, quiz and worksheet to practice this vital reading skill.

Worksheet Fun For September 2011

 

Game Classroom features hundreds of worksheets on math and language arts topics for students ranging from Kindergarten through 6th grade. And while you are there, have a look at their other resources like featured games etc. and you are sure to find some thing to inspire you, insha Allaah.

Worksheet Fun for June

 

Discovery Education has a wealth of worksheets at worksheets to go, made by teachers and categorized by subject and grade level. Check it out!

Wacky Errurz Writing

I know its hasn’t come to this, yet! But with Errurz you can make simply delightful error messages. Create wild ones, create sweet ones, create scary ones and create fun and amusing ones but don’t make confusing ones, windows do it for you! To quote Tim Ryland,

I frequently wanted to make one that simply said:

“I HAVE NO SIGNIFICANCE WHATSOEVER. IGNORE ME”

Have fun errurz-ing!

Worksheet Fun For May

ABCTeach’s ABCTools are an excellent way to create printables of all kinds. These simple to use tools will let you create puzzles, games, handwriting practice sheets, math worksheets, scrapbooking pages and all other sorts of stuff in no time. When using worksheets flexible tools like these are a great way to make worksheets which are customized for your kids. Take some time exploring this wonderful set of tools. You can search for pre made worksheets by age/grade or simply go to the theme units for a directory of different topics to find the worksheets on the topic of your choice.

Worksheet Fun For April

 

Scott Foresman Reading Headquarters has excellent grammar and writing hand books for grades one to six. Content is of good quality and can be a good resource on its own or as a reinforcement with any other curriculum.

Wednesday Weekly Website–NASA Kids Club

 

NASA Kids Club

Review: A good collection of educational games is available at NASA Kids Club. There are five skill levels available, skill level one being suitable for even pre-schoolers. The games are varied in content and graphics. There are games about space, atmosphere, NASA missions and satellites, math and even healthy eating. Some games like Buzz Lightyear have accompanying educational worksheets as well. There is music though but there is an option in all games to turn it off.

Suitable for ages: 4-13

Worksheet Fun for March

Thousands of good quality worksheets can be found at Super Teacher Worksheets. Here you can find worksheets on math, science, language arts, reading and comprehension, social studies, worksheets on different themes and teaching aids like graphic organizers etc. for grade levels from 1 to 6. A real treasure trove!

Worksheet Fun for February

A vast number of printables can be found at the printables center at Family Education. You can filter the search by age level and categories such as skill builders (which include math, science, writing etc) games and puzzles, charts and forms, coloring pages etc. There are worksheets, graphic organizers, cut and fold activities and many other goodies available on this site.

Worksheet Fun for January

One dad, two daughters and 5,933 worksheets and counting! This is how the website introduces itself. Visit dadsworksheets for thousands of worksheets suitable for children from an early age to middle and even high school aged kids. The worksheets are only for math but every type of math. You will find worksheets for Rocket Math worksheets, place value problems, addition without carrying, subtraction without borrowing, suites of multiplication tests using various methodologies and more. A very good treasury of worksheets for anything math!

Worksheet fun for November

 

Northern grid for learning in England has a Early years worksheets and activities page. According to the website:

“This page contains a bank of worksheets and activities which may be downloaded and printed for use with children in the foundation stage. This resource covers Literacy Skills.”

Currently there is one download pack available which has got many worksheets. So if your little one is currently learning phonics, rhymes and other foundation stage (early kindergarten) skills and interested in worksheets then you should give this pack a try. File is in zip format and doesn’t take much time (or bandwidth) to download which is a plus.

Worksheet Fun for October

Have Fun Teaching has a large collection of teaching aids, including worksheets, display items, flash cards, songs, coloring pages, videos, activities, graphic organizers and other teaching tools like lesson plans and reward sheets etc. Along with worksheets for regular subjects like math, science and English grammar, it has got some unusual worksheets like worksheet for mapping skills, comic strips, writing prompts etc. All resources are categorized according to grade and also according to subject so finding a resource is really easy. You can even create your own worksheets if you can not find one that suits your learner’s need. Over all a vast bank of resources for the teachers and teaching parents.

Worksheet Fun for September

 

Worksheetworks is another site where you can find free worksheets to print. What makes this site different though is that you can customize the worksheet to suit your students age and ability and the site will generate a worksheet for you which you can download as a PDF. The worksheets found on this site are also of higher quality and are not (much) boring like the average worksheet. For example take a look at this Addition maze or Addition Problem Search where students have to find addition problems like a word search. All worksheets are provided with an answer key. There are also worksheets for grammar and literacy, puzzles, maps and some other misc worksheets.

Worksheet Fun

Every child is different and so is his or her learning style. For most of the kids crafting about a topic sparks an instant interest in that topic, but I have seen kids (like my son) who meet the aspect of crafting with a gloomy look. Similarly some children may groan at a suggestion to complete a worksheet, others simply love working in a workbook or worksheet. As parents and educators we must remember that the kids and their learning is what matters and not the tools and mediums used.

Though my kids are a groan-at-worksheet type, I often come across websites which offer lots of free worksheets. I will keep on sharing with you the sites I come across in case you have different kids than mine.

Today’s site is Education Place’s Math Expressions by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, here you can find free to print worksheets for grades K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th. The quality of worksheets varies, some are quite amusing and challenging while others are just plain boring. So take a look around and see if you can find something to your and your child’s liking.