Using Educational Websites to Enhance Learning in the Classroom

I believe educational websites for children are just as beneficial to students as the ALEX website is for teachers. There are many educational websites out there for children to explore, and each website has many different resources to help the students learn while also having fun. Examples of educational websites for children include http://www.starfall.com/, http://www.funbrain.com/, and http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/index.jsp. To find more, parents or students can do a Google search and type in keyword phrases such as “educational games for elementary students” or “educational websites for kindergarten.” Resources parents and students can find on educational websites include reading tutorials or games, fun learning activities, learning links, math games, etc. One of the websites that I decided to explore was www.starfall.com. This website provides teachers with supplemental learning tools to help students to learn their alphabet and to learn how to read. It also provides teachers with activities that relate to common holidays in the classroom, and it allows children to create their own calendars. One learning link on this website is the ABC’s learning link. This link helps children to distinguish between uppercase and lowercase letters and learn phonics by incorporating words that begin with each letter of the alphabet. Another section of the website is called “It’s Fund to Read.” This section has fun games for the students in which the instructions are to be read by the students. When having difficulties reading a word, the student can click on the word and the program will recite the word aloud. All of these activities are fun activities that students and parents can sit down and enjoy at home.