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media type="custom" key="6737139" **Games and Resources for Children to Enjoy:** Scholastic Learning Arcade - The fun part of the Scholastic learning arcade is letting the kids choose the character that they want to navigate with. The learning games are fun. Ex: Concentration, Making Words, Patterns, Mazes and more. I SPY - Scholastic.com brings I SPY to life. Ex: Make a picture, Make a riddle, Play I SPY bingo Learning Planet - The site features a great game called ABC Order. If you have a child heading into K or 1 who is still struggling then offer the parents this game to play with their children. Brainpop Jr. - The website that features a little bit of everything. No matter what subject a child may be studying, brainpop addresses it. For family subscriptions, have your families click on the link: []. Free trials are available!! Noggin - We are all familiar with the channel but some parents have yet to discover the website that always features a game of the month. Build-a-Saurus - Build a Dinosaur online starting with the footprint. They will love it! Dance Mat Typing - This website will do just that..teach a child to type with rock and roll. Not all children are interested but I, for one, am tired of having to wait hours as a child tries to find the letter 'a'. [|Wizz-E] - A lot of different interactive free and paid-for eBooks for children to become engaged with! Each book comes with a selection of kid’s games, quizzes and colouring pictures to download.

**Reading Online:** [|StoryLine Online] - The streaming video website that features celebrity actors reading children's books aloud. A program of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Approximately 20 books in this collection. [|kidsaudiobooks] - Over 300 audio stories in MP3 format to download and enjoy [|Planet eBook] - Welcome to Planet eBook, the home of free classic literature. All our novels and books are entirely free for you to download and share with your friends, classmates, students, anyone! Scroll down the page to see the full list of free eBooks [|Online Books Page:] - Listing over 35,000 free books on the Web - Updated Thursday, February 26, 2009 [|Read Book Online] - This site contains about one thousand books from hundreds of authors. The collection of these books are in the following categories: fictions/novels, short stories, poems, essays, plays. [|myebook.com] - myebook aims to revolutionise the way we create, publish and share ebook content online. Built on a feature-rich social platform, complete with powerful, browser-based, builder software, and a slick reader environment, there's never been an easier way for anyone and everyone to 'get it out there'.

**Children's Books Blogs (from** [|About.com] **):** [|About Children's Books Blog Archives] [|Kids Lit] [|Read Roger: The Horn Book Editor’s Rants and Raves] [|The Brown Bookshelf] [|Poetry for Children] [|Educating Alice] [|Cynsations] [|Chicken Spaghetti] [|Achockablog] [|Read Alert] [|Book Moot] [|MuggleNet.com]

**Wikis:** [|Creative Web Tools For and By Kids] [|Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)] [|Every Child Ready to Read @ your library] InfoZone ~ Funny, Weird & Gross - booklist [|Library Goddesses- Board Books] [|Library Goddesses- Picture Books] [|Library Goddesses- Early Readers] [|Library Goddesses- Fiction] [|Library Goddesses- Nonfiction] [|Library Goddesses- Websites for Kids] [|Library Goddesses- Program Ideas] [|Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki] The Kinder Kids

__**General Resources for Language Arts Teachers**__

**Web English Teachers -** [|__http://www.webenglishteacher.com/index.html__]
 * Offers many K-12 English Language Arts teaching resources including lesson plans, videos, e-texts, technology integration, criticism, and classroom activities.

**PBS Teachers LIVE! Webiners** - [|__http://www.pbs.org/teachers/webinar/__]
 * Presents  a series of free webinars (online-based seminars) featuring leading education technology experts and PBS producers sharing resources and strategies to help teachers use digital media to engage students in rich learning experiences.

**DegreeDirectory.org’s**  **List of Top Web 2.0 Teaching Resources**  - [|__http://degreedirectory.org/articles/List_of_Top_Web_20_Teaching_Resources.html__]
 * Provides 10 amazing different sites with free resources to help those that are teaching their students the ins and outs of Web 2.0.

**sigilt Favorite Web 2.0 Tools** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://sigilt.iste.wikispaces.net/Favorite+Web+2.0+Tools__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The members have sigilt have compiled a long list of their favorite tools that you can peruse at your leisure. There are many, many great resources here!

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Web 2.0 Guru Tools by Subject** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/Tools+By+Subject__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Another great site that lists tools for teachers to use. There are many tools here that can be actively used and adapted during lectures to help integrate the digital environment into their classrooms.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Teacher Portal: English And Language Arts Education Bloggers** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://teacherportal.com/edubloggers/english-and-language-arts__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A fantastic hub that links to many teachers in the English and Language Arts fields who have their own blogs. Not only is this a great place to learn through experience from your peers, but also as a way to connect with one another!

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Awesome Resource Connecting Web 2.0 to NETS Standards__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For even more great resources, please take a look at my Wiki where I have been compiling some amazing sites and literature for teachers to take advantage of! You can reach it by clicking this link: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__http://learning-now.wikispaces.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.