Math

Ask Dr. Math

This is a pretty basic website. Devoid of the customary bells and whistles you may find on children’s pages, Dr. Math is a website designed to store information. With active forum boards, where online members go to ask each other questions with math problems, there is a large set of mathematics oriented archives.

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/

 

Math Playground

Designed to be more of an entertainment based education site, Math Playground will have at least one or two games that can help excite your child’s interest. There are games that are set to help your child learn basic addition and subtraction, on to early algebra. There is also a function to help build models so as to help give a visual aspect to some problems.

http://www.mathplayground.com/

 

Science

BrainPOP

This website has a bit of everything on it, however the science section is quite vast. From cellular breakdowns to celestial questions and problems this website will surely have the answer to more than one question, while at the same time keeping your child engaged.

http://www.brainpop.com/

 

NASA’s Imangine the Universe

Just as the title may suggest, this website was designed by NASA as an explanation designed for children, discussing space exploration and study. There’s areas to look up definitions of space related information and even an “Ask an Astrophysicist,” section.

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/

 

Sci4Kids

This site is a great stop for looking for information regarding science projects, and even to further research where careers in science go into.

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/

Starfall.com

Early education website, focusing on reading. This is a colorful and interactive page designed and geared for pre-kindergarten, and kindergarten ages.

http://www.starfall.com/

Literature and General Education

ABC Teach

More of an online resource for teachers and parents of young kids in early education, this website has a comprehensive collection of materials and is pretty easy to navigate. Centered around reading and mathematics, this site can help you make custom worksheets, as well as provides numerous educational activities.

http://www.abcteach.com/

 

The Children’s Literature Web Guide

This is a great site, to help get children interested in reading. On here there are lists of award winning children’s literature, as well as information about the authors who write them. There is links to discussion groups for the books, as well as a lot of book reviews.

http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/

 

Utah Education Network

Are you needing information on places from around the world? Do you need more than a globe, but the history and cool and interesting facts? This website designed by the Utah Education Network is an awesome tool that will take you on virtual tours all around the world.

http://www.uen.org/tours/

Incredible Art Department

A website that lives up to its name, this site has a large collection of lessons and history all involving art. This site is great for history reports, research and many other things, but it’s fantastic to incite interest to your little Picasso. With lesson plans designed to help children understand the fundamentals to art this site provides plenty of information.

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/lessons.html