- A Brief Look at the History of English
Provides an overview of the three periods of English, along with examples of the language at various points in history.
- Activities in English
Activities and games related to grammar, reading, spelling, vocabulary and proverbs.
- Activities to Learn English
Interactive material to build vocabulary, spelling, grammar and reading skills. Automatic grading with immediate feedback.
- Drawkcab Brown Town
Offers anti-bully information, puzzles, games, and word searches. Accepts stories for online publication.
- Exploring English
Explore the wonders and quirks of the English Language including the parts of speech, sentences, style guidelines, usage, punctuation, and spelling. Includes online tutorial.
- GameGoo
Fun, early educational games (pre-K through 3) based on state standards for language arts.
- Guide to Grammar and Writing
Dozens of digital handouts on grammar and English usage, over 170 computer-graded quizzes, and recommendations on writing -- from sentence structure to research papers.
- Handwriting for Kids
Printable tracing guides and practice worksheets for printing and cursive.
- It's My Story!
Children add details to choice of five stories. Promotes reading, writing, computer skills.
- Kid's Corner
Includes and ABC game and coloring book for younger children. Also greeting cards.
- Kristine George's Children's Poetry Corner
Children's poetry site from acclaimed poet, Kristine O'Connell George. Features author information, teaching ideas, audio clips, and animated "mini-web" for students.
- Larke, Joe
Introduces children's writer Joe Larke, his stories, and his poems. Also includes contact information, details about school visits, and tips for young writers.
- Literacy Rules
Provides links to a visual thesaurus, rhyming dictionary, webquests, poetry and author profiles.
- PBS Kids: Share A Story
Offers tips for sharing stories, printable story sheets and video clips.
- PrimaryGames.com Language Arts Games
Created by a teacher, online games and activities review ABC's, reading, writing, and alphabetical order.
- Quia! English Activities
Games and quizzes for learning grammar and vocabulary. Over 10 types of activities to choose from, including matching games, flash cards, hangman, trivia games, and quizzes.
- Reaching Out: The Evolution Of Communication
Explores how oral and written language have developed over the centuries.
- Scramble-Saurus from Funbrain.com
Improve spelling and vocabulary skills while using clues to unscramble words. Choose among easy, medium, hard, or superbrain versions.
- Spider-Man in Amazing Adventures
Provides a range of language arts activities based on the popular cartoon series. From the United States Department of Education.
- Wacky World of Words
Letters, words, phrases, sentences...play with them all in this collection of online word games.
- WordCentral
Merriam-Webster's Word Central offers kids a student dictionary, Daily Buzzword, and interactive word games.
- Words at FunBrain.com
All sorts of online language games help kids master everything from spelling to grammar and have fun in the process.
- Write On Reader
Fifth graders created this platinum-award winning site about reading and writing for Thinkquest Jr. 2000. It includes information on making books and tips about writing from well-known authors.
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