A Few Cool Kids Sites I Found While Surfing

The internet continues to amaze me. It doesn't where in the world you live, you have access to it all. Truly global.

Okay, on with today's post. I like to surf the net like most people. I'll get an idea in my head and google it to see what pops up. While I doing that, I've come up with some great sites. Here are a few of them.

Pitara is full of interesting links. They have literature, a magazine, discover (science) and activities and games. They a
Have a Junior section for young children with fun games and stories.

Enchanted Learning Diorama Like to make dioramas with your kids? Here are lots of ideas. Go create one for their favorite book. Have fun! There are also lots of other crafts ideas you can use here for free.

Like animal trivia and facts? Go to Sheppard Software’s free pages on just that.

Part of PBS Kids, Reading Rainbow has short video book reviews, games and other fun stuff to do.

What are some of your favorite sites? or those of your children?

See you back here on Monday with another great book that goes beyond reading.

posted by Joy Delgado
We go Beyond Reading
Laughing Zebra – Books for Children
Check out what’s going on at the zoo!
Zooprise Party / Fiesta Zoorpresa blog

Tip #3 Write Poems about the story

Help your child or students come up with a poem related to one of the characters in the story. If the main character is an animal, for instance, have them write a poem using the letters of the name of the animal. Write a poem about how a character behaves. Have fun and see what you can come up with. Here are some examples.

O is for oven
K is for kitchen
A is for apple
P is for pie
I is for isn’t it yummy?
In the oven in the kitchen we baked an apple pie. Isn’t it yummy?


* * * * * * * * * *
Billy is sad.
Billy is mad.
Billy is bad.
Why is Billy sad, mad and bad?
Billy’s sad because he was mad and they he was bad.
* * * * * * * * * *Okay, so I’m not a poet, but I think you get the idea. The important thing is to have fun.

Tip #1 Pre reading discussion questions

Read the book first. Then, think of 3-5 questions you can ask your child or students about the story. For example, my book, “Zooprise Party / Fiesta Zoorpresa” is about a surprise birthday party for one of the animals in the zoo. In my teacher’s guide that goes along with it, these are some of the questions I listed:

* What do we call the day you were born?
* Did you know animals have birthdays too?
* Who could you plan a surprise party for?
* What would you do to make sure the person the party was for didn’t find out?
* How would you get them to the party?

Get the idea? Now, go pick out one of your child’s or students favorite books and come up with questions of your own.

See you tomorrow with another fun and easy tip to take Books beyond reading.