Other Activities

To choose an activity that’s right for your child, look at the grade level that appears beside the title. If your child finishes all the activities at his or her level, you might want to try going to the next grade level.

Sandy Letters (PreK)
Teach About Letters (K-1)
Can You Top This? (PreK-1)
Listen! (PreK-1)
Where Did I Put That? (2-4)
Time Flies (4-6)
Social Skills (K-5)

Web Sites With Other Activities

Arts, Music, and Dance
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org
ArtsEdge from the Kennedy Center offers a wide variety of materials, including lessons for teachers that can also be activities for parents to use. Children of all grades can find something of interest on this site.

Becoming a Collector
http://kids.si.edu/collecting
Smithsonian Kids: Collecting helps children explore treasures from the Smithsonian collections and learn about becoming collectors themselves.

Common Sense Media
http://www.commonsensemedia.org
Common Sense Media is a not-for-profit that provides information, education, and tools about the media their children are exposed to. Their site offers tips and discussions for parents, as well as resources for educators, including free curriculum. Information is organized by grade level, topic, and media type, and offers customizable features so that you are able to get resources specifically tailored to your needs.

Field Trip Factory
http://fieldtripfactory.com
This Web site will show you free field trips in your area simply by entering your zip code. Field trips are then organized by age group as well as the subject of the field trip, and offers supporting educational resources.

Good Eating (K-12)
http://www.mypyramid.gov
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a Web site called MyPyramid. It helps everyone learn what kinds of foods—and how much—are best for you to eat.

Internet Safety and You
http://www.infinitelearninglab.org
The Virginia Department of Education and the Professor Garfield Foundation offer a site for parents and students to learn more about online safety, cyberbullying, and more.

Just for Kids, from the State of California
http://www.ca.gov/HomeFamily/JustForKids.html
This section of the state government Web site offers a variety of activities and information for children, including You’ve Got Braille, Vermi the Worm, Jammin’ Jukebox, Energy Quest, and more.

Managing Money for Children (K-12)
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/teachers/financialLiteracy.cfm
The U.S. Mint has a section of its site devoted to learning and fun activities for children. This section teaches about managing money.

Narrative Writing and Critical Thinking
http://educate.intel.com/en/TechnologyLiteracy/Describe/ParentGuide
The Intel Education Web site offers Describe with Technology, a series of projects for parents and children. The writing and thinking modules are designed for children in grades 5 to 8.

Netsmartz Workshop
http://www.netsmartz.org
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Childred offers the site, Netsmartz Workshop, to educate parents and students about the importance of online safety. Get tips, resources and activities that will help you talk to your child about issues relating to the internet and other media.

NGAkids Still Life
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/stilllife.htm
Helps you create interactive compositions that mirror the paintings of the old masters. This Art Zone activity is suitable for all ages. Young children can explore spatial arrangement, perspective, proportion, and balance while creating engaging, interactive still life compositions that mix everyday objects with elements borrowed from famous works of art. More advanced artists will enjoy creating complex arrangements, and then switchng to the painting mode to add and manipulate textured 'brushstrokes" that give their art a more abstract, painterly quality.

National Institute on Media and the Family
http://www.parentfurther.com/technology-media
This organization offers tools to parents about the ever-changing world of media and technology that our children are exposed to. This site, which is hosted through the Parent Further site, provides information about various technology, tips, FAQs, and more.

A Parent's Guide to the Teen Brain
http://www.drugfree.org/TEENBRAIN/
This site is provided by the Partnership for a Drug-free America, and offers tips and advice about teenage behavior as well as the science behind how their brain and personalities are developing.

Picturing America
http://picturingamerica.neh.gov
This program from the National Endowment for the Humanities presents our nation’s history and culture through art. For example, the site’s home page displays a painting that tells a story from the past (when this summary was prepared, the painting was Grant Wood’s The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere). The program invites schools and libraries to apply for sets of 20 laminated posters and a teacher’s resource book (one application per school, deadline April 15, 2008). The resource book is also available free as a PDF on the Web site.

Sesame Workshop
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/
Sesame Workshop is the organization that created Sesame Street and other children's educational programs. Their site offers a wide range of free educational resources for parents on topics ranging from math and reading to health and wellness.

You Be the Conservator: Looking at Objects—Inside and Out
http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/santos
This Web activity from the National Museum of American History’s Hands On Science Center encourages students to think about art like a museum conservator does. They learn how to keep objects in good condition—or how to repair damaged objects—so everyone can enjoy seeing art. The activity, recommended for grades 5 and up, is available in both English and Spanish.

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