http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/?utm_source=rss Useful sites for educators Copyright 2010, Thinkmap Inc. All Rights Reserved. en Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/images/common/logo_on_white.gif http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/?utm_source=rss Search for a word in the Visual Thesaurus word http://www.visualthesaurus.com Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/2201?utm_source=rss Learning grammar doesn't have to be dreary! Long gone are the days of sentence diagramming, or so it seems if you check out the fun interactive content on these grammar sites: Grammaropolis (http://www.grammaropolis.com/) Grammar Bytes (http://www.chompchomp.com/) Grammar Gorillas (http://www.funbrain.com/funbrain/grammar/) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/2201 Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/2155?utm_source=rss Teachers can prepare their students for the Chinese New Year (February 14) with one of these online resources: Edsitement Lesson Plan (http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=381): Animals of the Chinese New Year PBS Kids (http://pbskids.org/sagwa/games/countdown/index.html): Countdown to the New Year Scholastic Instructor (http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/Jan05_china.htm): Chinese New Year Reach Every Child (http://www.reacheverychild.com/feature/chinese_ny.html): Celebrate Chinese New Year Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/2155 Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/2079?utm_source=rss Looking for alternatives to Google that might be more appropriate for students? Check out these search engines. Quintura Kids (http://quinturakids.com/) Ask for Kids (http://www.askkids.com/) Fact Monster (http://www.factmonster.com) Yahoo Kids (http://kids.yahoo.com/) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/2079 Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/2041?utm_source=rss These sites help educators incorporate current events into their teaching, across the curriculum.  The New York Times Learning Network (http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/) TIME for Kids (http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/)  Scholastic's Upfront (http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/index.asp) NewsHour Extra's Teacher Resources (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/) NBC News iCue (http://www.icue.com/) Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/2041 Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/1987?utm_source=rss Tomorrow is September 17th — otherwise known as Constitution Day, a day when all U.S. educational institutions that receive federal funding are required by law to pay a little attention to the document that was signed on September 17, 1787. Teachers, check out the following links to discover some fun ways to spend Constitution Day. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/1987 Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/1965?utm_source=rss Once students have visually explored a word's semantic map by using the Visual Thesaurus, they can explore some other visual representations of a word by checking out these sites: Tag Galaxy (http://www.taggalaxy.com/) WeboWord (http://www.weboword.com) Merriam Webster's Visual Dictionary (http://visual.merriam-webster.com/) Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/1965 Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/1880?utm_source=rss Inspire students to keep up with their summer reading! Barnes & Noble's Summer Reading Program (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/summerreading/) Borders' Kids Reading Challenge (http://www.borders.com/online/store/MediaView_summerreadingkids?cmpid=k1-51809) National Endowment for the Humanities' Summertime Favorites (http://www.neh.gov/projects/summertimefavorites.html) Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/1880 Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/1856?utm_source=rss These sites can help your students decipher some common English idioms. Funbrain: Paint by Idioms (http://www.funbrain.com/idioms/index.html) UsingEnglish.com: Dictionary of English Idioms (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/) The Idiom Connection (http://www.idiomconnection.com/) Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/1856 Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/1839?utm_source=rss Provide young readers with a fun phonics workout by having them visit these web sites that teach phonics through fun games and activities: Starfall (http://www.starfall.com) BBC Schools TV (http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtml) AdrianBruce.com: Games (http://www.adrianbruce.com/reading/games.htm) Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/1839 Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/1823?utm_source=rss Transform your students' television time to vocabulary time by having them tune in to these PBS show sites developed to enrich their word knowledge. Martha Speaks (http://pbskids.org/martha/games/index.html) WordGirl (http://pbskids.org/wordgirl/#/games/) Word World (http://pbskids.org/games/wordworld.html) Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/1823