Internet Resources
Here are teacher recommended links to websites that are informative, interesting and fun!
Art & Music
Art History An adventure in told in famous paintings.
A. Pintura - Art Detective Use elements of style, composition and subject to figure out who the mystery painter is.
Artist's Toolkit Explore visual elements and principles.
Art Express Art terms and concepts for grades 1-5. Includes some art activities too.
CreatingMusic.com A place for kids to compose music, play with musical performance, music games and music puzzles. Come discover fun and easy ways to make music!
Introduction to Musical Instruments Learn about and hear different instruments in the string, brass, woodwind and percussion families.
Museum of Modern Art This interactive site for kids explores modern art.
Woodford Educational Endowment Fund Among other things, this program makes it possible for Woodford County Students to attend arts performances at no cost. Their website includes a schedule of performances.
Brain Teasers
Permadi Thinking and logic games.
Sudoku This website offers free versions of the popular logic game to play on your computer, or to print out.
Kentucky
Lexington Area News and Events from the Lexington Herald-Leader.
Keyboarding
Dance Mat Keyboard Learning to type is easy and fun with a rock 'n roll goat! Type on!
Elmo's Keyboard O-Rama Learn how to type with Elmo in this fun game!
Math
Cool Math for Kids The name says it all.
CoolMath.com More fun math games.
Escape from Planet Knab You are stuck on Planet Knab and must find a job and earn enough money for the return ticket home.
Figure This! Take a fun math challenge with your family
Teaching Time Read the time words and then stop the clock at the right time. How many can you get right?
Miscellaneous
Fun Brain Great games that are fun to play and learn!
Gamequarium A portal site to all kinds of educational games and resources for students, teachers and parents.
Homework Help Great research site from National Geographic
Interactive Dot-toDot Great for beginning computer users to work on mouse skills.
PBS Kids All kinds of fun activities with characters from your favorite PBS shows like Arthur, Berenstain Bears, Caillou, Dragon Tales, Zoom and more.
Woodford County Schools district webpage
Reading
Book Adventure A FREE reading motivation program for grades K-8. Create your own book list from over 7,000 titles, take quizzes, earn points and prizes. (Parents must register and approve prizes) Created and maintained by Sylvan Learning.
Scholastic Summer Reading Book suggestions for great reading for grades K-6 all summer long, plus tips for parents to help their kids learn to love reading.
Starfall For those just beginning to early readers.
Science
Bill Nye the Science Guy Fun site from everybody's favorite scientist.
The Discovery Channel Discovery Kids, Animal Planet, and more.
Energy Sources, conservation and more.
Heavens Above Interested in space and astronomy? Want to know when and where to look to see a satellite, even the International Space Station? This site is for you!
Magic School Bus Catch a ride with Ms. Frizzle and the gang!
Meet the Nobel Prize winners This is great site for research and facts about the people who've won the Nobel prize.
NASA All you could want to know about our space program is here on NASA's website.
SkyView Cafe See which stars and planets will be out tonight over your house, or find out what the sky would look like in another city, or even what it looked like on the day you were born!
Space Camp Going to Space Camp this year? Had so much fun you want to go back? Check this site out for all the details.
The Great Plant Escape Be a detective and help unlock the secrets of plant life.
Search
Ask.com Got a question? Just ask Ask.com
KidsClick A search tool just for kids, created by librarians.
Social Studies
The Fifty States Get info on all the states.
U.S. Government Let Ben Franklin be your guide to the US Government! Great activities for all ages.
The U.S. Mint Their motto is "Coins are History In your Pocket!"