Welcome to our newest post sharing Homeschool Resources: Language Arts. Take a look at the websites below and if you have used any of them leave me a comment and let me know what you thought of the resources and why.
Vocabulary Quest Lifetime Download
Vocabulary Quest is an award-winning, Windows game-based Vocabulary builder that will keep users captivated as they battle monsters, join guilds, and unlock new gear using just their word power!
Mr. Nussbaum: Language Arts – Language Arts Activities for K-8
Grades K-8, with parental supervision
This ad-supported website is a massive archive of all kinds of learning activities and resources for every school subject. For this review, we are focusing on the huge variety of free language arts games, printables, reading comprehension activities, grammar editing, spelling help, and other resources.
When you get to the site, you will see a variety of menu boxes below the words, “Language Arts.” To access each activity, click on the words below each box (rather than the boxes themselves) that include:
- Language Arts Games – Play 12 games that teach sentence and paragraph editing, spelling, punctuation, and writing basics.
- Online & Printable Reading Comprehension Exercises – Read a paragraph or essay on any topic you select and answer multiple choice questions about it. Use either the online or offline versions. Topics include the American Revolution, the Silk Road, Galaxies, Lewis and Clark, Peregrine Falcons, etc.
- Story Units – Read 3 different online stories and enjoy the interactive activities that further learning.
- Sentence Surgeons & Paragraph Paramedics – Learn to be an editor! Correct sentences for spelling, grammar, and punctuation online.
- Cloze Reading – Fill in the blanks in a sentence or paragraph with the correct word from a vocabulary bank.
Other activities teach and/or remediate spelling, Alphabetical order, parts of speech, punctuation, and more. Many of these activities will allow you to choose either printable or online exercises.
When you are through with the Language Arts section, use the menu at the top of the page to find activities for math, geography, science, etc.
WordBuild is based on Morphology, the study of units of meaning – roots, prefixes, and suffixes, so there is no memorizing word lists. It can help expand Vocabulary and improve Reading Comprehension in just 10-15 minutes per day.
Kidsmomo
Grades 3-8, with parental supervision
Two women book publishers (with a great sense of humor and love of children’s books) created this website with activities, videos, and reviews designed to introduce kids to quality books to encourage reading for sheer pleasure in a non-academic mode.
When you get to the site you’ll find a menu that offers:
- Reviews by You(th) – Read kid-submitted book reviews, with peer comments and ratings. Submit your own review!
- Recommended Reads – Enjoy a series of blog posts with long lists of great books to read in a variety of topic/subject categories.
- Videos & Podcasts – Enjoy listening to kid-friendly chats and watch clever video clips featuring book recommendations.
- Themes – Get recommendations and reviews for books about boys, series starring girls, poetry, mythology, biographies, foreign lands, and more.
This site offers a clever way to engage kids in the joy of reading for fun and pleasure! Be sure to bookmark it so you can return to see the latest posts, podcasts, videos, and reviews.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
