Social Studies Game

I really like Houghton Mifflin stuff. I always go to their site. This looks like an interesting game kids might like. Great graphics.

Software Title: GeoNet Game
Grade: 4 and up
Subject: Social Studies
Platform: Both

This might be one I would do with my grandson, Jake. We struggled with a social studies assign last spring. He had to identify areas in the Mideast (Iraq, Iran, Afganistan,..) and label what ethnic group lived there. This would work if I found that area and sat with him.

Shepard Software

This is not for anyone under maybe 6th grade (I'm making an educated guess.) But I am a geography nut every since Van Ness use to let us play "Map Game" back in the dark ages, where we had two teams and 2 students faced away from the map (local, national, then finally world)and were given a town to find. Whoever found it in the 2 min allowed then their team would get a point. I loved it. Then we moved on to states and capitals. To this day I can say all of them in order in 3min but try for 1 and a half min. Except for Montana, is it Billings?

Software Title: Geography Quiz
Grade: 6 to 12
Subject: Geography
Platform: Both

This may not be appropriate for youngsters after all. Just because I had a blast doing the quiz (like trivia) doesn't mean that students might go into one of the other links on this site. I would sit with students when they did this, if I allow them to use it at all.

Math Games

I don't know why I'm scared to do assignments on the computer, I had a good time finding math games kids would like and also learn from. This is easy to find, it is posting them that threw me off, of course. I hope I didn't crash my work computer, when I left work today the computer had frozen and couldn't even turn off. I think I think some of this info could have helped me when I took my math classes, especially in math 105.

Software Title: Coolmath.com
Grade/Age: K-Highschool and up
Subject: Math
Platform: Both
Here is a site that parents or teachers can easily access (free) and after finding a game suitable for the age, the child can sit and play addition/subtraction games or do jigsaw puzzles and learn the name of the shapes while filling in the pieces.

Hello everyone!

If you got this, Mr. Skip, I am officially in the technological age. Whew! I am Jessie Bergman David of Allakaket. I have "met" a few of the classmates in different classes. I have 5 grown children and # 4 grandchildren. I am Koyukon Athabascan. Nice to meet all of you. Jessie David