An Idea for Summer Online Learning (and Fun)!

On my quest for fun math sites, I was introduced to a website called Poki Games. It’s a big site full of games, not just educational, but general interest games too.

We hang out mostly in the math section, but I do offer an opportunity for the kids to play a game of their choosing at the end of the games that I’ve planned for them.

Asante has been playing multiplication station and basketball multiplication to practice math facts, and we’ve been trying out a variety of typing games. Asante has been trying to write stories on the computer, but his typing skills slow him down. At the end of the school year his class was just beginning to learn to keyboard, so we thought it’d be fun to learn this summer while he has some more free time. And of course, for fun, he’s been loving the Mario and Pokemon sections :).

Together, we’ve been using some of the geography games to quiz ourselves on our country names.  We’re learning the countries together this summer (I’m working on a post for the end of the month about how we’ll be doing that), as well as the states. There are some games that make the quizzing part more fun.

Aly’s been stuck in the cooking section, because if she can’t cook in real life, then the second best thing to cook virtually. 🙂 The educational sections are a bit too “educational” for her liking (and a bit more advanced than kindergarten level), so I’ve been letting her play around.

Also, did I mention these are all free games? 🙂

Head on over and check it out! My one caveat is that you should preview the games first and choose the ones you like best before sitting your child next to you. Some of the games are better than others, so it takes a bit of trial and error to find some that are right for your kiddos. There were a few on there that I thought were inappropriate for young children, so be mindful and have fun! 🙂