Homework Help on the Web
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Online Homework Help for Tweeners and Teens!
Fortunately, there are tons of homework help sites online that can be real lifesavers. Lots of them are even fun while teaching your child something. What a concept!
First, learn to do it without hurling
(Always important).
How to Do Homework Without Throwing Up (Laugh And Learn)
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Practical ideas about getting started, keeping organized, etc.
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Get reading!
- Read, Click and Win with BookAdventure!
- [For a site on reading run by Sylvan, I was surprised to see three errors in apostrophe use on one page alone... but that aside, this looks like an excellent site, especially for the competitive child who is motivated by contests!]
Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8.
Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points.... - Cybrarian: I Love to Read! Authors, Writers, and Illustrators
- Links to sites about: children's authors, audio stories, Newbery, Caldecott, how to write to authors, and more.
Math Attack!
- Cybrarian: Kids' Math Links
- General Math Sites include: Math in Daily Life, Counting, and interactive math lessons. There are also math activities, games and fun sites, including Create a Venn Diagram, PBS Kids Cyberchase, and Daily Math.
- Online Calculators: Math.com
- Don't have the right type of calculator to do your homework? (Or left yours at school??) Never fear: here are several different types of calculators online, for free! Math.com's warning: "Alert! If your teacher doesn't allow calculators for homework, that means online ones, too. OK? OK."
Social Studies can be fun!
- Cybrarian: Kids' Social Studies Links
- Dozens of sites on: The World, Maps, The United States, Biographies
Science? Simple!
- Cybrarian: Kids' Science Links
- A listing of sites about all kids of science!
Geography - you know, maps and stuff
- WorldAtlas.com - Help for Parents, Students and Travelers Worldwide!
- A world atlas of facts, flags and maps including every continent, country, dependency, exotic destination, island, major city, ocean, province, state & territory on the planet!
- Blank and Outline Maps
- For projects or for practising, a whole website filled with free blank and outline maps. (Great for homeschoolers too!)
Overall homework help
- Cramberry: Studying Made Easy
- Say hello to Cramberry, a new web application that uses flashcards to help people study for exams, learn a new language, remember important things like birthdays or names, and much more. Create your own online flashcards for anything you want!
- Family Homework Answers
- Homework Answers, Tips, Advice & Help for Kids & Their Parents.
- Jiskha: Homework Help on the Web
- Post homework questions and get free homework help from experts. More than 200 experts volunteer their time to help over 4,000 students with homework everyday. Students receive help from teachers in various school subjects including math, science, social studies and more.
- HomeworkSpot.com: Homework Help, Science Fair Project Ideas, Math Help, Homework Helper
- Find the best K-12 homework resources organized by subject and grade-level at HomeworkSpot.com.
- Fact Monster's Homework Center
- Facts for kids about anything and everything! I'm a bit concerned about the information not being completely up-to-date: I looked up "tsunami" and after the facts there was a short article about the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, but nothing about the 2011 Japanese tsunami.
Reference Sites
- ALA | Great Web Sites for Kids | Look It Up!
- Reference sites for kids, marked with what age they're appropriate for.
- Cybrarian: Kids' Reference Links
- From famous quotations, to zip codes, cliches, to maps and flags, it's all here.
- Scholastic Word Wizard Dictionary
- Scholastic's free online dictionary is the place for kids to look up words. Explore words, play games, and learn vocabulary.
- Merriam-Webster's Word Central
- Dictionary, Thesaurus, Rhyming, Build Your Own Dictionary, Daily Buzzword Games. The new Merriam-Webster's Word Central now reprogrammed for superior word power and language fun. Greetings younger humanoids! Please follow these word-to-word....
Your local library website
We've just discovered a really great resource for online homework help - our local library. This won't work for everyone, of course, but try looking at your local library's website. Ours has "Homework Rescue", which is online tutoring. It's free, but you have to enter your library card number.
It's a really excellent setup. It's powered by brainfuse, a national company, and the tutors are certified, with a minimum four-year college degree, and all screened and approved by that company.
On our library's website there's a sample (demo) tutoring session that you can view, so you can see how it works. If you're looking for help online, I really urge you to look into this and see if your library offers this service. It's free and especially great for things that you yourself can't help your child with.
From the Brainfuse website:
"Brainfuse provides... online homework help to libraries nationwide through its HelpNow service -- a unique blend of one-to-one homework help, state-aligned skills building, test preparation, and writing assistance."
More from your local library
There are lots of homework help sites that require a paid subscription. Many local libraries have these subscriptions so their patrons can use the sites. Again, check your local library's website. In our case, you click on "Teen Links," then "Do Your Homework." There are dozens of websites listed - some for every subject you can think of. If the website requires a paid subscription, the library has paid it for you.Our tax dollars at work! Take advantage of the resources available to you from your local library!
Interesting ideas on parents using the web to help
- Homework over the Internet - The Kim Komando Radio Show
- If you travel often, but still want to be involved with your kids' homework, here's a good tip on how to work together online.
- Book Reports - HomeworkSpot.com Feature
- Pick up tips on writing book reports.
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