Mary Nix on February 17th, 2008

Amazing Incredible Handwriting Worksheet Maker
Make custom handwriting worksheets at the click of a button ! Select a handwriting style below and watch the magic unfold ! Free from your friends at TampaReads.com
You can choose from, BASIC PRINT, D’NEALIAN STYLE and CURSIVE.

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Mary Nix on February 7th, 2008

The Academy of Ophthalmology sent this along:
The Museum of Vision has published on its website 3 curriculum guides which focus on the human eye, perspective and how the brain processes images like optical illusions and 3-D. The guides, “Art and Vision”, “Eye Openers” and “Animal Eyes” provide discussion points and fun interactive activities.
All of [...]

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Mary Nix on December 20th, 2007

A reader sent along a link to Free World U.

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Mary Nix on October 15th, 2007

Scholastic recently sent along an announcement that they have some new resources at their site and to remind us of some of their old ones.
If you visit www.scholastic.com you can explore it for yourself. While I was there, I found the site offers some wonderful things. The first resource I explored was [...]

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Mary Nix on September 21st, 2007

Flip for Word Work:Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary
by Emily Cayuso
Flip for Word Work includes fifty phonics, spelling, and vocabulary lessons designed to expand literacy center work and enhance reading comprehension. The free-standing, table-top book design acts as a stand-alone literacy center that’s perfect for small-group instruction. From distinguishing the difference between simile and metaphor to [...]

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Mary Nix on September 18th, 2007

Hotmath.com provides homework help correlated with textbooks used from
middle-school math through calculus. Hotmath shows step-by-step explanations to
the odd-numbered problems (the ones where the numerical answer is typically in
the back of the book). Students (and parents!) can see how to do the
problems and then challenge themselves on the even-numbered problems. [...]

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