Avery-Parsons Elementary

Worthwhile Websites for Subjects

From the LibriVox website:

 

LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books.

 

Taken from the Visual Thesaurus site:

 

The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus with an innovative display that encourages exploration and learning. You'll understand language in an exciting new way. To understand the power of the Visual Thesaurus, you really need to see it in action. Type in your favorite word and give it a try!

 

This is a fee based site, but there are a number of times you can log into it for free.

Taken from ThatQuiz site

Primary Sources on the Web

Looking for great information about an animal? Look no further! Lots of great facts, pictures and fun HERE!

 

PBS presents CRITTER GUIDE, a fun-filled, fact-filled page devoted to animals.

All kinds of Freeware, Shareware, online, typing tutorials. No need to go out and buy expensive typing instruction programs. Try some of these.

Want to create a newsletter for the holidays? Here is a very simple newsletter maker that allows you to upload your own pictures, has lots of templates to choose from, and is simple for the whole family to use.