Homework Helpers!

Online Dictionaries

Merriam-Webster Online You can look up spellings and definitions here. There is also an online thesaurus.

Art Lex This is a dictionary of art terms, styles, and techniquies.

A Maths Dictionary for Kids! This is an animated, interactive dictionary! You must have flash to use it. It explains over 400 mathematical terms in easy to understand language.

Harcourt School Publishers Multimedia Math Glossary This was created by one of the leading school textbook publishers. It is for grades K - 6th.

Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus : Stuck on finding a word that rhymes? Just type your word in and bingo! You will get lots of options!

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia.Com This is the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. Look things up or learn what is new.

Encyclopedia Mythica Learn about mythology, folklore, and legends.

MHN Instrument Encyclopedia Read and learn about musical instruments around the world.

Bibliography Maker OnLine

Noodle Tools has an online creation tool for organizing and creating your citations pages! What is even better is that you have a choice of citation styles. You can create your citations in the MLA format or the APA format.

Citation Machine This is another citation maker. This one also creates citations in MLA and APA formats!

Math Help

A Maths Dictionary for Kids! This is an animated, interactive dictionary! You must have flash to use it. It explains over 400 mathematical terms in easy to understand language.

Harcourt School Publishers Multimedia Math Glossary This was created by one of the leading school textbook publishers. It is for grades K - 6th.

If you need help visualizing a process you can access the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics . This site has lots of different online manipulatives for you to use with your child. This is a great resource and one you should use often!

If you are interested in an online Flash Card generator then visit A Plus Math . You can create flash cards for grades K - 3.

This is a really cool on-line graphing calculator found at Akapa.Com. It uses different colors and has a sticky notes feature!

Online Metric Converter : You can use this to check your work! It will convert weights, measurements, temperature, speed, area, and length.

Reading

Mighty Book This is a fun website for your primary age children. They can listen to stories and watch videos.

ABC Teach has the dolch word lists that you can print out as flash cards! Dolch words are sight words that each child must learn.

Maps and Geography

National Geographic's site is huge! Print out maps and get information for your reports. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page you will see a link to their geography game, GeoSpy! Try it for some fast paced fun.

Pictures for Reports

The Amazing Picture Machine You can find pictures of just about anything here. Students can download and print out pictures for their reports. This is a great resource!

Search Engines and Keyword Tools

If you are having problems deciding which keywords to use for your search, you might be interested in trying NoodleQuest . You fill in the answers to a few simple questions about your search, press a button, and Voila! You will be given some keywords to use!

There are a lot of great search engines on the internet. You can use the drop down menu below to find an engine to use. Please start with Yahooligans first, it is kid safe!

Search Engines for Kids!

Search Engines To Use with Parents!

HTS Links by Grade

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