Elisa's Journal

Hi everyone! I found two great websites that are worth looking at. ONe is www.brainpop.com. This dandy has a 2 to 3 minute video clip on tons of subjects in math, social studies, health, language arts, etc. They also have cartoons, experiments, an opportunity to earn points, etc. Great way to help the visual learner (and the auditory learner) grasp or reinforce concepts. It's targeted for 5th through 8th but I see loads of stuff for high school kids and some that would apply for younger kids. You get unlimited access for only 34 bucks a year. Very worthwhile.

I also like www.mentura.com. You can order an unlimited number of DVD's (educational or otherwise) for dirt cheap. THey follow whatever queue you create as soon as you send back one in the prepaid envelope, they send you the next. SOme of the ones I have on my queue include the Bill of Rights, Newton's Laws, Standard Deviants Physics, Standard Deviants Goverment I and 2. SInce my kids are visual spatial learners, it helps reinforce the concepts I teach.