Kid’s Corner

Here are some of the websites we like to visit. They are organized by subject area. To skip to a particular subject, click on the buttons below. 

Please be aware that these links will take you out of the Yargo Elementary website. Barrow County Schools is not responsible for their content.

Language Arts

Science/Health

Fun and Games

Visit our new Parent/Teacher Resource Page!

Math

Music

Language Arts

Language Arts

Social Studies

Art

Homework Helpers

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Star Fall-Language Arts activities
Mad Libs- create your own wacky story using all parts of speech.
Riddle Games or Sentences- How well can you infer information?
Whootie Owl’s Fairy Tales Read folk and fairy tales from around the world. You can even write your own story!
Vocabulary Drill for Kids Test your own vocabulary with this interactive quiz.
Fake Out! Learn new words with this definition guessing game.
Grammar Gorillas Help the gorillas get a banana by guessing the correct part of speech
Wacky Web Tales Write a silly story by filling in the missing pairs
Between the Lions Based on the popular PBS show, you can read an adventure, then play a game
The Reading Corner Book reviews for readers in grades 2-8
Harcourt Series - Check out our reading series web site.
Clifford the Big Red Dog - Check out the Interactive Reading Books and games you can play at this site.
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Math

The AritmAttack-See how quickly you can recall your addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts
Multiplication Timed Practice- See how quickly you can recall your multiplication facts
Division Timed Practice- See how quickly you can recall your division facts.
Multiplication Challenge Game-How quick are you at multiplying?
Figure This Out!- Math challenges for the family
Coolmath4kids An amusement part of math with games, coloring pages and an online calculator
Math Baseball You have to successfully answer math problems before you can swing the bat.
Math Brain Teasers Look here for a weekly brain teaser to solve
Math Glossary An interactive glossary that gives you pictures, definitions, and examples of math terms
SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator Create your own printable worksheet of math problems
Math Tesselations, created an online design using geometric shapes.
Arithemetic Four A game like Connect Four. A pair of students must answer arithmetic questions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) to earn a piece to place on the board.
The US Mint Games  Various money games
AAA Math   Various math games and demonstrations for all grade levels
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Mathplayground
Elapsed Time
Elapsed Time Match Game
MathMoose
 

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Social Studies

White House for Kids Meet the current residents of the White House and get a tour
Greatest Places Take a journey to seven of the greatest places on Earth
National Geographic Kids Based on the magazine, the online version has amazing facts, cool stories and activities
Stately Knowledge Look here for basic facts about each state
America’s Story Throughout the site you’ll find interesting biographies, historical photos, and audio clips as well as scavenger hunts and quizzes
National Museum of American History This Smithsonian Museum site has many virtual exhibits
You Be the Historian Examine artifacts to determine what life was like for the Springer family 200 years ago
Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids Join Ben Franklin to learn about our government. Different areas for grades K-8
Where is That State? You can learn the names of each state or race the clock to name them correctly
Yahooligan News Daily news just for kids
Time for Kids - Articles and games for kids
Social Studies for Kids - great site to learn about what happened this week in history.
Martin Luther King Jr. This site gives importate dates in MLK’s life.
.The 13 Colonies - learn facts about the original thirteen colonies.
Pictures from Japan - How is your life the same and different from students in Japan?
Landform Glossary - Find out the definition of land forms and bodies of water.
Ellis Island Virtual Tour
Australia for Kids - This site give information on Australia.

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Science

Yuckiest Site on the Internet Learn about all kinds of gross and icky things.
Exploratorium Interactive exhibits from the San Francisco Museum of Science
Chem4Kids A kid’s chemistry website exploring matter, atoms and elements
Animals of the World You have to gather clues about different types of animals to guess the mystery animal
Cool Science for Curious Kids Explore the microscopic world around you
Astronomy for Kids Explore our Solar System
The Field Trips Site Go on virtual field trips exploring everything from dinosaurs and the rain forest to baking bread
The Electronic Zoo Find information about any animal here
Planet Ocean Take an underwater dive with barracudas and tubeworms
Dan’s Wild Weather Page Explore a variety of wild weather topics
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Visit the on-line exhibits such as Titanic and a Fairy Castle
Volcanoes - Learn about the hazards for volcanoes
Digestive System
Bear’s Balance - Bear in the Big Blue House
Space for 2nd Grade - Visit these site for your research.
Fire Safety - The USFA site gives tips on ways to be prevent fires and act safely. This site also includes games.
Food Pyramid - Build a healthy food pyramid with this game.
Dive and Discover - Expeditions to the Seafloor
5th Grade Ocean Animals - Use these sites for your ocean animal research.
Butterfly Gardens - Check out these links to see what is needed to create a beautiful butterly Garden.

Dental Health- Explore Dental Health through Colgate


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Music

Morton Subotnick’s Creating Music Explore and create your own music
Instrument Encyclopedia A collection of the world’s most interesting instruments
Quia -Music Test your musical knowledge with these fun quizzes
Symphony: An Interactive Guide A ThinkQuest project with resources on famous composers and recordings of great pieces
Energy in the Air Experience the different pieces in an orchestra and learn more about sound
Dismukes Virtual Talking Machine Hear music from 1900-1939

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Art

Art Edventures Discover how great artists make their famous works while learning tips and techniques for creating your own art.
Kidzdraw You’ll find drawing tips, illustrator biographies and art work from kids of all ages.
National Museum of Art  Visit the Bottlecaps to Brushes exhibit for kids
Color Test - See if your right brain and left brain are working together. Select the COLOR of the word not the word.
Dr. Seuss' Many Colored Days, with many art activities for a rainy day.
Art History Learn art history while playing detective.
National Museum of Wildlife Art Discover the world of wildlife art. Write a story....curate you own museum....have some fun with this site!
Inside Art Explore a painting as an art historian would. This interactive Web site takes you on an adventure into a painting. You will be asked to answer some key questions so that you can return to the museum and begin your adventure again. You will love this one!
Art Everywhere Use these links to discover Web pages related to art that can be of interest to your child and you. The pages include online exhibits at art museums, information about art, and art activities to share with your young artists.
Summer Art and Nature Activities - Find some fun and local art and nature activities to keep you busy this summer!
 

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Homework Helpers

Sink or Swim-find the subject and predicate of games
KidsClick A search engine for kids by school librarians
Fact Monster You’ll find an almanac, dictionary, atlas, encyclopedia, news and games all at one site!
Enchanted Learning On this site you can find printouts, research, and maps over many different topics..
Yahooligans Search engine just for kids A good place to start when you’re looking for information
Yahooligans: Kids Almanac Look here for information on animals, disasters, sports and much more
Ask Jeeves for Kids You can type in a question and Jeeves will point you toward websites that might help you find an answer
Encyclopedia.com An online encyclopedia to help you answer your research questions
Merriam-Webster Online An online dictionary and thesaurus
The World Almanac for Kids You can find tons of cool information here
Kids Konnect Collection of Internet resources just for kids
BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper Created by 15 year old BJ Pinchbeck, a list of over 700 links to help you
PuzzleMaker Create your own word search or crossword puzzles using your word lists
Word Central Build your own dictionary and stump your friends with the Daily Buzzword
Little Explorers A picture dictionary with lots of cool links and activities.
Georgia CRCT Online Practice
Primary Games
Academic Skills Builders

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Fun and Games

Wacona fun and games
iknowthat Play educational games and create sticker books that you can keep and share
Zanyfun On this colorful site you can play arcade games, learn how to care for pets or create your own silly looking animals
Funschool Educational games and activities for grades Kindergarten through sixth grade
Kiddonet Includes games, jokes, graffiti drawing area. Must register to use this site. Safety feature does not allow children to surf beyond the given links
Kids Domain This site has loads of games to play, clip art, holiday material, coloring pages and more
FunBrain Tons of educational games for kids, teachers and parents.
Brain Boosters Bend your brain around these number, logic and word puzzles
Christmas fun and games
Welcome to Seussville - Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ Birthday
Headsprout

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