Fun for kids...

I love fun music for kids. Especially when I can hear my Sophie girl singing along. When we were in the car a few weeks ago with my mom and niece, my sister had purchased a music cd and we were listening to it in the car. I had never heard of this musician, but a lot of the songs were very cute. Apparently she is on the show/channel Noggin. We don't have that channel, so I had never heard of her. Her name is Laurie Berkner. I am going to attempt to put in a video from You Tube (something I've yet to figure out). If you know how to do this and I'm not successful...please tell me! :-) Here goes...
Ok...I don't know what I'm doing. Oh, well. But I thought you might enjoy the recommendation.

Another fun website that I love to recommend is http://storyplace.org. It's a fun website that you can use to make up funny stories with your kids/students. I used this a lot when I did ESOL and when I taught in a regular classroom. Hope you enjoy it! Here are some other websites that I've loved over the years:

• http://www.brainpop.com : this site has some great funny/educational videos. Unfortunately, to view all of them you have to subscribe. But it's still fun to look at the free ones.
• http://www.lemonadestands.com : great for teaching economics as you run your own lemonade stand via computer for 30 days. Lots of fun!
• http://www.noggin.com : fun stuff for kids
• http://www.pbskids.org : the only kids channel we have is PBS, so I love the shows on there. Especially Franny's Feet...that is such a cute show! You could easily do social studies lessons with this...and even do your own version at home! (Franny's grandfather has a shoe repair shop and with each pair of shoes Franny goes on an adventure and always comes back with something to put in her shoebox of treasures. I think it's adorable!) We like Super Why, Sesame Street, and some others, too.

If you have any to share, please feel free. I know there are more out there that I enjoy...just can't think of them all right now! Hope you enjoy these!

Blessings!