iKnowthat.com Science Lab Games - Online Multimedia Educational Games for Kids in Preschool, Kindergarten, and Elementary Grades

iKnowthat.com Science Lab Games - Online Multimedia Educational Games for Kids in Preschool, Kindergarten, and Elementary Grades
Educational Widgets

Teachers looking for fun reinforcement or review activities might be excited to learn that there are educational widgets available online for free. This site offers an array of widgets that spans the curriculum. Widgets do not intend to teach material in depth as a teacher does, but they are a great boost for reinforcement or review. For example, the widget about the human body offers sound effects corresponding to the name of each system (the sound of a toilet flushing for the excretory system and heavy breathing for the respiratory system). For children struggling to remember the big vocabulary words associated with each system, these sound effects might be the key that unlocks neurons and opens the door to memory. The widgets could be added to a personalized start up page viewed during recess or free time or the teacher may have the widgets added to a personalized start up page linked to the classroom Webpage for students to view on a home or public computer. Apparantly widgets can be more than a neat novelty...