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Alphabet
History |
English Word Play
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ESL (English as a
Second Language)
Other Language Sites
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Dictionaries |
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Alphabet History |
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The Alphabet is Historic
http://edsitement.neh.gov/
view_lesson_plan.asp?id=517 |
The lessons
in this web site will introduce young students to the history of our
alphabet. |
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Evolutions of Alphabets
http://www.wam.umd.edu/
~rfradkin/alphapage.html |
This web
site has information on the evolution of different character sets such
as Cuneiform, Arabic, and Latin. |
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English Word Play |
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Between the Lion Games
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/ |
This site
offered by PBS, is based on the characters in the popular show
"Between the Lions. The games are for younger children ages
preschool to 2nd grade. |
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Fun Brain Language Arts Game
http://www.funbrain.com/
cgi-bin/getskill_s.cgi?A1=selects&A2=la&A4=0&A7=0 |
There are
18 different games at this site for grades 1 - 10. Most of the
games deal with grammatical concepts. |
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Merriam-Webster Word Games
http://www.m-w.com/game/Merrium-Webster Word Central
http://wordcentral.com/ |
For older
children, this site has daily word games you can play. You will
need Flash or Shockwave to play these games.
Word Central is the place on the Web where kids can learn how much
fun words can be! |
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Word Games Archive
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/
fun-with-english |
There are
65 games here on this British site that deal with the English
vocabulary. |
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ESL (English as a Second Language) |
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Activities for ESL Students
http://a4esl.org/ |
There are grammar and
vocabulary quizzes, crossword puzzles, and bilingual quizzes for ESL
students. |
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Lanternfish
http://bogglesworldesl.com/ |
A teacher
based sites that offers flash cards, word searches, crossword
puzzles, and more. |
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Interesting Things for ESL Students
http://www.manythings.org/ |
A fun site
for children learning English as a Second Language. |
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Other Language Sites |
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IPL Kidspace: Say Hello to the World
http://ipl.org/div/hello/ |
Learn to say Hello in
different languages and then find out more about that language and its
alphabet. |
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Picture Dictionaries |
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The Internet Picture Dictionary
http://www.pdictionary.com/ |
A picture
dictionary of words in English, Spanish, German, French, and Italian.
First pick the language you want then pick the letter or category. |
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Little Explorers Picture Dictionary
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/
Dictionary.html |
Enchanted
Learning provides a picture dictionary of a variety of words in
different languages. |
