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AAA Math
Basic math skills, interactive practice
http://www.aaamath.comA+ Math

Timed Math Flash Cards
http://www.aplusmath.com

A Plus Math
Developed to increase student’s math skills, has interactive games and printable activities
http://kidzone.ws/math/

Awesome Library
A great site that has topic specific information for
anyone in the school
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

Ben’s Guide
Includes information about government for every
aged student.
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Best of History Web Sites
Includes links for historical information, categorized
by time period
http://www.besthistorysites.net/

Biography on A&E
Search over 25,000 of the greatest lives, past and present
http://www.biography.com/search/index.jsp

Cool Math for Kids
Has many interactive games, printable activities and stuff for kids ages 3-5.
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

Daily Almanac
http://www.refdesk.com/quote.html

Enchanted Learning
Tons of themed activities, Great free printables,
good place for elementary students to do research
http://www.enchantedlearning.com

Fact Monster
Subject specific information, online drills for
individual skills, US and world news, games,
sports, maps and timelines
http://www.factmonster.com/

FunBrain.com
Great educational games, has isolated skills in
reading and math
http://www.funbrain.com/index.html

Gaggle.net
Teacher controlled e-mail for students. Free trial
available for 65 days.
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/

Graphic Word Puzzles
Grade Level Interactive Activities
www.vocabulary.com

Great Sites for Kids
http://www.greatsitesforkids.com/gsfk/land.asp

History Channel
Look up important events, can access any day in
history. Includes polls and timelines.
http://www.historychannel.com/today/

Interactive Reference Atlas
http://www.childrensatlas.com

Interactive Sites For All Subjects
http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/sbeck/interactive
_curriculum _sites.htm

Internet Public Library
Subject collections, kidspace, teenspace, story hour
and more
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/

Justice for Kids and Youth
Department of Justice for Kids, includes a variety of resources about civics and government
http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/

Kid Publishing
More that 43,000 stories written by and for kids.
Create a page for your class
http://www.kidpub.org/kidpub/

Kid Zone Math
Has links to on-line math games, free printable worksheets, information is separated by grade level and skill
http://kidzone.ws/math/

Kids Click
Over 600 subjects with more than 4,000 links for students on topics from The Apollo Program to Voting, Also has information for each state
http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/

Learning Planet
Has on-line games, printable activities and homework for all subject and grade areas
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

Library of Congress
This is America’s largest library, all of it’s vast resources are available on-line. This site also includes live webcasts and a history for each day.
http://www.loc.gov/

Longitude and Latitude View from Space
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth

Math Fact Café
Includes math flashcards, games and other on-line activities. Also, printable materials available.
http://www.mathfactcafe.com/home/

Maggie’s Earth Adventure
Interactive adventures for research, Teacher’s Lounge, Themed units, Lesson Plans, Weekly Activity Packets, Postcards, Games, Cartoons, and much more
http://www.missmaggie.org/

Math Forum’s Problem of the Week
Math Fundamentals, Pre-Algebra, Algebra, and Geometry
http://mathforum.org/pow/

My Hero
An interactive journal where students are able to publish their personal feelings about their hero.
http://www.scholastic.com/

National Geographic Kids
Geography resources, Cartoon Factory, GeoBee, Challenge Maps, activities and experiments
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

National Wildlife Federation for Kids
Select your age group, then have fun playing games and activities about wildlife and the environment
http://nwf.org/kids/

PBS Kids
Children have the opportunity to interact and learn with their favorite PBS characters.
http://pbskids.org/

Roman Numerals and Converter
http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html

Scholastic.com
Offers on-line activities, lesson plans, and teaching strategies (plus tons more) for teachers and for students, this site offers games and contests, book central, and homework help
http://www.scholastic.com/

Science @ NASA
Science articles and resources from NASA
http://science.nasa.gov/default.htm

TEAMS Distant Learning
K-12 resources and lessons based on the standards from LA Unified
http://teams.lacoe.edu/

Thursday’s Classroom Archives
This site provides a connection between recent NASA research and the classroom environment.
http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/

Time for Kids
Time magazine offers news, humor, study help and gaming resources for children of all ages.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK

Yahooligans!
Joke of the Day, games news, sports, references, cool sites, astrology, etc.
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/

http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.html Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web. Copyright information from: University of Maryland University College

http://www.mayerjohnson.com Mayer-Johnson is the manufacturer of Boardmaker, Inter Comm (a symbol-based email program for nonreaders), Speaking Dynamically Pro, Writing with Symbols, etc. Features research articles and tech tips, including how to add digital images into Boardmaker. Site has free downloads of symbols to paste into your Boardmaker.

http://www.speakingofspeech.com Here you can copy Boardmaker creations for free use as PDF files with Adobe Acrobat Reader (available from the website). Speaking of Speech.com is an interactive forum for speech/language pathologists, parents and teachers to improve communication skills by:

· exchanging ideas, techniques, and lessons that work,

· finding out about materials before you buy,

· seeking and giving advice on therapy and caseload management issues, and

· Exploring a myriad of helpful resource links.

http://www.aacintervention.com Augmentative/Alternative Communication Intervention Products & Presentations by Julie Maro and Caroline Musselwhite. Great source for tech tips, communication boards and other wonderful links.

http://www.news-2-you.com A weekly publication illustrated with line-drawn pictures. Receive a total of
13-20 pages weekly including 5-8 pages of current events, a recipe, a joke, activity page and more. All
pages relate to the weekly lead story. Subscribers will receive the capacity to create additional personalized pages for each week's paper. Communication boards
can be downloaded for each newspaper in English

boardmaker@yahoogroups.com Boardmaker users group. Sign up to receive their free online digest that answers questions and shares ideas.

http://www.lburkhart.com/main.htm Linda Burkhart’s site is full of wonderful links and practical, creative ideas for AAC and AT. Linda also has authored several very practical books and fun CDs.

http://pics.tech4learning.com Many copyright friendly pictures for educators to use in making school materials.

http://www.kidsdomain.com/clip Kids Domain is packed with nearly 14,000 pages of kid-friendly content including; more than 1,500 reviews of commercial software products by parents for parents, over 1,200 interactive games, crafts and holiday activities, safe
surfing information, articles on effective teaching, more than 3,000 downloads for PC and Mac, graphics, and contests that entice users to greater experiences.

http://www.google.com Go to the Google site and click on Images. From here you can search by subject or
name for thousands of photos and graphics to use in
your communication materials.

http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/simage Good source for images to paste into Boardmaker.

http://www.members.tripod.com/trainland/pecs.htm Beyond Autism: PECS Pictures/Icons pages

http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/specialeducation/
ecthematic Many ideas based upon early childhood thematic units.

http://www.kidaccess.com/html/products/cd/
main.html These “eye-cons” are now Boardmaker compatible and available on CD.

http://www.dotolearn.com/index.htm Many activities
to promote independence in individuals with special learning needs. Do2learn offers free pre-made activities and free symbols.

http://www.thinkport.org/default.tp ThinkPort is a
free online resource for Maryland educators and families. Registration is required but free, allows you to design a web page, view and copy lesson plans, and save ideas
in your own “idea box”.

http://www.excite.com Click on Excite’s Photo button for many picture resources.

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/index/play.htm Interactive games, books and movies to promote reading skills.

http://www.widgit.com Widget offers online resources and teaching ideas for symbol users.

http://dgl.microsoft.com Search in Microsoft’s Design Gallery Live for pictures of all kinds.

http://www.closingthegap.com Closing the Gap is an excellent resource for sharing ideas and getting product reviews. Offers an annual national conference in Assistive technology.

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick! Children’s librarians’ choices for kid-friendly websites, pictures, and other online resources. Also offers a reading level for the materials available on each site.

http://card.ufl.edu/visual/start.html Center for Autism and Related Disorders. Site with many resources and links for using visual supports.

http://www.teachnet.com/powertools/neattools/timer/
timer.html Online timer to help students count down when working on a task.

http://www.bry-backmanor.org/picturerecipes.html Bry-Back Manor has picture recipes, free clip art and ideas for the holidays and other topics. Excellent source for free kid-appealing clip-art.

http://www.crystalspringsbooks.com/store/ Crystal Springs Books offers many ideas for educators in differentiated learning, graphic organizers, and more.

www.aacsafeguarding.ca Sexual Health, Sexual Abuse and Safeguarding symbols and communication displays are available on the Speak Up web site.

http://www.tooter4kids.com/ Tooter4Kids offers many great resources for parents and teachers, with links to many other great sites. You’ll find lots of ideas that can be adapted using Boardmaker.

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/home.html Webbing Into Literacy: A Head Start Program. This site has alphabet books, literacy ideas and rhymes for preschoolers. Offers a list of the best 101 books for a preschooler’s home library.

http://www.usevisualstrategies.com/index.html UseVisualStrategies is Linda Hodgdon’s excellent website for parents and educators to meet the needs of all visual learners. Learn about creating visual bridges in your classroom for students with autism and other disorders. You can order Linda’s excellent book, Visual Strategies for Improving Communication , here.

http://schou.sd41.bc.ca/district/boardmaker.htm Boardmaker templates created by Burnaby teachers. You will need Boardmaker to download and print.

http://callcentre.education.ed.ac.uk/Resources/
BoardMaker _REA/boardmaker_rea.html The CALL Centre has pages of Boardmaker ideas for you, including story symbol packs, rhymes, games and more.

http://www.ecasd.k12.wi.us/departments/special_ed
/teacher_resources/assistive_technology/
boardmaker/ index.html Eau Claire Public Schools has premade activities and other Boardmaker Resources.

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/pep/teach.htm Montgomery County Public Schools Teaching Ideas for Early Childhood includes Boardmaker boards sorted by theme and activity.

http://www.seeitsayitwriteit.com/ See it, Say it, Write it . Click on Kids for simple text recipes with matching digital pictures. The also have ideas for parents and teachers for curriculum K-12.

http://www.fastenation.com/ Source for CHEAP Velcro!

http://www.matcoop.org The Maryland Assistive Technology Co-op offers teachers and parents discounts on software, equipment, and books. Continue to check our website for workshops held throughout Maryland on a variety of topics.

http://baltimorecityschools.org Baltimore City Schools has a Boardmaker library of visual supports for approximately 750 elementary level book titles. They
are zip files and are both in Boardmaker and
Boardmaker 5.0 format. Older Boardmaker files need
to be imported into Boardmaker. Go to the site then teachers; teacher resources; assistive technology; adaptive library.