It’s time for the Wednesday Website suggestion!! For two years, I was the Technology Specialist at a school in Georgia. During that time, I amassed a large collection of websites that I use with my students. If you want to search through some of them, you can check out my IKeepBookmarks site. Or, you can check back here each week for the Wednesday Website suggestion.
I don’t know about your kids, but my kids are really starting to tune me out. It might have something to do with there only being 32 days of school left. (How many days do you have?) So, I have been going through some of my website collections looking for something that will hold their attention. This week’s website of the week is Cool Math Games 4 Kids. If you’ve never visited their site – it’s an amazing compilation of math games that work on tons of math skills, including critical thinking. I spend a lot of time on critical thinking in my classroom, (In fact, I wrote a guest blog post for Fabulous Fourth Grade Froggies on critical thinking that you might want to check out.) so I have been working on these three critical thinking games with my students.
Be warned – these games are addictive to ADULTS as well as children, and can be played happily for hours, thereby draining you of your grading time!
Bloxorz is a greatly addictive strategy game. You must twist and turn the tall box to get it through the hole. There are many, many levels!
Phit is a tetris-like game where you use all the pieces and try to get them to fit into the yellow box. It’s a great visual thinking game!
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