Surfing the Net with Kids FREE Newsletter
#1. Feb 18, 2009
Along with the launch of my Alphabet Coloring, I’ve started a new newsletter that focuses only on preschool, kindergarten and early childhood learning resources. It is not a weekly newsletter, like this one, but rather will be “occasional” and keep you informed of resources related to upcoming holidays and events.
If you’d like to join (it’s free), you can sign up at any of these sites:
I will also soon have an online archive of past newsletters, but I’m still working on that part!
See ya on the Net,
Barbara J. Feldman
"Surfing the Net with Kids"
#2. Printable Nursery Rhyme Books
Choose from vintage Mother Goose books illustrated by
Frederick Richardson or W.W. Denslow or a Nursery
Rhyme Coloring Book. Order any time of day or night,
and begin printing immediately.
#3. Square Root
by Barbara J. Feldman
Square Root Printable (** for premium members only)
In celebration of Square Root Day on March 3, 2009, here are my picks for pre-algebra students learning about square roots. Square Root day is celebrated whenever the day and the month are both the square root of the last two digits of the year. Enjoy it while you can, because you won’t get another chance until April 4, 2016.
Aplusmath.com: Square Root Flashcards
Because math practice is so vital to learning, this online flashcard game is a sure hit. Each quiz offers ten perfect square roots to solve, randomly choosing radicands (the number under the square root symbol) from 1 to 144. Because the problems are randomized, you can play this game as many times as you like. For more math games, look in both the Flashcards and Games sections.
Ask Dr. Math: Square Roots Without a Calculator
Dr. Math explains two methods fo finding a square root by hand. The first includes three steps: guess, divide and average. Of course depending on your guess in step one, steps two and three might need repeating. Dr. Math demonstrates by showings all the steps involved in finding the square root of twelve assuming your first guess was two. The second method uses the Binomial Theorem and infinite series, and is probably not for most middle school students.
Homeschool Math: Square Roots Worksheets
Eureka! We’ve found the mother lode of printable square root problem sheets with this worksheet generator from Homeschool Math. When creating your worksheet and answer key, make choices such as only perfect squares, the number of decimals to round the answers to, the range of radicands, and the number of problems on the page. When you’ve found the combination you like, you can simply reload your worksheet to generate another one with the same specs. To make it even easier, six sample worksheets are provided.
… Click to continue Square Root.
#4. Printables Club Members Also Get …
Surfnetkids Printables Club Members also get the following printables to use in the classroom, the computer lab, the school library, or to send home with students:
Square Root Printable
Printable Pre-Algebra Word Search
Square Root Wikipedia Printable
Prime Numbers Printable
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#6. Related Games
Square Root Calculator
Pre-Algebra Word Search
Sieve of Eratosthenes
(Purchase games like these for your website: forty-one Surfnetkids games for just $99.)
#6.Surfing the Calendar
Feb 18, 1930
Ansel Adams’ Birthday
Feb 20, 1902
Steve Irwin’s Birthday
Feb 22, 1962
Seige of the Alamo Begins
Feb 23, 1836
Wilhelm Grimm’s Birthday (one of the Grimm Brothers)
Feb 24, 1786
#7.Quote of the Week
“I’m going to insist that we’ve got decent funding, enough teachers, and computers in the classroom, but unless you turn off the television set and get over a certain anti-intellectualism that I think pervades some low-income communities, our children are not going to achieve.” ~~ Barack Obama.
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