Interactive Sites

(Updated April 30, 2020)

Many of the examples below are also easily adaptable to interactive whiteboards such as SmartBoard, ActivBoard, eBeam, Mimio, Webster, Polyvision, Numonics, Interwrite, and Starboard.

• Robo~Bee - find the word that best completes the sentence (http://www.wordcentral.com/games/robobee.html)
• Nina Loves to Name Things (http://teacher.scholastic.com/ACTIVITIES/bll/nina/index.htm)
• I Spy (http://www.scholastic.com/ispy/games/index.htm)
• Lecky activities and tons of other interactive activities for preschoolers (www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html)
• The Subservient Chicken is back!!! (http://oneweakness.com/subservient-chicken)
• What's in the Bag? (www.readwritethink.org/materials/in_the_bag/index.html)
• Star Fall ABC's (http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/play.htm?f)
• Jigsaw puzzles (http://www.dltk-kids.com/puzzle.htm)
• Houghton Mifflin Spelling Match (www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/schtemplate.cgi?template=/kids/hmsv/smg/smg.thtml&game_file=game_6_30&grade=6&unit=30)
• A Touch of Class - an interactive categorization activity (www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/class.html)
• Primary Games (www.primarygames.com/index.html) - includes Word Lab and many more
• FunBrain (www.fekids.com/kln/games/whomp) - many online games but scroll down on the first page and skip the ad (shop button)
• Age Calculator (http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/age.html)
• Literacy Center Education Network's pre and early reading curriculum (www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm) provides over a million free lessons following a "Modified Montessori approach to teaching reading." The Parent and Teacher section is divided into subject areas where lessons can be chosen for specific purposes.
• Word Dice (www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html) - scroll down past the first few games
• Games Centre, (http://www.abc.net.au/abc3/games/)just a lot of free interactive games from Australia.
• Dress Up activities - many links to dress up dolls, rooms, cities, robots, and much more (http://www.dressupgames.com/) - click the DressUpGames logo in the top left corner
• The Magic School Bus many games and activities (http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/index.htm)
• Scary Spuds (www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html)
• Candlelight Stories Stellar Speller (www.candlelightstories.com/Games/StellarSpeller.htm)
• Arthur's Games and more (https://pbskids.org/games/)
• ABC Teach online educational games (abcteach.com/directory/educational_links/educational_games/).
• Awesome Library's links to interactive online activities (www.awesomelibrary.org/Office/Main/New_and_Exciting/Games.html) is worth exploring.
• Word Central games (www.wordcentral.com/games.html).
• Whacky Web Tales (http://www.eduplace.com/tales/) - madlibs
• Sesame Street interactive activities (http://www.sesamestreet.org/)
• Zimmer Twins Make a Movie (www.zimmertwins.com/) - create or finish a story
• Quizlet (quizlet.com/languages-and-vocab/) has many language and vocabulary free, online flashcards, and the option to make your own. (There are even flashcards for Communication Disorders students to practice!)
• Cookie Language Lesson Games for Pre-K through First grade.
• Primary Interactive (English) and Primary Interactive (Early)
• Jumble Kids figure out words from jumbled letters (www.uclick.com/client/mwb/tmjkf/)
• Language Study Stacks (www.studystack.com/category-6) contains flashcards, hangman games, word search, matching and other activities. You can also create your own set of flashcards to add to the site.
• Everyday Life (http://www.gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife) - interactive lessons to experience everyday challenges faced by adults.
• Free Online Learning from the Goodwill Community Foundation. (http://www.gcflearnfree.org/).
• Belmikri has several preschool and kindergarten games to learn letters, numbers, colors and shapes.
  • TheColor.com has over 1000 fun online coloring pages. (www.thecolor.com/)
  • 321 Coloring Pages (www.321coloringpages.com/)
  • Twisty Noodle - lots of nice coloring pages and worksheets arranged in themes - for preschool though first grade.
  • Coloring Book (coloring.com)
  • Sarah's Coloring pages (http://www.coloringpages7.com/)
  • 48 Mother Goose and nursery rhyme pages to print out and color Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes Coloring Book (www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/books/rhymesbook/)Online coloring activities and downloadable coloring pages/books
• Non-Flash Activities for your iPAD. Many Interactive Activities online require FLASH, which is an Adobe software program that is not supported on iPADs. But there are many freely available interactive educational activities online that do NOT require FLASH and these can be used on iPADs through the web browser which is part of an iPAD's system. A few examples are below as well as an extensive list from an excellent English as a Second Language site. Check interactive activities throughout this entire site to find additional examples. These resources will of course also work on your computer.
  • Non-Flash Things for ESL Students
  • Free Rice - vocabulary quiz.
  • Words at Play from Merriam-Webster
  • Vocabulary quiz from vocabulary.com
• Uncovering additional interactive white board activities (which can also be used as online interactive sites on your computer).
  • Engaging Learners the Smartboard Way (http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/)
  • Mrs. Hurley's ESL Smartboard Favorites (www.mrshurleysesl.com/smartboards/smartboardfavorites.html)
  • Smart Exchange lesson plans for your SMART board (http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?m=01)
  • iSmartboard.com - Smartboard lessons, games and activities by grade level. (Check under "reading lessons") (www.ismartboard.com/third-fourth-fifth-grade/3-4-5-reading-smartboard-lessons/)
  • PBS Kids Interactive Whiteboard Games (http://pbskids.org/whiteboard/)
  • Topmarks - "The best, free Interactive Whiteboard Resources" - literacy resources. (www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=38)
  • Check the ESL sites for interactive games and exercises for vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, etc. for example ESL Fun Games Online (www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/index.html) for a variety of interactive games and exercises as well as many printable, and ESL Exercises Online: Interactive Materials for Learners (www.englishmedialab.com/)
  • A Web Whiteboard - online whiteboard app that lets you use your computer, tablet or smartphone to draw sketches, collaborate with others and share them with the world. Free. Works on all modern browsers. No installation needed. (http://awwapp.com/)
  • BIGbot - identify synonyms and antonyms (www.wordcentral.com/games/bigbot.html)