Do your Minecraft kids need some encouragement to practice math? How about a quick addition refresher before going back to school?



Download Multi Taskin' Mom's FREE Minecraft Themed Addition Worksheets. These fun math worksheets include single digit to double digit addition, making this freebie useful for Minecraft kids ages 5 to 12. Here's more ways to use your child's interest in Minecraft for learning:

• Writing about the Minecraft World
• 10 Exciting Lessons for your Kindergartener Using Minecraft
• Math Lessons Using Minecraft - Show Your Work
• How Minecraft Taught my Daughter to Read

Looking for more ways to turn gaming time into learning time? Check out all the Minecraft-themed educational products offered on Educents at a discount.

Animalearn provides a whole host of resources for educators and students at no cost. Their programs are suitable for a variety of educational levels, including K-12, college/university, and veterinary/medical. They offer humane education curricula and educational kits that cover issues ranging from dissection to product testing. Educators and students can also choose from a large variety of books, brochures, videos, and more, many of which are available for free. Additionally, their Science Bank is home to the latest in high-tech, animal-friendly educational technology for the classroom. 



Borrow plastic animals to dissect or learn about critter insides with software. Credit card insures against loss. You pay only return shipping.

Age Range: All (All grades, children with parental supervision). This website is companion to the Peabody Award Winning PBS series, Liberty! The American Revolution. But even if you don’t have access to the program, there is still a lot of learning opportunities available here. With this website visitors are encouraged to travel the road through the history of the American Revolution with simple but interesting inter actives.



When arriving at today’s link, select from the following: 

• Chronicle of the Revolution - Read about the headline events from Boston, 1774, Philadelphia, 1776 and 1791, Trenton, 1776, Saratoga, 1777, and Yorktown, 1781. While in this section, check out the Timeline of the Revolution and comprehensive subject index to discover the people, pivotal events, documents, and social and cultural context of the Revolution.

• Liberty! The Series – Read episode descriptions, about the making of Liberty!, meet the cast and scholars in the series, and about the accompanying music.

• Perspectives on Liberty – Through interactive images, learn about daily life in the colonies, the global village, and military perspectives of the American Revolution.

• The Road to Revolution – Play this question and answer game as you travel along the Revolution Road from Boston to Washington D.C.

Age Range: 5-18 (Grades: K-12, with parental supervision). Mr. and Mrs. Farino created The Teachers' Café in 2004. It was originally started as a simple way to store worksheets online instead of using a filing cabinet.




As they began to understand the need for teacher resources their website morphed and changed to meet the growing need and today the website contains literally thousands of teaching aids like: 

• Printable worksheets

• Downloadable workbooks

• Reading Lists

• Holiday Printables

• Assessments

• Audio books

• Classroom management tools

• You can even study Spanish!

This website is a huge resource for many subjects; Math, Science, History, Social Studies – all of it can be found here!

Age Range: 10-18 (Grades 4-12 with parental supervision). This website is sponsored by the non-profit foundation called SEED (Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development), to support teachers, parents and other mentors with resources to help students learn about technology and science with regard to global issues, such as water, energy, climate change, and much more. SEED offers free science resources including informative articles, lab experiments, as well as math puzzles and games.




When you get to the site, you'll see some featured resources. Use the menu on the left side of the home page to explore: 

• Articles – Enjoy science articles (that can easily be used as lessons) on topics such as: Air & Space, Earth Science, Health & Safety, Energy, Water, and more. Place your cursor over the topics to see a drop-down menu of related articles. All of the articles include fascinating information and are linked to experiments students can do to demonstrate the concepts covered in the articles.

• Laboratory – This online lab provides students with the materials list (includes common household items and materials available at a pharmacy or hardware store) and instructions for conducting experiments to learn more about Air & Space, Earth Science, Electricity & Magnetism, Properties of Liquids, and Energy. Click on any topic and see a drop-down menu of experiments. For example, students can build a personal seismograph or build their own star! There are Teacher’s Notes, as well as examples of results.

• Math Puzzles – Sharpen your math skills with fun puzzles and games that include arithmetic, probability, algebraic thinking, geometry, topology, logic, and more.

All of the resources are available in a variety of languages too, just look for the language menu at the top of the page.

You can also purchase science kits, books, and games from the online store, but no purchase is necessary to access the free resources mentioned above.