Scholastic

I was searching for good webpage´s on the topic "news for kids" and came across this webpage. I think it is important to make the children aware of what is going on around the world and to do so from an early age. This will teach them humbleness, empathy, how children around the world are living and also to be thankful for what you have. If you then do the news in English they will learn the language and feel the use for it as they learn. This website does not only give you the news around the world, written in a good level for kids, but it also provides a lot of exercises that can help the students to develop their English skills.

How can this be useful for teachers?
If you click on the "Teachers resources" you can choose diferent things in the menu.

• Lesson plans
• Teachers share
• Teaching strategies and ideas
• Tools
• Printables and mini-books
• New teachers
• Computer Lab Favourites
• Interactive whiteboard
• Free programs and giveaways

This can help teachers with all sorts of planning before each lesson. The teachers can exchange experiences and help each other out. Some of the pages refer to special books that you have to have in order to do the exersices, but you can find many free tips as well.

How can this be useful for students?

The students can choose from a variety of different activities from the menu "Students activity".

• Scholastic news
• Computer Lab Favourites
• Write and Publish
• Reading respons
• Interactive whiteboard
• Scholastic Kids Press Corps

Under for example, Computer Lab Favourites, the students can choose math and which level they are at. They can then practise different mathskills.

The webpage says that Scholastic is the worlds largest publisher and distrubutor of children´s books and also a leader in educational technology and children´s media. Scholastic creates quality educational and entertaining materials and products for use in school and at home, including children´s books, magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, televisions programming, film videos and toys.

You can find the webpages here: http://www2.scholastic.com

Malin Ottosson