Fake Out! A game in which you “choose a word and guess its definition.” Or, make up your own definition to a given word and then check back in a few weeks to see how many people chose your definition! (K-8)

Read, get points, win prizes

Read, Click and Win with BookAdventure! This is a “reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they’ve read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes.” I can see this will be a big hit with my eldest who will do ANYTHING for points and rewards!

Online logic puzzles and games

Puzzles.COM - Logic Problems Weekly and monthly interactive and printable puzzle

Learn how to knit with knitting videos

KnittingHelp.com Learn How to Knit Very handy for those of us who like to “see” how it’s done before attempting it ourselves.

Travel packing list for backpacking

What to Pack - travel packing list for backpacking travel (what to take) I feel very fortunate to have visited many countries throughout the world as a missionary kid. As far as learning goes, I’m sure my travels have contributed most (the internet being a close second of course) to my education. That’s why I have a dream to take a world tour in about 7 years as a family. If you have dreams of backpacking or just want to know how to pack light, you’ve gotta see this site. It’s packed (no pun intended) with extremely valuable information.

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Biographies of each.

A fun online physics puzzle game

Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game.

12 tricks to test for divisibility

Math Lair - Divisibility Tests. Shortcuts to help make division easier. Some of them are simple (”A number is divisible by 5 if its last digit is either a 5 or a zero.”) and some are more complex. Might be helpful for those learning division.