Make Fridays fun! Great learning games for the classroom, chosen and tested by teachers.BEST WAY TO TEACH MEASUREMENT The MeasureWorks Board Game is a perfect math center for K-5 students. "Measurement is a concept many kids struggle with," said our teacher testers. "With this game, it's hands-on all the way!" www.etacuisenaire.com; $34.95. Product No. 50 * [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BEST FOR ON-THE-GO LEARNING The Leapster Portable Technology Center comes with five handheld units and seven subject-area cartridges from math to reading. Testers called it right on for its "many educational components--plus, the headphones Head-mounted speakers. Headphones have a strap that rests on top of the head, positioning a pair of speakers over both ears. For listening to music or monitoring live performances and audio tracks, both left and right channels are required. for quiet group learning!" www.leapfrogschoolhouse.com; $845 base kit supports up to 21 students. Product No. 52 * BEST HEAD START FOR THE U.N. Use the Around the World educational board game to expand students' knowledge of global issues. "It's ideal for teaching the difference between the Middle East and the Far East," said teachers. "This game is interactive and adventurous ad·ven·tur·ous adj. 1. Inclined to undertake new and daring enterprises. 2. Hazardous; risky. ad·ven !" www.aroundtheworldgames.com; $26.99. Product No. 54 * [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BEST FOLLOW-UP TO THE STATE SONG Our testers loved the idea of teaching geography with the Scrambled States 2, based on Laurie Keller's hilarious book. A gold star for the "colorful cards and illustrations." www.gamewright.com; $5.99. Product No. 51 * [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BEST WAY TO GET KIDS OUT OF THEIR SEATS PreK-2 kids get to jump and dance while practicing listening and problem-solving skills with the Hullabaloo DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. game. As one teacher said, "it's ideal for encouraging cooperative learning cooperative learning Education theory A student-centered teaching strategy in which heterogeneous groups of students work to achieve a common academic goal–eg, completing a case study or a evaluating a QC problem. See Problem-based learning, Socratic method. as well as learning animal facts." www.cranium cranium: see skull. .com; $24.99. Product No. 53 * BEST FOR DOUBLE DUTY Teachers can use Learning Carpets game rugs to cozy up Verb 1. cozy up - ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman" cotton up, shine up, sidle up, suck up, play up ingratiate - gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts any learning center. Plus, the Snakes & Ladders version is "great for teaching numerical sense and reinforcing counting skills!" Other games such as Hopscotch and Parcheesi Parcheesi: see backgammon. are also available. www.learningcarpets.com; $25. Product No. 55 * * To learn more about Instructor's teacher-tested products, see the Teacher Action Card on page 48. |
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