Owl and mouse us map game

Letter Sounds - Children choose the correct letter that begins the word. Letter Sounds - Blends - Children choose the correct letters that begin the word. Letter Sounds - 'S' Blends - Blending 's' and another consonant to make the initial sound of a of a word.

Letter Sounds - Short Vowels - Selecting the correct short vowel to begin a word. Letter Sounds - Long Vowels - Selecting the correct long vowel to begin a word.

Bridge to Reading Children learn to read by reading in a fairy-tale adventure. Your child reads and writes complete sentences from the first screen. When your child finishes the story they will be reading of the most common words, in sentences of up to 11 words. When learning to read is fun, children want to read.

Build your own Medieval Castle Free software to build your own medieval castle, complete with towers, gatehouse and keep. To understand the parts of a castle, and why it was built that way, how an army lay siege to a castle, how a castle was defended, or what it might be like to live in a castle this varied depending on who you were - build a model castle.

Build your own Medieval Castle is fun, educational hands-on learning. Shields, Knights and Heraldry Free software to print out shields and the elements of heraldry to create your own coat of arms. Learn the terminology and history of coats of arms.

New online version, no downloading, no installation, PC or Mac. Make a Town Make a Village Two free software programs with activities for students to create their own model towns or villages. Make a Town has 10 different houses and 7 stores; Make a Village has 5 houses, an apartment house and a church with a steeple.

Kids set out streets, decide where different buildings should be and put in parks and shopping districts. This project teaches kids about how towns are arranged and how they grow.

It can be used to teach everything from math to architecture, or just for fun. Make a Farm Software and activities for students to create their own model farm, with silo, barn, chicken coop, etc. Kids set out fields, choose crops, decide what animals to have on their farm, and what to grow to feed themselves and their animals.

This project teaches kids about farm animals, crops and where food comes from. Active Learning Projects Learning is active, not passive. Learning is doing, making, building, arranging, figuring out, changing. Active Learning Projects has fun, hands-on educational activities for kids K-8 from the Internet.

Links Educational and other links to sites on the World Wide Web. Not needed for our newer online programs. Learn to Read by Reading with:. Bridge to Reading. We welcome all comments on your and your children's experience with our maps and software. Any additional learning ideas will be added to our pages with credit to you for others to enjoy. Help your child learn with games, software and educational activities from Owl and Mouse Educational Software.

Early reading software—phonics software, alphabet games, and Dolch sight words in a fairy tale story. The map puzzle of the entire US states and capitals is here. The division of the US into regions tends to be somewhat arbitrary. While we follow the National Geographic, other organizations divide the states up in different ways.

Regions are defined by their climate, culture, geography, economy, etc. For these reasons, it does not seem wise to ask kids to memorize which states are in each region.

What students need to know are the states, their capitals, and where they are on the map of the United States, which gives clues as to their climate, land forms, etc. We welcome all comments on your experience with our maps and software.