Make Learning Active and Fun

Every teacher worth his or her salt knows that the best way to make sure students really grasp a concept or master a skill is to actively involve them in the learning experience. If students are left to sit still and listen, their minds are likely to become as inactive as their bodies. If they talk and move and experiment with ideas during the learning experience, their minds often move as quickly as their bodies.

PBS Teachers know that too. So they’ve created a collection of interactive SMART Board games on PBS Kids that you can use in your classroom with pre-kindergarten through fifth grade students. The collection includes interactive games in language arts, math, social studies, science and the arts. All of the games include bright graphics that can be manipulated with simple mouse clicks and audio clips that help guide students through the activities. Every game encourages students to experiment and provides feedback that lets them know how they are doing.

Before school starts, visit PBS Teachers and play some of these games yourself. Have fun and think about how you can help your students learn while they have fun with these games too.

- Diane