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A favorite -they may all be good in one way or another, but this one is "special"
Most appropriate for teens and adults
Site geared mostly to young learners
Interactive materials (flash, shockwave, etc.)
Oodles of printables

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Algebasics
What a wonderful resource for a student learning first year algebra!
This site has a variety of "tutorials" from basic equations through quadratics. A friendly female voice guides you through solving each problem and visuals show you what to do, step by step. There are no practice problems but the lessons are worth taking a look at if your student needs a refresher or some additional explanation on how to solve a specific type of problem.

Catch Ten! An interactive game where you make 10's by having a bear catch number cubes of differing amounts.

Big Brainz
This is a free, downloadable program for learning the times tables. In the game you are a cute little alien that defeats monsters by typing in the correct answer to the multiplication problems. The graphics and game play are very well done for something that's free!

There is a pay version, but you don't need it, the free version covers times tables through 12's, just not with as many "colorful" levels.

Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching
This U.K. site offers free online PDF math practice books, lesson plans, and copy masters. These are high quality math programs with attractive graphics, easy to understand lessons and great practice problems. Use this as a stand alone program if you are on a budget or consider using it as a supplement. It seems hard to navigate at first glance but it's worth figuring out.

Cleave Books
Free teacher resources for site mentioned directly above. These resources should be useful to any math teacher though. There are lots of printables such as graph paper, grids, information sheets, games and more.

Conceptual Math Materials
Scroll to the bottom of the page for math flashcards intended to teach a baby or very young child conceptual math (instant recognition). We used materials similar to these and have two children who excel in math. You will want to check out the book "Teach Your Baby Math" at the bottom of the page.

Educational Java Programs
Some "hands-on" types of programs that mostly help to teach math. This site is great if you don't want to invest in things like pattern blocks, base ten blocks, cuisenaire rods and other math manipulatives. Try them out for free online before you buy the real thing.

Explorelearning.com
I have not found any other site that has high school interactive materials and lessons like this site . It does cost $ BUT you can try out any "gizmo" for free and there is also a 30 day free trial. The free trial might be worth it if your older student needs some practice on a particular subject (advanced math and science are offered). The gizmos are very well designed.

Family Education Printables
There are lots of math printables here. Many of them are from major textbook publishers like Scott Forseman etc. so they are good quality-wise.

Funny Fingers
Use these interactive hands and fingers to demonstrate very early counting concepts and "adding on".

Geometry Applets
Applets help make abstract math more concrete. You should check these out if your student is learning geometry.

Graph Paper
Lots of different types of free graph (and other kinds of) paper in PDF form.

Hands on Math Activities
These activities for grades 4-6 make a nice addition to your curriculum. We pull things like this out for "game day" (Friday).

Harcourt E-lab
Practice math concepts for grades 3-6 in an interactive learning environment.

ICT Games
A wonderful site with a great selection of free interactive educational games. Most of the games are most suitable for young learners up through very early elementary.

Interactive Online Math Lessons
You can register for free and have access to the teacher's resources and all modules from 2nd grade through trigonometry.

Java Math Activities Index
These activities explain math concepts using Java. The concepts covered are going to be found in "middle school" math. There are literally tons of activities and well worth a look to help make math more "hands-on".

Jim Reed's Interactive Math
This site has the following topics: numbers/operations, patterns and relations, shape and space, probability and statistics, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. This is an excellent site to find interactive materials for your teens, but there are also topics for younger students as well.

Math Applets
You are going to love these math applets!!! There are tons of them for different levels and abilities including younger children. Math applets help to turn the abstract into something much more concrete.

Math Games at Topmarks Education
Various links to excellent, high quality math games for a variety of ages.

Math Playground
"Math Playground is an action-packed educational site for elementary and middle school students. Practice your math skills, play a logic game, and have some fun! "
There are games to practice all sorts of math skills (sums, algebraic thinking, word problems, fractions, etc.) as well as some fun "classic" games like connect four, tangrams, Simon, Sudoku, IQ, and tons more.

Math-U-See Drill Page
Here is a good, solid drill page for all operations. It's plain and simple, but effective. You will want to master them "in order" (in other words, don't move on to the next level until you have the preceding levels down pat).

Mathszone
Lots of high quality interactive math games. Make sure you click on the menu to the left (after clicking one of the KS1-4 buttons at the top) so you can see all of the choices appear in the main window.

Montessori Games
This site has shockwave activities that teach arithmetic, geometry and culture. Activities are most appropriate for preschoolers through early elementary (approx. K- 3rd grade). The activities are based on actual hands-on Montessori materials that can be found in the classroom.

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
We really like online math manipulatives. They help make the abstract more concrete. They are also fun for kids to play with! These range in level from K-12th grade.

Purple Math
" Purplemath's algebra lessons are written with the student in mind. These lessons emphasize the practicalities rather than the technicalities, demonstrating dependable techniques, warning of likely "trick" questions, and pointing out common mistakes. The lessons are cross-referenced to help you find related material. " We've used this site quite a few times and found the lessons to be quite helpful.

Primary Games
These free educational games have a watermark, but are fully functional. Most of the games are for math, but there are some for language arts.

SAT Math Pro Video Lessons on Demand
"SAT Math Pro uses today's hottest technologies to deliver exceptional practice and instruction to students preparing for the math component of the SAT. Combining on demand video instruction with interactive quizzes, SAT Math Pro is a test prep system that you can count on 24/7. Best of all, SAT Math Pro is a completely free service. "
Watch, learn, test, assess, and practice for FREE. This is a wonderful resource from a math teacher who wants to help level the playing field when it comes to the SAT. Your teen NEEDS to check this site out. Ours have and love it!

Skool.co.uk
Wow! This is a super resource for "older learners" (upper elementary and beyond -ages 12 to 16 according to the site). There are numerous math and science modules for students to learn and interact with. Interactive lessons have graphics, audio, reviews, tests and activities that help to cement learning. You can even download a special browser so that you can do activities offline. Click one of the "channels" from the main page and then navigate to the different sections (Key stage 3 or 4). I am very impressed that the U.K. has such a high quality free resource for students. *Warning: the biology section contains lessons / information on reproduction and sexual intercourse.

Teaching Tables
There are various games to help learn the times tables. They have watermarks but are fully functional. One of our sons was particularly fond of the "Table Mountain" game.

Teach the Times Tables
You don't need to purchase the book available on the site, just look through the free teaching materials to help with learning the times tables. We like the creative and memorable stories and pictures that help make learning painless.

Thinking Blocks
"Thinking Blocks is an engaging, interactive math tool developed by classroom teachers to help students learn how to solve multistep word problems. Using brightly colored blocks, students model the relationships among the components of each word problem. With the help of a virtual teacher, students walk through a simple problem solving process and arrive at a solution. When building the models, students must identify information that is given as well as information that is unknown. Identifying and solving for an unknown quantity is a key concept in algebra. Thinking Blocks encourages students to look beyond the surface to discover the concepts and relationships that are at the core of every math problem."
This site is A MUST SEE if you are using Singapore math!!!! Solving multistep word problems is something everyone should know. This site will help you learn how.

USA Mathematical Talent Search
"The USA Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS) is a free mathematics competition open to all United States middle and high school students." This one is tough, but if you have a math talented youngster you might want to look into it. Can you say "scholarship"? :-)

Using Legos to Teach Algebra
Six lessons to help make algebra a little more understandable by using Legos. What a great idea!

Visual Fractions
You really need to SEE fractions to understand them. This site helps teach fractions in a visual manner.

Worksheet Factory Lite
" Need just the Facts? The free Basic Facts Worksheet Factory can generate worksheets that will provide students with the practice they need to become proficient in the basic math operations. "

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