Enrichment 2024-2025

The MENSA Foundation has developed this reading program to encourage the joy of reading. Students earn a commemorative certificate in recognition of their achievement. Select a list from the grade-level links listed at the bottom of the website. Remember to read to the level of your ability or interest, regardless of your age or grade level.

Wonderopolis is a great way for curious learners to explore topics and learn new things. By actively engaging with Wonderopolis during the summer, learners can foster their love for learning, develop critical thinking skills, and nurture their curiosity in a fun and interactive way.

Erich's Puzzle Palace is a great website with (what seems like) an unlimited number of logic puzzles and brainteasers. Scroll through the puzzles to find something of interest or click on the top links to sort by math puzzles, word, grid, as well as easy or hard.

Are you looking for some fun, printable math puzzles? Check out Mash Up Math for free resources. These math puzzles will engage your students and get them thinking creatively and visually about numbers! Sign up for their weekly newsletter to get the latest free Math puzzles for all grade levels in your inbox each week.

Keyboarding skills are a valuable life skill that students can begin learning at any age. While many students are used to devices with touchscreens, they also should learn how to use a traditional keyboard and mouse. Below are some great websites that students can use to practice learning the location of keys and typing skills.

http://www.abcya.com/typing_rocket.htm

https://www.typingclub.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr

http://www.abcya.com/keyboarding_practice.htm

http://www.abcya.com/keyboard.htm

https://powertyping.com/

Arcademic Skill Builders offers a collection of quality games for sharpening math and language arts skills. Arcademics combines the excitement of video games with educational content to produce exciting, focused activities. Check out their free games on the bottom of the webpage.

The Problem Site is loaded with great games for students. Some of the games are traditional "hang-man" style games, some of the games are traditional games with a twist, and some of the games are completely new. Each game is designed to help students develop problem solving skills. The games are categorized as word games, math games, or strategy games.

Brain Bashers offers visitors a nice selection of word games, logic games, and puzzles. Brain Bashers is updated regularly with many games that change daily and new games added every week

Brain Teasers are wonderful for your brain! They stimulate our brain cells, improve concentration, as well as increase problem solving and critical thinking skills.

There are some amazing coding resources for students. One of our favorites is Code.Org. This is a great option for students getting started on their own. You'll learn the fundamentals of computer science with drag & drop blocks. Students will love to create their own drawings and games.

The 5 Clue Challenge gives learners the opportunity to receive 5 clues and use what they know to make an educated guess about what the clues describe.

Google Map Treks is a great tool for students that would like to explore! Google Map Treks lets you journey beyond the road and see the world from every angle from your home!

Winning Words is the developer of seven free word games for students to play on their iPads. All of the games use the same style as the classic Memory card game. Those games are Synonym Match, Homophone Match, Compound Word Match, Singular and Plural Match, Verb Match, and Double Letter Match.

Crash Course is a YouTube channel that hosts a series of educational videos on a wide range of topics, from science to history, which can engage and challenge gifted children.

TED-Ed offers original animated videos that cover a broad spectrum of topics, creating an online learning environment that's informative, enriching, and fun!

Khan Academy allows you to learn almost anything for free. Khan Academy has over 10,000 videos and explanations at your fingertips in math, science, economics, history, and much, much more. You can sharpen your skills or learn something new!

Checkout MENSA for Kids' Virtual Gameroom! MENSA provides many games online or you can check out their recommended list of board games.

1. Read EVERY day! Read non-fiction, fiction, ebooks, poetry, newspapers, and read out loud! For most children, twenty minutes is an appropriate amount of time to read for a child who is an independent reader.
2. Cook with your children. This is one of the best ways to integrate math, reading, and following directions. Let your child design the menu too! Help your child put together their favorite recipes in a cookbook.
3. Learn a new word each week! Hang it on the fridge and see who can use it the most times throughout the week.
4. Family Game Night!
5. Play quick games with flashcards like Math War or Concentration to keep math skills sharp.

• Crossword puzzles
• Scrabble
• Apples to Apples
• Sequence
• Bananagrams
• Boggle
• Scattergories
• Bananagrams
• Word Letters
  
• Taboo
• Triads
• Wordle
• Code Names
• $100,000 Pyramid
• Just One
• Wheel of Fortune

• Ken Ken
• Sudoku
• Prime Club
• Tri-Fact-A
• Countdown
• Sequence
• Dominoes
  
• 24 Game
• Farkle
• Equate
• Junior/Advanced Tile Set
• Flip 4
• FlashMaster
• Math Dice by ThinkFun

• Set or Set Jr.
• Rush Hour
• Origami
• Genius Square or Genius Star
• Rubik's Cube
• QBitz
• Qwirkle
• Chocolate Fix
• Tetris
• Pictionary
• Mastermind
• Blokus
• Jigsaw Puzzles