Educational Games for the Classroom

• Name of Game: Hop Kitten: Word Recognition
• URL: https://www.abcya.com/sight_words_recognition.htm
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• Description: Students have to identify what word is being said by clicking on the yarn ball. It's a race against 3 other kittens to see who makes it to the bed first.
• Educational value: This game could be used for students in Kindergarten/1st grade. I feel like the value of this game is high because it is very important for younger children to grasp certain sight words. This game just gives them the extra, fun practice that they need.

• Name of Game: Coconut Vowels
• URL: http://www.arcademics.com/games/coconuts/coconuts.html
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•  Description: This game provides practice in spelling. Coconuts with words in them fall to the beach, you must match the missing letters to the correct word coconut. If a coconut reaches the beach before you blast it, the game will end.
• Educational value: This game could be used for primary, in particular 2nd and 3rd grades. Some of the words that are used in this game are sometimes difficult for children to spell. So for them to get the extra practice seeing how they are spelled correctly it should be easier for them to memorize it.

• Name of Game: Crazy Taxi M-12
• URL: http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-crazy-taxi-m12
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• Description: Students use arrows on the computer keyboard to drive a car and hit whatever the category is, for example in the picture shown above the goal was to hit all multiples of 2.
• Educational value: This game can be used for graders 2-4 to practice and freshen up on basic math skills. Multiplication facts can be hard for students to accomplish but by using a more fun approach I think it helps them become more successful.