New Typing Game on ABCYA- Cluttergrams Keyboarding

Website:  ABCYA.com
Direct Link to Game: Cluttergrams
Grade:  Anyone learning to type
Cost:  Free

Guaranteed fun for kids learning to type.  Words fall from the top and the kids choose a word to type out.  Once the word is typed it disappears and give them point for typing the word.

Articulation Station - Speech App for early elementary

Articulation Station
-Or_ Click here for the link to the Articulation Station Website
Excellent for Speech work
Cost:  $59.99
-or-Free with in-app purchases for each letter for $3.99

This is an excellent app for students working on speech. Helps teach your child how to pronounce the sounds in the English Language with engaging activities.  It is pricey but well worth the money.

One of my Favorite Extensions- Hover Free

Extension Name:  Hover Free

Extension Link:  https://goo.gl/pmVIdq
What is does:  auto magically enlargers images

Cost:  Free

Browser:  Chrome

This is one extension I couldn't live without.  Hover Free is an awesome extension that works in the background without any prompting.  Simply go about your normal searching, etc and when your cursor is over an image it auto magically enlarges the image for you to easily see.  Love, Love this extension! 

Another Great Scholarship Opportunity- 500 Word Essay- Must be 13

Website:  http://goo.gl/BDBs7M

Deadline:  March 16, 2016

Who:  7-12 Grade 

What:  Up to $2500 for Seniors

$500 for 13 and older

BONUS:  Teachers of Students who win receive $250 for classroom 

Great opportunity for a 500 word essay on reflections on themes, characters, and settings from Harper Lee's American Novel, To Kill a Mocking Bird and be able to make connections to their own experiences. Ready, set, GO- Due March 16, 2016!  Good Luck!

Due February 29, 2016 Buick Achiever Scholarship

Website: https://buickachievers.scholarshipamerica.org/

Awesome scholarship for seniors, current college students.  Possible up to $25000/year!  Wow- get going on this one.  It's real and worth a submission!.  There will be  50 recipients of the Buick Achievers National Scholarship.  Recipients will receive an award of up to $25,000 per year, available for four years, and one additional year for those entering a qualified five-year engineering program. The scholarships can be used toward the total cost of tuition, fees, books, supplies, required equipment, room and board and other allowable expenses.  Hurry up~The application must be submitted electronically by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on February 29, 2016.

Great site for Scholarship Information

Website: Student Scholarships.org

This is a great site for students searching for Scholarships for College.  After you read about the Scholarship of interest, a link at the bottom of the page provides a link to the actual Scholarship.  No gimmicks here- just real apps for scholarships.

Free Educational Games from a recognized company in language and reading development

Website: GameGOO  

Cost: FREE

Device: PC- Java Based

Rated:  PreK-4th

Stick with you Educational Games that help develop early reading skills.  This is a great resource for the wee ones just beginning in language and reading development.  The games are developed by Houghton Mifflin Company and associated with earobics (An award-winning software that provides individualized instruction in critical areas of reading).   I would download a shortcut to your desktop for easy access.