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400s - Languages

 

Alphabet and Alphabetical  Order

Alphabet Bears- load the bears on the roller coaster in the correct order.

Alphabetical Order - Click to load the train car with the correct letters. 

Alphabetical Order- sort names and words .

Alphabetical Order- Sort the words into ABC order.

Bembo's Alphabet Zoo   This site offers a transforming alphabet--click on the letters and they will magically contort into animal forms beginning with that letter sound.

Braille Alphabet - learn about Louis Braille, print your name in Braille, and  send secret messages in the Braille code.

Fun with Letters Meet Frogwart and his friends at the Alphabet Soup Café for letter show-and-tell. Each letter of the alphabet is linked to activity pages on this site.

Spinner's Alphabet   Watch Spinner the writing spider draw  each letter. Draw your own letters and print.

 

Dictionaries 

Dictionary.com- Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Encyclopedia in one

Alpha Dictionary Language Directory-  links to online dictionaries in 300 languages from Abenaki to Yiddish.

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary - a wonderful picture dictionary with links.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary

Word Central has a great student dictionary and  a word of the day plus other activities.

Your Dictionary.  Access to multiple language dictionaries, specialty dictionaries including education and language tools

 

Sign Language

A Basic Dictionary of American Sign Language Terms. Learn sign language online with demonstrations!

American Sign Language Dictionaries and References a database of ASL dictionaries
 

Spelling

On-Line Spelling Practice Choose grade from one to five, then select either of two test choices. Option "a" offers a listen and spell exercise, while selection "b" gives  practice in a  format similar to standardized testing.

Spin and Spell- Good for beginners and second language students. Click on a picture and then spin the wheel to spell the word. Several categories of words to choose from .

 

  Vocabulary

Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun  Four games- Hangman, Word Searches, Crosswords and   Matching plus various quizzes.  Choose levels and categories.

Vocabulary University   Separated into 3 levels of difficulty, these free interactive vocabulary puzzle and activity sessions use Latin and Greek "roots and cells" to help decode words.

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