| Welcome to our Homeschool Resource: Foreign Languages which is what we will be studying this week. I would like to ask you to check out the recommended websites. |
| Foreign Languages for Audio and Visual Learners LanguageGuide.org Grades 6-12, with parental supervision |
Visual and audio learners will find this website a great resource for learning a foreign language. Created by a non-profit organization, this website utilizes volunteer-contributed entries to encourage active learning experiences for the visitor.
When arriving at the link, use the drop down menu to choose from the current languages:
- French
- German
- Spanish
- Mandarin
- Italian
- Turkish
- Arabic
- Japanese
- Dutch
- Korean
- Hungarian
- Hindi
- Polish
- Russian
- And more
Once a language is selected, choose a category of vocabulary words including numbers, the body, clothing, or food. When the next page opens, hover your mouse over one of the images to hear the word in the language you selected. After reviewing the words, choose the “Listening Challenge” option at the top to play a game where a word is spoken in the language and the player needs to select the corresponding image. Immediate feedback allows the student to know whether they have the right answer or not. Choose the “Speaking Challenge” to practice saying the appropriate matching word to the highlighted image. Click the arrow at the top of the page to check your response.
The English, Spanish, and French pages also include a Grammar tab to learn and interactively practice grammar skills.
This website is an ongoing project. If you wish to be notified of new content added, sign up for their mailing list or visit their blog. While this website is well suited for middle and high school students, it can easily be used with younger students under parental supervision.
Homeschool Resource: Curious Corner‘ The Art Institute of Chicago
Grades PreK-6, with parental supervision
The Art Institute of Chicago designed this animated and interactive website to help young children and their families explore more than 40 works of art through playful and creative activities.
When you get to the site you’ll see the three main game categories that are offered:
- Story Time – Read three stories online that are illustrated with works of art.
- Match Up – Match textures, shapes, and sounds. Click and drag textured sections of a painting to the area they match. Do the same with shapes. Match pictures in a painting to the sounds that they make.
- Play with Art – Make virtual artistic boxes or masks. Have fun matching portraits to the right work or art.
Click on any game, wait for it to load, and the fun begins! This is a great way to introduce kids to art and/or it may serve as a springboard for learning more about it.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
