Word Games

As I said before, children in the classroom always need to have a little fun and many times it can still be done in an educational manner. This website features all kinds of different word games that can be played. I would either print off the games and let the students have a copy or let them get on the computer and play during free time or recess. The site's goal is to offer free online word games for people to play.
http://www.bing.com/entertainment/games/word?q=browse:games/word&FORM=MENGMS&publ=GOOGLE&crea=userid1743f3bad5c2111009e3ae4f86731ee85ab8bg

Blogging

Blogging is a very fun way to express thoughts, write journal or diary type entries, or even do assignments with. This website shows a step by step guide on how to set up a blog and what the different features mean. It literally walks you through the process. I would use this in a classroom of older children to have them try out blogging. I might even use the blog as an assignment. The goal of the website is to show people how to make a blog.
http://websitesetupguide.com/basic/blog-wordpress.htm?gclid=CKm456Hv1KgCFUa8KgodPC2tFA

Thesaurus

Children need to know how to be able to go to a  thesaurus and find words when writing a paper. The Kid's Online Thesaurus is a wonderful one except it was made for children to use. I would have my students go to this website if they needed to find a certain word and they just couldn't think of another word for the word they were already using (example big and enormous). They may also use it to look up an unfamiliar word. The website provides this thesaurus for free and is aimed for use by children.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/dictionary-articles/kids-online-thesaurus.html

SpellCheck

When students write a paper they need to make sure they spell words correctly. Since young students usually only write their papers manually then they aren't able to have the automatic spellcheck that Word provides. This website offers spellcheck, dictionary, translations, word of the day, and even hangman. I would let my students use this website to check the spelling of a word that they are unsure of. I think the website's goal is to provide a free spell check and other options for people to use. 
http://download.dictionaryboss.com/index.jhtml?spu=true&partner=XQxdm002

YouTube

I think that YouTube is a great site for many different things. There are children's books that are animated and made into videos on this website and all you have to do is type "children's books" or the name of a particular story into the search engine. I would let my students look up literature related videos on this website or even show it over a projector. The goal of the website is to have millions of videos for free that can be posted by anyone but still prove to be very useful.
http://www.youtube.com/
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=children%27s%20books&search=Search&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&spell=1

Top Children's Books

The early learning community has composed a website with lists of the top picked books for children. They have lists in the categories of picture books, chapter books, and non- fiction books. The best thing about this site is that it is made up by librarians. If I were a teacher I would use this website to choose which books I wish to use in my classroom. The goal of this website is to provide help for parents or teachers who want to pick out a good book for their child or student.
http://www.earlylearningcommunity.org/page/book-recommendations?_kk=great%20childrens%20books&_kt=8226e361-f3eb-43ee-8db1-57632faeeab2&gclid=CKvvgJnv06gCFaMQNAod5V08gA

Fun for Students

FunBrain.com is a website that offers web books, comics, flash arcades (in different subjects), entertainment center, fun blog and even stuff for teachers. It is for students K-8. The students can play games but do it in an educational manner, for instance while learning English. I would let my students browse this website and just see everything it has to offer, I may even use it for myself. The goal is to help students learn but to do it in a fun way that will appeal to them.
 http://www.funbrain.com/