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/

Jokes and Riddles

Every now and then the students need to loosen up and have a little fun. I know that I still remember jokes and riddles from when I was a child. If you tell a kid a catchy joke then they will go around and tell everyone they know. This website offers clean and fun jokes and riddles for children. If I were a teacher I would have a joke of the day or write a riddle on the board and see if the students could figure it out. The man who made this website used to be a ventriloquist and wanted to put some if his favorite jokes and riddles on the internet to be shared with children. I think that the goal was just to share these with others because it was something he really enjoyed doing and wanted to continue entertaining children in some way.
http://www.brownielocks.com/jokes.html

English Games

Literacy Zone is a website offering interactive English games and activities. These include words and spelling games. Help with the following: making sentences, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, forming sentences, adverbs, tenses, punctuation, and just about anything else you can think of that helps children learn proper grammar. I would use this website in a class or first graders or second graders who are learning how to write well. This website would be great to offer if the students are struggling and need extra help. I would print the stuff off of this website and use their worksheets as opposed to letting the younger children get in the computer and do it themselves. This website's goal is to help children with English and it from everything it offers I would say that it does a good job of that.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html

Children's Dictionary

Yahoo! Kids offers an online children's dictionary where the students can type in a word or phrase and it will give them a definition in terms that are easy for children to understand. This website offers much more than a dictionary. Students can play games, listen to music, see jokes, check their horoscope, ask Earl (like ask Jeeves except for kids),see sports, play games, use a world fact book, get information on animals, receive homework help ,and more. If I were a teacher I would use this website if my students needed to know the definition of a word that they are unfamiliar with. I think that it is good for students to be able to find information on their own instead of always relying on others to find answers to their questions. The purpose of this website is to help children by providing a dictionary and other fun things free of charge.

http://kids.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/english