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Great Math Websites for Kids

Pinterest is a website more and more people go to these days, to find ideas for anything from decorating your living room, to baking a cake and everything in-between. But it is also a place to find ideas for parents to help their kids in school.

Recently I came across a Pinterest pin board devoted exclusively to great Math websites for kids. Check it out and try some of their ideas! It could be your family's New Year's resolution.....to do one math problem a night :-)

Math Websites For Kids on Pinterest

Use the comments section below this post to add your thoughts or make recommendations for particularly fun and worthwhile sites from the Pinterest Board.

Follow National Geographic Explorer

National Geographic Explorer

Journalist Paul Salopek has completed a year of his 7 year trek across 5 continents as he follows the path of human migration. He began in the Great Rift Valley in Ethiopia and will finish at the southern tip of South American in Tierra del Fuego. His journey can be followed by students who can ask him questions and read his blog entries as well as follow him on a map. This is too good to miss!
Check it out by clicking on the link above or to the right in the links for parents.

Happy Virtual Trekking! :-) 

Safe Searching on Google

Happy New Year and Welcome back to school!

This is as good a time as any to talk about online safety when doing searches on search engines. The one that is highly recommended is GOOGLE. Google has well known support features which help parents and teacher guide the kids to search safely when online.

One such web page from Google is called:

How You Can Protect Your Family Online

(click on the above title to go to the Google Good To Know Website) 

This page has tips for safe searching as well as links to YouTube videos which explore the topic.

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You can also set up the Google Search engine to filter searches from unwanted adult material by following these simple steps.

SafeSearch: Turn on or off

With SafeSearch, you can help prevent adult content from appearing in your search results. No filter is 100 percent accurate, but SafeSearch should help you avoid most of this type of material.

Turn SafeSearch on or off

1. Visit the Search Settings page at www.google.com/preferences. 
2. In the "SafeSearch filters" section:
   • Turn on SafeSearch by checking the box beside "Filter explicit results." Turning SafeSearch will filter sexually explicit video and images from Google Search result pages, as well as results that might link to explicit content.
   
   
   • Turn off SafeSearch by leaving the box unchecked. With SafeSearch off, we'll provide the most relevant results for your search and may include explicit content when you search for it.
   
3. Click the  Save button at the bottom of the page.

Change my settings

If you're signed in to your Google Account, you can click Lock SafeSearch to help prevent others from changing your setting. Learn more about locking SafeSearch

SafeSearch should remain set as long as cookies are enabled  on your computer, although your SafeSearch settings may be reset if you delete your cookies.