As a 4th grade teacher, a site like this can help me teach EVERYTHING! Let me clarify...it can help me teach clouds to division, blogging to writing about senses, and health to art/music (which I don't teach, but could if I wanted to). The kids LOVE these videos. There is a regular site and Jr. site and my kids know the names of the hosts for both shows. After each video (which are usually 3 minutes or less), there is a quiz that you can take there or print out. The Jr. site even has reading connections for each topic along with a choice of easy or hard quiz.
There is no limit to what this site can teach. I can imagine, just like any other teaching resource, that it is work-in-progress and topics are always being added to the site. The kids love the simplicity of Brain Pop Jr. and I love the depth of Brain Pop. I know that Brain Pop saved my inferencing lesson today during reading time.
Unfortunately, this is a subscription only website, but if your school won't purchase it for you, it is well worth the individual purchase price! Maybe I could send Brain Pop this blog and see if they'll send me something for free...hmmmm?
