Educational Websites for Fifth Through Eighth Grade

Middle School Games from FunBrain.com

If you would like your child to play educational games in a variety of topics, FunBrain.com can be a fruitful place to look. Most of the games and activities on this website are designed for your child to practice reading and math skills. FunBrain.com also has several blogs, comics, Mad Libs and e-books aimed at kids in different grade levels.

A typical game that your child might find at this site is 'Math Baseball'. This game covers addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. You can choose the level based on what your child needs, from 'easy' to 'super brain'. For middle school students, you can choose to have each problem presented as an algebraic equation. The object of the game is get correct answers so that the player can swing and hit a baseball.

'Stay Afloat' is a reading game your child can play here. The object of the game is to keep a boat from sinking by completing hangman-like word puzzles. First, you must choose what word categories you want the game to include, such as books, science, history, music and geography. Each subject has subcategories. For example, the music section's subcategories include composers, musical instruments and studio recording. Like 'Math Baseball', you can select the level of difficulty.

Discovery Education's Games and Activities

For a plethora of free tutorials, lessons and learning resources, check out Discovery Education's website. The topics your child can learn about here include science, geography, music, history, performance arts, visual arts and math. If your child learns well with visual aids, there are a number of video tutorials that he or she can watch.

Educational Resources from Fact Monster

Fact Monster offers a massive catalog of free lessons, worksheets, atlases, quizzes, dictionaries and games. One of the most useful sections of the site is the Fact Monster Homework Center, which covers a multitude of subjects such as math, science, history, reading, language arts, geography and social studies. Every subject is divided into a number of subsections, providing you with easy access to the topic your child needs help with. For example, the science page has subsections like weather, physics and dinosaurs.