With so many great educational websites available, it can be hard to choose the best ones for your first grader. Knowing how busy families can be, I recommend that you focus on two great websites, MOBYMAX and Raz-Kids. Through our very generous Parent Club, we have subscriptions for these websites which allow for individualized math and reading practice on a mobile device or on a home computer. MOBYMAX is great for fact fluency practice, just 5 minutes a night will provide the necessary review. Raz-Kids is perfect for weekends or vacations… or for those nights that your first grader forgot his/her take home book :). This website provides access to lots of books at your child’s level. As the books become more challenging, so do the quiz questions! Make sure that you are monitoring your child’s progress as he/she takes quizzes.

Online practice is fun and does provide great targeted skill practice, but should not replace that valuable one on one time that you spend reading or doing math together. Learning side by side is priceless and that is what your child will remember the most!