Brain Food - Fourth Grade

Inspired by Ann Voskamp's list of "Brain Food" from her How to Feed Brains Everyday post, I decided to put together a list of Brain Food links for my fourth grader.

These links have been selected by me to help give my fourth grader extra practice and enrichment.  This list of links is something she can work on when she has downtime during the day or when I'm busy with one of the other children.  It is important to note that she really enjoys quizzes and worksheets, so she sees this as a privilege, not a punishment.

I created this page for her here on Rockin' Granola so that she has all of her Brain Food in one spot :-)


Fourth Grade Brain Food Links

Daily Audio Bible - the Kids version 

Wonderopolis - Wonder of the Day 

National Geographic Daily GeoBee Quiz 

Fun Brain Spell Check Quiz - four sets of 20 words

Multiplication Flashcards from APlusMath - for review and extra practice


Video Fun
Indianapolis Zoo Web Cams

Animaniacs YouTube - Wakko's 50 States and Capitols Song

Animaniacs YouTube - Presidents (up through Bill Clinton)

Bill Nye the Science Guy YouTube

Sylvia's Super-Awesome Mini-Maker Show -   "everything cool and worth making"

Mr. Morton, Subject and Predicate Schoolhouse Rock YouTube

Unpack Your Adjectives Schoolhouse Rock YouTube

Lolly, Lolly, Lolly Adverbs Schoolhouse Rock YouTube

The Electric Company, Tom Lehrer LY YouTube


Workbooks and Reference
Jillian has some workbooks that she enjoys.  I don't use workbooks for teaching, but to review concepts.  She enjoys working on them independently and thinks of them as "playing school."

Daily Math Practice, Grade 4 - Evan Moor

Daily Spelling, Grade 4 - Evan Moor

A Reason for Handwriting, Cursive C

The 2012 World Almanac for Kids - we keep this in her school tote and she loves to flip through it, learning new things and memorizing facts.