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Babblefish provides A set of links to language games that will help you learn a language while having some fun. Some on-line games require the Flash Plug-In.

Berlitz Kids Language Pack
Teach your child a second Language--even if you don't speak it! The experts at Berlitz have thought of everything: the way children learn, the words that stick, and a fun step-by-step process.
Ages 5 to adult

PrimaryGames.com - Site for teachers, parents, and kids featuring free educational games, coloring pages, interactive e-books, holiday activities, musical postcards, crafts, and more!

WordSeek - A challenging and fun way to increase vocabulary! Find foreign language words embedded in a puzzle.

Plug-n-Play - Increase reading comprehension with a fill-in-the-blank game. Players begin with a foreign phrase or paragraph that is missing text and a corresponding list of possible foreign words.

Unscramble - Improve your foreign language skills by unscrambling words to form a sentence.

International Cafe - Whet your appetite in Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Russian.

Basic Skill Practice Games - Stufun Grammar Games · Intermediate Grammar Practice · High School Grammar Rules ... More Language Arts Games · Language

Look Out Below (make small words from the letters of a big word)

Word Play (click on a word and watch it "play")

Pounce (pounce on the word that matches the sound)

A.B.Cow (finding the missing letters in the alphabet)

Alphabet Soup (find the mixed up word floating in the soup)

Flood! (the library has flooded and books need to be grouped together)

Gawain's Word (word blends)

Chicken Stacker (vowel sounds)

Fuzzy Lions Ears (starting sounds of words)

Game Goo - 13 interactive games covering a range of skills from letter recognitions to antonyms/synonyms (Primary)

Digby Mole's Word Activities - Matching, Rhymes, First Letters (uses Shockwave) (Primary)

Story Bear - 3 interactive stories (uses Shockwave) (Primary)

Kidport - Select your grade and then click on the Language Arts button. This site uses the Shockwave plugin. (Primary)

Words and Pictures These games and activities will make learning phonics fun. Produced by BBC Education. (Primary)

Storyline Online - The Screen Actors Guild Foundation is proud to bring you Storyline Online, an on-line streaming video program featuring SAG members reading children's' books aloud. (Primary, Junior)

The Reading Rangers from TVOKids (Primary, Junior)

Billy Bear's Cookies - the "kind" hangman game (Primary, Junior)

Same Difference - a game to practise your knowledge of synonyms and antonyms. (requires Shockwave) (Primary, Junior)

Story Elements - Test Tutor - an interactive reading activity (Primary, Junior)

ReviseWise Reading - from BBC Education. Practise and test your skills in the following reading areas; Deduction, Poetry, Non-Fiction (Junior)

Reading, Viewing and Listening Strategies - These videos show groups of students as they learn a number of reading, viewing, and listening strategies. The students learn how to analyze literary techniques, learn research skills, and use their personal experiences and interests in responding to texts. The resource offers four learning levels; how-to tips and student worksheets are also included. (Junior, Intermediate)

Writing Den - many reading and writing activities for the Junior and Intermediate student.

Literature - What Makes a Good Short Story? Join a journey through a classic short story, "A Jury of Her Peers," by Susan Glaspell. Along the way, you'll solve the mystery of whether Minnie Wright killed her husband and explore the story's literary elements. You will also encounter rest stops where you can read more about the structure of story and take part in activities related to "A Jury of Her Peers". (Junior, Intermediate)

Grammar Gorillas

Spell Check

Translator Alligator

Scramble-Saurus

Spellaroo

What's the Word

Sign the Alphabet

Word Confusion

Word Turtle

2Bee or Nottoobee

Da Vinci's Cryptex - Decypher words hidden in Da Vinci`s portable vault of secret messages. Each day, seven pairs of related words are hidden in the Cryptex. Using clues, decypher the words to get recognition as the top cryptologist for the day. While decoding the messages, you will uncover other hidden words for which you will also receive bonus points. Currently, Cryptex is using English words and clues, but soon we will have other languages. Enjoy the art of decoding words. Only at SMS.ac.

Four-Letter Words and more - A puzzle where you unstack letters to form words. Start with four-letter words, progress to really tough seven-letter words. Because all of the letters cannot be seen, this is one challenging puzzle. There is only one perfect solution, but many alternatives. Includes both English and French words.

Catch the New - Catch the News is a totally different way of interacting with the latest news stories. It is both a source of up-to-date news and a headlines-guessing game. Literally "catch" news topics as they fly by within your mobile homepage in a variety of animated formats including explosions and tornados. Only at sms.ac.

Word Search - Community Word Search lets you waste time finding words in a 20x20 grid. Lots of categories to choose from and you have the ability to contribute your own word lists for everyone else to use. Strengthen your knowledge of English and other languages. Includes word searches for important keywords in today's actual news headlines. Only at SMS.ac.

There's a Hole in my Word - Thisword game is played in a series of rounds. A round requires you to find 26 words hidden in a grid. Each word is missing one unique letter from the alphabet such that the letters A-Z are available as clues. Find the hidden words before time runs out. Unlimited challenges using our dictionary of over 100,000 family-friendly English words. Improve your English skills with three difficulty levels. Compete to be the top "Holer of the Day". Only at SMS.ac.

Compound Connections - This is a challenging and amusing diversion. Starting with a pair of related words, players take turns changing words into other words using rules. Example pairs of related words are GOOD FOOD, LIVE LIFE, ORANGE CHERRY. The basic rule is that the next word played must start with the last two letters of the prior word, for example CHAT -> ATOM. Players can create unlimited challenges for mutual co-operation. Currently this game is in English - other languages coming soon. As a bonus, you get access to the Word Chains game. Only at SMS.ac.

Morphing Word Chains - Word Chains is a co-operative game which challenges the community to morph words one letter at a time. See how long you can keep each chain going. Start as many chains as you'd like. Someone will always be intrigued to keep a chain going. Take turns morphing words in different chains. As a bonus, you get free access to the Double-Word Challenge word game. Pen and paper versions of this game are called: Doublets, Laddergrams, Stepwords, Transitions, Changelings, Word Chains, Ping Pong and Word Golf. Only at SMS.ac.

Surveys Galore - Want to know more about what the community thinks about your issues and learn from them? Want to canvass millions of potential users on questions of importance? This pod lets you create unlimited surveys of your choice and wait for people to respond. It's a fun way of knowing what people across the world think. You can start your own survey, and filter responses by gender, age and location (coming soon). Only at SMS.ac.

Double-Word Challenge - Double Word Challenge is a co-operative word game where you morph words until you connect with the target. This is a challenging and amusing diversion. Starting with a pair of related words, players take turns changing words into other words using rules. Example pairs of related words are GOOD FOOD, LIVE LIFE, ORANGE CHERRY. The basic rule is that the next word played must start with the last two letters of the prior word, for example CHAT -> ATOM. Players can create unlimited challenges for mutual co-operation. Currently this game is in English - other languages coming soon. Only at SMS.ac.

Quote Works - Solve quotation puzzles. Includes phrases, sayings, facts, today's news headlines and more. Compete to be the "Phrazer of the Day". See what phrase lists come with Quote Works. See how Quote Works helps teachers.

Gobble Words - A challenging game of making up your own words and depleting the puzzle. Gobble letters into words. Uses common 3 to 7 letter English words or a choice of word lists such as Geography.

Word Worm - Dig a tunnel for your worm to get home. Link letters into words. Completed words make the tunnel. Check for the latest word lists here.

Word Rotation - Words are formed by rotating the tiles until they match the clues. Check for the latest word lists.

Cell Mates - You need to unscramble the words using the clue or definition above each word. Check for the latest word lists here.

French Connections - With English clues, find the French words.The letters in the words are all jumbled up. Move them around until they match the clues.

Mixed-Up Words - Decode the words. Letters are scrambled and you must find the solutions.

Word Search - Classic word search game. A variety of words from subjects like Geography, Sports, Science.

Current (News) Events Word Search - Classic word search game using words and phrases from TODAY'S HEADLINES. News from the World, Canada and USA.

Stack Mates - Unstack letters to make words, with or without clues. A variety of challenges. Check for the latest word lists here.

Elevator Words - Use arrows to sort words. Check for the latest word lists here

Elimination - Four types of logic puzzles with 100's of levels. Get rid of your tiles before time runs out. Use gravity, magnetism, deflections.