baseball

Play Ball! is part of America's Story from the Library of Congress. Read stories about America's favorite pasttime, how it began, and about its history. Check the reading list for titles of books about baseball. It's at http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jp/bball

Baseball Fact or Fiction is a lesson that's all ready for you to do! Get the kids to the computers, print off the fact or fiction worksheet, and let them research to find the answers to fifteen baseball-related statements. "Through the mid-1800s, players still fielded the ball barehanded" - fact or fiction? Have your kids find out at http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/00-2/lesson0003.shtml

Math Baseball is a tried and true math game from the folks at FunBrain. One or two students may play, choosing from games involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, or combination of all four. Levels range from "easy" to "super brain" and there's even an option to have equations presented in algebraic form. Play ball at http://www.funbrain.com/math/.

Another math game for practicing addition or multiplication is Batter's Up Baseball at http://www.prongo.com/math/. Singles, doubles and homeruns indicate levels of difficulty as your player tries to beat the "Visitors" team before the clock runs out. Uses Flash - so it looks that much better to kids!

And in case you want more, check out Learning from Baseball at http://www.teachersfirst.com/baseball.htm. Lots more reading, science, and games - all about baseball!