10 Helpful (but Fun!) Alexa Skills to use in your Homeschool

This post is part of my 10 Days of Homeschool Tech series.  Don’t miss the rest of the series! 

About a year ago, we were given a smart speaker for Christmas.  Until then, we had been pretty resistant to them.   As a techie, I loved the idea of automation and the ability to connect together so many things.  But I also doubted we’d actually use it.
WE WERE WRONG.
Alexa is probably growing tired of all our demands some days!  “Alexa, set a timer for 10 minutes.”  “Alexa, spell accommodate.”  “Alexa, play the news.” “Alexa, what’s the difference between ‘amount of’ and ‘number’?” “Alexa, what can I use as a substitute for turmeric?” 
Now we have numerous devices, smart plugs, and routines.  We’re all in!  One of my favorite things about Alexa are all the skills you can enable–there’s a skill for everything, including ones perfect for use in your homeschool.

 

10 Alexa Skills for Your Homeschool

1. Brainy Bee is a quiz skill to test you and your kiddos’ knowledge of math, science & vocabulary.
2. Play a Spelling Bee game with others or by yourself.
3. “Alexa, start Geo Quiz.”  Brought to you by National Geographic, test your geographic knowledge with this fun skill.
4. Practice those states & capitals.
5. Math Facts is just that–practice the four basic operations.  Nothing fancy but it gets the job done. {1-2-3 Math is a similar skill that’s a bit more fun.}
6. Ask Alexa how to spell words, tell you the definition of a word or even for a synonym or antonym.
7. Satisfy your children’s natural curiosity.  Pick from two categories and learn something that you never knew you never knew!
8. Are you stuck translating a sentence into another language? Translated to the rescue!
9. Word of the Day Flash Briefing will increase your vocabulary, one word at a time.
10. I can’t be the only one who loved the Choose Your Own Adventure books!  Sprinkle a dash of technology onto them and you end up with them on Alexa.

Do you have a favorite use or skill for Alexa?  Let me know in the comments!