Vocabulary Videos

Word Ahead - he smart and efficient way to build a strong SAT, ACT and GRE vocabulary. Vote on vocabulary videos. Come up with ideas for new vocab videos.
Great for all ages!

Wordsift- Make Vocabulary Words Visual

WordSift is a tool that was created primarily for teachers. Mainly, think of it playfully - as a toy in a linguistic playground that is available to instantly capture and display the vocabulary structure of texts, and to help create an opportunity to talk and play with language.

A great tool for all ages to visualize vocabulary- check out the example.
Other similar sites:
http://www.visuwords.com/
http://www.wordnik.com/

VocabGrabber

VocabGrabber analyzes any text you're interested in, generating lists of the most useful vocabulary words and showing you how those words are used in context. Just copy text from a document and paste it into the box, and then click on the "Grab Vocabulary!" button. VocabGrabber will automatically create a list of vocabulary from your text, which you can then sort, filter, and save.

Spell with flickr

This site is just fun. You can have your kids practice their spelling words or you can insert the words into a blog or your website like I did below.