At-Home Opportunities for K-5 students

Learn the keyboard
Learn the Keys http://www.abcya.com/keyboard.htm 

Finger Dexterity
Nimble Fingers http://www.nimblefingers.com/b_exer.htm

Keyboard practice
Dance Mat Typing http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

Peter's Online Typing Course http://www.typing-lessons.org/ .

Sense-lang.org http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/ 

Games to build speed (can  be modified)
The Frogs are off Their Diet http://www.freetypinggame.net/play3.asp 

Outerspace Fleet Commander http://www.freetypinggame.net/play2.asp 

Advance speed builders (you  must know all the correct finger positions to play the following games)
The Typing of the Ghosts http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/ghost_typing.htm

Type Type Revolution http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/type_type_revolution.htm 

Bubbles Typing Game http://www.typingmaster.com/individuals/bubbles.asp 

Make beautiful books to Share
StoryBird  http://storybird.com

Online Creativity
Tux Paint http://www.tuxpaint.org (Great for younger students)
Paint.Net http://www.getpaint.net/ 
National Gallery of Art  http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm (all ages)
Mr. Picasso Head http://www.picassohead.com/
Creating Music http://www.creatingmusic.com/  Very user friendly website shows kids how to create digital music. (all ages)

Other Topics
Programming for everyone with Scratch (upper elementary +)  - learn to write computer programs in a fun interactive environmenthttp://scratch.mit.edu/

Learn a new Language http://www.languageguide.org/?lang=eng