Kindergarten Compiled List of Resources



Kindergarten Compiled List of Resources

LANGUAGE ARTS

Authors

Jan Brett: a wonderful site by a wonderful author



Suessville



The Official Berenstain Bears Website: activities, story videos, email the bears



Robert Munsch: listen to him read his books



Dav Pilkey



Children's Books Forever: Many Hans Wilhelm books to print out or use on SMART Board



General Language Arts Sites

The Best Children's : helps teachers find children's literature that supports various language arts skills and concepts



freeReading: open source free reading intervention program for preK-6



Cando's Helper Page: reading activities for primary grades



Into the Book: great site for teachers and students to teach comprehension skills



: great site to put your spelling words online for students to practice



read-write-think: standards-based resources for teaching reading and language arts



Starfall:interactive books and word games for long and short vowels



Handwriting for Kids: handwriting worksheets and lined paper to print out for manuscript and cursive



Primary Success: free little books to download



Between the Lions: show on PBS with games, stories, and video clips



Words and Pictures: short and long vowel games and things to print out



WritingFix for Kids: kids create their own writing prompts; stories may be written on- or offline



Story It Word Magnets: Practice making sentences with short and long vowel words



Florida Center for Reading Research: excellent resource for literacy centers for K-1



Woodlands Literacy Zone: interactive literacy activities



Kizclub: Go to Resources for flashcards story patterns to go with many popular children's books, nursery rhymes, etc.



Roy Tale of a Singing Zebra: free interactive literacy games and the story of Roy the Zebra with questions, activities, and worksheets



Reading First: Click on Games for online alphabet and sound games



Carl's Corner: a fabulous resource for primary teachers



Leveling Books

Beaverton School District Leveled Book Database



Scholastic Teacher Book Wizard



Leveled Books Database from A to Z Teacher Stuff



Nursery Rhymes

Nicky's Nursery Rhymes: lots of nursery rhymes and other songs, many with coloring pages



Land of Nursery Rhymes



Rimes and Rhymes: Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy



Poetry

: teaching poetry



Poems and songs



Reader's Theater

Readers Theater at : Click on Readers Theater in her menu



Forever Young Readers Theatre Scripts



Sites that Read Stories to Students

TumbleBooks, TumbleReadables, TumbleTalkingBooks at the Portland Public Library: Fabulous! Library version does not give access to Tumblequizzes or Teacher Resources:



Speakaboos: watch and listen to favorite stories (like Arthur), songs, fables, fairy tales, etc.



Mrs. P's Magic Library: an interactive digital story site



MightyBook: usually about 50 selections are free; access to all selections is by subscription; good for interactive whiteboard



: Robert Munsch tells many of his stories, including Love You Forever



BookPals Storyline Online: books read by famous people--wonderful site!



Fables from Aesop



Storynory: Free audio stories for kids (can download to computer or iPod)



Clifford Interactive Storybooks



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MATH

Math-: Create good quality math worksheets for many math skills



Math Magician Games: online addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division speed tests



: All about teaching multiplication



Johnnie's Math Page: links to interactive math tools



Lesson Corner: Create your own worksheets for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, time, etc.



Time for Time: Create your own time worksheets or print out pre-made worksheets



AAA Math: hundreds of pages of interactive math practice pages for grades K-8



Interactive Hundreds Chart: students can put in the multiple they want shaded on the chart



The U.S.Mint for Kids



A+ Math: math games and flashcards; you can also create and print out your own flashcards



Math Cats: an idea bank for teachers and many, many games/activities for younger and older students



Cyberchase: Challenging math games under Games Central

http:cyberchase/

BBC Numeracy Games



National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics: great site for online manipulatives



SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator: create your own math worksheets



Create a Graph: Create an area graph, bar graph, line graph, or pie chart online



Illuminations: part of the NCTM site that provides Internet resources--i-Maths (online, interactive, multimedia math investigations) and e-Math Investigations (interactive math applets with suggestions for student activities)



Ohio Resource Center: Math (also science and reading) activities



Primary Games



Multimedia Math Glossary: math terms by grade level--children can listen to the word and see a demonstration of it



Learn Online Count Us In: 15 games to help children understand basic number concepts



Woodlands Maths Zone: interactive math games for 7-11 year olds



Primary Resources: downloadable flash math games



Houghton Mifflin's Math-a-Rama: online brain teasers, eManipulatives, eGames, etc. by grade level:



Math Playground: word problems, math games, logic games, printable math worksheets for all levels:



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SCIENCE

ARKive--Images of Life on Earth--wonderful images and videos of animals



Macaulay Library (Cornell lab): an interesting site to find fabulous animal videos and sounds



Worldwide Telescope: amazing resource for those who like to explore the universe



Pestword for Kids: All about the animals we consider pests



National Geographic Kids: great site!



Science Up Close: Short science videos for grades 1-6



Science NetLinks: standards based Internet resources for K-12







Star Child: a learning center for young astronomers







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HEALTH

Mouth Power Online: Do this with adult supervision -- The game deals with cancer from cigarettes and chewing tobacco in addition to keeping the mouth clean and healthy



All about the heart for kids



: anatomy (great animation and diagrams of body systems: supervise while watching--One section has male and female anatomy.)



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SOCIAL STUDIES

George Washington's World for Kids: Very cool!



The Bakery Shop: designed for 2nd graders to learn about economics in a game context; deals with goods and services



National Geographic Kids: great site!



Sparky the Fire Dog: fire safety



USFA Kids (U.S. Fire Administration): fire safety



MegaMaps: print out big or small US or world maps



Maps



Mapquest: provides door-to-door-directions to anywhere



Time Travelers: Ohio Historical Society Kids' Pages (excellent source for Ohio history and geography)



Ben's Guide to US Government for kids: has US symbols



The White House



50 States and Capitals



Capitals of the United States: state capitals game and outline maps



Kids' Corner at the U.S. Census Bureau



The Flag of the United States



Monticello: all about Thomas Jefferson



EPA's Explorers' Club: all about the environment and recycling



A Frog's Tale: video song appropriate for Earth Day



Out on a Limb: an animated story that deals with getting along



Plimoth Plantation: learn about the Pilgrims and Wampanoag



Caleb Johnson's



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MUSIC

Jitterbug Music for Hip Kids: music videos for kids (unfortunately for most schools, the videos are YouTube)



NIEHS Kids' Pages: sing-along songs



New York Philharmonic Kidzone: a great site where kids can learn about and hear instruments, compose, etc.

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SFS Kids(San Francisco Symphony): learn about and listen to the instruments in the orchestra; try writing your own music



Music Room: Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, and Science Songs



KIDiddles: words and music to many children's songs



Phil Tulga Music Through the Curriculum: This site has some fascinating activities that link music with other areas of the curriculum.



Mrs. Jones Sing Along Songs: Lots of piggyback songs across the curriculum



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FINDING/REGISTERING INTERNET PROJECTS

Global School House



: great projects



CIESE (Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education): Click on Collaborative Projects



Monster Exchange



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SEARCH ENGINES

: for kids

: web search for kids by librarians

: Internet Public Library Youth Division

: You can ask a question and search for answers

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TECHNOLOGY

***edu Techer: Wow! Click on Explore valuable web tools and resources



Zamzar: free file conversion (e.g. converting a YouTube video for use in your classroom)



PowerPoint Collection of Jefferson County Schools (list of Powerpoints across the curriculum)



PowerPoint Games: templates for such games as Jeopardy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Guess the Covered Word, etc. -- modify for your needs



Pete's Powerpoints: powerpoint presentation for all areas of the curriculum



Internet4Classrooms: helping teachers use the Internet --links and tutorials for learning applications



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SMART BOARD RESOURCES

SMART Exchange: Find lesson plans and connect with teachers



Teachers Love SMART Boards: sign up for his newsletter!



Tequipment's Educator Resource Center

(free registration to dowload the great notebook files)



Longwood Central School District (NY) SMART Board Lessons



The SMART Way to Teach: SMART Board Lessons for Kindergarten



Lee's Summit, MO R-7 School District Technology Integration



PBS Kids Interactive Whiteboard Games



Scholastic Interactive Whiteboard Activities



Topmarks: Interactive Whiteboard Resources



e-Learning for Kids: Interactive activities for all grade levels and subjects



SMART Board Resources



Center School District SMART Board Templates



Harvey's Homepage



K-2 Language Arts SMART Board Lessons



K-2 Math SMART Board Lessons



SMART Board Lessons from Rockingham Schools



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