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 Books.org: 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
SpellingCity.com: 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
FloridaCenter 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
BeavertonSchool 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
PoetryTeachers.com: teaching poetry
Poems and songs
Reader's Theater
Readers Theater at ReadingLady.com: 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
RobertMunsch.com: 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
MATH
Math-Aids.com: Create good quality math worksheets for many math skills
Math Magician Games: online addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division speed tests
Multiplication.com: 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:pbskids.org/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)
OhioResourceCenter: 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:
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
KidsAstronomy.com
Star Child: a learning center for young astronomers
KidsDinos.com
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
InnerBody.com: anatomy (great animation and diagrams of body systems: supervise while watching--One section has male and female anatomy.)
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 MayflowerHistory.com
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.
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
FINDING/REGISTERING INTERNET PROJECTS
GlobalSchool House
Jenuinetech.com: great projects
CIESE (Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education): Click on Collaborative Projects
Monster Exchange
SEARCH ENGINES
: for kids
: web search for kids by librarians
: Internet Public Library Youth Division
: You can ask a question and search for answers
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
SMART BOARD RESOURCES
SMART Exchange: Find lesson plans and connect with teachers
Teachers Love SMART Boards: sign up for his newsletter!
Tequipment's EducatorResourceCenter
(free registration to dowload the great notebook files)
LongwoodCentralSchool 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
CenterSchool 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