Click
here to see Kindergarten Resource Webpage
Animals
Animals
on the Farm
http://mason.gmu.edu/~cregier/farmanim/farmanim.htm
This site is slow to load in because of the photographs but students have
tasks to do after viewing.
Project-Based
Learning: Insects for Kindergarten
http://www.wside.k12.il.us/pes/Insects.html
Plants
Problem-Based Learning:
Plants for Kindergarten
http://www.wside.k12.il.us/pes/plants.html
Seed Plant
Links
http://members.tripod.com/cbauder/newpage6.htm
Light/Color/Shadows
Color and Literature
http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/color.html
Ideas for using Literature when teaching colors.
Food/Nutrition
Nutrition Explorations
http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/
Ideas and activities for teachers.
Dole 5 A Day
http://www.dole5aday.com/Kids/K_Index.html
Nutrition
& the Food Pyramid
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/nutrition/nutrition.html
Website made by first graders with links to other sites.
Ice
Cream Theme Unit
http://www.abcteach.com/Themeunits/IceCream/icecreamTOC.htm
Zoothland
http://www.zooth.com/
Fun for oral and tooth care.
Scrub Club
http://www.scrubclub.org/home.php
A study of school children revealed that those that washed their hands
four times a day missed between 21% and 54% fewer school days due to
illness than those that didn't. In order to improve both health and
school attendance, the not-for-profit NSF International created this
website for kids three to eight. It teaches the six steps of hand washing
though songs, cartoons, stickers and games.
Seasons/Change
Myself and My Family
All About Me - a mini-unit
http://www.kinderkorner.com/me.html
My School and My Community
Holiday Celebrations at Home and around the World
Holidays-
A Sampler from Around the World
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/k_2theme/holidays.htm
This site has a short summary of many different holidays but the best
part is the links to other sites that really explain and have photos of
the
holidays.
Famous Americans:
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham
Lincoln For Primary Children
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/index.htm
Martin Luther King
Timeline
of the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/taverna/98/king.htm
Student-created pictures to show the timeline.
Johnny Appleseed
Johnny
Appleseed
http://atozteacherstuff.com/themes/apples_JohnnyAppleseed.shtml
Apple
Unit
http://viking.stark.k12.oh.us/~greentown/Apples/appleunit.htm
The Farm
Animals
on the Farm
http://mason.gmu.edu/~cregier/farmanim/farmanim.htm
This site is slow to load in because of the photographs but students
have tasks to do after viewing.
The Circus
Big Apple Circus
http://www.bigapplecircus.org/
Founded twenty years ago by two jugglers, The Big Apple Circus is
a non-profit one-ring big-top tent circus. Sections include the Study
Guide for students and teachers, a history of the circus (titled Classical
Circus in the left-hand menu,) and two 360-degree Virtual Tours (one
of the big-top tent, the other of the stables.) Take a look at the animated
tent raising.
Barnum Museum
http://www.barnum-museum.org/
This museum site (from Bridgeport, CT where Barnum lived with his
second wife) provides a brief introduction to Barnum's life and accomplishments.
The best clicks can be found under Cast of Characters, where you'll
be introduced to Tom Thumb, Jumbo the elephant, and the Swedish opera
singer Jenny Lind.
Books online
Internet Picture Dictionary
http://pdictionary.com/
Look up words in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, check
meanings, spellings. There are flash cards, word scrambles and spelling
games.
MightyBook.com
http://www.mightybook.com/home.htm
A virtual library of stories for children of all ages.
Hiyah.com
http://www.hiyah.com/main_page.html
Fairy tales and classic stories. Story runs as a virtual video: you
can pause, forward, rewind and play.
Learn to Read at Starfall - teaching
comprehension and phonics
http://www.starfall.com
Interactive story books, phonics activities, and printable lessons.
You can send for free writing journals for your class - even free shipping!
Go to the site to order them.
Reading Comprehension
S.C.O.R.E Cyber
Guides for Literature
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyk3.html
Reading
Comprehension Skills for Grades 1 and 2
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcompindex2.htm
Activities for Reading Comprehension
The Brain and Learning
Brain Teasers
http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/
Several games/tests with research and results for evaluating reading
skills.
Rhyme Time
http://www.nfb.ca/Kids/reading/body.html
Rhyming word game, Magic Square pictures, and Scrambled Words.
Little Animals
Activity Centre
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/laac/menu.html
The Little Animals Activity Centre has lots of fun games, stories and
activities for 4 to 8 year olds. The site has been designed to reinforce
words, letters, rhymes, and numbers.
Literature Connections
Jan Brett's Home Page - A Great Place
for Ideas
http://www.janbrett.com/
The
Three Billy Goats Gruff
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/three_billy_goats_gruff.html
The Gingerbread
Man: An Integrated Unit
Kindergarten Connection
http://www.kconnect.com/kc-integrated.html
Welcome to Story - It: Story Starters
and Language Art Resources for Children
http://www.storyit.com
Has story-starters, nursery rhymes to read and color, and lots more.
Writing
Literacy
Center - the Early Childhood Education Network
http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm
This website has letters, numbers, colors, shapes and demonstrates how
to write letters. Click on a lesson. Click on the arrows to move or
click on the 1-2-3 to see different lessons.
Kindergarten Web Page for
Letters and Sounds
http://westcler.org/wv/geigerj/
Use the letter links to find activities, songs and stories for each
letter of the alphabet. The design of this hotlist makes it easy
to navigate.
Printable
deskttapes for alphabets.
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/basics/abc_activities/desk_tapes/
Math Practice
Little Animals
Activity Centre
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/laac/menu.html
The Little Animals Activity Centre has lots of fun games, stories and
activities for 4 to 8 year olds. The site has been designed to reinforce
words, letters, rhymes, and numbers.
Math Applications
The Behavioral
Report
http://www.jimwrightonline.com/php/tbrc/tbrc.php
This website allows you to make behavior reports for students. You can
personalize them by student name, choose, write and arrange behaviors
and choose a rating scale (yes/no, smile face, 1-9 scale, etc.) Then
you can print it as a daily or weekly chart.
Resources,
Lesson Plans and Activities for KINDERGARTENS
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listkindersu.html
An Internet Hotlist of Resources for Language Arts, Literacy,
Web Pages, Mailing Lists, Themes and Center Ideas. Take time to look
at these sites and bookmark what works for you.
Central Kindergarten
Units
http://www.edenpr.k12.mn.us/CKC/themes.html
List of links, books, etc. for themes.
Kinder Theme Units
http://www.angelfire.com/la/kinderthemes/
Early Childhood
Resources
http://www.lttechno.com/links/earlychildhood.html
Freedom Knot
http://www.freedomknot.com
FreedomKnot.com is a fantastic new web site designed especially for
kids that teaches them to tie their shoes with puzzles.
FunBrain
http://www.funbrain.com/
FunBrain is a site at which you can choose the age of the students and
the subject and find simple games that practice skills in a fun way.
This site does not use any special plug-ins so it can be run on any
computer connected to the Internet.
Kathy
Schrock
Scholastic
Theme Lessons and
printables for K-3 from Enchanted Learning
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/themes/
Computer
Lesson Ideas for Early Stages
http://www.schools.ash.org.au/revesby/li.html
Has Lesson Ideas for Kid Pix, Hyperstudio, ClarisWorks,
and Netscape.
Kayleigh's
Playground
http://kayleigh.tierranet.com/index.htm
Has learning activities, online stories, and games
for Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Young Children.
PBS TeacherSource
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
2,500 lessons available for K-12 Arts & Literature, Math, Science
& Technology, Social Studies, Health & Fitness and Early Childhood.
42 eXplore
http://eduscapes.com/42explore/
Great place to develop theme lessons and to
explore educational websites for a variety of subjects and topics. Search
by topic, subject or by date. The idea is explained in easier and harder
terms. Then there are 4 websites that relate, very helpful if one site
is busy or not working. There are some general ideas for projects, followed
by more related websites with details. Allows teachers as well as students
to explore topics for learning.
