100th Day of School Project  http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/100th/index.html 100th Day of School Celebration!

Alfy http://www.alfy.com/ plan to spend some time at this site! 

Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html A web site with different activities including links to Nursery Rhymes

Five Senses homepage http://www.sedl.org/scimath/pasopartners/senses/welcome.html great lesson plans on the five senses.

Free Worksheets for Teachers http://www.schoolexpress.com/  a great site to download free worksheets and much more!

Fun Room http://www.funroom.com/  crafts, games, summer ideas and much more.

Fun School http://www.funschool.com/  fun and games for elementary students

Kids Games http://www.kidscom.com/  your skill and knowledge with our games for kids

Kids Random http://randomhouse.com/kids/ Find information and try out different activities with Kids at Random house

Kendra's Coloring Book http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/7155/   For an interactive treat, students can learn their colors by coloring pictures online. There is a large selection of colors or they can be mixed to create your own.

Little Explorers http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html Letters of the alphabet can be selected to display a screen of words beginning with that letter. Each word is illustrated with a picture, and many words link to sites that deal with the subject of the selected word. Many hours of interactive fun here on almost any subject.

Sesame Street Activities http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/games/0,5835,,00.html  Great activities from Sesame Street.

Tooth Fairy Home Page http://www.toothfairy.org/

Turn & Match http://www.lego.com/plugin/required.asp?pluginType=1&returnURL=/belville/turnnmatch.asp A great site by Lego.

 

Un-Match Game http://cgi.pbs.org/cgi-registry/wgbh/arthur/unmatching.pl Which one of these is NOT like the others?

 

English/Language Arts

 

Alex's Scribbles -- Koala Trouble http://www.scribbles.com.au/max/bookmain.html These are stories written by a five year old. Students have to click on the right spot to move through the story. Have students draw Max and write their own story.

 

Animated Picture Book http://www.liveandlearn.com/bigsml.html  Students can use this interactive page to learn about opposites.

 

Arthur: The World’s Most Famous Aardvark http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/  Great activities, and teacher guides are available

Alphabet Recognition http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/games/play/0,1167,1208,00.html A game by Sesame Street

Authors & Illustrators on the Web http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html The websites listed here include authors' personal websites and websites maintained by fans, scholars, and readers.

BBC Education: Words and Pictures http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/wordsandpictures/phonics.shtml Welcome to Words and Pictures! These games and activities will make learning phonics fun.

Berenstain Bears http://www.berenstainbears.com/ This will take you to...  the "Berenstain Bear Country" 

Billy Bears http://www.billybear4kids.com/index.html  Making your computer fun for your Child(ren) so they want to learn more!

But the Wasn’t the Best Part http://www.meddybemps.com/8.1.html Beantime stories.

Candlelight Stories http://www.candlelightstories.com/Kids.asp the stories are really cute. 

Children’s Storybooks Online http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html will delight your favorite six year old along with the site’s riddles, mazes and coloring books.

Curious George http://www.georgeworld.com/ This will take you to...  "The World of Curious George"

Crayola Rainbow Room http://www.crayola.com/   Your little ones won’t need real crayons to color the letters of the alphabet. Here are funny stories that deliver a message, silly poems that will bring a smile and allow you to share some thoughts.

Dr. Seuss http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/ This will take you to...  Seussville.  You can meet Dr. Seuss and his friends.

Eric Carle http://www.eric-carle.com/index.html Meet Eric Carle, author of many children's books including:  The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Grouchy Ladybug, The Very Busy Spider, and many more. 

Grandpa Tucker’s Rhymes and Tales http://www.night.net/tucker/#table

Jan Brett http://www.janbrett.com/ Meet Jan Brett, author of many children's books including:   The HatArmadillo Rodeo
The Wild Christmas Reindeer, and many more.  

Kids Corner http://www.tcom.ohiou.edu/books/kids.htm many great stories on-line.

KidzPage Poetry  http://www.veeceet.com/  a great site for children’s poetry

I know That! http://www.iknowthat.com/com  iKnowthat.com activities encourage kids to be creative and to learn by doing. In the spirit of discovery-based education, our activities are designed to provide kids with opportunities to actively explore concepts in a multi-modality scenario where they can guide their own learning experience.

Jack's House  http://www.kidscount.com/jack/alph.html Learn the alphabet by moving the letters into the correct position.

Mother Goose http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html This will take you to...  Mother Goose Rebus Rhymes.  Great fun to read!

Oddball http://funbrain.com/oddball/index.html   FunBrain will show you four pictures. Three of the pictures will be the same in some way, and one is different. Click on the one which does not belong in the group.

Phonics Game Show http://www.surfnetkids.com/quiz/phonics/ Phonics Game Show

Poetry Pencil http://www.night.net/tucker/kid-poems/index.html-ssi Poetry with darling hand drawn pictures.

Real Kids Real Adventures http://www.realkids.com/ Real kids just like you who've taken bold action to save themselves or others... who've used their wits to survive life-and-death situations... who've faced the unexpected with courage and determination.

Reading Games http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/read1.html Reading Games for Young Kids

Seussville http://randomhouse.com/seussville/ Click here to meet the Cat in the Hat and play different language and memory games

Score CyberGuides http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyk3.html a great site - many great lesson plans for primary books

Surfing for ABC's http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/abc/ Surfing for ABC's Published Project

Theodore Tugboat http://www.theodoretugboat.com/start/  Games, Puzzles, Stories and more!

Visual Alphabet http://www2.minot.k12.nd.us/classrooms/madden/virtual_alphabet.htm  Click on any letter to begin your journey through our Virtual Alphabet.

Vowel Mix & Match http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/phonics-mm.htm Long and Short Vowel Mix & Match

Vowel Long-Vowel Silent-Vowel http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/phonics-ws.htm    Long-Vowel Silent-Vowel Word Search

Vowel Long-Vowel Silent-E Crossword http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/phonics-cw.htm Each of these words follows the "long-vowel, silent-e" rule. Can you guess them all?

Wacky Web Tales http://www.eduplace.com/tales/index.html  Choose a Wacky tale.

Wee Weebies Home Page http://www.weewebbies.com/index.htm a cute site with math, ABCs, and much more.

Math Sites

A+ Math http://www.aplusmath.com/ Welcome to Aplusmath.com! This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively.

Change Maker Game http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/ Figure out how many of each bill or coin that you expect to get back when you pay for something.

Clock Concentration Game http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/con_math/g03c05.html

Count the Pink Bunnies http://www.magickeys.com/books/count/index.html - a cute counting story

FunBrain Numbers games http://www.funbrain.com/numbers.html number games from Fun Brain.

 

Grade Level Games  http://www.harcourtschool.com/menu/main_page.html?toc_id=2&sort=0&viewer=0  - This site goes along with the Harcourt Math books

 

Guess the Number http://www.funbrain.com/guess/index.html  The FunBrain Magician will pick a secret number and put it in his hat.

You guess what number it is.  If your guess is too high or too low, FunBrain will give you a hint.

 

Line Jumper http://funbrain.com/linejump/index.html  FunBrain will show you a number line. Click on the number line at the correct answer.

Mad Math Minutes Mad Math Minutes  a great way to practice math on the Internet

Math Baseball http://www.funbrain.com/math/   FunBrain will give you a math problem.  Enter the answer to the problem and hit the "Swing" button.

Math Surf http://www.mathsurf.com/ Addison Wesley math book resources.

Money Flash cards http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/flashcards/money  count the money

Money, Money, Money http://www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/academy/1stgrade/1stacad.htm This is a money unit designed to be used in conjunction with hands-on classroom lessons involving the use of play money. Students will have the opportunity to see actual coins and practice coin recognition.

Number Games http://www.learningplanet.com/kids1.htm Quality games by Learning Planet.  Pre-School to Kindergarten, 1st-3rd Grade, 4th – 6th

Print Numbers http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/coloringpages/0,5903,,00.html  coloring Pages by Sesame Street

ReGrouping http://www.edbydesign.com/btcount.html  This activity is useful for young children who are just beginning to learn how numbers are made up.  The object is to group the ones into tens to see what numbers come up. 

Silver Burdett Ginn Mathematics http://www.sbgmath.com/  Math resources that correlate with the book. (Good even if you do not use the textbook)

Science Sites

Animals Gander Academy http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/whales.htm - another great gander site about Animals

Arty Astronaut http://www.artyastro.com/artyend.htm  Click the graphic in middle of the page.

The Chick Hatchery  http://msichicago.org/exhibit/chick/chick.html  These photos were taken over the course of about 2 hours.

CrestKids SparkleCity http://crestkids.com/index_flash.html   a cute site from Crest about teeth

Dan’s Wild Wild Weather Page http://www.wildwildweather.com/  A great site about weather created by a Meteorologist.

Fun Farm Sounds http://www.davisfarmland.com/fun/funsound.htm  Click on the picture of the animal you want to hear.

Dole 5 A Day http://www.dole5aday.com/  A great site on nutrition

Electronic Zoo http://netvet.wustl.edu/ssi.htm Select a Species from the Pick List, the Image Map above, or the Menu below.

How to Know the Earth's Plants & Animals http://www.backyardnature.net/  (first discover nature in your own backyard and listing plants & animals there is a great start)

Internet Public Library Youth Division http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/youth/youth.out.pl?sub=owd5210 Our World--Geography & World Culture--Holidays of the World--Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa

Journey North http://www.learner.org/jnorth/  A global study of wildlife migration.

Kid’s Lightning Information and Safety http://www.azstarnet.com/anubis/zaphome.htm  a great site written by child about lightning. 

The Kingdom of the Seahorse http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/seahorse/basics.html    a great site about Seahorses by PBS.

Lorax - Save the Trees http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/games/lorax/   Play the Lorax Save the Tree Game.

National Zoo http://natzoo.si.edu/ The National Zoo’s website.

Ark http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/animals/index.html In NOAA's Ark you will discover many of the marine mammals, birds, and other animals that NOAA personnel protect, study, or observe during day-to-day operations.

Ocean Animals http://web.calstatela.edu/faculty/eviau/edit557/oceans/norma/oocean.htm great pictures

On Cloud 9 http://www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/academy/1stgrade/cloud/1Uproblem.htm A great sites about clouds for the first grade.

Oxfam website http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/index.htm  Dive into Cool Planet and prepare to be amazed, surprised and challenged

Rainforest web sites http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/rforest.htm great activities and lesson plans about the rainforest.

Read, Write Now http://www.marshall-es.marshall.k12.tn.us/jobe/Read-Write/  Web based activities for books about dinosaurs.  As part of your Dinosaur Unit, have your students make their own dinosaur. Use these easy-to-make paper dinosaur designs that you print from the site, cut, fold, and paste. Download-a-Dinosaur

Safari Touch Tank  http://7thfloormedia.com/projects/safari/  Click on the pictures and see the 3D animations.
Have students name five sea creatures and give one fact they learned about each.

SeaWorld/Bush Gardens – Animal Bytes http://web.calstatela.edu/faculty/eviau/edit557/oceans/norma/oocean.htm Animal Bytes were specifically designed to help you quickly find information about some of the unique creatures found in the animal kingdom. Most files include the scientific classification, fun facts, and biological value.

Solar System Activities http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/activity.html Multidisciplinary Activities on the Solar System

S.W.I.R.L. http://movies.warnerbros.com/twister/cmp/swirl.html Welcome to the Severe Weather Institute Research Lab.

The Giant Panda Page  http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/3785/giantpanda.html Students can explore this page to learn the facts about Pandas. Where they live? What they eat? Why they are endangered? Then have the students make a poster about protecting the Panda? Go to Uncle Fred's: for step by step directions for drawing a Panda.

Treasures at Sea http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/main.html  This Web resource about oceans is written to be adaptable to the teacher's needs. It can be used as a complete unit, as a module for inclusion in a larger study or each component can be used independently.

Toucan Sam's Rainforest http://www.toucansam.com/index.html  a great jungle story

Under the Sea http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/sea.html  - a great site if you are studying the ocean.

Whales Gander Academy http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/whales.htm - a great site about whales

Trees http://www.kids.organics.org/trees.htm Charlie likes climbing right to the top of this tall Conifer tree on the Fun Farm!

The Virtual Aquarium  http://www.tetra-fish.com/va/index.html  You've heard of virtual pets, this is a virtual aquarium on the web. Students choose the fish they want, the habitat it should have and the size of the tank. The aquarium will appear on the screen. By clicking on each fish students can learn more about them.

Weather Gander Academy http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/weather.htm - a great site about weather

Whale Net Kid's Link http://whale.wheelock.edu/whalenet-stuff/kidslinks.html This project focuses on the relationship between the migration of gray whales and the weather phenomenon, El Nino.

Wild Dolphins http://www.southwest.com.au/~kirbyhs/dolphinsa.html great pictures and information about Dolphins.

Weather Stations http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/weatherstation.html what happens when a storm comes?

Yucky Worm World http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/worm/index.html  a funny site about worms – from the Yuckiest Site on the Internet

Social Studies

A Sticky Situation http://www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/academy/2ndgrade/sticky/2blesson.htm Students will have an awareness of the roles of workers who supply daily needs.

Betsy Ross HomePage http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/index.html  take a virtual tour of her home.

Kids@nationalgeographic  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html  every elementary teacher should visit this site. 

Native Americans http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/intro.html - the first Americans.

PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/  PBS Kids Online, home of your favorite PBS Kids characters with  thousands of pages of learning and fun to explore.

Uncle Sam's Patriot Pal http://www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/academy/kind/patriot/unclesam.html  Click on the Image and a description will appear.

What’s it like where you life? http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/index.htm  learn about different areas of the world.

Whitehouse for Kids http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/   Find out about this history of the White House, Kids in the Whitehouse and Pets in the White House.

Children Search Engines

Ask Jeeves for Kids Ask Jeeves for Kids

KidsClick! http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ Try this child safe alternative to Yahooligans. Another inviting search engine with a simple interface that leads young children to age appropriate sites on the Internet.

Yahooligans http://www.yahooligans.com/  

Last Updated October 15, 2003

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