The following links are provided for the use of parents, students and teachers.
Parent & Teacher Sites
While these sites have been previewed for appropriate material, please be sure to explore any site before allowing children access. Educational games on some of the sites might require additional programs such as Shockwave or Flash by Micromedia. These programs are free and can usually be downloaded from a link on the page you are viewing.
Parents: Parental Sites | Sites For PreSchool Children | Kids Search Engines & Homework Help
Education: Lesson Plans & Teacher Resources | Langauage Arts | Poetry | Math | Science & Social Studies | Art & Music & Phys. Ed | Fun Sites
Parental Sites Return to Top
Yahooligan’s! Parents’ Guide
http://www.yahooligans.com/parents/
Safe surfing with your family: information on web safety and using the Internet with children.
SmartParent/Com
http://www.smartparent.com/
SmartParent.com is a resource dedicated to educating parents on the best ways to safeguard their children from the dangers presented by cyberspace. Our goal is to help keep the online experience safe, educational and entertaining for children. The site includes likes to many sites appropriate for children to view.
Scholastic For Families
http://www.scholastic.com/families/index.asp
Great information and ideas for parents and children. Many links to seasonal activities and favorite book characters. Click the Scholastic link at the top/left of the screen to go to the Scholastic Home Page and the Kids area.
CoolMath4Parents
http://www.coolmath4parents.com/getready.htm
Getting Ready For Kindergarten- some fun ideas you can use to prepare your child for entering school.
Surfaquarium Top Parenting Resources
http://surfaquarium.com/parent.htm
Site lists include Parenting, Family, Health & Safety, Education, Special Needs, Blended Families, Dads, and Moms.
Sesame Street Parents
http://www.ctw.org/parents/
Parenting ideas that include information on children’s health, education, and fun activities featuring the Sesame Street gang. Links to the Kid section of the site.
PBS Parents
http://www.pbs.org/parents/
Information on parenting issues and advice, activities to share with your children and a searchable schedule of educational programming found on your local PBS channel.
FamilyFun.Com
http://familyfun.go.com/
Based on the magazine by the same name. Lots of great information and fun activities.
Weekly Reader For Parents
http://www.weeklyreader.com/parents/
Parenting information and ideas. Visit the Kids section to see age appropriate activities
Sites For PreSchool Children Return to Top
Kids’ Domain
http://www.kidsdomain.com/
Topics of interest changed often. Many games and activities for younger children. Includes a section for “Grownups”.
Education 4 Kids Math Site
http://edu4kids.com/math/
This page has customizable flashcards. Also includes links to math squares, math tables, time and money drills.
Chateau Meddybemps: Learning Activities
http://www.meddybemps.com/7.33.html
A collection of simple activities designed to help young children improve their learning skills. Do them with your child in a casual, no-pressure manner. Let them learn at a pace that's comfortable for them and you will both have fun.
Chateau Meddybemps: Beantime Stories
http://www.meddybemps.com/5.1.html
12 stories to read together.
Bedtime Story
http://the-office.com/bedtime-story/indexmain.htm#stories
Lots of stories, both original to this site and classic, that can be read aloud, with illustrations and information about authors and illustrators at the end of each story.
Education 4 Kids AlphaBits Site
http://edu4kids.com/alpha/
Six alphabet practice drills.
UpToTen.com
http://www.coloringpage.org/
Coloring pages, songs, stories and games.
Crayola Creativity Center
http://www.crayola.com/
Great ideas for introducing art to children. Take a look at the Parents page and send your children over to the Crayola Kids Site for some great fun.
FunSchool.com
http://www.funschool.com/
A variety of games and activities divided by grade level plus educational printouts and downloads.
Kids Search Engines & Homework Help Return to Top
Encyclopedia.com
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Basic encyclopedia searches are free. Site includes additional information on a subscription basis.
KidsClick!- Web Search For Kids by Librarians
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
Over 600 categories or search for a site using your own words. Includes search tools for pictures and sounds also. For some fun, look at the bottom of the site for a link to see the page through a librarian’s eyes.
Lesson Plans & Teacher Resources Return to Top
Yahooligans! Teacher’s Guide
http://www.yahooligans.com/tg/
Includes ideas and information on using the internet with students, lesson plans, teaching resources and many activities by topic.
Ask ERIC: Lesson Plans
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/
This collection contains more than 2000 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States and the world.
TeachNet.com
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/
Organizes lesson plan sites on the internet by subjects- art, music, language arts, math, science, social studies, real-world, internet, classroom-to-classroom, health& phys. Ed., parents, seasonal, and miscellaneous.
Weekly Reader For Teachers
http://www.weeklyreader.com/teachers/
Educational information and ideas even if you don’t subscribe to the magazine. Visit the Kids section to see age appropriate activities
PuzzleMaker
http://www.puzzlemaker.com/
This site, from Discovery.Com, is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword, math and other puzzles using your word lists.
Nuttin But Kids
http://www.nuttinbutkids.com/
Ideas and activities for pre-school classes by theme. Included printouts and recipes. Some content only available through membership but lots of good, free material.
LessonPlansPage.com
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
Search by subject and grade level for lesson plans and ideas found on the internet.
Surfaquarium Tearcher’s Area: Innovative Technology
http://surfaquarium.com/it.htm
Web Quest, Lesson Plans, Virtual Field Trips, Early Childhood sites and lots more.
Sites For Teachers
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
Over 750 educational sites are listed on this page. Use the Search box on the left to find a topic you’re interested in. Sites are ranked on this page by the number of users clicking to that site.
McGraw/Hill Math Program Teacher Resources
http://www.mhschool.com/teach/math/mhmath/teachres/index.html
McGraw-Hill's free online resources correlate with the themes, concepts, and objectives in McGraw-Hill Mathematics. Web-linked lesson plans offer student worksheets and teacher answer keys. Math on the Walls features bulletin board ideas. The MathTalk forum encourages you to share information and learn instructional strategies.
Scholastic Teacher Center
http://teacher.scholastic.com/
Take a look at the Teacher Resource Center and the Online Activities Center for great topical materials for the classroom. Includes lesson plans, printouts, games and other resources for curricular areas and seasonal holidays.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
A categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth.
PBS TeacherSource
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
Includes lesson plans and activities to complement their programming. Search for local program times.
Langauage Arts Return to Top
BookHive: Your Guide to Children’s Literature and Books
http://www.bookhive.org/
Search for story titles, see storytellers tell their tales and keep a list of your favorite books.
Education 4 Kids
http://edu4kids.com/
Customizable drills for the alphabet called AlphaBits.
Little Explores Dictionary
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html
Click a letter to see a variety of words with pictures. You can choose from a number of languages to explore. The site also includes seasonal links to other areas of Enchanted Learning.
StoryPlace: Pre-School Library
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/other.asp
Eleven themes with on-line storybooks, activities, printouts and suggested readings.
Game Goo: Kids Games
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
Divided into 3 levels, this site includes 13 games for practice skills such as ABC order, following directions, spelling, sentence word order, and fact vs. fantasy.
Arthur’s Activities
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/arthur/activities.html
On-line games, printable activities and a fire safety brochure are some of the ways you can have fun with Arthur, the aardvark!
Alfy’s Storyville
http://www.alfy.com/Storyville/index1.asp?FlashDetect=True
Interactive stories that feature Alfy. Stories are animated, have sound and ask listeners to click on items on pages to continue the story. Nine titles to choose from.
StoryPlace: Pre-School Library
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/preschool.asp
A pre-school library of on-line stories and activities by theme. Printable pages and reading lists complement the themes. Parental activities are also included.
StoryPlace: Elementary Library
http://www.storyplace.org/eel/eel.asp
A pre-school library of on-line stories and activities by theme. Printable pages and reading lists complement the themes. Parental activities are also included.
Poetry Return to Top
Children's Poetry in the The Poetry Zone - An inter-active poetry website for children and anyone interested in children's poetry. It also contains poems by well-known children's poets and a wealth of ideas and information.
www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk/content.htm
The Teaching Zone: Classroom Resource Area- at this same site, be sure to look at the teacher resources with great poetry worksheets. See the sample attached to this newsletter.
http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk/resouce.htm
Shel Silverstein - overview of the poet's life and career, with links to related sites. Has links to lesson plans for a number of his poems.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/silverstein.htm
Giggle Poetry- children's poetry by Meadowbrook Press. Lots of funny poems, poetry contests, and more!
http://www.gigglepoetry.com
Math Return to Top
SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator
http://superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/
Simply select the type of problem, the maximum and minimum numbers to be used in the problems, and then click on the button! A worksheet will be created to your specifications, ready to be printed for use.
Education 4 Kids
http://edu4kids.com/
Customizable drills for Math Flashcards, Money and Time practice.
McGraw-Hill Math Program
http://www.mhschool.com/student/math/mhmath/
Click on your grade to play some math games that go with your math in school.
CoolMath4Kids
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Fun games to practice your math skills. A special section for 3-5 year olds.
Science & Social Studies Return to Top
The Department Of the US Treasury For Kids
http://www.ustreas.gov/kids/
Government sites for kids including The Whitehouse, with a virtual tour of the rooms lead by Spotty, and the U.S. Mint, which has some great money activities.
KidAstonomy.com
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/
Good information about the solar system. Includes a sky map that can be printed out to help when navigating the night sky.
ChildLight.com
http://www.childlight.com/
Information and activities about Paul Revere, Pilgrims, Harriet Tubman, and the 1909 exploration of the North Pole. Activities include printable copies of coloring pages, worksheets and board games for each topic. The company has a link to the historical adventure kits they sell to accompany each theme.
StarChild: A Learning Center For Young Children
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
Choose level one for information appropriate for primary children. This site is sponsored by NASA.
Nine Planets- For Kids
http://mercury.nineplanets.org:8011/tnp4kids/index.html
While this site is for upper elementary students, the information is still great for primary children.
Art & Music & Phys. Ed Return to Top
Crayola Creativity Center
http://www.crayola.com/educators/index.cfm
Great ideas for introducing art to children. Lesson plans and activities for the classroom.
Fun Sites Return to Top
Billy Bear’s Playground
http://www.billybear4kids.com/
This is the home page for Billy Bear 4 Kids. From here you can access great activities for seasons, holidays, and special topics.
Sesame Street
http://www.ctw.org/sesamestreet/
PBC Kids
http://pbskids.org/
Includes sites with activities for the following television shows shown on the Public Broadcasting Station: Arthur, Barney, Between The Lions, Caillou, Clifford, Cyberchase, Dragon Tales, George Shrinks, Liberty’s Kids, Mr. Rodgers, Reading Rainbow, Sagwa, Sesame Street (not the CTW site), Teletubbies, Zoboomafoo, ZOOM.
Noggin
http://www.noggin.com/
Noggin is an educational television network from the makers of Nick Jr. and Sesame Street! We're commercial-free and on-air for young children from 6am to 6pm et, 7 days a week. Only Noggin features the first-ever new Sesame series Play With Me Sesame, Oobi, and Tiny Planets, plus all your kid’s favorites, such as Blue's Clues, Sesame Street, Maisy, Franklin, Little Bear and Kipper.
Etch-A-Sketch
http://www.etch-a-sketch.com/html/coolgames.htm
An online Etch-A-Sketch and activities for numbers, letters, shapes and coloring pages.
BBC: Beebies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/
The preschool site for the British Broadcasting Company. Great games for young children. Areas include popular characters such as Bob, the Builder, Clifford, Teletubbies, and Spot.
Berenstain Bear Country
http://www.berenstainbears.com/
Visit with the Berenstain Bear family as you learn more about the characters and play some fun games. There are even a few short movies to watch.
Little Animals Activity Center
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/menu.shtml
Six activities for young children, including games, math & letter activities and 3 storybooks with sound.