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Web Sites for Younger
Children, Their Parents and Teachers
This website includes a great deal of information and discussion about using the
Internet with younger children. It also includes a comprehensive index to many
websites in groupings of special interest for children. A number of sites offer
ideas and projects suitable for the younger classes. Older children will enjoy
visiting them also.
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Websites Index
Listed below are some great general web sites to
help you, as an adult, see what is available to you and your younger children:
Kathy
Schrock's Guide to Educators How to use the Net with students, especially
elementary students. A zillion links to other wonderful sites
K-2
Resources
Classroom
Connect A premiere site for educators. A zillion
links.
Click on "Connected Teacher" area.
EduPuppy-EduPuppy
offers a comprehensive, pre-screened database of relevant early childhood
education links to content resources, theories and practice, literacy,
developmentally appropriate practice, special education, standards and
more.
Loogootee
Elementary School This
is what a school web site should look like. A multiple award winner with a
zillion links.
4 Kids
A great
site to get kids started on all sorts of cross curricular investigations. Great
for kids grades K-6.
Recommendation for a Search Engine that is Kid
Safe for even the youngest(With teacher help, second graders could start using a
search engine.) called
Yahooligans
Larry Magid's site deals with kid safety on the
Net and includes"The 6 Rules
to Online Safety"
Individual
interdisciplinary sites with special
interest for kids grades
P-2:
Activities, Puzzles, etc.
ALFY -A wonderful
site that you can navigate without words. Lots of activities and fun things to
do.
Apple
Corps -A virtual Mr. Potato Head.
Berit's Best
Sites for Children
Billy
Bear's Playground -Join Billy Bear and play with him.
Chateau
Meddybemps -Uncommon Amusement for
Grown-ups and Children-A fantastic site for parents and very young children with
activities galore.
Coolplays -many
activities for the very young.
Disney
Donna's
Day -TV show that helps us keep kids
active with games and crafts.
Enchanted
Learning
site -A plethora of great sites for the younger set. Lots of
dinosaur activities; learn nursery rhymes. Work in English, English-French or
English-Spanish. Has "Safe for Kids Site of the Week" area as well. Go
to "Little Explorer" area and get into a picture dictionary with links
to 500 educational activities and games.
Etch-a-Sketch
site -Draw pictures and play games at
the official site for the Etch-a-Sketch.
First
Grade Back Packer
-Excellent site for things
that first graders can do.
Funology:
Science of Having Fun -A plethora of sites for parents and kids to have fun.
4 Kids
-A great
site to get kids started on all sorts of cross curricular investigations. Great
for kids grades K-6.
FunBrain
-A great place with wonderful educational games to play. For this age group
click on the area for ages 7-10.
Fun
Stuff -Click on K-6 for the younger students to have fun with activities,
etc.
Fun School
-A wonderful site that starts on a Home Page where you can pick activities for
preschool, Kindergarten, lst or 2nd grade. They also have an area for kids in
grades 3-6.
Great
Links for Young Ones
Gustown -A wonderful town with lots of educational
activities for very young children. Very parent and kid friendly.
Handwashing
Activity Page
Hello
Kitty -Have a tea party and have fun with Hello Kitty.
Idea Box
-Just what it says, a zillion links to all kinds of ideas and activities for
preschool teachers, parents and kids.
Kididdles
Kids'
Castle -An area of the Smithsonian. A great site for activities of all types.
Kids Domain-A
great site with lots of wonderful games and activities for holidays, crafts,
etc.
Kids'
Space-Kids' view of world
KidSource
-A great place for teachers and parents to go when you want to read the latest
on children of various ages. There are links to "Toddler" and "Older Children" areas.
The Kindergarten
Connection -All things Kindergarten.
Learning
Planet -Select activities and games by grade at this site for PreK to 6th
graders.
Look
Learn and Do -A great site for kids to read stories and do science and other
kinds of projects'
McGuffie Avenue Gang -Interact with the McGuffie Family.
Me Too
-The Network Only for Kids-For ages 2-15.
Mister Roger's
Neighborhood
Mootown Site -Lots
of songs, games, etc. , lots of interactivity.
Mousers -For
the very young kids who go to "Kids.com" .
Oh
Kids! Webtots -A site for little ones put out by the Ohio Public Library
Information Network.
Pappyland -A
fun place to go.
Perpetual
Preschool -The site for preschoolers and their teachers.
Pirate
site with games and puzzles.
Platypus
Family Playroom
- (English/Spanish)
Professor Bubble's
Official Bubble Page
Pumpkin
Patch -Great in October. Write a poem about pumpkins, etc.
Sesame
Street Central -Great activities to download and wonderful interactive
stories to read to your students.
10 Minute
Bedtime Tour -Based somewhat on Peggy Rathman’s 10
Minutes Till Bedtime. Learn how your young ones can make all kinds of great
stuff.
Theodore
Tugboat Activity Site
TotCity -For
grades K-2. Great for parents and teachers of children in this age group. Lots
of practical learning here.
Weekly
Reader -Great site for kids PreK-6 with lots of activities.
Zany
Brainy -A few activities here, however, this is a good site where you can buy
educational and developmentally appropriate toys by clicking on the age of the
child. At first perusal the prices looked very good.
Zeeks -A
wonderful way for kids to have fun and learn on the Web.
Zini's
Activity Page -Lots to do here.
Zoom
School -Another part of the wonderful Zoom.
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Animals, Insects and Fish
Acme Pets -How
to take care of pets.
Animal
Group Names
Animals,
Myths & Legends -Mythology comes to life at this site from Australia.
Animal Network -How
to take care of all kinds of pets.
Arachnology -All
about spiders.
Bats,
Bats, Everywhere -Great bat site for kids grades K-6.
Beasley
the Red-Footed Tortoise -Follow the adventures of Beasley.
Bugbios -A
great insect site.
Bugscope- A
K-12 Web site for close-ups of bugs.
Children's
Butterfly Site -All things butterfly.
Electronic
Zoo
Endangered Species Sites:
Bagheera -A
Website for Our Endangered Species:
Endangered
Animals in the U.S. by State -Just click on a state and see the endangered
animals of that state.
Luck
Duck's House
Fish Link
Central -Great fish facts and support for aquarium fish.
Freddo's
Frog Pond
Froggy
Page Everything Frog
Frogland -Take
care of your pet frog with tips.
International
Federation of Butterfly Enthusiasts -Everything butterfly.
Kratt's
Creatures -The web site that interfaces with the TV show.
Lincoln Park Zoo -Another
great zoo site that helps kids learn about animals.
Mrs.
Jackson's Morris Farm Alphabet Book -Go to a farm and see things from A to
Z.
Observing
Aquarium Fish
Puffy
the Puffin's Book of Fun Fish Facts
SeaWorld &
Busch Gardens
Tetra Fish
site. Set up aquatic environments and look at a garden pond.
Using
Live Insects in the Elementary Classroom-K-3
Whale
Time Kids Page -For grades K-6 on whales.
The
Wild Ones(TWO) -For children 7-14. It gives kids the opportunities for
cooperative science activities about animals
Worm
World
www.woof
Yucky
Roach World -All about Cockroaches-Premiere site for these creep crawlies.
Zoos:
Animals from the
National Zoo
Animal
Photos
Bronx Zoo with
Pablo Python
Nashville
Zoo
Oakland Zoo
The
Zoo Animals -Colorful pictures of the zoo animals this time with sound
effects.
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Arts and Crafts
Arts-n-Crafts
area for holidays.
Association for the
Advancement of Arts Education K-12
coloring.com
Craft
Recipes -Over 150 recipes for things like eggshell chalk, soap crayons, etc.
Easy
Recipe to Make Paper
Eduweb:Adventures -A
terrific site for teaching art to our young ones.
Emmett
Scott's Cartoon Corner -Learn how to draw cartoons.
Interactive
Coloring Book -A artist who loves to paint characters in bold primary
colors.
There are activities here for young children and art appreciation is a big issue.
Lifetime
of Color at Sanford site.
Making
Friends and Other Crafts for Kids -For kids grades K-6.
Michael's
Kids Club -The Michael's arts and crafts stores gives the lower elementary
teachers oodles of crafts to do.
Ooey
Gooey Recipes -Recipes for all kinds of things to make a home for kids to
play with like homemade clay, etc.
Puppet Sites
KidBiz
Kids
The
Puppet Gallery
Puppet
Manipulation -How to communicate with young children using puppets.
Sanford
ArtEdventures -A fantastic site for art appreciation and art resources.
Sharon,
Lois & Bram ClubE -A great musical site for young ones.
Skylight’s
Kids Graphics -A place to find graphics kids will enjoy.
Virtual
Curriculum: Elementary Art Education.
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Character Ed/Values
Berenstain
Bears Official Site
Character
Counts -A character education program that Westside Elementary School developed.
First
Names and What They Mean
Peace Education
Foundation -Place to help children learn how to live together in peace. Home
of "I-Care Cat".
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Dinosaurs
Discovering
Dinosaurs -Sponsored by the Academy of Natural Sciences this is a K-6 site
for kids who love dinosaurs.
Discovery
Room Online
DinoDon -A
great site to hook up kids and dinosaurs.
Dinosaur
Interplanetary Gazette -A great place to find out a lot about dinosaurs.
Dino-Roar -Hear
dinosaur sounds.
Dino
Russ' Lair
Dinosaur
Art-Kinetosaurus -Want to see dinosaur sculptures? Want to see them dance?
Download
a Dinosaur -This site is for K-8. 15 dinos to download.
Enchanted
Learning site-A plethora of great sites for the younger set. Lots of
dinosaur activities; learn nursery rhymes. Work in English, English-French or
English-Spanish. Has "Safe for Kids Site of the Week" area as well. Go
to "Little Explorer" area and get into a picture dictionary with links
to 500 educational activities and games.
US. of
Hawaii Site narrated tour
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Farm Fun
Barnyard
Palace -A place to find out about farm animals and how to care for them
.
The
Farm Animals -Colorful, but lacks sound effects.
Elmo
Minds the Farm
Farm Safety 4 Just
Kids
Farm
School -A great place for younger kids to find out about life on a farm.
John
Deere Kids Korner
Kids
Korner -Best Agriculture site for kids so far.
KinderGarden:
Children and Horticulture.
Mrs.
Jackson's Morris Farm Alphabet Book -Go to a farm and see things from A to
Z.
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Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition
Children's
Nutrition Resource Center
Chocolate
Education Site -An elementary school has put together recipes and activities
all having to do with chocolate.
Dole 5 A Day
Home Page -a good nutrition site.
FDA
Kids Home Page
Kellogg's Cereal
site teaches kids about nutrition.
Kid's
Food Cyber Club -Many food/nutrition related activities.
Nutrition
for Kids.
Playground
Pals Project Playground games and
programs.
Popcorn -All
kinds of fun things and useful information from the Popcorn Board.
Sports Illustrated
for Kids
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Health and Safety
ADA
Kid’s Corner -Sponsored by the American Dental Association this is a place to
help kids take care of their teeth.
Captain
Kidde Page -(K-Gr. 8)-All about fire safety.
Children’s
Safety Zone
.
Dr.
Rabbit’s No Cavities Club House -A site for young children with activities
about dental hygiene.
ESafety.com
Fire Pals -A
good site to find out about fire safety.
First
Grade Plus -Here's a good site for drug education and first graders.
Handwashing
Activity Page
Health
& Hygiene for First Graders
with free guide to download for teachers.
Internet
Public Library: Poison Prevention -A site for young children where Icky the
dog helps us find out about things that can hurt us if we swallow them.
Keep
Schools Safe -How to keep all of our kids safe when they're at school.
Kids
Safety -Bicycle, skateboarding, etc., safety rules.
National
Children’s Dental health Month -Done by the ADA to help promote regular
dental care.
National
Farm Safety -Even our youngest kids need to be aware of safety on the farm.
The
Otto Club -(PreK-Gr. 1) This portion of the site is for pre-readers and
teaches about car, bike and pedestrian safety.
Preschool
Playground -Sponsored by the Children’s Television
Workshop it’s a great place to go if you’re a pre-schooler.
Safe
Cruising for Kids -For PreK-Gr. 1. Play and learn about
car seats, bike helmets, etc., and you don’t have to be a reader to enter in
the fun.
SafeKids.com
SafetyAlerts -Find
out about recalled and dangerous items.
Safety
First -Young children learn about safety with the Crash Test Dummies.
Traffic Safety
for our Youngest Kids:
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Kids: Computers
Computer Use with Young Children Sites-They all
give great information on how to use computers with very young children at:
Computertots
U.S. Kids
Compute
Learn
how teachers are using "KidPix"
Little
Explorers -Learn about computers and the alphabet.
MaMaMedia -Kids
and the Internet magazine online.
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Kids:The Internet
E-Post Cards and Other Cards
The addresses listed below are great sites for kids
to use to send E-Post Cards, Cards, Thank-you's, etc. over e-mail
Animal
Postcards from the San Diego Zoo
Blue
Mountain Greeting Cards -Send wonderful e-mail greeting cards. Search by
occasion.
Jan
Brett Postcards.
Yucky
E-Cards -Cards from the Yucky Bug web site.
Disney
d-cards
Sesame
Street E-Cards
GetNetWise -Ways
to help you help kids do safe surfing.
How to
Search the Net With Young Ones
K-5
Cybertrail
KidsCom -Using
the Internet with kids including e-mail and Internet Safety.
Kids Report -Kids
finding great sites for kids.
Larry Magid's site deals with kid safety on the
Net and includes
"The 6 Rules
to Online Safety"
"100
Great Sites in 10 Categories"
"Surfing
the Net with Kids" -A regular column about kids on the Net.
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Kids-Safe Subject Directories
AOL
Netfind -Kids Only-A very good site that does a fine job of filtering. It
also gives very good tips to kids on how to search.
Ask Jeeves for
Kids -Here is good place to try out your natural language questions. If you
want to know where a Grizzly Bear lives that's the question you write in the
query box.
ChiBrow-http
G.R.A.D.E.S. -
A subject directory put together by Classroom Connect.
KidsClick -A
newer subject directory that's very user friendly.
Kids
Search Tools -A meta subject directory that searches many different kids'
search tools at once.
No
Sweat -A great place to start. From the front page you can go to Homework
Central Jr. for grades 1-6, Homework Central for grades 7-12, and Encyclopaedia
Central for college and above.
Schoolwork
SearchOplis
SmartZones -Divided
up for Elementary, Middle School & High School.
Study Web -Thousands
of academic web sites set up by subject area.
Yahooligans!-As
popular as the parent site, Yahoo.
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Language Arts
Animals,
Myths & Legends -Mythology comes to life at this site from Australia.
Annie’s
Rhyme Time -A vocabulary building game for grades 1-6.
Arthur
Site from PBS
Berenstain
Bear Country
Between
the Lions -A new show on PBS with wonderful characters that takes place in a
library. This show is directed a 4-7 year-olds as well as non-readers to help
them learn how to read. It uses phonics and whole language. Check out their web
site.
Book Spot -A
Great spot for all books, especially children's literature.
Buddy's
Bearded Collie Literacy Notebook-Follow Buddy the dog as he helps young
children learn to read at:
Carol Hurst's
Children's Literature Site -Lots of great links to authors, book reviews,
etc.
Children's Book
Council
Children's
Bookwatch
Children's
Literature Web Guide
Cricket
Magazine Site -Covers all magazines published by Cricket. 2 or 3 of these
publications are for toddlers to age 8.
Crockett
Johnson Home Page -If you liked the illustrator who worked in purple visit
this site.
Cyberkids
-Creative Works-Publish your stories and poetry on the web.
Dr.
Seuss site
Eric Carle -A
great site about this favorite author.
Fact Monster
Giggle
Poetry -A great place to interact with humorous poetry.
Goreyography -Edward
Gorey’s work. For the child and adult who wishes they were part of the Addams
Family.
Grandpa
Tucker’s Place -A great place for rhymes, tales and stories.
Hank the
Cowdog -Hank is the head of ranch security and children
love the books about Hank. See a map of the ranch that Hank protects and get a
sample of the “The Hank Times” newsletter at.
Hudson
Talbott -A very versatile children’s book illustrator.
Improving
Education, Inc -Online Language Arts Worksheet for Grades K-4.
Jan Brett
Official Home Page - A gorgeous site with many
fun activities to do.
Kids
Books to read
Kids'
Storytelling Club, where kids can meet and work with stories.
Letters
of the Alphabet -Very colorful and animated.
Little
Explorers -Learn about computers and the alphabet.
Make
a Story with Sesame Street
Mrs. Alphabet -Language
arts education from A to Z.
Official
Peter Rabbit Site -Lots of things to do with Peter and his friends.
Page
at Pooh Corner -Join Pooh and his friends.
Positively
Poetry -Done by a 14 year-old for students age 5-15 who like to write poetry.
The
Prince and I -Work on reading and other language arts skills.
Publisher's
Weekly Children's Bestseller List
Reading
and Cyberguides for grades K-3 -Just scroll down here to find a vast array of
books used at this grade level and how to connect them to various standards in
the curriculum.
Ready to
Learn -See books reviewed by first through 6th graders.
fun4children -A good overall site for kids.
Rhyme
Time -Play rhyming games.
Scholastic
News Online -Online news source for kids as young as 3rd grade
written up in
an age appropriate way.
Scholastic
Publishing Site
Seussville -Games
with Dr. Seuss characters.
Stories
and activities linked to them
World of
Curious George
Write
Me a Story
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Maths
Arithematic -Math
for grades K-8-Select which grade you’d like to concentrate on and click. Over
200 pages of lessons for K-8.
Blue
Dog Can Count -Have "Blue Dog" count with your children.
Flashcards for
Kids -A great site to practice with flashcards.
Gathering
Data and Analyzing Activities
Houghton Mifflin
Education Place -Click on "Activity Search" and search Math for
grades K, 1 & 2.
Math
for Early Childhood -Look at lesson plans for math like "Day Full of
Popcorn"; Apple; Super Sized Sunflower.
Math
Forum Internet Resource Collection for Elementary
Picturing
Math -Math using picture books.
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Miscellaneous Curriculum Fun
(Art, Music, etc.)
color.com -Site
with pictures to color.
Crayola
Art Education
Disney
Song Lyrics -Lyrics to all the Disney songs we love to sing.
Elementary
Art Lesson Site
Elmo
Minds the Farm
Global
Show-n-Tell-Places where even the youngest students can show and tell about
their art work. An area for kids ages 0-2, 3-5, 6-8 and older.
Infant
Explorer -A terrific site for small ones to explore.
Instruments in
the Symphony -Learn about all the instruments that people play.
Kididdles:
Mojo’s Musical Museum -Lyrics to nearly 2,000
children’s songs.
Learn
how teachers are using "KidPix"
Lullabies and
Other Songs for Children a
Mama
Lisa’s World -Introduce your children to songs from all over the world.
Sesame
Street Lyrics Archive -Celebrate the year 2000 and the 30th birthday of
Sesame Street with their songs.
Sing
with Kermit and His Friends
Song
Lyrics and some music to kids songs.
Toys and Games
TimeLine/History at the History Channel -Just put in the keyword
"toys" in the search box .
Toy
Information-Information on a variety of toys at Primary Colors: The Primefun
Gallery
Zoo
Who With Betty Lou -Part of the Chidren's Television Workshop on the Web.
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Multicultural/Foreign
Languages
Mama
Lisa's World Children's Songs and Nursery Rhymes of all Nations.
The
Prince and I -Work on reading and other language arts skills.
World
Village-Kidz
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Online Projects/Key Pals
Build
a Monster -Select various body parts a put a monster together.
International E-Mail
Classroom Connection -a great site for
key pals and internet e-mailing
projects for kids K-12.
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Online Story Time
Adventures
ofShakey Snake
Alfy-Storyville -For
PreK-Gr.2. 9 very cool interactive stories.
Candlelight
Stories -Many stories to share with your very young students.
Children's
Storybook Online
ERIC
Info Guide to Folk and Fairy Tales
Grandpa
Tucker's Place -Read stories, rhymes and poems. A really family-friendly site.
Sesame
Street Central -Great activities to download and wonderful interactive
stories to read to your students.
StoryPlace-PreK-Gr.2.
A site sponsored by a public library from NorthCarolina. There are 5 stories
that are very interactive with activities.
Story
Time Online -The PBS show on-line. This site is in English or Spanish.
Story
Time with Nikolai and Neow Neow -Share the adventures of a boy and his cat.
Stories
To Grow By-A marvelous site where you can pick stories for the very young by
"Types of Story", "Theme by Values", or "Origin of
Story". Once you pick an area and see the list of stories there is also a
recommended age level.
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Science
Astro-Ed
Astronomy Education Resources for K-12.
Astronomy
for Kids
Beakman's
World
Bill
Nye The Science Guy
Build
Your Own Comet -Set up grades K-3 using various ingredients.
Chemistry
for all Grade Levels
Cool
Science for Curious Kids
Dan's
Wild Wild Weather Page
Discovery
News Online -For all ages. Keeps you up-to-date on all things science.
Environmental Ed Link -A
good environmental sites.
Globe Program -For
kids in grades 1-12 to help them become stewards of the planet Earth.
"Interesting
Places for Kids"
Katerpillars
and Mystery Bugs for Grades 1-6 a
Kids
Domain Earth Day
Kid
Klok -Help little ones tell time.
Look
Learn and Do -A great site for kids to read stories and do science and other
kinds of projects.
Oceanlink -Learn
about the ocean.
Outdoor
Action Animal Tracking Cards-Want to learn about animal footprints when
you're outdoors? Download the following cards and trade them.
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Lessons for Spring and Planting:
Aggie
Horticulture Just for Kids
Create
a Flipbook on the Plant Life Cycle
"Grow"
a beautiful paper flower garden
"Little
Sprouts Message Board" -A great place for teachers and students who
are garden enthusiasts.
"Plant
This Card" -Do a card for Mother's Day that you can plant and will
grow flowers.
Rain
Bird Rain Forest Curriculum -4 units ready for this topic. Pick lesson for
K-1, 1-2, 2-3.
RainForest
Alliance -Learn about the rain forest.
Science
Mini-Lessons for Grades K-5
Solar
System Lessons for K-3
Undersea
and Oversee -Unit on Oceanography.
Unit
on Plants
Live
From the Rain Forest
NASA
Star Child Project Interact with lot of great pictures from outer
space.
Virtual Field Trip through the
Nine
Planets
Professor Bubble's
Official Bubble Page
Safari
Touch Tank -Look at all of the fish and other things in our 3D tank.
Sci4Kids -Tells
even young children about what scientists do.
Science Learning
Network -For kids ages 4-18. Helps kids do online activities to learn more
about science.
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Snow Animal Unit for Grades 2-6:
Animals in Winter
Winter Animals
Winter Animals
Animals in the Snow
Why Do Bears Hibernate?
Winter and Pets
Winter Pet Care
Winter Tips for pets
Weather Channel
Weather Eye Lessons
for grades 2-8.
Your
Gross & Cool Body -A great new site for a kids curiosity about their
bodies.
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Social Studies
Atlapedia,
info on all countries.
The Case.com
for Kids-6-10 year-olds can solve a mystery. There’s a new one every week plus
lots of other stuff to do.
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Current News Magazines for
Kids Online:
Daily News from Canada, CBC4Kids-For Grades 2-7
K-3 Map Adventures
-This site teaches very young children to read maps.
Scholastic News Zone-For Grades 1-6
Time for Kids-For Grades 2-6
Yahooligans
News-For Grades 2-6
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Teacher Resources
Alliance
for Childhood -An International partnership that’s
committed to the idea that every child deserves a healthy and fruitful childhood.
Amazing
Picture Machine Web Site -Thousands of images selected by subject area.
Copyright regulations are listed on the home page.
Association
for Library Service to Children(ALSC) -Part of ALA that supports the future
of library service for our children.
Center for the
Improvement of Early Reading Achievement -A very good early literacy site.
Classroom
Connect -A premiere site for educators. A zillion
links.
Collaborative
Lesson Archive -Out of the University of
Illinois. Lessons are organized by grade
level .
Databases
of Award-Winning Children's Literature
Early
Childhood Educator's and Family Web Corner
Early
Childhood Education on Line
Early
Childhood Site
Educate the
Children -For teachers and parents of primary kids. Lesson plans, curriculum
units, etc. for K-5.
ERIC Clearinghouse
on Elementary and Early Childhood Education
etoys -Find
out about the latest toys and what they cost, as well as a description of what
the toy does.
Explore -Many
lesson plans and resources for grades K-12 in math and science.
7,000+ Lesson Plans -Lesson plans for grades PreK-12, by grade level.
Family.com -Lots
of info and activities for the family.
Gryphon
House.com -A commercial book publisher that specializes in books for early
childhood, this site also contains activities, etc.
Holiday
Lesson Plans
I Am Your Child -From
the Reiner Foundation as a support area that presents info on early childhood
development.
The Idea Box
-Early Childhood Education & Activity Resources-A wonderful site for
activities and neat ideas.
International
Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) -This is a system that is set up so that all
children 3-18 can get an education degree without national bias. Of particular
interest is the Primary Years Program (PYP) for students ages 3-12.
Kathy
Schrock's Guide to Educators -How to use the Net with students, especially
elementary students. A zillion links to other wonderful sites.
KidSource
-A great place for teachers and parents to go when you want to read the latest
on children of various ages.There are links to "Toddler" and "Older Children" areas.
The Kindergarten
Connection -All things Kindergarten.
Kindergarten Day -Celebrated
on the birthday of Friedrich Froebel, who founded this concept.
Learning
Profile -Use this informal learning profile to develop a sketch of how an
individual student learns.
Loogootee
Elementary School -This is what a
school web site should look like. A multiple award winner with a zillion links.
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Motor Development Sites for Young Children and
Children With Disabilities:
Circle
of Friends Fun Page
EnchantedLearning.com
-Connect the dots.
National
Association for the Education of Young Children(NAEYC)
National Head Start
Association
National
Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education
National
Network for Childcare (NNCC)
National Parent
Information Network (NPIN)
100
Day Celebration
101
Kindergarten Tips
Parents
& Children Together Online -This is the magazine that comes out of the
Family Literacy Center at the Eric Clearinghouse.
Perpetual
Preschool -The site for preschoolers and their teachers.
Project
Approach in Early Chlldhood and Elementary Education -Using inquiry-based
learning at a very early age.
7,000+ Lesson
Plans -Lesson plans for grades PreK-12, by grade level.
Surfing the
Net wtih Kids
365
TV-Free Activities You Can Do With Your Child
Zero to
Three: National Center for Infants, Toddler and Families
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Virtual Field Trips
Boowa &
Kwala -Travel to 12 different countries, sing songs, etc., for 2-8 year olds.
Canadian
Childrens' Zoo -Lost of things to interact with.
Ghost
of the DeYoung -Join Olive, who is 7, and is wondering what a museum is all
about.
Virtual Field Trip through
Buckman
School, something going on in every room.
VFT of the Desert at
Desert
USA
Virtual
Hospital Visit with a 9-year-old girl. A good site to start kids off on an
exploration of a hospital visit.
Virtual Field Trip to
Monterey
Bay Aquarium
Virtual Field Trip through the
Nine
Planets
Virtual Field Trip to the White House - Go to
White
House for Kids
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This page courtesy of
NetBabies
Magazine Recommendation: A fantastic new aid for
us is the magazine "Online-Offline". Each month it has a theme like
"Inventions" or "Remote Places" and will only cover that
theme. It reviews web sites, CD's, videos, books, etc., that would be good for
you to use if you are teaching that theme. The key audience is teachers of
children K-8, often keying in on K-3.(Call 1-888-ROCK HILL and ask for a free
sample.)
Online-Offline
has a new web site
that constantly updates the URLs listed in the magazine.
Books:
Bafile, Cara. 100 Activities for the Online
Classroom K-2. 1999, Classroom Connect (ISBN 1-58282-071-6)
Barron, Ann E. The Internet and Instruction,
2nd Ed. 1998, Libraries Unlimited. (ISBN 1-56308-613-1)
Berger, Pam. Internet for Active Learners:
Curriculum-Based Strategies for K-12. 1998, ALA (ISBN 0-8389-3487-0)
Burgstahler, Sheryl. New Kids on the Net:
Internet Activities for Young Learners. Boston, Allyn & Bacon, 1998.
(ISBN 0-205-27693-9)
Casey, Jean. Early Literacy: The Empowerment of
Technology. 1997, Libraries Unlimited. (ISBN 1-56308-458-9)
Haugland, Susan. Young Children &
Technology: A World of Discovery. 1997, Allyn & Bacon. (ISBN
0-205-17524-4)
Wright, June L. Young Children: Active Learners
in a Technological Age. 1994, NAEYC. (ISBN 0-935989-63-3)
Articles:
Blagojevic, Bonnie. "Internet
Interactions", Scholastic Early Childhood Today, Feb., 1997, pp.47-48.
Bogyo, Janneke. "So You Want to Use the
Internet in the Elementary School", Technology Connection, April, 1997, pp.
10-12.
Burgstahler, Sheryl. "Surfing the Internet
with the Younger Set", Learning and Leading with Technology, Feb., 1999,
pgs. 25-29.
Chapman, Linda, and Joanne Marien. "Research
Skills 2000", Scholastic Instructor,November/December, 1999, pgs. 29-32.
Clyde, Anne. "Kids Going Online",
Emergency Librarian(24:2), Nov./Dev., 1996, pp.54-56.
Holmes, Elizabeth Dudley. "The Spreadsheet
Absolutely Elementary",
Learning and Leading With Technology, May, 1997,
pp.6-12. (A good example of what to do with the information that you gather from
the Net)
Holzberg, Carol S., Ph.D. "Little Kids, Big
Projects", Technology & Learning, Oct., 1997, pp.42-46.
Library Talk, Nov./Dec., 1996. Several articles on
integrating technology into the curriculum.
Simpson, Carol. "Harnessing Internet
Resources for the Student Researcher", Technology Connection, Sept., 1996,
pp.3-14.
Tobiason, Kathy. "Tailoring the Internet to
Primary Classrooms", Technology Connection, April, 1997, pp.8-9.
Burniske, R. W. "Netiquette", Teacher
Magazine, Feb., 1998, pp. 44-46.
Carter, Kim. "How to Teach Students the Rules
of the Online Road", Technology and Learning, March, 1998, pp. 18-23.
Jacobs, Frances F. & Greg D. Smith.
"Teaching Virtue in a Virtual World: Internet Ethics for Students",
School Library Journal, March, 1998, pp. 100-103.
Wright, June L. and Shade, Daniel D., eds. Young
Children: Active Learners in a Technological Age. Washington, DC, National
Association for the Education of Young Children, 1994.
Harvery, Carl A., II. "Baby Bytes:
Integrating Technology into the Elementary Classroom". School Library Media
Activities Monthly, November, 1998, pgs. 27&28, 50.
Kendall, Diane S. "Are Your Students Web
Wise?", Creative Classroom, November/December, 1998. pgs.56-61
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