**Please keep in mind that web sites come and go and/or change addresses.**

LANGUAGE ARTS

Authors

Just for Kids Who Love Books: a great site with links to many authors (Go to Visit Websites.)
http://www.alanbrown.com

Jan Brett: a wonderful site by a wonderful author
http://www.janbrett.com

Suessville
http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/

The Official Berenstain Bears Website: activities, story videos, email the bears
http://www.berenstainbears.com/index.html

Robert Munsch: listen to him read his books
http://www.robertmunsch.com

Dav Pilkey
http://www.pilkey.com

Children's Books Forever: Many Hans Wilhelm books to print out or use on SMART Board
http://www.childrensbooksforever.com/

General Language Arts Sites

SpellingCity.com: great site to put your spelling words online for students to practice
http://www.spellingcity.com/

read-write-think: standards-based resources for teaching reading and language arts
http://www.readwritethink.org

Starfall:interactive books and word games for long and short vowels
http://www.starfall.com

Mrs. Alphabet: alphabet ideas
http://mrsalphabet.com/links.html

Handwriting for Kids: handwriting worksheets and lined paper to print out for manuscript and cursive
http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite

Primary Success: free little books to download
http://members.shaw.ca/primarysuccessideas/

Between the Lions: show on PBS with games, stories, and video clips
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/lions/

Words and Pictures: short and long vowel games and things to print out
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/wordsandpictures/

Reading Workshop: online examples, practice, and printable materials for phonemic awareness, phonics, word study skills, vocabulary, comprehension; integrated units available
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/resources/rcompindex.htm

Literactive: wonderful sight with a phonics activities and many e-books
(The only thing that bothers me is the pronunciation of the short A sound.)
http://literactive.com/Home/index.asp

WritingFix for Kids: kids create their own writing prompts; stories may be written on- or offline
http://myspacexmas.com/index.php#

Story It Word Magnets: Practice making sentences with short and long vowel words
http://www.storyit.com/magnets/wmagnets.htm

Florida Center for Reading Research: excellent resource for literacy centers for K-1
http://www.fcrr.org/Curriculum/studentCenterActivities.htm

Woodlands Literacy Zone: interactive literacy activities
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html

Kizclub: Go to Resources for flashcards story patterns to go with many popular children's books, nursery rhymes, etc.
http://kizclub.com

Roy Tale of a Singing Zebra: free interactive literacy games and the story of Roy the Zebra with questions, activities, and worksheets
http://www.roythezebra.com

Reading First: Click on Games for online alphabet and sound games
http://roe.stclair.k12.il.us/reading1st

Carl's Corner: a fabulous resource for primary teachers
http://www.carlscorner.us.com

Leveling Books

Leveled Book Database
http://registration.beavton.k12.or.us/lbdb/

Portland Public Schools Leveled Books Lists: trade books are leveled by grade level and Reading Recovery level
http://www.pps.k12.or.us/curriculum/literacy/leveled_books/

Scholastic Teacher Book Wizard
http://bookwizard.scholastic.com

Nursery Rhymes

NiteOwl's Coloring Pages for Nursery Rhymes
http://www.niteowl.org/kids/

Nicky's Nursery Rhymes: lots of nursery rhymes and other songs, many with coloring pages
http://www.nurseryrhymes4u.com/

Land of Nursery Rhymes
http://www.landofnurseryrhymes.co.uk/

Nursery Rhyme Sound Files (wav)
http://www.ilovewavs.com/ForKids/KidsNurseryRhymes.htm

Rimes and Rhymes: Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm

POETRY

Giggle Poetry
http://www.gigglepoetry.com

PoetryTeachers.com: teaching poetry
http://www.poetryteachers.com/

Poems and songs
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems.html

Reader's Theater

Readers Theater Scripts and Plays (from Teaching Is a Work of Heart)
http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm

Readers Theater at ReadingLady.com: Click on Readers Theater in her menu
http://www.readinglady.com

MightyBook: usually about 50 selections are free; access to all selections is by subscription; good for interactive whiteboard
http://www.mightybook.com/

Book-Pop: books written by Stephen Cosgrove
(character building-type books, such as Serendipity books and Flutterbyes) -- some books are read online, some are audio-only, about 16 books are printable
http://www.web-pop.com/bookpopchooser.html

RobertMunsch.com: Robert Munsch tells many of his stories, including Love You Forever
http://www.robertmunsch.com

BookPals Storyline Online: books read by famous people--wonderful site!
http://www.storylineonline.net/storyline.swf

Stories to Read Online with Audio
http://www.beenleigss.eq.edu.au/requested_sites/storiesontheweb/storiesontheweb.html

BBC Story Circle: Some stories are read to children (see Fairy Tales, e.g.): a lot of things here!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/storycircle

Fables from Aesop
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/packages/us/yreaders/aesop/index.html

Storynory: Free audio stories for kids (can download to computer or iPod)
http://storynory.com/

MATH

Johnnie's Math Page: links to interactive math tools
http://jmathpage.com/

Ambleside C.E. Primary School Numeracy Hour: amazing interactive math tools and activities that would be perfect for interactive whiteboard (includes an analog clock)
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/numeracy.htm

Lesson Corner: Create your own worksheets for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, time, etc.
http://www.lessoncorner.com/worksheets

Time for Time: Create your own time worksheets or print out pre-made worksheets
http://www.time-for-time.com/worksheets.htm

SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator: create your own math worksheets
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/

Create a Graph: Create an area graph, bar graph, line graph, or pie chart online
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/index.asp

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)
http://illuminations.nctm.org/

Ohio Resource Center: Math (also science and reading) activities
http://ohiorc.org

Arithmetic Activities (from Our First Grade Backpack): many online math activities for first graders
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/math1.html

Math Sites (from Great Sites for Great Kids): many online math activities for second and third graders
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/math3.html

Primary Games
http://www.primarygames.com/curriculum/math.htm

Multimedia Math Glossary: math terms by grade level--children can listen to the word and see a demonstration of it
http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/math2/index2.html

Learn Online Count Us In: 15 games to help children understand basic number concepts
http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm

Woodlands Maths Zone: interactive math games for 7-11 year olds
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/

Primary Resources: downloadable flash math games
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/online_downloads.htm

Houghton Mifflin's Math-a-Rama: online brain teasers, eManipulatives, eGames, etc. by grade level:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/index.html

Math Playground: word problems, math games, logic games, printable math worksheets for all levels:
http://www.mathplayground.com/

SCIENCE

National Geographic Kids: great site!
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

Science Up Close: Short science videos for grades 1-6
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/science/up_close1.html

Science NetLinks: standards based Internet resources for K-12
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com

Science Monster: all about the solar system
http://www.sciencemonster.com/

Waterford Press: download games, activites, and quizzes on many science topics; need to register
http://www.waterfordpress.com/index.php/Educator-Resources/Waterford-Activity-Zone.html

Shedd Aquarium: interactive activities including Squish the Fish
http://www.sheddaquarium.org/sea/interactive_module.cfm?id=8

Singing Science Records: Songs (MP3s) about many, many science concepts
http://www.acme.com/jef/singing_science

KidsHealth.org
http://kidshealth.org/

National Geographic Kids: great site!
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

Sparky the Fire Dog: fire safety
http://www.sparky.org/

USFA Kids (U.S. Fire Administration): fire safety
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/kids/flash.shtm

Mapquest: provides door-to-door-directions to anywhere
http://www.mapquest.com/

Ohio Concentration Game
http://www.genevaschools.org/austinbg/class/gray/ohioconcentration

Capitals of the United States: state capitals game and outline maps
http://www.sf.factmonster.com/states.html

JetPunk Geography Quizzes: online quizzes to practice countries and states
http://www.jetpunk.com/categories/geography.php

Kids' Corner at the U.S. Census Bureau
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html

Out on a Limb: an animated story that deals with getting along
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/conflict/index.html

Plimoth Plantation: learn about the Pilgrims and Wampanoag
http://www.plimoth.org/

Caleb Johnson's MayflowerHistory.com
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/

playmusic.org: learn about and listen to the instruments in the orchestra; try writing your own music
http://www.playmusic.org

Music Room: Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, and Science Songs
http://www.suzyred.com/music.html

MoJo's Musical Mouseum at Kididdles: words and music to many children's songs
http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/

Phil Tulga Music Through the Curriculum: This site has some fascinating activities that link music with other areas of the curriculum.
http://www.philtulga.com/

Global School House: Click on Projects Registry
http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.cfm

Jenuinetech.com (formerly TechnoSpud): great projects
http://www.jenuinetech.com

CIESE (Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education): Click on Collaborative Projects
http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html

Monster Exchange
http://www.monsterexchange.org

Search Engines

http://www.google.com

TECHNOLOGY

PowerPoint Collection of Jefferson County Schools (list of Powerpoints across the curriculum)
http://jc-schools.net/PPTs-la.html

PowerPoint Games: templates for such games as Jeopardy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Guess the Covered Word, etc. -- modify for your needs
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/

Pete's Powerpoints: powerpoint presentation for all areas of the curriculum
http://www.pppst.com/themes.html

Filamentality: Create a webquest online
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/

Internet4Classrooms: helping teachers use the Internet --links and tutorials for learning applications
http://www.internet4classrooms.com

TEACHER RESOURCES

SparkleBox: lots of products to download free (including masks and props for stories)
http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/index.html

Ohio Treasure Chest of Technology Resources: web sites aligned to Ohio standards
http://www.ohiotreasurechest.org/

Cybraryman's Educational Web Sites: lots of links for teachers
http://www.cybraryman.com/

TLSBooks.com: lots of free worksheets for all subjects by grade level
http://www.tlsbooks.com

ThatQuiz: great site to make online multiple choice quizzes in any subject area or math tests
http://www.thatquiz.com/tq/teacher.html

*****Thinkfinity: excellent site that provides high-quality standards based Internet content and professional development for K-2 teachers and students in all areas of the curriculum
http://www.thinkfinity.org/

Vicki Blackwell's Internet Guide for Educators: tons of links to websites for all areas of the curriculum, including holidays; tech tips also
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/index.html

Stenhouse Publishing: Many professional books to read online
http://www.stenhouse.com/pdfbooks.asp

Teachers Net: includes mailrings, chatboards, chat, lesson plans, professional journal, and lots more
http://www.teachers.net

Discipline without Stress, Punishment, or Rewards: Dr. Marvin Marshall
http://www.marvinmarshall.com/

Mrs. McGowan's First Grade: lots of good things for first grade teachers (including a list of other first grade websites)
http://www.mrsmcgowan.com

DLTK cards: Make your own certificates, bingo cards, bookmarks, calendars, etc.
http://www.dltk-cards.com/

The Study Stack: an interesting place to create flashcards
http://www.studystack.com/

Dr. Jean Songs and Activities for Young Children: many activities and printouts
http://www.drjean.org

The Virtual Vine: lots of resources for K-2 teachers
http://www.thevirtualvine.com/index.html

Beenleigh Primary School (Australia): wonderful resource for phonics, reading, math, etc.
http://www.beenleigss.eq.edu.au/wcmss/

Softschools.com: Online games that teachers can generate, worksheets, etc.
http://www.softschools.com/

Word Game Boards: ready-made games and game boards to print out (also a link to Powerpoint games):
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/gameboard.htm

IKnowthat.com: online activities covering many areas of the curriculum (You do not need to register in order to take advantage of the site.)
http://www.iknowthat.com

TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND KIDS

*****Kid Info: Homework and student, parent, teacher reference resource
http://www.kidinfo.com/

ABC Ya!: Interactive activities by grade, K-5
http://www.abcya.com/index.htm

Kerpoof: awesome creativity tool--Kids can make a movie, a picture, a drawing, a card, or a story
http://www.kerpoof.com

Kidport: online activities by grade level and subject
http://www.kidport.com

Switcheroo Zoo: just plain fun--switching animals' heads, legs and tails to make new creatures
(Click on Activities on the menu bar. Choose Make New Animals.)
http://switchzoo.com

Sand Art: online sand art just for fun
http://lovethosekids.com/playgrnd/sandart.htm

Online Etch A Sketch: online Etch a Sketch just for fun
http://www.etchy.org

iKnowthat.com: learning games and activities for Pre-k through 5th grade
http://www.iknowthat.com/com

Draw and Color with Uncle Fred: draw cartoonies:
http://www.unclefred.com/index.html

Best Website for Kids selected by KBears
http://www.kbears.com

Kidspsych: interesting problem solving activities to do with your child
http://www.kidspsych.org/index2.html

Educational Freeware: a good place to find web based and downloadable educational software
http://www.educational-freeware.com

Professor Garfield: wonderful site with art, music, learning games, Garfield books to print out (and to print out with missing words)
http://www.professorgarfield.org/pgf_home.html

How to Draw It: simple how to draw animals lessons
http://www.howtodrawit.com