Emergent Literacy
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http://wildes.home.mindspring.com/Once.Upon.A.Lap/index4.html
    Bibliography of books from birth to 5.

http://members.aol.com/MGoudie/EspeciallyforKindergarten.html
Kindergarten lesson plans and activities.

LITTLE EXPLORERS PICTURE DICTIONARY:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html

This is a great site to get young children interested in and adept at using the internet for educational activities. Most entries are connected to relevant web-sites. You can click on a word or a picture.

ANIMAL SOUNDS:
http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/animals.html

How do different languages of the world say different animal sounds? For instance, a "meow" in English is a "nyaa" in Japanese! Have great fun exploring languages and animals at this site that kids are sure to love!

STONE STATUES:
http://www.owl.on.ca/chick/icanmake.html

Instructions on how to make animals with stones and clay. Fun!

WEATHER EXPERIMENTS!
http://nesen.unl.edu/webstuff/swik/swikproject.html#TE:TornadoBottle

Wonderful fun and learning! How about making a tornado, a flash flood, or  floating snowflakes?  Kindergarten level.

A WEEK OF APPLE ACTIVITIES:
http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/support/science/lessonsk1/apple.html

These folks have figured out how to keep busy with apples and apple activities for a week!

KINDERART LITTLES LESSONS & ACTIVITIES:
http://www.kinderart.com/littles.htm

Lots of activities and material can be found here.  E.g. a paper quilt, silly shapes, homemade clay, spaghetti art, ice cube painting... a very extensive list and resource.

MAGIC SCHOOL BUS:
http://scholastic.com/MagicSchoolBus/

Visit the activity lab to find activities for teachers, coloring books, and games.

SESAME STREET/CTW:
http://www.ctw.org/

Activity time, play and learn, puzzles, etc.

MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD:
http://www.pbs.org/rogers/R_house/

Fun facts, traffic light game, interactive tour of the house. (e.g. click on the fridge in the kitchen and you'll find a recipe and instructions to make a milkshake.)

ARTHUR ONLINE:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/arthur/

Visit all the characters online, send Arthur postcards, visit D.W.'s art studio, or the Brain's Brain Game!  You'll also find a teacher's corner and a teacher's guide.

SKINNAMARINK TV:
http://www.skinnamarink.com/index2.html

Visit with Sharon, Lois, and Bram; go to their music room, story board, or spotlight feature!

NICKELODEON:
http://www.nickjr.com/

Activities with Blues Clues, Franklin, Little Bear, Kipper, Maisy, and on Gullah Gullah Island!

STORYTIME:
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/storytime/

Visit Kino, find Book Lists, coloring pages, and matching games.

ZOOBOOMAFOO!
http://www.pbs.org/zoboo/

Check out the animal helper, the mystery animal, and the coloring
pages!


Universal Studio's Playroom.  Coloring pages, songs and fun and games for the younger set.
http://www.mca.com/home/playroom/

Today, here is a link for a summer cyber camp.
http://www.worldbook.com/fun/wbla/camp/

ARTS AND CRAFTS STARTERS:
http://www.cp.duluth.mn.us/~sarah/rdr010.html

Recipes for playdough, peanut-butter playdough, silly putty, play slime, salt clay, bubbles, paper airplanes.....the basic ingredients of good, clean fun!

LEGO.COM:
http://www.lego.com/worlds.asp

Quizzes, puzzles, games; all from Lego. Note:  kids have to register as members to play the games.  The service is
free, but registration requires a screen name, the name of their country, and their age.  Email address is optional.

BUBBLES GAMES:
http://bubbles.org/html/games.htm

Tic-Tac Bubbles; BubbleChase, or Bubble Wrap.

TONGUE TWISTER DATABASE
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8136/tonguetwisters.html

There's enough here to twist anyone's tongue for days!

GAMES KIDS PLAY:
http://www.corpcomm.net/~gnieboer/gamehome.htm

Rules for well over 100 good, old-fashioned kids' games!

GAMES:
http://www.englishtown.com/English/learningfair/gamehall.asp

Games to improve vocabulary and reading skills, with different
levels of ability.

Preschool Fun:
http://www.funschool.com/cgi-bin/ga?preschool,
Kindergarten Fun:
http://www.funschool.com/cgi-bin/ga?kindergarten,
Alphabet Soup:
http://www.geocities.com/~alphabetsoup/alphabet.html
Music Net:
http://tqd.advanced.org/3306/

Project Primary:
http://www.owu.edu/~mggrote/pp/index.html
Crayola Art Lessons:
http://education.crayola.com/lessons
Kindergarten Lessons:
http://members.aol.com/MGoudie/EspeciallyforKindergarten.html
Activities:
http://www.theideabox.com/ideas.nsf/activity
http://www.dfilm.com/new_site/movie_instant_index.html

Yucky.com:
http://yucky.com/aol/
Mr.Note's Gameland:
http://www.talentz.com/MusicEd/MrNoteGameland/MrNoteGameland.shtml

THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS ART GALLERY:
http://place.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/gallery/index.htm
An online gallery of children's art. Your students may submit
their own art for viewing.

COLORING.COM:
http://coloring.com/

>From coloring.com, choose a picture and color it online.
                                
SEND A CARD:
http://www.2momluvme.com/kardz.html

Kids Only Search Engine:
http://www.aol.com/netfind/kids/home.html
Kids Space:
http://www.kids-space.org/forms/formG.html
Inez Ramsey's Kids' Sites:
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/kids.htm


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