EARLY CHILDHOOD & PRIMARY RESOURCES

EARLY CHILDHOOD & PRIMARY RESOURCES
An Internet Hotlist on EARLY CHILDHOOD + PRIMARY

created by Marilyn Abramowitz
Mineola High School Library

Introduction
Helpful links with ideas, activities, printouts, lessons & much more.

The Internet Resources

Songs

Barney Songs -
Children's Songs -
Disney Song Lyrics -
Dragon's Campfire Songbook -
Mojo's Musical Mouseum - find the lyrics to your favorite kids' songs
Mr. Rogers Sing-Along -
NIEHS Songs for Kids -
Poems & Songs That Teach -
Printable Songs - from Teach-nology
Songs That Teach -
Songs for Teachers - Search by theme/keyword
Songs for the Classroom -

Finger Plays, Poems & Rhymes, Games

Animal Fingerplays -
Counting Fingerplays -
Fingerplays - alphabetic listing
Fingerplays Galore -
Fingerplays Index -
Games from 'Barney' -
Holiday & Seasonal Counting Fingerplays -
Kids Games -
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes -
Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy -
Primary Games -
Seussville Playground -

Ideas, Crafts, Activities & Lessons

*Activity Pages -
*Marcia's Lesson Links - A myriad of wonderful links
Busy Teacher's Cafe - K-3 resources
Child Fun -
Children's Book Breaks - activities, crafts, etc. to go along with some favorite children's books.
Children's Site Links - extensive list of links containing games & activities, crafts & coloring, songs and so much more
Chubbie Cubbie's Preschool Activity Ideas -
DLTK's Printable Crafts for Kids -
Download-a-Dinosaur - Designs for easy-to-make paper dinosaurs
Early Childhood Links for Teachers -
Enchanted Learning - Preschool Activities -
First-School - preschool activities & crafts
Hands On Crafts for Kids -
Hummingbird Educational Resources -
Kids Page Clip Art -
Kids-R-Crafty -
KinderART -
Lesson Plans Page -
NIEHS Kids Pages - Games - from The Nat'l Inst. of Environmental Health Sciences
National Association for the Education of Young Children -
Preschool Education -
Preschool Express -
Preschool Rainbow - Activity Central -
School Express Worksheets - ages 3-6
Seussville -
Teaching Heart - PreK-3
The Activity & Idea Place - an early childhood educator's resource
Tooter 4 Kids - for PreSchool & K teachers

Pictures to Color

*Ivy's Coloring Links -
ABC Teach Coloring Pages -
AFUNK Coloring Pages - animals, cartoons, insects, holidays + much more
Animal Printouts - from Enchanted Learning
Apples 4 the Teacher Color Pages -
Barney Coloring Pages -
CDK Coloring Pages - animals, circus, dinosaurs, dragons, holidays, toys + more
CONNECT THE DOTS, MAZES & MORE - Hotlist of dot-to-dot pics, mazes and color-by-number pics
Cartoon Critters Coloring Pages - shapes,Disney, TV & book characters, animals, holidays, and many more assorted categories
Chez Coeur de Marie - Variety of wonderful pictures
Chubbie Cubbie's Coloring Corner -
Class Brain - Holiday pictures & crafts
Clip Art Color Pages - Birthday & holiday pics
Coloring Book Fun - nature, holidays, animals, popular characters, education-related, etc.
Coloring Page Pictures -
Coloring Printables -
Coloring.Com -
Daycare Resource Connection - Coloring Pages -
Dutch Coloring Site - Click on 'Kleurplaten'
Family Crafts (ABOUT) - Coloring Pages - many categories of coloring books
Family Works Coloring Book -
Free Coloring - many types of pictures, assorted themes
Interactive Coloring & Printables -
Ivy's Coloring Pages - animals, creatures, castles
Ivy's Dinosaur Color Pages -
Jan Brett Coloring Pages -
Just For Kids Coloring Book - by Discovery Montessori
Kaboose: Printables - holidays, sports, seasons, school + more
Kids Coloring Pages -
Kids' Turn Central -
KidsDirectory Coloring Pages -
Lil' Fingers Coloring Pages -
NIEHS Coloring Pages - environment, health (& ill-health), safety et al
Nursery Rhyme Color Pages -
Preschool Coloring Book - alphabet, animals, circus, food, numbers, shapes, sports & lots more
Preschool Coloring Pages - many categories & themes, especially education-related
Reading Room Coloring Book -
Squigly's Arts & Crafts - Colouring Pics -
Stacey's Online Coloring Books - horses, unicorns, exotic pets & wild animals, carousels, birds + more
Suz's Coloring Sketches -
The Little Artist - 'Bear' activity pics (also with alphabet & numbers)
Youth Online Coloring -

Children's Literature & Story Time

*Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature -
Aesop's Fables -
Association for Library Service to Children -
Between the Lions: Stories -
BookHive - guide to children's literature & books from the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Children's Book Council -
Children's Literature Site -
Children's Literature Web Guide - from Canada
Children's Picture Book Database -
Children's Storytime Resources -
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature -
International Children’s Digital Library - to excite and inspire the world's children to become members of the global community
It's Storytime -
Looky Book - Before buying or committing to a picture book, parents, teachers, and librarians can view the work in its entirety using the site's whimsical 'page-turning' tool.
Picturing Books -
Seussville Story Maker - Help your students create stories and write dialogue. Students are led through steps that create background, choose characters and music, and write text for up to three story scenes. Students can select from the Dr. Seuss characters in “Horton Hears a Who.”
Speakaboos -
Starfall - where children have fun learning to read
Stories, Folklore & Fairy Tale Themes -
StoryPlace - Children's Digital Library -
Storyline Online - on-line streaming video program featuring SAG members reading childrens books aloud
Storytime Ideas -
The Best Kids Books -
The StoryPlace Pre-School Library -
ULA Storytime Ideas -

Reference & Miscellany

BAM! Body and Mind - for ages 9-13: make healthy life choices (contains interactive online games and activities that are both educational and lots of fun)
Bembo's Zoo - Letterform animals - amazing! The sounds are wonderful too.
Girlz (TY) -
Help Me Jimmy! - Search Engine
Kid Info - Young Children -
KidsClick! - Web search for kids by librarians
Math Dictionary for Kids -
Redzee - Search Engine
Tiger Adventure Games - interactive games are appropriate for kids age 10 & higher

Content by Marilyn Abramowitz, mabramowitz@mineola.k12.ny.us
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Last revised Fri Mar 27 5:15:39 US/Pacific 2009