EARLY CHILDHOOD & PRIMARY GRADE RESOURCES

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

created by Marilyn Abramowitz
Mineola School District

Introduction
Helpful links with ideas, activities, printouts, lessons & much more - for educators, parents, and caregivers to use with children.

The Internet Resources

Songs

Barney Songs -
BusSongs.com - the largest collection of children's music on the Internet - with lyrics, videos, and music for 2,108 kid's songs and nursery rhymes
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 Teaching -

Finger Plays, Poems & Rhymes, Games

ABCya.com - free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students
Animal Fingerplays -
Counting Fingerplays -
Fingerplays - alphabetic listing
Games from 'Barney' -
Holiday & Seasonal Counting Fingerplays -
Kids Games -
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes -
Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy -
Primary Games -
Seussville Playground -
StoryBlocks - video library demonstrates songs, rhymes, and fingerplays appropriate for early childhood

Ideas, Crafts, Activities & Lessons

*Activity Pages -
*Marcia's Lesson Links - A myriad of wonderful links
Busy Teacher's Cafe - K-6 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 -
Haring Kids - lessons, coloring, games + more
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 -
SITES FOR ALL TEACHERS - links that guide you to specific levels and curricular areas
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 (& Connect Dots/Mazes & Puzzles)

*Coloring Printables - Teachers, Parents, Schools, and Kids will Love It
*Ivy's Coloring Links -
4 Krafty Kids -
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, puzzles and color-by-number pics
Cartoon Critters Coloring Pages - shapes,Disney, TV & book characters, animals, holidays, and many more assorted categories
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 -
Crayola Coloring Pages -
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
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

Aesop's Fables -
Association for Library Service to Children -
Between the Lions - activities to encourage a love of books and reading
Between the Lions: Stories -
Book Lists for Suggested Reading -
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 Poetry Archive -
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature -
Fairrosa Cyber Library - of children's literature
International Children’s Digital Library - to excite and inspire the world's children to become members of the global community
Mrs. P's Magic Library - have stories read to you, play games and more
Picturing Books -
Read Kiddo Read - site by author James Patterson dedicated to get kids reading
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.”
Spaghetti Book Club - book reviews by kids for kids - click on the grade level for titles and authors you are interested in
Starfall - where children have fun learning to read
Stories, Folklore & Fairy Tale Themes -
Story It - Language Art Resources for Children and Their Teachers
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 -

Learning, Reference & Miscellany

*For GABBI, CARLY & DYLAN - Mrs. A's website for her grandchildren - and all other children K - 12
*Teach the Children Well - a collection of links to sites carefully selected by a teacher - designed for elementary grades, but many of the sites will also be of interest to older students
Animated Atlas - traces the growth of the US through animation and sound
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)
Baby Sign Language - a collection of free resources created to teach baby sign language - includes: series of free tutorials, video dictionary, flash cards, wall chart
Bembo's Zoo - Letterform animals - amazing! The sounds are wonderful too.
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government - for Kids -
Daylight Saving Time: Its History and Why We Use It -
Duck Duck Go - A search engine designed with clarity and simplicity - when you enter a search term that can have multiple meanings, DDG alerts you to that and asks you what you really want to search for. Provides brief information summaries on topics - good, if you are just in need of a quick synopsis of a topic.
Food Detectives Fight BAC! - 8-12 year-old kids play these games - involving listening to music and 'solving cases'
Great Web Sites for Kids - from ALA
Healthy Eating - for kids, by kids
Kid Info - Young Children -
Kids Space - an Internet site where children world wide explore and communicate
KidsClick! - Web search for kids by librarians
Math Dictionary for Kids -
Redzee - Search Engine
The KidsKnowIt Network - make learning fun
Tiger Adventure Games - interactive games are appropriate for kids age 10 & higher
WayBack - Presidential History for Kids -
Word Central - from Merriam-Webster

Content by Marilyn Abramowitz, mnora68@yahoo.com
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Last revised Thu Jan 12 20:26:55 US/Pacific 2012