K-2 Favorite Links

Billy Bear's Playground - Billy Bear 4Kids.com: Billy Bear says: "Welcome to our Internet Playground... My name is Billy Bear! Sure hope you packed yourself a picnic lunch, because you may be here for while!" You'll find Games, Educational Activities, Holiday Pages, Storybooks and much, much more at Billy's Playground.
funschool.com: Have fun while you learn! The activities at this site are organized into grades levels, beginning with Preschool and becoming more challenging at each higher grade level up to Grade 2. Excellent use of graphics and multimedia make this a site that children will want to visit over and over.
Weekly Reader Galaxy: Students have looked forward to their "hard copy" of Weekly Reader for years. Now you can visit Weekly Reader's website for even more fun! Print out a Classroom Calendar or Coloring Page, find new Recipes in "Cooking for Kids", investigate with "Science Spin", find links to Internet sites which correspond to the current months printed issue, and much, much more! Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page and click on your grade level!
Alex's Scribbles - Koala Trouble: This site features several stories about a Koala named Max. The pictures and ideas for the stories are by a five year old Australian. Kids who visit this site can learn facts about Koalas, interact with the stories about Max, even work on math skills!The stories contain hyperlinks within the illustrations; these require children to click on the correct location in the illustration in order to move forward in the story, thus supporting reading comprehension.
Little Explorers: Makes surfing the Internet very easy. Picture-dictionary format is used to link to hundreds of carefully-chosen child-friendly sites around the world. Since the pictures are links, even pre-readers can surf with a minimum of help and guidance
Grandad's Animal Book: An educational site offering a traditional alphabet book on line. The detailed information on each of the animals sets it apart from others.
Sesame Street Central: From Childrens Television Workshop....everyone's favorite neighborhood is now in Cyberspace! Games, Activities, Stories and Print & Play are some of the areas you will find here..
Jump Start Kindergarten
Jump Start First Grade
Jump Start Second Grade: From the Jump Start sofware series. Activities include: Connect the Dot, Sticker Book, Coloring Pages, Slider Puzzle and more.
Rebus Rhymes: Rebus Rhymes is designed for children who are learning how to read. Preschoolers and Kindergartners enjoy picking out the words they can read in their favorite nursery rhymes.
George's Bus Ride: A Mini-Adventure: Help George Get the Hats back to Their Owners in this online adventure!
The Theodore Tugboat Online Activity Centre: Help Theodore decide what to do next in illustrated, interactive stories created especially for the Internet. You can also use the online colouring book to colour pictures of Theodore & his friends.
Dr. Seuss's Seussville!: The Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am,Horton and the Whos, and the rest of the Seuss characters welcome you to Seussville, Dr. Seuss's playground in cyberspace.
Story Creations: Here's a terrific new feature -- Story Creations. Personalize a story that you can read on your screen. You can even print out the story on your printer.
Crayola: Find out how they make Crayola crayons! Visit the Crayola Playground, read about the history of crayons, show Mom the tips for crayon removal.... and more!
"Kinder Garden" - Children and Horticulture: An introduction to the many ways children can interact with plants and the outdoors.
Cuisenaire - Kid's Page: Come meet the very curious Albert Inchworm as he wiggles and waggles and explores the world of big and small. Come back often - we'll have new activities every month!

Links & Resources for K-2 Teachers

Within the many rooms and pages of this resource you will find: Lesson plans in all areas of the curriculum, Teacher-To-Teacher Tips including classroom management strategies, bulletin board ideas, and more. Research articles, Links to other educational resources, and Trade book reviews..

IDEA BOX- Early Childhood Education and Activity Resources

Contains ideas,articles, projects, seasonal themes,and printable pages; all to help teach child(ren) in a fun and interesting way.

A to Z Teacher Stuff

This site is organized for finding quick lesson ideas: Lesson Plans, Thematic Units, and Activities for Children's Literature. The links are organized by theme for thematic unit resources and by title/author for book activities. There are also links to other educational resources.

Free Computer Crafts and Games for Kids

Full of great craft ideas! Be sure to click on the "Crafts Table of Contents" for an archive of past features.

Lullabies And Other Songs For Children

Find the lyrics to popular childrens' songs here. Great collection!

Kinder Art

KinderArt features free online art lesson plans, activities and recipes for K-8. It has been designed by an artist and art instructor especially for parents, teachers, homeschoolers and kids. The Little Hands section offers creative activities for preschoolers.

Online Lesson Plans & Activities - K-2

Houghton Mifflin Education Place Activity Search: This is a great resource for age appropriate activities. Searchable by grade and/or subject.
Surfing the ABCs in Little Explorer - Online Lesson Plan: Students use the Internet to gather information, determine the best picture for the ABC book, learn to print information located on the Internet and create an ABC book to share with the class. This lesson plan utilizes the "Little Explorers" and "Grandad's Animal Alphabet" sites above.
ABC Picture Book - Online Lesson Plan: Students will relate pictures to a letter by their beginning sound. Uses "Little Explorers" website listed above.
How a Crayon is Made: This lesson plan utilizes the "Crayola" website. Includes printable worksheet for student use.
Presidential Elections: A nicely done lesson plan using the "White House for Kids" website, among other resources.
Science Center - Lessons for K-1: A "must-see: for Kindergarten and Grade One teachers. Themes include: An Apple A Day, Celebrating Colours, Nutrition Mini-Unit and much more.