Last updated on January 17, 2008.

Books:

1. The Youtube link found below is the story to Chicka Chicka Boom Boom** by Bill Martin Jr. Excellent resource for those learning their ABC’s. Recommended for prekindergarten and kindergarten.

2. ****Bembo’s Zoo by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich was personally my favorite alphabet book that I was read to in my kindergarten class.

   

Please visit: http://www.bemboszoo.com ****for an interactive experience with learning the alphabet.

Websites:

Reading & Language Arts:

1. Learn letters with Elmo at: http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/games/flash.php?contentId=9495524&
2. Beginning Sounds and Vowel sounds at: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/picturematch
3. Learn to read with starfall: http://www.starfall.com **** For Pre K-2 students.
   
4. Stories online at http://www.storylineonline.net/ An excellent resource, books appropriate for ages up to fifth grade. ****
5. Reading fun at: http://kids.nypl.org
6. Read Write and Think at: http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
7. Help a cause and test your vocabulary at: http://www.freerice.com/***
8. Nursery Rhymes for early learners at: http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/nursery/index.html
9. Early Literacy site for ages 4-7 at: http://pbskids.org/lions/
10. www.sillybooks.net This site uses animated books to keep the attention of young readers. All the books have moving pictures and are read aloud by professional actors, complete with music, sound effects, and voices. SillyBooks is designed for children ages 3 to 13. ****
    
11. www.bookadventure.com Book Adventure is a free reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from more than 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple-choice quizzes on the books they’ve read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes.
12. www.childrenslibrary.org The International Children’s Digital Library is a research project to create a digital library of outstanding children’s books from all over the world. The library has more than 1,500 books in nearly 40 languages for children ages 3 to 13.
13. www.storyplace.org This interactive site includes read-along stories and print-out activities for preschool and elementary school students.
14. The Newbury House Online Dictionary at: http://nhd.heinle.com/
15. Listen to Fairy Tales and Folktales at Aaron Shepard’s Storybook at: http://aaronshep.com/stories/
16. Explore the world of Winnie the Pooh at: http://www.just-pooh.com/index.html
17. Vandergrift’s Children’s Literature Page at: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/
18. Kids Reads at: http://www.kidsreads.com/

Social Studies:

1. National Geographic Kids at: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/***
2. Time for Kids at: http://www.timeforkids.com ***
3. Funbrain at: http://www.funbrain.com/
4. A resource for teachers, students and parents at: http://www.suelebeau.com/
5. Learn all about bears at: http://www.bearden.org/
6. Sports Illustrated for kids at: http://www.sikids.com/***
7. The White House for kids at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
8. News for kids at Kids News Room: http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/
9. Word Almanac for Kids at: http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/
10. The Old Farmer’s Almanac at: http://www.almanac.com/
11. Yahooligans! News at: http://kids.yahoo.com/news
12. Flags of all Countries at: http://immigration-usa.com/flags.html
13. Ben’s Guide to the US Government at: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/ ****
14. Learn about the seven continents at: http://www.gokidding.com/learnworldnew.htm
15. Fun Facts about New York State at: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/nysfacts/factmenu.html
    

Science:

1. Kids Astronomy at: http://www.kidsastronomy.com/
2. Dissect a frog online at Froguts http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/index.html
3. Bill Nye the Science Guy at: http://www.billnye.com/
4. Yucky Science at: http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/
5. The Butterfly Website at: http://butterflywebsite.com/
6. Learn about Dinosaurs at http://www.fieldmuseum.org/
7. Myths, Legends and Fables at: http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/legends.htm
8. How Stuff Works at: http://www.howstuffworks.com/
9. Learn about animals at SeaWorld: http://www.seaworld.org/
10. Neuroscience for kids at: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
11. Cool science for curious kids at: http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
12. Need ideas for the science fair? Visit Elmer’s Science Fair Central at: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/
13. Hundreds of science fair projects at: http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/

Math:

1. AAA Math at: http://www.aaamath.com/ ****
   
2. Multiplication Games at: http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm
3. Virtual Manipulatives for k-12 math at: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
4. Create a graph at: http://nces.ed.gov//nceskids//createagraph//default.aspx
5. Tangrams at: http://www.abcya.com/tangrams.htm
6. Learn to tell time at: http://www.time-for-time.com/swf/myclox.swf
7. Little Fingers Time Telling Game at: http://www.lil-fingers.com/games/time/index.html
8. Math for Kids at: http://www.kidsnumbers.com/
9. Get Smarter in Math at: http://getsmarter.org/index.cfm

Art:

1. Early learners can learn about famous painters at: http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/art/play.htm?f
2. Creative ideas at Crayola http://www.crayola.com/index.cfm
3. Global Children’s Art Gallery at: http://www.naturalchild.com/gallery/

Music:

1. New York Philharmonic at: http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml ****
   

Health:

1. Health Pyramid Interactive Activity at: http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/kids_game.html#
2. Kids Health for Kids at: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/
3. Nutrition Explorations: Kids! at: http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/

Mutli-Subject:

1. Extra help in the main subjects kindergarten-eighth grade at: http://www.kidport.com/
2. Excellent resource for kindergarten-sixth grade math, science, language arts and social studies at: http://www.mhschool.com/
3. Primary games for the main subjects at: http://www.primarygames.com/
4. Created by librarians, Kidsclick at: http://www.kidsclick.org/

Foreign Languages:

1. Learn Spanish at Sesame Street: http://pbskids.org/sesame/word/index.html
2. Learn English, Spanish, German, and French at: http://www.literacycenter.net/ ***

Interactive Fun and Games:

1. Brain Pop Jr. at: http://www.brainpopjr.com/
2. Get interactive with Boohbah http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html ***
   
3. Lots of fun things to do at: http://www.kidsites.com
4. Interact with many of your favorite television characters at: http://www.noggin.com/
5. Find Hidden Pictures at: http://atv.disney.go.com/playhouse/oohaahandyou/games/inspectorOoh/index.html
6. Lite Brite at: http://www.sfpg.com/animation/liteBrite.html
7. Etch-a-sketch at: http://www.ohioart.com/etch/
8. Interact with Up-to-ten at: http://www.uptoten.com/kids/uptoten-home.html
9. Learn to follow directions with Tina at: http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/tina2/tina2.html
10. Playhouse Disney at: http://atv.disney.go.com/playhouse/index.html
11. Nick Jr. at: http://www.nickjr.com/
12. Fun with Marc Brown’s classic character, Arthur at: http://pbskids.org/arthur/
13. Kids Planet at: http://www.kidsplanet.org/
14. Fun Brain for k-8 at: http://www.funbrain.com/
15. Draw and Animate at: http://66.93.251.3/www/Flash/animate.html
16. Pattern Blocks; Tangrams at http://www.arcytech.org/java/patterns/patterns_j.shtml
17. Kaboose’s Funschool at: http://funschool.kaboose.com/

Authors

1. Dr. Seuss at http://www.seussville.com/main ****
   
2. The Berenstain Bears at http://www.berenstainbears.com/
3. Eric Carle author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar at http://www.eric-carle.com/ ****
4. Mo Willems author of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! at: http://www.mowillems.com/
5. The Magic Tree House at: http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/
6. Author of The Magic Tree House at: http://www.marypopeosborne.com/
7. Peter Reynolds author of The Dot at http://www.peterhreynolds.com/****
8. Patricia Polacco author of The Keeping Quilt at http://www.patriciapolacco.com/
9. Faith Ringgold author of Tar Beach at http://www.faithringgold.com
10. Frank Asch at http://www.frankasch.com/aboutme.html
11. Judy Blume at http://judyblume.com/
12. Poetry by Jack Prelutsky at http://www.jackprelutsky.com/
13. Laura Numeroff author of If you Give a Mouse a Cookie at http://www.lauranumeroff.com/index.htm
14. Chris Van Allsburg author of Jumanji at http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/flash.html
15. Kevin Henkes author of Kittens First Full Moon at http://www.kevinhenkes.com/
16. Beverly Cleary at http://www.beverlycleary.com/index.html
17. William Steig, creator of Shrek at: http://www.williamsteig.com/
18. Rosemary Wells, an excellent kindergarten author at: http://www.rosemarywells.com/
19. Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books at: http://www.littlehousebooks.com/
20. Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events at: http://www.lemonysnicket.com/
21. Junie B. Jones at http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/
22. Clifford the big red dog at: http://pbskids.org/clifford/stories/index.html
23. Beatrix Potter author of Peter Rabbit at http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm
24. Eric Hills’ Fun with Spot at http://www.funwithspot.com/
25. Mike Thaler, author of Black Lagoon books at: http://www.mikethaler.com/
26. Ron Roy, author of A to Z Mysteries Series at: http://www.ronroy.com/
27. Dav Pilkey, author of Captain Underpants at: http://www.pilkey.com/
28. Steven Kellogg at: http://www.stevenkellogg.com/

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