Primary Games and
Cyberchase
Games Central
These sites contains interactive educational games and activities in all curriculum
areas for younger elementary students. Games include jigsaws, tangrams,
patterns, matching, word searches, etc all reinforcing primary skills.
http://www.primarygames.com/
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games.html
This is a treasure trove of categorized activities for elementary
students. Well worth a look!
This site offers a wide selection of categorized animal pictures
each with a printable outline to color in. Perfect for projects K to
6
A wonderful, easy to navigate, "themed-based" website for the
primary grades. Each clickable image has links to simple crafts,
nursery rhymes, coloring book printouts, information, and/or quizzes
based on the topic.
" ... An easy to navigate, extensive, comprehensive, teacher
reviewed resource site. We are filling a need of Early Childhood
Educators, and bringing the best of web resources to them. We link
directly to the resource page within a site. 'We tracked it down, so
you don't have to!' "
Look inside and find great primary cross-curriculum links. Easy
to navigate for children. Includes a very good teacher's page with
links to create units.
Great section of the Children's Television Network's page for
little ones. These activities, based on the instructional goals of
Sesame Street's 30th season, are designed for parents and children to
enjoy together. In addition to fostering reading, math, thinking, and
social skills, the activities also convey important messages about
sharing, health, and safety. It features the Sesame Street
characters.
Wonderful for the little ones! Very rich and colorful
explorations.
http://www.berenstainbears.com/index.html
PBS Kids - Takes you to
activities from popular children's shows on public television including "Arthur",
"Sesame Street", "Reading Rainbow" and "Wishbone".
http://www.pbs.org/kids/
Sears
Portrait Gallery Storybook Maker - This is a sweet site where younger kids
can personalize and print their own stories. A nice activity for home too -
sending printouts to grandparents, etc.
http://www.searsportrait.com/StoryBook/StoryBook_StoryIndex.asp?tag
Dr. Seuss's Seussville!
- The birthday of Dr. Seuss is celebrated on March 2nd. This site is sponsored
by Random House as a Dr. Seuss's playground in cyberspace. You can play games,
search a catalog of books and videos and even email questions to "The Cat in
the Hat" .. FUN!
Welcome
to Muppet World!
Interactive activities for kids of all ages
with the lovable Muppets. It is a commercial site (stay out of the shopping
carnival) but really fun - games, toons, songs, etc.. Interactive games require
Shockwave.
http://www.muppetworld.com/
Fact
Monster - online reference tools
FactMonster.com (formerly known as Infopleasekids.com)
was launched in August 2000 by Information Please. Fact Monster and its Homework
Center have received national recognition for their unbeatable reference materials,
fun facts and features, and individualized homework help.
http://www.factmonster.com/index.html
Just
for Middle School Kids!
This is a terrific resource from the Eastchester
School System in New York. It has links to many activities for all Middle School
subject areas.
http://www.eastchester.k12.ny.us/schools/ms/kids/kidsmenu.html
Don't
Buy It! PBS Kids
Here is a website that shows kids how the media
manipulates them. Very cool for kids to learn how marketing is all around them!
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/
A hotlist of family/kid oriented interactive
sites that touch a great variety of interests. You're sure to find something
to please!
http://www.netmom.com/ikyp/samples/hotlist.shtm
Lewis
and Clark
Another awesome Internet adventure - this time
you sign up with Lewis and Clark to join in the "Expedition of the Century"
- looking for the Northwest Passage across unknown west of 1804.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/
Gamequrium.com
With a happy underwater theme, this is an online portal for collections of
online learning games and activities classified in 25 categories.
Student
News Net
News for Kids Online - Sort of like an electronic "Weekly Reader"
that changes daily. Great for current events. Sponsored by MSNBC.
Well done.
Educational Interactive Kids' Games for Learning - From ages 6
and under to 15 and up - Math, spelling, and creative writing games,
just to name a few. Keep those great thinking skills sharp over the
summer and have fun at the same time!
http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
Little
Explorers Web Dictionary - Neat little online dictionary with clickable
links to other information, games or jokes. It can be accessed in English, or
English with /Spanish/French/Portuguese/German
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/
CIA Kids Page -
Don't be intimidated! This site has great links to the World Facts Book, a history
page of famous people and a super world geography section.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/ciakids/
Berit's Best Sites For Children
- This is a directory of safe, recommended Web sites for children up to age
12. Each selected site has been carefully reviewed and given a rating out of
5. Categories include "Just For Fun", "Holidays", "Creatures Great and Small"
and other links to educational sites, finding penpals, a safe search directory,
interactive learning games and a place to view and post kids' work.
http://www.beritsbest.com
KidsClick! - web search for
kids by librarians - In this site, you can search subjects alphabetically or
by category. It's set up for ease of use with kids as well as adults. Each site
listing includes helpful info such as reading levels, descriptions and number
of illustrations. The database is updated daily. Some of the subject categories
you may find particularly useful are "Facts/Current Events", "Science &
Math", "Machines & Transportation (Inventions)", "Reading, Writing and Speaking",
and "Geography/History/Biography".
http://kidsclick.org
Black Hole Gang -
Explore the site to learn about the science adventures of four cartoon kids.
Help them find the hidden links about Einstein, bats, rainforests, and other
cool science topics.
http://www.blackholegang.com/
Cool Science for Curious
Kids - The Howard Hughes Medical Institute picked some of the best museum
activities and adapted them for the Web. The result is this simple site for
kinds K through grade 3.
Nature and culture are revealed in these pages. Explore the
history of the Titanic, the life of a volcano, and the mapping of the
world. The National Geographic Society's tradition of awesome
photography and illustration is not lost on the web and, with
interactive features, makes the pages come alive.
Parents, do you remember all those games you played as kid out in
the backyard? This site attempts to catalog them all, along with the
variety of play rules made up over the years Great fun
Blowing bubbles in the backyard - inexpensive and fun. This site
is devoted entirely to taking this activity to new heights - bubble
recipes, magic, science, riddles, even poetry!
By the publishers of Time Magazine - a great current events site
updated weekly. Site offers 2 reading levels - Gr. 2-3 and Gr.
4-6.
Two interactive adventure sites that will take
you into the world of Pirates - are you brave enough to enter?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/pirates/maina.html
