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ABC
Teach . . . Be sure to
check out this site! - fun ideas and activities for kids,
parents and teachers; free activity sheets and project
helpers.
Ancient
Egypt Webquest . . .
While engaging in this WebQuest to locate the
burial mask of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen
(King Tut.), students learn about Ancient Egyptian daily
life, games, mummies, and hieroglyphs. The site includes
links to Egyptian fun facts and activities, graphics,
archeological facts, and more.
Animal
Omnibus . . . the Birmingham Zoo's Animal
Omnibus site, search by animal name to get returns in the
form of hyperlinked resource, lists contain sites ranging
from simple color photographs of individual species to sites
steeped in scientific classification to publicly targeted
zoo sites.lists.
Arthur,
the World's Most Famous
Aardvark
. . . all kinds of info,
links, and games associated with the children's literature
character, Arthur.
BearTime
. . . Stories, links, pictures of two adventurous teddy
bears, John and El. the folks who wrote these stories have a
lot of love for the bears...they travel with them to
different locales across the U.S; includes a coloring
section (on paper, not the computer) and an invitation to
send in a scanned photo of your bear (new bear pals for John
and El).
Ben's
Guide to U.S. Government for
Kids . . .
Created by the Government Printing Office, this
well-designed site introduces children to how the government
works. It covers the U.S. Constitution, how laws are made,
the branches of government, and citizenship. The site is
divided into sections aimed at age groups K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and
9-12, with a separate section for parents and educators. It
also includes games and activities, e-mail for kids to ask
questions of Ben Franklin (the first public librarian) and
extensive links to other government related
sites.
Crayola
FamilyPlay . . . activities for all age
groups.
The
Daybook . . . teacher
created searchable database of online lesson plans. You can
print out new lessons to use right away. Any teacher can
submit lessons by filling out their online form. The Daybook
currently features a selection of K&endash;7 subjects, but
the database is constantly being updated to cover all
K&endash;12 subject areas.
Dinorama
. . . dinosaur fossil discovery.; learn about the lar.
Dr.
Seuss's Seussville
. . . Dr. Seuss's
playground in cyberspace where you can play games, chat with
the Cat in the Hat, win prizes, find out about new Dr. Seuss
books and CD-ROMs, and much, much more!
Fleet
Kids . . . games
to help you learn how to earn, spend, and save money.
Governor's
Kids Pages . . . Texas
fun facts, mailbag, books and
reading.
Hans
Wilhelm's Storybook
. . . a web site with news,
stories, games, and fun from the creator of Waldo and Tyrone
the Terrible.
Hiyah.com
Fairy Tales . . . classic stories, such as
the Ugly Duckling, with audio.
Houghton
Mifflin Activity
Search
. . . the Education Place
Activity Search is a searchable database of 400+ original
K-8 classroom activities and lesson plans for teachers and
parents. You may search for activities by both curriculum
area and grade level or browse activities by theme.
Humphrey's
Counting House . . . preschoolers color a
picture online and play music (and try to repeat the keys
Humphrey played).
Information
Please: Kids' Almanac . . . kids can search
for information about people, sports, the U.S., the world,
fun facts, science, and more. Included are links to a
Homework Center, Word of the Day, Today in History, and
Today's Birthday information.
Jan
Brett's Children's
Page
. . . lovely site of ideas
and over 1200 pages of artwork and activities from the
illustrator of children's books; much is suitable for the
copy machine.
Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators : Kids'
Stuff
Kids'
Weather Page . . . includes info for kids and
teachers and good links.
KidzPage
. . . Poetry and songs for children. The words are on the
page; sing along with piano background (the player is built
into webpage). In addition, there is a lot of fun poetry
(Have a Bash with Ogden Nash) and the ability to send your
classroom poetry to the site to be
published.
Learning
Planet . . . provides
interactive Shockwave games to enhance learning for kids
preschool to sixth grade. Kids will enjoy these counting,
ordering, alphabet, and math games.
Links
to Children's Coloring Books/Pages
Mrs.
Matzat's Language Arts Web Site . . . from a
7th/8th grade English teacher; includes class policies,
lesson plans, grading rubrics, links, and student writing;
an excellent site for any English teacher to use as a
guide.
Mrs.
Silverman's 2nd Grade Class . . . every
primary grade teacher should check out this site for ideas
on how to integrate the Internet into your class.
Teacher's
Desk . . . designed for 5th and 6th grade
educators.
Vietnam:
a Children's Guide . . . Created by Mrs. Taverna's
second grade students; includes information about Vietnam,
teacher resources, sources on the Web, professional
materials, Vietnam photo sites on the Web, and much
more.
Waterford
Press . . . offers free print-based instructional
materials to support elementary natural science
curriculum.
Web Sites
and Resources for Teachers . . . Dr. Vicki F. Sharp
and Dr. Richard M. Sharp, Professors of Elementary Education
at California State University, Northridge, have collected
sites and curriculum resources from the Internet for
teachers to use in their classrooms. These sites, organized
in nine categories, include lesson plans, instructional
materials, online activities and projects, and virtual trips
to museums and countries around the world.
World
War II: An American
Scrapbook . . .
Created by a team of fifth-graders at McRoberts Elementary
School in Texas, this ThinkQuest Jr. Web site features
students telling family stories about World War II. Learn
about Guadalcanal, rationing, what is was like on a
destroyer, and much more. Included are three lesson plans to
use with the stories and great links to other WWII
sites.
Zoom School
. . . an online elementary school classroom with
lessons in geography, biology, language arts, and early
childhood activities.
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