The following sites offer resources and information for K-3 educators and students
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| Resources for Teachers and Parents |
| Sites for Kids |
Books, Stories, and Language Arts Activities for Kids
A collection of legends, as well as a story writing contest.
Find Illustrated stories, animations, cartoons, music, and games.
Features a wonderful collection of resources and information on children's literature!
Lots of Illustrated stories to read and enjoy, as well as riddles, mazes, a coloring book, and more.
Find articles, fiction, music, games, art, and more created by kids for kids.
Dinosaur finger-puppets, dioramas, hats, Valentines, calendar pages, coloring book, etc.
Interactive reading games for early learners in grades K-2. A variety of games reinforce phonemic awareness, alphabet skills, matching capitals with lower case letters, identifying fiction vs. nonfiction, spelling 3-letter short vowel words, and using correct word order in sentence structure.
Japanese Haiku Poetry Resources
This site offers Japanese Haiku poetry references, resources and links separated by grade level.
Currently features the stories of Beatrix Potter: Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Jeremy Fisher, Timmy Tiptoes, Two Bad Mice, etc.
Stories to illustrate, pictures to write stories about, storybooks to read, and much more.
A newsletter for kids by kids with a central theme for each issue for children to read about, to write about, to discuss, and to learn .
A great spinoff from a familiar story with fun animations.
Dedicated to the popular children's book collection known as the Mr. Men and Little Miss series. Teacher's Guide to projects and activities included.
Did you know that each nursery rhyme has its own unique history and origin, some dating as far back as medieval times? This site has a collection of some of the most popular nursery rhymes to share with your children.
Crossword puzzles, word searches, dinosaur games, and trivia
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.
Storybook Shelf of Animated Stories
Presented by the Panda Bear's Playhouse, find Online stories to enjoy together.
The Kennedy Center teams up with RealNetworks to put children's books online.
SBC presents stories, myths, fables, fairytales and great classics to share with friends and family.
Find a compendium of material featuring Winnie-the-Pooh and his forest friends.
The America Reads Challenge calls on all Americans to support teachers and help ensure that every American child can read well and independently by the end of 3rd grade.
America's Reading Challenge: Examples of Tutoring Programs in Reading
Read about different schools and their parent involvement programs and how they have made a difference.
Provides historical background on the awards and information on the award winning books.
An article from the ERIC Digest.
Dedicated to providing educational materials, services, and coursework to everyone interested in the language arts.
Helping Your Child Learn to Read
KidSource Online provides these ideas with activities for children from infancy through age 10.
This site is dedicated to gardening as a learning experience and as a hobby to help children cope with stress. Find ideas for starting a garden, activities, electronic field trips, and more.
Some things parents can do to help their children learn to read, provided by the Department of Education
Information on the books and some historical background on the Newbery medal.
The goal is to further the cause of family literacy by bringing parents and children together through the magic of reading. Click on the link under free parent resources.
What is phonemic awareness? Why is it important for reading instruction? Answers from the California State University San Marcos College of Education.
A great variety of language arts information, resources, guides, and links--don't miss the "Bilingual Bridge" for educators of bilingual students.
A safe place for children to search for pictures for stories, reports, or just for fun.
A collection of sites appropriate for children, indexed by subject.
Exhibitions of children's art divided by age categories--also links to related sites.
Stories by kids for kids, as well as questions and answers, a forum, a mud, and more.
A list of sites that offer information for and about kids.
Find games and fun activities, as well as summaries of the Magic Schoolbus books.