The following sites offer resources and information for K-3 educators and students
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A collection of legends, as well as a story writing contest.
Find Billy Bear's Storybooks.
Read student-produced book reviews. You will find book nooks for the following grades: a K-3 area, 4-6 area, 7-9 area, and 10-12 area.
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.
David K. Brown offers this valuable resource collection of folktales, myths, and legends.
A cultural exchange project between Mississippi and Japan, called Japan Online, presents a number of links for Japanese folk and fairy tales with lesson plans and student projects displayed.
Stories to illustrate, pictures to write stories about, storybooks to read, and much more.
Dedicated to the popular children's book collection known as the Mr. Men and Little Miss series.
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.
Panda Bear's Playhouse presents many animated stories especially for young readers.
Several hypertext books with colorful illustrations.
A cute interactive read aloud book about an owl who wishes for help in moving into his new home.
This story about a young child who awakens before his parents and watches the city of Jerusalem wake up is written by Sharon Katz and presented online by Concertina Publishers.
Creative poem by Bob (Grandpa) Tucker. If you like this one, link to some others from this site.
Cute animated story many primary students will relate to.
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.
A description of the program from the Learning Train, with some educational activities, including directions on making a book.
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.
Examples of Reading and Tutoring Programs
Read about different schools and their parent involvement programs and how they have made a difference.
An article with activities for children from infancy through age 10 provided by the U.S. Dept. of Education.
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.
Scroll down the page to find this lesson on spacial and direction skills with familiar surroundings - the children's own home.
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 book award.
The goal is to further the cause of family literacy by bringing parents and children together through the magic of reading. Find the online magazine link on this page.
Find the lyrics to the songs and animations that the '70s generation grew up singing and watching on ABC. Included are Grammar Rock, Multiplication Rock, History Rock, and Science Rock.
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 to use in stories, reports, or just for fun.
Marc Brown's characters from the familiar Arthur books come to life with activities, reading, coloring pages, screensaver, and more!
A collection of sites appropriate for children, indexed by subject.
Lists many topics of interest to students sponsored by Searchopolis and Yahooligans.
Exhibitions of children's art divided by age categories--also links to related sites.
The Chicago Tribune publishes this electronic newspaper about issues concerning kids.
A list of sites that offer information for and about kids.
Find games and fun activities, as well as summaries of the Magic School Bus books.
Resources for children and their parents.
Find all the characters in Dr. Seuss books, information on Dr. Seuss, himself, and games and prizes.