Web Sites for K - 3

Alfy Park: www.alfy.com

Literacy Center (for young children, learning numbers, alphabet (upper/lower case, etc.): www.literacycenter.net

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooeylo.html

http://www.learningplanet.com/stu/kids1.asp

http://games.funschool.com/games.php?section=g2

http://www.gamequarium.com/junior.html

http://www.thekidzpage.com/learninggames/learningonline.htm

http://www.nickjr.com/

http://www.learningplanet.com/stu/kids2.asp

http://games.funschool.com/games.php?section=g2

http://www.primarygames.com/reading.htm

http://www.primarygames.com/math.htm

http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/brain.html

http://www.kinderstart.com/artsandentertainment/onlinegames/

http://www.funranch.com/index.htm

http://www.seussville.com/seussville/games/

www.arcytech.org/java

http://www.switcheroozoo.com/default.htm

Exploration of Interesting Content: http://www.tinyplanets.com

4 Kids2Play - fun exploration: http://www.4kids2play.nl/eng/index.html

Music Sketch Pad: http://www.creatingmusic.com/mmm/mmm.html

Everything Early Childhood: http://www.edupuppy.com/default.cfm

PBS Resources for Teachers: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/prek2.htm

Teacher Theme Ideas: http://www.kinderthemes.com/

Teacher Resources: http://abcteach.com/

Printable Resources: http://www.learningpage.com/

Handwriting Resources: http://www.handwritingforkids.com/index.htm

Online Alphabet Books: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/alphabet.htm

Something to Write About - Pictures: http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm

Online Graphing Tools: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/index.asp

Online Manipulatives: http://www.arcytech.org/java

Working with Words: http://www.oswego.org/testprep/ela4/wwwords1.html

Math Explorations: http://www.tygh.co.uk/index.html

Thinking Fountain: http://www.smm.org/sln/

World of Kindergartens: http://www.coe.iup.edu/worldofkindergarten/

Teacher Ideas (many photos): http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/5059/

Book Reviews By and For Kids: http://www.spaghettibookclub.com/

Online Stories Fables and Fairy Tales: http://www.ivyjoy.com/fables/index.shtml

Sample Class WebSites:

http://www.perry-lake.k12.oh.us/pes/GradeLevelWebsites/ Kindergarten/Kindex.htm

http://westcler.org/wv/geigerj/

Literacy Lane: http://208.183.128.8/read/index.html

For more resources explore:www.GailLovely.com and http://kids-learn.org

Absolutely Amazing!
Puzzles, Games and more on the Net

Why PLAY in School?

Resources about Games

Game Theory: http://www.gametheory.net/

Rules to games and more: http://www.gameskidsplay.net/

Historical Game info: http://www.ctstateu.edu/noahweb/games.html

http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~museum/

Non-Computer Games: http://www.gamekids.com/gkgame1.html

Games for PE: http://www.gamecentralstation.com/gcshome.asp

Places to get or create games to do off line

www.puzzlemaker.com

http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/conway/games.html

http://www.mathpuzzle.com/

http://www.meganova.com/megakids/sherlock.htm

http://pbskids.org/lions/anywhere/index.html

Games to Download

http://dexterity.com (mostly demos)

http://www.educationalsimulations.com/index.html

“is an interactive life sim that enables the student to live one of billions of lives in any country in the world. Through statistically accurate events, Real Lives brings to life different cultures, political systems, economic opportunities, personal decisions, health issues, family issues, schooling, jobs, religions, geography, war, peace, and more.” Suitable for middle school children.

Places to play Standard Children’s games online

KidsPlanet: http://www.kidsplanet.org/games/

Matho - Geometry Terms: http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/games/geomatho

Mastermind online: http://www.discoverlearning.com/games/mastermind.html

Dots online “fences” (pop ups): http://www.funranch.com/games/fence/fence.htm

Crosswords: http://www.kidcrosswords.com/index.htm

Secret Messages: http://www.thunk.com/

Practice Coordinates: http://education.jlab.org/topquarkgame/index.html

Group Activities

Problem Solving and Logic: http://www.riverdeep.net/products/downloads/play_online.jhtml

Ace Ventura Detective Gam: http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/index.html

Build a Prairie online: http://www1.umn.edu/bellmuse/mnideals/prairie/build/index.html

History Detective: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/detect/detectiv.html

Find one: http://www.etch-a-sketch.com/html/find123.htm

MadLibs online: http://www.eduplace.com/tales/index.html

Like Balderdash but better:

http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/

Online Games

Game that uses animals sounds for students to identify: http://www.kidsplanet.org/games/js/whoami.html

Online Math exploration and tools:

http://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/6-8/pooltable/student/index.html

Using the Library of Congress Resource: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/activity/detectiv.html

Space Science Game:

http://www.meganova.com/orbit/

Observation Game

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jeux.lulu/html/anglais/algorith/algoriA1.htm

More Online Learning Games

Early Learning:

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/

http://www.meddybemps.com/funandgames.html

Strategy Games:

http://www.discoverlearning.com/games/

Excellent Math “Game”: http://education.jlab.org/placevalue/index.html

Games for Specific Audiences

Games for Girls: http://www.girltech.com/Game_Cafe/GC_menu_frame.html

Dr. Seuss Readers: http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/games/

Scavenger Hunts

http://www.nps.gov/yell/kidstuff/scavhunt/index.htm

6educators.about.com/c/ht/00/07/How_Online_Scavenger_Hunts0962932801.htm

Game Compendium Sites

http://www.kidsclick.org/midgame.html

http://www.javalovers.com/

http://www.agameaday.com/kidsindex.htm

http://www.cyberkids.com/fg/index2.html

http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/Games/

http://www.zeeks.com/zg_main.html

http://www.scugog-net.com/room108/starflight/games1.html

http://www.prongo.com

http://gustown.com/ToyStore/Games/Games.html

Puzzles and Brain Teasers too

Word Puzzles and Brain Teasers

http://brainbashers.com/

http://www.clickmazes.com/

http://www.crpuzzles.com

http://www.kidcrosswords.com/

http://www.puzzleparty.org/

Jigsaw Puzzles

http://www.jigzone.com/

http://www.thepuzzlefactory.com/

A Few More for the teacher's

Teacher’s Hall Pass Game:

http://search.teach-nology.com/arcade/

Retro Computer Games:

http://www.neave.com/webgames/

Air Hockey: http://www.adveract.com/games/airhock/airhockey_classic.htm

Addictive Game – ET Bejeweled: http://zone.msn.com/bejeweled/spgame_newwin.asp?id=et

“Magic Sites”: http://trendy.org/magic/interactivemagic.shtml

Teaching Math with the net:

Math for grades 3-6: http://www.arcytech.org/java/

Guide to Rubrics: http://school.discovery.com\schrockguide\assess.html

Free Clipart: http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html