Thursday, February 24, 2011

KG websites

KG websites:
www.tumblebooks.com - Loads of animated picture books (many favourites including alot of Robert
Munsch), as the words are read they highlight on the screen to encourage students to track the words while
read. There is a cost to this website; however you can usually get to it through the public library for free.
www.abcya.com - Simple computers games that allow students to practice language and math skills. There
is voide instruction for those students who are unable to read the instructions.
htto://www.nationalgeographic.corningyounciexploredindex.html - Simple Non fiction texts in the format of
the national geographic young explorer magazines. It highlights the words while it is being read to the
children. There are also teacher guides that go with the magazines.
This website has a variety of alphabet based songs other related resources such printable lyrics and music
sheets that the teacher can use to play the songs on an instrument.
This website has some interesting ideas on using household items for fun hands on activities for kids. The
website gives both instructions and ideas for various arts and craft and science based projects.
Has a lot of resources for a resonable cost of AUD 19.95.
www.tumblebooks.com is a great website. The students can pick a book online and the computer
will read it to them. It is great to use during centers as a listening center. However you have to
subscribe to this website (although some local libraries have tumble books) this
website:http://info.infosoup.org/tumblebooks.asp has some demo tumble books that you can
view. I personally love tumble books.
This is a great website, my cooperating teaching introduced it to me during student teaching. It
has a lot of wonderful powerpoint presentations on it, as well as great interactive games.
http://www.prescho o lexpress. c om/
This is a great website for all kinds of different resources, it has theme ideas, as well as songs,
stories etc
Little Giraffes Teaching Ideas
I found this site, and as a non-kindergarten teacher, I thought the "themes" section was very
helpful. I looked up March, and then St. Patrick's Day. It shows many different book ideas and
related activities, and cross-curricular ideas. I know this website will be helpful to beginner
Kindergarten teachers as well as experienced teachers. Even if you don't teach kindergarten, I
think this website could be beneficial to all teachers. Any primary teacher could take the ideas
from this page and make it suit their own students' needs.
AlsO under the math section, it shows different math centres. I am a visual person, so I really
like to see other teacher's examples.
This website has a lot to offer. It has many different sections and a lot of educational links. I
really liked the Teaching Tips and Ideas page. In that section is gives little tips for any classroom
teacher. My favourite idea was Birthday Box: Create a reusable, decorated birthday box for children's
birthdays. Inside place several treats, such as candy, pencils, stickers, and a birthday sticker. Leave the box on the
child's desk so he will be surprised on the morning.
I also liked the Hula-Hoop Center: Turn any floor area in your room into an instant learning center. Put a
Hula-Hoop on the floor and place a folder activity and game pieces within the circle. The hoop provides a well-
defined work space which can be moved easily at your convenience. I think young learners would love this
idea. It reminds me of an idea I saw before about having students read in a laundry basket. I like
this idea because it defines their space and it makes them excited about that activity.
The Mailbox
My mom is a retired teacher, and when she was teaching she subscribed to 'The Mailbox'
magazine. It was full of grade specific ideas. On their website, you can find examples of their
magazines and other helpful classroom tools.
If you want to subscribe to the magazine it is $41 per year, however you can get free Online
Bonus Pages. The website also has an Online Community and a Blog.
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Once you have reached this page, click on "The story of "(the number on which you are focusing), click
on "open this file"
There is a starter activity (like a story, which I have not used) then main sessions and plenary (have used
these). finally, there is a lesson pack... which I have not looked at (we are using the Nelson Kindergarten
Program).
This site is another site I have linked in a smartboard file. It is a numeracy file on numbers 1-10. We
discuss numbers in our whole group lessons and during centre time, I open this SMartboard centre. Each
page in my file is dedicated to a specific number. On that page are 4 different links to the 4 different parts
of this site:
Main Session Part 1 is based on printing the numeral
Main Session part 2 is based on recognizing the set
Main Sessin Part 3 and plenary are based on recognizing the numeral.
I have not navigated around the rest of the site as of yet, but I know the students really enjoy this one (and
reinforce their learning of the concept of numer at the same time!).
This first site is one I use everyday I teach in kindergarten. I have it embedded in my Smartboard Calendar
File. It is set to open to the Public School where I teach. At the top of the screen it says "Georgie
Porgie Public School Weather" (not really my school.... I know I am not supposed to name it). My students
always look at the temperature first (then, on my smartboard file, we set an interactive thermometer to that
temperature.... It has pictures and words set beside the temps so the kids can relate (30 is hot, 20 is
pleasing, 10 is not, 0 is freezing!) This site also has pictures of what they should be wearing depending on
what the weather will be, what the temps feel like before and after school and what the sidewalks and roads
will be like. They also give a short term forecast and a multiday forcast so we can see what our weather
may be like. Our "Special Me" helps us navigate through this site and then, on our Smartboard file, they
graph the weather for the day.
This site is good for the month by month theme ideas that it provides. The creator is a teacher who has
taught for over 20 years. There are plenty of songs, recipes and crafts which are fun ideas to use in a JK/SK
classroom. As well, there are some forms included which would be very helpful to establish communication
between home and school at the beginning of the year.
However I will say that this site is American, so some content is not relevant. As well the holiday activities
tend to lean towards traditional Christian celebrations. For ideas surrounding multicultural traditions, you
may have to visit another site.
The Jan Brett website is a superb accompaniment to any Jan Brett book which you may be using in your
classroom. There are plenty of fun colouring sheets, activities and classroom resources. It is especially
helpful for Kindergarten classrooms because the alphabet activities are centered on cute drawings of
animals and characters, which make them fun. As well, you can print off things for your bulletin boards,
doorways, and labels for supplies. Obviously the downfall is that most of the resources are only applicable
to Jan Brett literature, but some can be used regardless of what books you are reading in your class.
On this site there are plenty of great suggestions for teaching a JK/SK class. Each of the suggestions is
broken down into the subject areas, and broken down further into subcategories. The suggestions are very
specific and very implementable. Pictures are included and the ideas are fun for the students and the
teacher. This one is very thorough in its explanations.
This is a free interactive website designed to teach children to read with phonics.
It offers games and interactive books as well as a teacher's area including print
outs and other classroom resources. This is an excellent site that is particularly
useful as a recommendation for parents to use with their children at home.
This is a Peel District School Board website that provides a database of math
games and activities with their online links. It is extremely useful as they have
been sorted by the math strands and objects of the Ontario Curriculum. This site
is useful for kindergarten, but for all other grades as well.
This site provides a wide range of links for Kindergarten (and other) resources.
Whether you are looking for lesson ideas, computer games, or Holiday links there
seems to be a bit of everything.
This is one of a number of online book sites. I suppose we could get into a discussion about how much
"screen time" is appropriate for 4 and 5 year olds.
This is a link to the ELECT document. Early Learning for Every Child Today, written by the Best Start Expert
Panel on Early Learning. My understanding is that much of the new full-day learning program will be based
on this document.
This link takes you to ETFOs Kindergarten page, where you can access blogs and articles about
Kindergarten. I believe that teachers of all grades need to keep up-to-date on current issues.
My first website is You Tube at www.voutube.com . I know that many of you will be skeptical
about this website but just check out these links. The first link is a video with a song called
counting to 100. As you know children love to learn in song. My students request the song
every day. The second song is someone reading Robert Munch's I Love You Forever. The third
one is Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar where someone has animated the book. The
last one is Old Macdonald in animation. You can search any nursery rhyme and many high
quality picture book titles and often you can find some vocals and animation. This is a great
place to refresh you memory of tunes of popular children's songs. I often search youtube when I
find a picture book with music at the back and I don't know or can't remember the tune. You do
need to preview them as there are some really wacky videos posted. You can download these
videos using downloader helper and put them on a memory stick if this site is blocked in your
board.
http://www.youtube.comlwatch ?v=6z-oBkg.140w I Love You Forever
http://www.youtube.comlwatch ?v—DTDvSj3MLIM Eric Carle-The Very Hungry Caterpiller
hup://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7 mol6B9z0O&NR=1 Old MacDonald
Websites I found useful are:
This website has great worksheets for students to learn how to print and learn letters.
This website has great games and is a good tool for teachers.
This website is good for computer time and has great games on Number and Letter learning.
This is a fantastic resource to build literacy skills with students of all ages. The downfall is that
you need to have a subscription to access all of the material. You can use this website to build
your classroom library or to use for take home reading programs. There are books you can use
for guided reading, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, poetry, alphabet, and assessment. The cost is
about $90/year but definitely worth it! I have used the high frequency words with my students
during our morning message (they have to find the right word to put into the sentence). The
students enjoyed the alphabet chants at home with their parents (they would circle all the words
that would have the letter of the week) and also read the letter of the week book.
(I have attached an alphabet chant)
Yet another site you need to pay for and not Canadian... it is $75/year for a family membership
(or $150/year for Brainpop Jr and Brainpop). You can get a free 7-day trial to see if you fall in
love with it as well! They have movies and activities based on science, health, reading &
writing. social studies, math, and arts & technology. You can access some of the movies without
a subscription. The movies are great (some may be above the kindergarten level but the ). If you
were using an LCD projector or SmartBoard you could enjoy some of the movies together and
discuss what is going on. The nice thing about BrainPop Jr is the "Grown lips Guide" which can
give you some background knowledge on the subject if you need to refresh your memory 0
Annie and Moby are quite enjoyable for the kids to watch. The questions that they ask during
the movie could be a good start to shared writing.
I have used this website for my word wall, math stations, letter/number formation, class signs,
etc. This website is free; however, because it is a UK site, not all the language matches what we
would say. There are numerous resources that you could use for classroom management to play-
doh mats. This really is a website you need to explore to see what works for you!
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Here's my third site:
httpill_www.busy_teacherscafe.corn/
This site has printable resources for language, math, management and organization and graphic organizers.
It also has links to a plethora of themes as well as other resources. Though I use it in kindergarten, it would
be appropriate for primary and junior grades.... sorry about the american content.... but it is still helpful.
Check out the Kids Lab Video Lessons about half way down the page. They are such a great tool to use if
you have an ELL student in your classroom and want to provide them when time to improve and develop
their English. You can set them up at the computer to watch a video clip and then there are worksheets and
quizzes that align with the video. Very beneficial.
This site is good because it is Canadian. I like how they have manipulable forms and worksheets so you can
customize them on the computer and print them out for your use. They have awards and certificates that
can be customized. Basically this site provides many resources that can be helpful for saving time and
creating variety. It's a great tool for getting organized or if you need some information on behavioural
management or getting an IEP started.
This site looks really useful because it is so kid friendly. They have many games to choose from that have
educational purposes. It could be used for free time or you could have all students doing the same activity in
the computer lab.
A site chock full of free theme units word puzzles, writing forms, math, ideas and lessons. It has been useful
for health such as dental hygiene. It turns an otherwise unexciting subject into a fun one. There are also
several good themes for each month. Although it is somewhat geased towards American themes, there are
also alot that we can use.
I have limited resources and supplies as we are on a very tight budget. This site has several activities that I
can printout whenever I need them. Anything from printing to reading to numbers. A very useful resource.
Kids can work individually with head phones and listen to the story while they read it. They enjoy retelling
the story. Since they have it memorized quickly they get a confidence boost when it comes to reading it
back.
This site may seem odd as it is a small page, but it was recommended to me by a kinder teacher I work
with. The site discusses the background knowledge of Balanced literacy. I chose to add it as it is full of
research and great information you can back with reference. Sometimes we need brief descriptions to help
us out.
I was told about this site while in teacher college in Scotland and have used it many times. There are many
free printables, classroom design decorations and labels, tips on behaviour management, etc. Although the
curriculum is different than ours (I love their curriculum so much!) I still find the resources very useful.
THey are bright and colourful and different than what students may be used to. I have used the printable
masks for plays in different grades.
I have not used this site, but came across this in my search. It is a math based site, which is nice because I
find those are sometimes few and far between. I think this site would work best for one on one work with a
teacher, parent or classroom volunteer as the kinder activities can be quite wordy. The activities are fun
though. I also like that there are activities teaching students about position (inside, outside, between, ontop,
etc), comparing and money. As I said, best done with an adult though. :)
www.hubbardwupboard.org This website offers ideas for classroom organization and set up, themes by
the month, sample kindergarten schedules, curriculum based activities, centre ideas (and lots more stuff
it's like an ideal kindergarten classroom online!)
Intp://exchange.smarnech.com Full lesson plans, resources and units for use with a smart board. Most
lesson plans are sorted by grade level with grade appropriate activities and there is a section for
standards-correlated lessons (USA based, but still relevant, just more leg work to make them work) There
is also a discussion board for sharing ideas and asking questions.
www.ivestironclequoitorolinservice/Templates%2Ofor%20Teachers.htin A HUGE collection of templates
for everything in your classroom. I used this all the time as a grade 8 teacher, but there are tons of things
for all grade levels. My favorite part of this website is that all the templates are Microsoft Word
documents, so as long as you have Word on your computer the templates can be completely manipulated.
Check out the Kids Lab Video Lessons about half way down the page. They are such a great tool to use if
you have an ELL student in your classroom and want to provide them when time to improve and develop
their English. You can set them up at the computer to watch a video clip and then there are worksheets and
quizzes that align with the video. Very beneficial.
This site is good because it is Canadian. I like how they have manipulable forms and worksheets so you can
customize them on the computer and print them out for your use. They have awards and certificates that
can be customized. Basically this site provides many resources that can be helpful for saving time and
creating variety. It's a great tool for getting organized or if you need some information on behavioural
management or getting an IEP started.
This site looks really useful because it is so kid friendly. They have many games to choose from that have
educational purposes. It could be used for free time or you could have all students doing the same activity in
the computer lab.
The first: www.learnnowbc.cais a site that has Millie's Math House, Bailey's Book House, Sammy's Science
House ( a huge hit with the boys) and Trudy's Time Place. These activity sites are in several schools
already, but if not available on your systems, then this is the site to visit. There are multiple activities in
each "house" that focus on very specific subjects. Instructions are presented in audio and text. Built with
bright colours and easy to navigate. They've been around a long time (my nephew is 19 now and
remembers using them in kindergarten, too.)
The second: www.makinglearningfun.comis a site more for teachers. There are lessons, circle activities
and printables in both B&W and Colour. No fee. Links for seasonal, thematic and popular story ideas. Just
made a set of "clink" cans for the "Seals on the Bus" story. (uses coffee can and metal frozen juice lids
with images taped on. Label available for the can, too. Use the coffee lid to keep all the parts together.
Kids love the "clink" noise when they drop the juice lids into the can for sequencing activities.)
Number three: www.robertmunsch.comofficial site. Students can listen to Robert Munsch himself read
them a story. Also pages with letters written by kids to him and an "art gallery" of pictures submitted by
children. Very cool.
The extra: www.bbc.co.uk/schoolsibitesizurimary/the KS1 (key stage 1) matches some of the
expectations for kindergarten students. Other sections are a bit ahead of them--closer to gr. 1 & 2--but
then, if you have an advanced student in your class, they will enjoy the extra challenge. Problems with
this site. Molly's use of smoke signals to send the correct phonetic response to a neighbouring "tribe"
member and the use of what might be seen as stereotypical aboriginal costumes/behaviours could be
upsetting to Canadians (it is a British site). Also, Numeracy section contains some flickering images that
could be a problem for those with photosensitive epilepsy...but at least they warn users...not all sites do.
This site also contains so extremely useful and most excellent literacy, numeracy, scientific and historic
lessons for junior grades as well. Really, it is a "must see" site:)
Websites for this age group are something that I have never needed before, but here are three that I
found that I liked and that may be useful:
This website contains several resources for teachers that can be accessed with the purchase of a
$20/year membership. The resources include thematic units where worksheets and activities can be
printed off. While the top of the page contains mostly print out activities, the bottom contains
activities by subject and unit. The only thing that I did not like about this page was the need for a
membership. I did like that you could look at the resource quality before becoming a member though,
allowing for an informed decision.
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This website contains free activity ideas and worksheets. As I am not the most creative individual, I find
websites that give me ideas for crafts and art projects invaluable. This website provides activities and
worksheets for other grades as well, and in addition to craft ideas includes ideas for reading, math and
other subject areas.
This website includes several games that children can play geared towards building a wide a variety of
skills. I liked the wide variety of activity options, but also the ease of use of the website. Unlike some
websites that contain children's games, this one does not have any links on the page that could send
children to sites that were not intended for their use.
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