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I use this web site in my pre-k classroom. It has many, many learning games that can be used through-out the school year AND at home during the summer.

I use this web site in my pre-k classroom. It has many, many learning games that can be used through-out the school year AND at home during the summer.

Ideas for using balanced literacy in the kindergarten classroom

A blogspot for students, parents and early childhood educators. It offers links to websites along with ideas for activities for kindergarten.

RSS Feed - A Kindergarten Blog. On this blog some new content that I found was this voice recorder that you can use to put stories or other things on blogs or internet, It is called Vocaroo. She used it as a story of a leprechaun coming into the classroom. I thought this was cute!

I've seen a lot of hubbub lately touting the teaching of reading at an increasingly early age. First, there was a commercial for a program claiming it could teach your baby to read. Then, I saw an ad for a school whose biggest selling point (according to the ad) was that their school can have your child reading before kindergarten.

Kindergarten - respect, resource, rant

ABCya.com is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children's educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. All educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn.

A fun website for elementary students---just click on your grade level to begin. I use the kindergarten level for my 4 & 5 year olds.

Nothing captures young children's attention more than music and motion, and an approach called Reading In Motion lets youngsters exercise their creativity (and their bodies) as well as their minds as they learn to read. Included: A description of Reading In Motion.

ABCmouse.com helps kids learn to read through phonics, and teaches lessons in math, social studies, art, music, and much more. For kids age 2 to Kindergarten. It is also free for teachers in public schools.

In Kindergarten students need to learn to solve their own problems and to be critical thinkers. I love problem based learning and letting the students lead the thought process. Stacy Smith

These have activities for all kinds of lessons I might do with my Kindergarteners. It looks like a fantastic site. Stacy Smith

Sue LaBella, Education World's early childhood editor, has created hundreds of activities for use across the year and the curriculum. Click any month on the list below to scan her list of activities for that month. Sue leads off this archive with her long list of "Anytime Activities."

This is an excellent article from an expert that explains why students no longer find interest in reading outside of school and how to regain that interest.

Teacher Donalyn Miller earned the nickname The Book Whisperer" because of her almost mystical success getting kids to read -- a lot. Allowing children to choose books, and providing reading role models and time to read are among her strategies. Included: Reading tips and resources from The Book Whisperer."

This article deals with how important it is to get children reading on their own and some of the strategies that Donalyn Miller used