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12-24-08
Body Parts:
- Aliens - Create your own alien by clicking and dragging parts from the box on the left to the box on the right. May be scary for some children. Always click on the skip intro button.
- Emotions - Faces with different emotions expressed. Students could create a story about each one.
- Lecky's Friends - Click on the body parts
Animals:
- Animal Noises - Click on the little mouse and then guess what animal makes that sound. Students who know beginning sounds can guess the name of the animal by clicking on the word with that letter.
- Animal Sound Game - Click on the triangle [
] to hear the sound, then click on the animal that makes that sound.
- Animal Themes - Numerous activities and a variety of animals.
- Farm Animals - Online story. Audio available but you must click on the sound file to start the sound on each page.
Spatial Relationships
- Left, Right, Up, Down - Help Eudora find her friend's house.
- Sizes - Click on objects to choose bigger or smaller objects
- Spatial Concepts - Illustration of various spatial relationships. Good to use as examples of up, down, through, etc. A few of them are interactive
- so children can move pieces to show spatial concept.
- Spatial Concepts - Biggest, Tallest, Shortest, Widest, Narrowest; then a click and drag activity to put the items in order. (British accent and pronunciation)
Seasons
- What Shall I wear? - click on the right clothes for winter
- Season's Song - activity sheet and words included on the site.
Community Workers
- Who's at the Door? - Two community workers are presented, students decide which one is described.
Math:
- Counting Concepts:
- Ant Parade - help ants line up for a parade by counting ants
- Be a Detective - use the mouse to move Pilar left or right and click on the animal - also practices counting skill
- Counting - Mouse skills needed to drag box car. Audio counts box cars as they are added. Once there are 10 cars, student selects a number and a one-to-one activity is displayed.
- Counting - Pick an object to count; pick a number for the number of objects; audio counts objects as they appear.
- Counting: One to Seven - this site reads the numbers one to seven over and over
- The Counting Game - [numbers up to 9] Count the shapes and then click on the number you counted. Get ten right to win the game.
- Counting Story - Teacher-led and read. Story counts up to Five.
- Count the Bananas - Count the banana peels and click on the correct numeral.
- Dot to Dot - move a forked stick onto the numbers and click them in order - do not click until the number gets bigger
- Glass Palace (with Curious George) - [this link opens in a new window] find where a number fits by cleaning off a dirty window
- Greenelle's Numbers - click on the set that has the vocalized number.
- How many? - online game
- Learn to Count to 20 - number is displayed and then the number is said, slowly from one to twenty
- Let's Count! Cynthia Lanius - Many counting activities; also in Spanish.
- Matching Numbers - Click on the picture with the same number of items as the example on the left. one-to-one matching
- Move with Hampshire - can be used to lead the children in exercises or as a counting activity
- Numbers to Twenty - one at a time numbered balls fill a box. At any time you can click on a number to hear it spoken
- Shape Web sites
- Buzzing with Shapes (2 player game) - Be the first to fill a row (like tic-tac-toe). Players must select the number of sides in a shape.
- Colors, Shapes and Number Matching - Barney Site - Pick the shape, or number, that matches the objects with which Barney is playing.
- Colors and Shapes - States color and shape of objects. Sound effects helps students remember. Press a letter on the keyboard to go to the next shape. Gets students used to using the keyboard as an input objects instead of the mouse.
- Color the Shapes - Click on color paint and click on shape as directed.
- Find the Shape (Dragon Tales) - click on a shape matching the one held by the dragon
- Find the Shape in the Picture - Barney Site - Click on the shape that is in the picture that matches the one on the side.
- Fun With Shapes - Arrange the puzzle pieces by matching the colored shape to the puzzle piece.
- I Spy Shapes - Find the shapes within the picture and click on them.
- Oochy Goes to the Fair - Look at the shape on the sign and then match it by clicking on the one in the box that is the same.
- Oddball - Click on the one that is different.
- Matching Game - (Fisher Price) Students click on the Little People Friends that don't match the other two.
- Matching Shapes - Click on the shape that is the same as the one on the left.
- Matching Shapes - from Lil'fingers; play this simple concentration game and match the shapes
- Put the Shapes where they belong - A puzzle where the student moves the shapes to fit into the puzzle; a click and drag activity.
- Purpy's Shapes - Click on the shapes at the bottom of the page that match the highlighted shape. Also find shapes in pictures.
- Sammy's Shapes - Teacher directed lesson for whole class activity.
- Shapes - Concentration game. Find the shapes that match under the boxes. May be too difficult for some students because of the number of boxes. (18)
- Shape Drop - guide shapes into the correct holes with keyboard arrows
- Shape Story - describes each shape
- Trucks o' Fun - drop color tires into matching color trucks using the space key
- Valentine's Day Puzzle - Oh no! Candy has fallen out of the box. Your job is to drag the pieces back into the proper place
- Sorting by Size - A click and drag activity, moving the objects in a row according to size.
- Sorting by Categories - Name items in various places and drag them into the box. Mouse skill of dragging items needed for this activity.
- Sorting with Hampshire - help Hampshire organize things by dragging them into one of three groups
- Time - Fill in the numbers in order around the clock 1-12. A click and drag operation.Can use this activity to become familiar with the clock layout.
- What's Different? - Students look at two pictures and select what three things are different. Four different pictures are available.
- Zoe's Pet Shelter (Sesame Street) - Zoe has to group animals with similar characteristics. This will work best as a whole class activity. Caution! This game never ends!
Language Arts:
- Building Vocabulary Skills - Learn vocabulary words while sorting items that belong in each building. Great for ELL students!
- Colors - Each color has its own separate interactice page for the children to click on the objects to learn to recognize colors. Shapes, letters and numbers are also available here.
- Color Room - Select the Mixing Room for the students. This is more of a class activity as the mouse skills may be above some students. Click and drag two colors into the machine and see what new color is made. Great site for discovering primary color mixes.
- Color Room - Select the Sorting Room for the students. A class activity that gives critical thinking questions and asks students to find the combination colors of red and yellow, blue and yellow, etc.
- Color Room - Select the Coloring Room for the students. Introduce site as whole class activity, then it can be used at Center Time. When students click on a primary color and paint a particular area, then click on another primary color and paint that same area, the color on the picture will show as the combination of those two primary colors.
- Colors - The Shop of Colors - Story of colors, students select color that is named in the story.
- Letterella - Meet the letters of the alphabet. Listen as Letterella sings each letter and pronounces each phoneme in words beginning with the letter
- Listen and Learn English - Increase vocabulary with these basic concepts. Listen and match objects after learning their names. Great for ELL students!
- Loosey Goosey Rhymes - Loosey Goosey letters keep falling off the words. Try to guess what letters are missing.
- My Picture Dictionary - Pictures to help students recognize objects around them.
- Nursery Rhymes - listen to the poem, sequence the poem, sing the poem
- Patterning - Color Sequencing - Find the picture to match the one shown.
- Patterning - Color Sequencing - Color the picture to match the one shown.
- Patterning - Copy the Bead pattern to match the one shown.
- Poems - Listen to poems online.
- Rhyme Time - two lines are read, students click an object to hear the rhyming word at the end of line two
- Same and Different - Two cards are shown. If they are the same, then click the SNAP button. If they are different, do not click. Great activity to introduce same and different.
- What's in the Bag? - Audio directions to listen to clues and then decide what is in the bag.
Alphabet:
- ABC's - Click on the letter to hear its name. Lil' Fingers
- ABC's - Click on the letter to hear its name. Julia's Rainbow Corner
- ABC's - British site; the lower case D'Neilian style letters appear one at a time and the name of the letter is stated. Z is pronounced zed in Britian.
- ABC - magnet alphabet video
- ABC Video - Teach your child the sounds of letters with this online movie based on the Reading Lesson
- ABC Mommy and Me - Click on the letters to hear their names.
- The ABC Game - Pick the object that starts with the letter shown at the top of each page. This game has 10 questions
- The Alphabet - States the Alphabet in order. This is a British site and the Zis not called a Z. When you click on the letters across the top, you have a choice of listening to the name, listening to the sound, learning how to write the letter.
- Alphabet Antics - Listen to the monkey say the letter. Click on the correct letter. Three levels.
- Alphabet Art - A few fun mediums you can use to help your students form letters of the alphabet.
- Alphabet Action - Click a letter to hear its name and see a picture.
- Alphabet Awareness - from StarFall - click on a letter and hear the name of the letter. When the arrow at the bottom is clicked, the sound of the letter is heard along with a rhyme.
- Alphabet Coloring Pages - Many pictures for each letter. Color online
- Alphabet Goop - stir the goop and then match what comes out to one of two letters
- Alphabet Match Game - Match capital with small letter.
- Alphabet Preschool Activities and Crafts - Each letter has a variety of activities and crafts. (heavy with ads and pop-ups)
- The Alphabet Jungle Song - Song, plus letters. This is a British site and the Z is called a zed.
- The Animated Alphabet - Click on a letter on the left and it states the letter and has a movie to go with it.
- Keyboard-O-rama - Press any letter on the keyboard and Elmo will tell you what it is and show a picture that starts with that letter.
- Learn Your ABC's - (from Fisher Price) The letter is named. Students press a letter on the keyboard to go to the next letter. Gets students used to using the keyboard as an input objects instead of the mouse.
- Learn your Letters - click on the objects that start with the given letter - after selecting the letters Jump with Cow to collect objects practicing moving your mouse
- Letter Practice - Dotted pages to print to help trace letters with fingers for recognition.
- Letter TV Teacher Audio Alphabet - click on a letter to hear it pronounced.
- Lost Letters - type letters which pop up on the screen to spell words - three levels
- Magic Mailbox ABC's - Click to see what letter is hiding in the mailbox. random letters pop out and are pronounced
- Musical Worms Spelling - in Level 1 see the word and click on correct letters one at a time, singing worms will tell you what you spelled. Level 2 shows a picture and pronounces but students must spell by clicking on letters
- Online Alphabet book - see the letter and a pictures to associate with it. No audio
- Printed Alphabet activities - Cut letters into pieces for a center time activity. Put a letter train together in correct order. Many other activities
- Pick a letter and hear its name - Click on a letter and hear the name of the letter;see a picture of an object that starts with that letter.
- Songs for each letter of the alphabet - Click on the letter and hear the song .
- Sunnie's Letters - Segments of letters so child is not overwhelmed. Match picture to beginning sound after identifying set of letters.
Sound Discrimination:
- Animal Sounds Game - (Fisher Price) When the Little Friends Animals come out to play, click on the one that matches the sound.
- Listening Game - click on the sounds, drag the correct picture in place to match the sound
- Orson's Waller Blending- Phoneme Blending - Match word that Orson says to the object.
- Phonemic Segments - Deletion and Substitution - Lanolin's Greenhouse - Click on the object that matches the new word with beginning letter replacement.
- Phonemic Segments - Deletion and Substitution - Pumpkin Patch - Click on the object that matches the new phoneme without the beginning letter sound. Excellent practice for students that have a hard time hearing individual phonemic parts!
- Sound Math - Match the sounds with the pictures. Animals and musical instruments. Audio directions provided.
- What do you hear? - Listen to what is said and click on the correct picture. many categories to select, numbers, clothing, etc.
Writing:
- Handwriting resources for Preschool and Kindergarten - These are worksheets with the alphabet letters, color words, months, days of the week. There is also story paper where the students draw at the top and write their story at the bottom.
- Sky Writing - Click on the letter and the plane will draw the letter in the sky. Students follow along with drawing the letter in the air with fingers.
- Writing Letters - Watch the spider draw the letter you click on. Capital and small letters. Also includes an alphabet practice pad to draw the letters with a mouse which may not be appropriate for this age student.
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