• The Kindergarten Program -2006 revised
  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/kindergarten.html
  The Ministry of Education and Training policy document for kindergarten

• Transition to Kindergarten
  http://www.fmhi.usf.edu/institute/pubs/pdf/cfs/fcpi/transition.htm
  Parent Tip Sheets:
  • 80 skills to help ease kids transition into Kindergarten
  • Before the 1st Day (for Parents)
  • Before the 1st Day (for children)
  • What to expect of a Kindergartener
  • Skills Useful in Kindergarten
    Please note: This information is based on Florida State guidelines so all information may not accurately depict services in your district. Use this as a guide only.
  
  
• Get Ready to Read
  http://www.reading.org/downloads/parents/pb1017_ready.pdf
  Tips for parents of your children. (3 page pdf file)
  
  
• Good Nutrition Leads to Better Learning
  http://www.reading.org/downloads/parents/pb1054_nutrition.pdf
  Facts outlining the importance of good nutrition that effect learning. (2 page pdf file)
  
  
• Make the Reading Writing Connection
  http://www.reading.org/downloads/parents/pb1038_connection.pdf
  Tips for parents of young learners. (3 page pdf file)
  
  
  Blackline Masters
  
• Kiz Club
  http://www.kizclub.com/
  Printable pages: ABC's, Phonics, Topics, Crafts, Stories, Resources (Flash Cards)
  
  
• abcteach
  http://abcteach.com/
  Blackline masters on many topics of interest to primary and junior teachers. Topics include: alphabet, math, graphic organizer, maps, shape books and more.
  
  
• AtoZ Prinatables
  http://atozteacherstuff.com/printables/
  Lists of printable pages for all levels.
  
  
• Print and Read Books
  http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/printandread.htm
  Print and assemble booklets for Kindergarten.
  
  
• Webbing into Literacy
  http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/home.html#Take%20Home%20Materials
  Printable literacy activities with popualr picture books.
• A Rhyme-A-Week
  http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm
  Printable rhyme activities listed by the week.
  
  
• Story A Month
  http://www.state.ar.us/childcare/storymonth.html
  36 stories with printable story aids.
  
  
• Pattern Station Menu
  http://www.preschoolexpress.com/pattern_station.shtml
  Patterns in pdf and accompanying activities.
  
  
• Shape-Book Patterns
  http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hme/k_5/shapebook/toc.html  
  pdf files of shape books with and without lines.
  
  
• Printable Craft for Kids
  http://www.dltk-kids.com/
  Crafts for: Alphabet, animals, bible crafts, countries and cultures -see Canada, holiday crafts
  • Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes
  • The Alphabuddies
    http://www.dltk-kids.com/alphabuddies/index.html
    Printable pages of colouring pages, tracer pages, ABC templates, story sequence, 
    
    
• Paper Zoo
  http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/bio/html/zoo_papel/home.html
  Printable pages of a variety of zoo and farm animals.
  
  
• Activity Pages
  http://www.bry-backmanor.org/activitypages.html
  225 printable activity pages for throughout the year.
  
  
• Preschool Printables
  http://www.preschoolprintables.com/
  A variety of useful printables for your primary classroom such as:
  • Calendars
  • Felt Board Stories
    
    
• under 5s
  http://www.underfives.co.uk/wrksheet.html
  Printable blackline masters to practice numbers, letters, shapes and included are games. Some pages are pdf files.
  Level: Primary
  
  
• BBC On-Line: Words and Pictures
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/wordsandpictures/
  Support for literacy hour. Worksheets and games introducing phonics skills: consonant vowel consonant, consonant clusters, long vowel sounds, high frequency words. Look for the Print and Do links. 
  
  
• Things to Print
  http://pbskids.org/lions/printables/index.html
  Colouring pages and letter guides and more.
  • Songs to teach phonics and literacy concepts.
    
    
• Biomes - Habitats
  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/
  World biomes include: arctic, Antarctic, desert,  tundra, chaparral or scrub, taiga- coniferous forests, temperate deciduous forests, grasslands- savanna, prairie, tropical rainforest, pond, swamp, ocean, intertidal zone, coral reef. You will find: maps, graphics, animals, and printable calendars.
  
  
• Schoolhouse Printables
  http://schoolhouseprintable.tripod.com/
  Worksheets, clipart, and other links.
  
  
• Printable Alphabet
  http://www.learningplanet.com/parents/alphabet/index.htm
  Poems and lesson ideas listed by theme.
  
   
• First School
  http://www.first-school.ws/
  Preschool activities and crafts. Lots of colouring pages.
  
  
  

           Alphabet Sites

• Mrs. Alphabet
  http://mrsalphabet.com/
  • Alphabet teaching ideas
    
    
• Printable Seasonal Alphabet Books
  http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/home.html#Alphabet
  Halloween, Thanksgiving, Winter, February, Springtime
  
  
• ABC Order
  http://www.learningplanet.com/act/abcorder.asp
  An on-line macromedia ABC order game.
  
  


• Mr. Elephant's Memory Game
  http://www.learningplanet.com/act/mre/index.asp?contentid=175
  An on-line macromedia game.
  
  
• Desktop Alphabet
  http://abcteach.com/ABC/aplhaline9.htm
  Printable alphabet strips for your students.
  
  
• Alphabet Letters
  http://funschool.kaboose.com/preschool/printables/color-your-abc.html?trnstl=1
  Pictures to highlight each letter.
  
  
• Animated ABC's
  http://www.enfagrow.com/language007.html#AnimatedABCs
  Activities that promote language development and on-line activities for toddlers. Curser down for other language development topics.
  
  
• First-School
  http://www.first-school.ws/
  Alphabet worksheets, theme pages and lots of links.
  
  
  
  On-line Activities, Resources and Lesson Plans
  
  
• Genisisarts Books and Crafts
  http://www.genesisarts-books.com/2.html
  Order ready-made felt board story characters.
  
  
• Everything Preschool
  http://www.everythingpreschool.com/
  Theme ideas, lesson plans, songs, recipes, activities, crafts, games, coloring pages.
  
  

• Kinder-Themes
  http://www.kinderthemes.com/
  Nine months of themes including book titles, songs, rhymes, lesson ideas.
  
  
• Preschool Express
  http://www.preschoolexpress.com/
  Games, theme lesson, pattern sheets available.
  
  
• Activity Index
  http://www.ktca.org/donnasday/creative/activndx.html
  Recipes for play clay, gooey goop, bubbles, and art activities.
  
  
• The Early Childhood Education Network
  http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm
  On-line games to learn shapes, letter and colour recognition in English, Spanish, German and French.  Flash5 is required.
  
  
• WIL's A-Book-A-Week Instruction
  http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/classroom_instruction.htm#Weekly_Instruction
  Weekly book titles with lesson plans in pdf files for primary grades.
  • A-Rhyme-A-Week printable and lesson plans
  • 30 Featured Rimes and Rhymes
    
    
• Craft Subject List
  http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/ys/CRAFTS/Crafts.htm
  An alphabetical listing of crafts, puppets, nursery rhymes, and more...
  • Cooking Fun
    
    
• KinderArt
  http://www.kinderart.com/
  An excellent collection of kindergarten lesson plans, printable pages, art ideas and more...
  • Sitemap
  • Art Lessons
  • Kinder Color
  • Bulletin Boards
    
    
• Teachers' Corner
  http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Teachers/
  Lesson plans, blackline masters, crafts, clipart, and songs.
  
  
• Zoom School
  http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/school/index.shtml
  Geography and science topics, crafts and activity sheets can be found here. Primary dictionary activities are also included.
  
  
• PBS Kids - Between the Lions
  http://pbskids.org/lions/index.html
  • 55 stories on-line read the stories on-line or print each story
  • 5 Recommended books for each episode
  • Literacy tips
  • A Guide for Kindergarten Teachers and Teacher-Libraraians - a 36 page pdf file.
  • Leading your way to literacy video clips
    
   
• Learn to Read
  http://www.starfall.com/
  Click on online stories for early emergent readers and advanced emergent readers.
  
  
• Sesame Street
  http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/
  Click on Games. Links for parents and students.
  
  
• Enfamil
  http://www.enfagrow.com/introduction001.html
  • Post-natal activities to do with your baby
    
    
• Idea Box
  http://www.theideabox.com/
  Use the index of ideas at the left side of the site to find: crafts, songs, lesson ideas sorted by theme and season..
  
  
• The Little Animals Activity Centre
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/menu.shtml
  Printable activities and online activiites.
  
  
• Learning Page.com
  http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/home.html
  Alphabet, calendar, money, senses, time, measure, numbers, theme sheets- animals
  Become a member for free to access printable blackline animal clipart.
  
  
• FunSchool.com
  http://funschool.kaboose.com/index.html
  Interactive games.
  
  
• Story Place: The Children's Digital Library
  http://www.storyplace.org/storyplace.asp
  On-line stories using Macromedia Flash. Activities included. Themes- animals, colours, crocodiles, monkeys, teddy bears. More to come...
  
  
• GameGoo
  http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/intro11.html
  Games to help develop early literacy skills. Uses Flash Player 4.
  
  
• Kinder Korner 
  http://www.kinderkorner.com/
  Scroll down for poems, songs, and curriculum connections.
  
  
• The perpetual playschool
  http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/
  Theme related songs and curriculum links. Outdoor play ideas too.
  
  
• Edupuppy
  http://www.edupuppy.com/
  Collection of curriculum links.
  
  
• Early Childhood Technology Literacy Project
  http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/littlekids/index.html
  Lesson plans and online activity links.
  
  
• Organizational Tips
  http://www.preschoolbystormie.com/organizingtips.htm
  Lots of ideas to make your teaching life easier.
  
  
• Mathematics Assessment for Preschoolers
  http://www.gigglepotz.com/pres_math.htm
  A list of mathematics guidelines to assess your students.
  
  
  
  Music
  
• Songs4Teachers
  http://www.songs4teachers.com/
  Sample downloadable pdf files of songs for primary grades sung to old favourites.
  
  
• KIDiddles: Musical Mouseum
  http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/index.html
  Well-known children's songs with lyrics and some midi files sorted by subject, alpha-index.
  
  
• The Canadian Kids Page Karaoke Player
  http://www.canadiankids.net/ck/singalong.jsp
  Favourite children's songs are listed with words and midi files are provided.
  
  
• Songs for Teaching
  http://www.songsforteaching.com/
  Links to online music for teaching all subjects.
  
  
• Hummingbird Educational Resources
  http://www.hummingbirded.com/
  Lots of lesson plans, music and teaching ideas for primary students.
  
  
• Sesame Street
  http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/
  Click on Games. Links for parents and students.
  
  
   
• Fingerplays for Young Children
  http://www.songsforteaching.com/Fingerplays.html
  Words and directions for popular fingerplays.

Copyright 2001
Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Sunday May 20, 2007 6:03 PM