Hummingbird Educational Resources

Links

 Links to web sites that I have found most useful. If you know of some other links that are teacher friendly e-mail me and I'll add it to my list. Happy surfing!

PRESCHOOL
  • A to Z Kids Stuff: Resources for educators and others to use in a classroom, child care center, or at home. There are lesson plan themes, monthly calendars, fun educational activities for Pre-School and School-Age children, as well as free downloads
  • The Chalkboard - Nice site with lots of ideas for kindergarten/preschool teachers; interactive.
  • ECEOL Website, Collaborative effort of early childhood educators in building a site with well thought out content; growing site with global early childhood perspective.
  • Erik/EECE Reggio Emilia Page,Information and resources related to the approach to Early Childhood Education developed in preschools of Reggio Emilia, Italy.
  •  Love and Laughter Educational Services - A resource for parents, teachers and caregivers featuring Monthly Themes, Daily Lesson Plans, and a Literacy Enrichment Program.  The themes will be explored via Hands-On Learning Activities, Art and Crafts, Language Activities, Music and Movement, Math Activities, and Science Discovery.
  • Mary's Home Page, Something for everyone from teachers to quilting and gardening!.
  •  Miss Annie's Pre-K Class - There are many activities in art, music, movement, science, manipulatives, literature, dramatic play, cooking/great recipes, basic life skills, and lessons in etiquette/good manners.
  • Mrs. Petersen's Preschool Page site has thematic units (book ideas, storytelling, songs, recipes, art activities, centers, games, etc;), resource links, weekly note, message board, curriculum board, web rings, and more!!
  • Natural Learning  - A fun site where anyone can print fingerplays or an art section for making Ellie the elephant.
  • NAEYC, National Association for the Education of Young Children
  • PRESCHOOL TEACHER, Curriculum ideas organized by month with lesson plans and place to share ideas.
  • Teacher's Net,Tons of links, ideas, message boards, chat room and more!


KINDERGARTEN

  • A to Z Kids Stuff: Resources for educators and others to use in a classroom, child care center, or at home. There are lesson plan themes, monthly calendars, fun educational activities for Pre-School and School-Age children, as well as free downloads
  • The ChalkboardNice site with lots of ideas for kindergarten/preschool teachers; interactive
  • Early Childhood - site with lots of free craft ideas for teachers and parents supported by BioColor
  • JumpStart Kindergarten, Page with activities for children; slider game, connect the dots, coloring book, etc. (For children who LIKE flat, pencil/paper activities or who want computer fun.)
  • Kindergarten ConnectionThe Kindergarten Connection is designed to serve teachers and parents anywhere, and at any time.
  • Kindergarten Kafe- Online kindergarten teacher's newsletter with ideas and articles for and by K teachers!
  • Kindergarten Reading Readiness This site is professional and provides educational resources for parents and teachers for Reading Readiness. Activities, links and resources are available for ages birth through age 12.
  • Teacher's Net,Tons of links, ideas, message boards, chat room and more
SPECIAL EDUCATION
  • Captioned-Media Program - FREE-loan, open-captioned videos to American deaf/hard of hearing students, parents, families, teachers. Educational and special-interest videos available. Funded by US Department of Education.


STAY AT HOME MOMS AND HOME SCHOOLED


DAY CARE


LITERACY AND LANGUAGE

  •  Reading Lessons - We have several really good downloads that folks will find very useful.

  • Two are mathlessons and one is the Dolch wordlist program.
     
  • Learning Our Names
  • Teachers at Random, A quick loading easy to use resource center with materials to assist teachers and enhance the classroom experience for young readers.
  • Sunshine Online, Site devoted to providing reading material for 5-8 year olds.


SCIENCE AND COOKING

  • Kids Science Sites - Compiled by the Children and Technology Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
  • LearningPlanet.com - It is a place for kids preschool thru sixth grade to play fun learning games online.


MUSIC

  • Hop Pop Town, Great music activities with colorful animal characters.


CLIP ART


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