
Links for Early Childhood Educators
These are just some of the great sites that have helped me. 16 new links added! Scroll to the bottom for another list.
updated 7/5/06
ADPRIMA; Check out this site for the specifics of writing lesson plans and behavioral objectives.
Building Blocks; These are Joe Fuhrman's web pages for information on Building Blocks, the Kindergarten version of the Four-Blocks literacy framework.
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/fourblocks/kindergarten_building_blocks.htm
Hubbard's Cupboard; Click on EDK and then story lessons for lessons on classic children's literature.
The School Bell; Visit this site and links to many other sites organized by theme.
Jack Fontanella's Kindergarten Directory; Click on it for a list of links to Kindergarten classrooms around the country.
Welcome to Our School Family; Mrs. Taylor has some terriffic ideas for projects to do with families!
I Love That Teaching Idea; free worksheets, bulletin board ideas and lessons for character education.
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics;This site has online computer activities and has detailed explanations of why and how to cover the math standards.
The New Jersey Department of Education, Visit this site to read the core curriculum content standards.
Do2Learn, This is a fantastic site for teachers, special education teachers and parents. This site has many icons and clip art pictures of games, food, places, activities,etc. These are perfect for picture schedules and for creating sorting and classifying workjobs or center games.
Kid Writing, This site belongs to the authors of the book by the same name. This journal writing program has been a great success in my classroom.
The Virtual Vine, Visit teacher Cindy's excellent site for inspiration.
Stenhouse Publishers, Visit this site to read professional books online.
Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, Tangrams and much more.
Mrs. Bonthius, Visit Angie's site for great book activities.
Nancy Stewart, Great children's music that you can download or purchase the CD.
Mrs. Jones', Visit the teacher printables page for an incredible collection of goodies and be sure to visit the sing-along-songs page.
Math Mats , a large collection here. Visit also my page for one you can print out ready to go.
KizClub, Visit this site for many goodies but especially the story patterns that you can use for the students to retell or sequence a story.
Mimi's Motifs, You can purchase the most adorable dolls here based on famous book characters. My favorites are the reversible dolls.
Story Teller, Purchase beautiful quality felt sets through this company. You can even have a home party or catalog party like tupperware.
Really Good Stuff, You can tell they're listening to us. This company has just those unique items we've been looking for or previously had to make ourselves. Buy the Spaceman here.
Carl's Corner, This is Cherry Carl's site and you can spend days wandering around here.
Garden of Praise Bulletin Boards, They have the best ideas!
Acorn Naturalists, Puppets for storytelling and learning
Tap N' Glue, I love these red tops for glue bottles. No more messes and my glue lasts ALL year!
Ivy's Coloring Pages Search Engine
Jennifer Felty,Building community in the classroom. Also check out her quotes and internet pages.
Rigby, Visit here to see three minute video clips of shared reading and guided reading lessons.
Little Giraffe's, Visit this teacher's site for lots of great ideas and her collection of stories for sequencing.
Cybrary Man's Educational Web Sites
***Kinder Korner, This was the very first teacher's site I visited on the computer. I couldn't believe how great it was. Victoria must be one terrific teacher. New teachers should especially check out the "In My Room Photo Pages".
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