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The activities listed here support the content area curriculum. They are used by individuals, small groups, one classroom of students, or all students at this grade level. These choices are selected to sharpen student skills or expand their learning.
Commerical Reading Game Websites sites nd on these pages. Links to some of these games are on the reading specific topic pages.
 


Sesame Street


 
       

PBSKids


 
     

Starfall


 
       
Mr Rogers Mr. Roger's Neighborhood NY New York Philharmonic
       
Tub Time!: Press the space bar to pop the bubbles  
Poisson Rouge
Little People
Little People's Clubhouse
from Fisher Price
       
Giselle's backyard
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think
       
learning island
storymaker
My StoryMaker Online
       
Nicoland
play kids games

Play Kids' Games

Alphabet Games

Vocabulary Games

Memory Games

KOL
crickweb
Early Learners
Up to Ten
Do 2 Learn
Sequencing
texas
leading to reading
Leading to Reading
Bears boobah Boohbah
literacy center Literacy Center Sensory world Sensory World
Wacona Wacona Elementary School Kindergarten professor garfield

Professor Garfield's Games

Home Page

    sheppard software Sheppard Software: Preschool and Kindergarten
Winnie the Pooh Winnie the Pooh orisinal

Orisinal

Pig

mighty books
Short Classic Songs
caillou
Caillou

Mother Goose

Mother Goose Rhymes (Rebus)

ABC ya!
  learning games for kids

 

Learning Games for Kids

Help Kidz Learn
games

Big Bang Colors

Splat the Clowns

Hidden Grid

DJ Master

Coconut Shy

Catch the Crocs

Gophers

Find the Odd One Out

 


stories

Bob the Builder Birthday Story

Goal!!!

Destructive Digger

The Snow Family

Five Little Monkeys

Clean Your Teeth


early years

 

creative play

 

find out

The Panda--A Chinese Treasure

Visit the San Diego Zoo: Video

Animal Planet: Meet the Wild Pandas

 

musical notes

music making
musical notes
     
Creative Musical Sketchpad    
Creative Muscial Sketchpad Variations   Musical Multiplication

 

 

Musical Instruments

Fisher Price Musicfisher pricefisher prceFisher_Price Music 2

 

 

Fisher Price MusicMixer

     
Sounds of Farm Animals

Toopy and Binoo: Trumpet Fish Game

Toopy and Binoo: Monster Music

Toopy and Binoo: Bubble Bath Melody

Critter Combo Create a band and make some music!
Elmo's Songs:    

 

David Shannon


  Video Interview with David Shannon--from Reading Rockets
  Make Your Own Fairy Tale
  Click a Story: Late to School
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Pets Pets Pets
 
Good Boy, Fergus! by David Shannon
The Best Pet of All by David LaRochelle
The Birthday Pet by Ellen Javernick
   
  Meddlybumps: Pet Shop Game Match the pet owners and their pets
   
  Critter Combo Create a band and make some music.
 
  Pets to Color from Color.com
   
  Super Pet Matching Game: 3 Levels
   
  Pet Detective Matching Game by Animal Planet
   
  Puppy Bowl VII--a Matching Game by Animal Planet
   
  Pet Matching Game: Pictures and Words by the BC
   
  Oxford University: Matching Game with Audio
   
  Animal Planet: Mutt Maker (and more)
   
  Click a Story: Where Is My Dog?
   
  Willy, the Wild Cat--a story from ABCya!
   
  PetForce Comic Books: Online Safety
   
  Turtles as Pets--Good or Bad
   
  What Happened to Spike the Turtle? An Animal Planet Mystery
   
  Kid's Questions about Turtles
   
  Create a Dinosaur
 
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pirates
pirates

 

Read The Little Red Ship and the Pirates

The Pirates' Realm

Pirates' Arcade

The Pirates' Coloring Book

Children's Storybook: Pirates' Treasure

Pirate Ship Builder

Pirate Painter

Pirate Puzzle

Pirates' Treasure Hunt: cbc: CA Kids

Color the Map: Toopy and Binoo

Join Toopy and Binoo on the Island: Path Finding

Toopy and Binoo Dividing the Treasure


train



trains

 


Number Train


Train Coloring

Meddleybumps: Train Games



The Shape and Color Train

PBS Dinosaur Train!

Calliou: Trains


Train Puzzle


Thomas the Train from SproutsonLine


FunSchool All Aboard! (difficult)

Thomas the Train Games


color.comColor the Trains!

 




Train Driver PBS
Chuggington

 

Meet the Chuggers

Chuggington: Videos

 

 

Karma Wilson

Karma Wilson Books We Have Read
Some of Our Favorite Websites and Activities About the Animals She Writes about

Hilda Must Be Dancing!--Writing a Cinquain with Pixie
Sort the Animals, a Pixie Activity

Moose Tracks-- Will a Moose Fit through Our Classroom Door?
How do we measure a moose?
Designing Your Footprints with Pixie

Sweet Briar Goes to School--Pixie--What Makes a Friend?
A Study of Similarities and Differences

See What We Learned! A Pixie Activity Comparing a Skunk, a Hippo and a Moose.

Snakes Alive, a Cattle Drive! and The Cow Loves Cookies!

Our Hippopotamus Study

Fiction and Non-Fiction

Listen to a story about
a Greedy Hippo

 

hippo+girl

hippo

Kenyan Friendship between a hippo and a tortoise

as reported by the Green Turtle Bay Vitamin Co

JUST MORE FUN!

National Geographic Kids: Creature Feature Video/Photos: Hippos!

Nature: Hippo Quest Video

Color the Hippo Online

moose trackstracks

 

Moose Photos!

More Moose Photos!!

After looking at the photos, do you think that a moose would fit through our classroom door? What might give the moose a problem?

moose
sweet briar goes to school


skunk

skunk

Find 7 Differences--Japanese Scene

Spot the Difference Games (hard) by KidzPage

Spot 15 Differences Hello, Kids!

Doing Homework

Skunks! 4 pages

Skunk Puzzles

snakes alivecar

cowcow loves cookies

farm yard


Professor Garfield: Farm Animals 

kbears: Farm

All About Farm Animals: Cows

Kids Farm

Milk A Cow

At the Farm

Barnyard Palace

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Animal Who Game

Where is the cow hiding? (easy)

Blue Cow: Coloring Book 5 pictures

Blue Cow: Jigsaw Puzzles 4 pieces

Blue Cow: Memory Game

Farm Animal Sounds

Pilar's Adventure (on the Farm)

Farm Addition

 

Family Farms Around the World

These 150 farm homepages give you a feel for life on the farm in 40 states and 18 countries around the world. Most include information about life on their farm, animals, crops, wildlife, marketing, problems, economics, soil, climate, and other information of interest to farmers, students, and the general public. Each farm has included a mailto: and would be delighted to hear from you. They will answer your e-letters as quickly as farm work permits.

tractor

Dress Up the Scarecrow

The Pumpkin Farm--from Fonthill, Ontario Canada

AG's Cool Activities: From North Carolina's website, a variety of games based on the products of a farm

The Kid's AG Page Learn about crops and animals produced in Illinois and the ways in which they are used, remember that agriculture is more than farming.

At the Hay ride: Hidden Pictures by Highlights

Barnyard Jamboree: Hidden Pictures by Highlights


Pumpkin Facts

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Bear title
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Color Mountain Bears Pages: (Realistic) Spring flowers!
Make a Bear--Shockwave fun activity  
Color the Bears (Fantasy)  
Animals and Our Environment  
Animal Who? Press a key and learn the animal that begins with that letter.
Animals Here or There? Identify the animal's habitat.
Animals There? Select the correct animal to match the outline of its shape.
Bees and Honey Improve your mouse skills with this 3 part game.
Jay Calls Identify the name of the animal that makes a sound.
Fish Tank Click on exactly the right number of fish you are to catch.
Create a Living Jungle Select animals and plants to live in a jungle you create.
Mr. Elephant's Matching Game A classic concentration game with an animal theme.
Where Do I Live? Two levels of game play--common animals and exotic.
Snuffy's Safari Explore the jungle, arctic, or ocean with Snuffy's magic glasses.

Amazing Animals--from Kaboose

 
Zipper the Virtual Dog  
by Diane Redfield Massie
Pictures by Steven Kelogg

Baby Bee Bee

Where Is the Animal? Game One (Funschool) Online Coloring Book from Animal Diaries
Identify the Animal Scholastic's Habitat Match Up
Wildlife and Water  
Matching Game from the San Diego Zoo You Belong at the Zoo! (BlackDog's Games)
Hidden Pictures: At the Zoo (Highlights) Matching Game from Blackdog4Kids.com
Zoo Matching Game on Apples for the Teacher  
Wild Match Game from Discovery Kids  
  Animal Homes

Arctic Animals!

polar bear
Polar Bears Alive Polar Bears Alive is about a biologist named Dan Guravich who in 1992 founded this website, Polar Bears Alive.
Land of the Great Bear Learn about the different ages of the polar bear.
Penguins Around the World  
Make a Bear Shockwave fun activity
Polar Bears This site has interesting facts and cool things to look at.
Natureworks: Polar Bears This site has characteristics about polar bears, it also has the range, habitat, food, reproduction, and behavior on polar bears.
Scott Polar Research Institute brief explanation of important polar bear facts.

Curriculum Connections

The Seasons  
Months of the Year Project Each month has activities and information suggested--often related to the seasons or the holidays of that month.

FEMA: Ready Kids

Learn how to prepare for dangerous weather events
What Tree is that? Identify trees from Arbor Day.org. Requires reading.
Calliou: Match the Leaves Match the leaves of different shapes and colors.

Fall Simon Says


Press the start game button to begin. Watch the computer and copy the pattern it makes. Complete the sequence in the right order to win.
Follow the Numbers on the Apples Remember the numerical order of the apples. Can be challenging!
Seasonal Changes: Take a walk in the forest and learn about how the forest changes with the seasons.

Lecky Goes Outdoors

Help Lecky choose the right clothes to go outdoors.
   
Leaf Creatures Choose a leaf, add eyes and accessories. From Highlights
   
Fall Match Game  
   
Sticks and the Seasons Explore the seasons with your mouse.
   
Can You Place Me? Put the pictures into the correct summer or winter scene.
   
Barn Dance Find the hidden pictures in this drawing of a traditional barn dance. Three levels of play.
   
A Cold Wind Blows Read and make a rebus story about the fall and winter weather.
   
Homework Help Jr: Seasons Many links to activities and stories about the seasons.
   
Fall Games by Kaboose 6 online games for fall at various difficulty levels.
   
Winter Games by Kaboose 21 games for winter. Some offer more interactivity to children than others. There is a variety of difficulty levels.
   
Spring Games by Kaboose 12 games about spring at various difficulty levels.
   
Summer Games by Kaboose 10 games with additional links to indoor and outdoor games and activities for children.
   
Dexter Learns to Fly A springtime story from Highlights
   
Color and Paint Games Sheppard Software:matching, coloring, and seek and find. 4 seasons
shapes shapes
   
I Spy Shapes by StoryPlace Colors and Shapes by Fisher Price
   
Pauly's Playhouse: Learning Shapes with Krog Astronomy Shape Match Click and drag objects to match shape outlines
  From Number Nut: Two-Dimensional Shape Name Quiz: 10 questions requires word recognition of color words
Pauly's Playhouse: Match Krog's Shapes  
  From Number Nut: Two-Dimensional Shape Memory Challenge: Concentration Game
Shape and Color Match Match the cards with the same shape and color  
   
Locate the shape: audio provided  
   
Match the Toy to Its Shape  
   
   

 

crayons

Picadome: Colors

Color and Word Match Crawforld and Cat's color and word match
   
What color is? Brief interactive story about color
   
Color the Rainbow A story to listen to
   
Lecky's Picture Painting Coloring and matching activity
   
Rats Identify the colors
   
Color Labeling Drag and drop the names of the colors on to the color block.
   
KinderwebGames: Color Listen to the color name and select the colored dot to match.
  Black Dog Color Match Game
   
  Dress the Doggie: listen for directions and then choose clothes (hard)
   
  Colors and Shapes by Gamequarium
   
  Color the Numbers
   
From NumberNut.com Learning Colors Memory Challenge: Concentration Game
   
  Identifying Colors Card Quiz: 10 questions requires word knowledge
   
Sorting Games From Homework Help a selection of seven sorting games.
   
Squigley's Arts & Crafts Online Coloring Pages
   
Monkeybartvjr

Coloring Books, Crafts, and Games

DLTK

Each matching game below offers a practice session and three levels of play (Beginner, Intermediate, Expert) Concentration Games with different levels of challenge
Candyland Moosentration from L.L. Bean Three levels of play
   
EasyBake Double Fun Match from Funbrain Find all the related pairs of cards.
   
Littlest Pet Shop Apples for the Teacher Concentration Games: 25 Concentration Games to play
   
My Little Pony Math Match Game from Math Is Fun: Match the colored shapes
   
Play-Doh Simple Memory Game: One game with large cards to flip
 
Toy Story Matching Game Match Up! from Little Fingers (6 cards with shapes)
   
Tonka Trucks ABC Match Up! from Little Fingers (12 cards)
   
Tonka Matching Parts Game Super Match Up from Little Fingers (12 cards)
   
  Easy Concentration Game: Sky
Road Signs Matching Game: Reading Required  
  Hidden Pictures from Highlights Magazine
Pinata Concentration Game Click on the hidden objects in these puzzles, and watch them animate! (Two pages of fun!)
Mr. Elephant's Matching Game  
  What's Different?
Virtual Goose (very challenging)  
  Matching from ABCya
   
  Find the Differences: Toopy and Binoo: Elephants
   
  Find the Differences: Toopy and Binoo: Squirrels
   
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Toopy and Binoo's World of Patterns
 
1. Secret Code Complete the shape pattern.
 
2. Path to the House Complete the color pattern.
 
3. Road of Nuts Complete the color pattern.
 
4. Road of Fruits Complete the color pattern.
 
5. Tooy and Binoo's World: Repeat the Dance

Crick: STRING of BEADS Color the string of beads to match the target string.

PATTERN DETECTIVES:
Use text or audio for this interactive lesson plan, where students will become Pattern Detectives to find sequences and repetitions in a series of examples and questions.

PATTERNING BLOCKS:
Students can use the virtual tangrams available here to create their own patterns and designs. You can also print out the tangram worksheets (above, Printables) to have them replicated in this online game.

PATTERNS:
Again online, audio enhances this lesson plan on identifying and making patterns, and finding patterns in pictures. Student activities reinforce learned skills.

COMPLETE THE BEAD PATTERN:
Click on the color of the bead that should follow. Often several beads will need to be colored. Can be challenging.

PATTERN BRIDGES:
Choose a colored square that will extend the bridge.

 

books

books

PBS Word Games and Beginning Math

Learn your ABC's with Kaboose

Online Coloring and Interactive Games by Fisher Price

Between the Lions: Games!

Sight Words Matching Game (two levels)

Story Scramble with Arthur (sequencing of events)

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ONLINE COLORING PAGES and PUZZLES

 

Art for Your Feet

Great Excuses

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Coloring.com Holiday coloring, seasons, animals, football and more!

Puzzles from Highlights. Choose the level of difficulty and the picture you wish to unscramble.

Buzzing with Shapes--A Tic Tac Toe Game

 

Alphabet--Letter and Picture Matches:

1. Click on the pictures with the objects that begin with the letter.....
http://www.kiddonet.com/gb/flash/phonics/Intro.html

2. Click on the letter to see an object that begins with that letterhttp://www.poissonrouge.com/abc/index.htm

3. Click on the letter to hear the letter name and see an animation
http://www.juliasrainbowcorner.com/html/a2z.html

4. Word World: animated characters with bodies formed by a letter. View the character's favorite things and click on object to hear the words spelled ot. Print coloring pages also.

5. Kangaroo Confusion Match upper and lower case letters by clicking on the Mommy wearing the upper case letter. http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html

6. Tee Shirt Match Up! Match the lower case letters to the upper case letters and color the white tee shirts to match!

7. Place the bears in alphabetical order by putting them in the little cars-- Alphabet Bears
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark2/pawpark2.html

8. Picture Match from RWT: learn beginning-letter, short vowel, and long vowel sounds!

 

Roy
Rhyming Words
Find the Rhyme (audio support)

Concentration Rhyming Game Pictures/Words
(no audio)

   
Autumn Leaves: National Geographic  
Look at the leaves in Canada!  
United States National Arboretum: Fall Foliage  
Jigzone: Maple Leaf  
Autumn on the Northeast Coast  
National Zoo: A Walk in the Forest  
   
Winter Activities snowmansnowmansnowmansnowmansnowmansnowmansnowman
Snowman from Cute Colors.com
Winter Games  
 
Arctic Antics
The penguins are hosting a pool party in the North Pole and everyone's invited. Help the animals get into the pool safely in the Christmas arcade-style game. Watch out for that diving board -- it's very slippery!
 
Polar Pairs--match the animal with its habitat.
  Wintertime Fun a hidden objects game
 
Winter Games by Kaboose
 
Wild Ride: A Story from Highlights
 
Clothes We Wear in Winter Word Search
 


Find the Hidden Objects



 
Find the Hidden Objects in the Snow
 
Barbara Barr's New Year's and Winter Activities
 


Winter Coloring Pages!



read across america

 

Read Across America--Barbara Barr's Site

Seussville University
Math, Reading, Reasoning, and Science!

Who's Who and What's What in the Books of Dr. Seuss

The Lorax Project

Save the Trees!

The Lorax Sticker Game

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Earth Day Activities

From DLTK: Earth Day Online Games

Envirofun! from the State of Illinois

How much water does it take to grow a hamburger?

Find the answer here on the USGS site!