Elementary Education Resources: Kindergarten

List of Contents (click on topic name for more links)

General Resources and Activities
Ecology/Environment activities
History and Social Studies activities
Holiday activities
Language Arts activities
Lesson Plans
Math activities
Science activities
Social Studies activities
Special Education

Special section contributed by Mrs. Abilene McCutcheon's 7th Grade Art and Crafts Class at W.B. Goodwin Community Center in North Charleston, South Carolina

Family Fun: Make your own Cereal Box Sandals
My Coupons: Garden Basics for Kids
National Geographic: Garden activities for young children
Bedroom Furniture Spot: Wood Crafts for Children
Scholastic Teachers: Have fun creating drama in both darkness and light
Ohio State University Extension: Recycled Craft Ideas
Excellent Arts and Crafts Resource from the Appleton Area School District, Wisconsin
The Story of Stuff Project: The Story of Bottled Water
Enchanted Learning Software: Learning to make a box guitar

General Resources and Activities
A day in the life of a Preschool teacher--by Leslie McCollom

Absolutely Green--facts about St. Patrick's day, Ireland, rainbows, activities for children, and links to other holidays

Activity Cupboard--great craft ideas for the young child
Aims Education Foundation: The Interactive Zone
Bonus.com--a supersite for kids, games, sports and more.

Building with Wood: Tips and More--this one's for Jack :)

Butterfly Coloring Pages

Carol Gossett's Kindergarten Connection
Coloring pages for kids up to ten!
Craft Emporium, The--extensive Arts and Crafts links page
Cute Colors--cute colors, clipart, scrapbooking, crafts, including coloring pages

DoMyOwnPestControl.com: Kids Corner Page--some games and insect facts for kids

Dr. Seuss
Early Childhood Educator's Web
earlychildhoodteacher.org listed with the National Association for the Education of Young Children

Early Literacy Advisor

Education.com--over 2,000 free printables easily sorted by subject. We provide these resources to kindergarten teachers to help them more efficiently plan lessons

Employment and salaries in the early childhood education field in the United States

Father's Day Crafts--Pen Holder Collage is a great site for special hands on gifts and projects for Father's Day
FunBrain.com--providing teachers, parents, and kids with the tools they need to succeed

Great Ideas From the Family Page

Guide to Online Schools

Help for Teachers--Focus on mental health and alcohol/drug use

Internet 4 Classrooms--This is an interactive website for reinforcing literacy and mathematics skills.

Jeff Hogan's excellent Pre-K web resources

Jumpstart--offers free grade and subject based worksheets, printables and educational games for kids

KinderArt.com--wonderful resource for art education
Kinder Site--The site has 1,000s of links to the best Games, Songs and Stories for young children.
Kindergarten Activities
Kindergarten computer class
Kindergarten computer class--has the basics of computers and offers free programs on the internet using a SmartBoard
Kindergarten Kafe--edited by Charlene Woodham Peace
KinderTeacher.com--Mrs. Critchell and Mrs. Bergman's Kindergarten
Learning Page--worksheets and lesson plans for Early Childhood education
Learning Letters and Learning Sounds
lil-fingers.com--features storybooks and games for toddler age kids to read and play along with their parents in a fun and safe environment
Literacy Center--provides a safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with their children; children at the Literacy Center can practice pre and early reading skills in a structured format

MomJunction Coloring pics

National Association for the Education of Young Children--a leader in the world of early childhood education
Net-Gold Group--This is a selection of websites that provide Webquests that are at an appropriate level for kindergarten level students.

Orkin.com provides insight into the world of Bed Bugs and many other household pests--articles on Bed Bugs, insects, activities for children, and detailed information about the habits of common pests. Because of a recent surge of Bed Bugs questions, Orkin has improved the Bed Bugs section in order to inform the public about detection, identification and prevention

Pest Library--information on a variety of insects and animals

Pilkey's Website of Fun--jokes, interactive activities that include printable coloring sheets, games, and a section for teachers on how to use Dave's site as a teaching tool
Poems and Songs that Teach

Reading and Math Online for K-5--math worksheets for grades 1-6, extensive and very organized; worksheets for preschool and kindergarten (letters, numbers, shapes and colors, phonics, etc.); grammar worksheets; reading comprehension worksheets; cursive writing worksheets; over 25 multimedia reading and math lessons

Resources for Accredited Online Colleges

Sebran's ABC--It's never too early for your child to become familiar with letters and numbers. Sebran's ABC's colorful pictures, pleasant music, and gentle games teach letters, numbers, simple math, and rudiments of reading. The program teaches using either Afrikaans, Breton, Croatian, Catalan, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish or Swedish (in Swedish, the droll zebra gracing the main screen is called "sebran").
Sesame Street Games--This is an interactive website featuring Sesame Street characters for all subject areas.
Scholastic Network
Special Education Guide--includes original, trustworthy content from a number of experienced special education professionals

Stranger Dangers--Teach students about the dangers of strangers, and how to deal with and avoid problems.
Surfing the Web with Kids--site has everything from games to research material

Teacher Stress--this page is a fantastic guide on teacher stress in the classroom

Teacher Tools from earlychildhoodteacher.org--free lesson plans, classroom materials, and more

Technology and Assessment--describes and discusses the use of technology to support alternative assessment

TheColor.com--over 1,000 images to color in online without having to print

Wellness guide for teachers--comprehensive, evidence-based wellness guide for teachers

Wonka Factory
You Can Read!--a learn-to-read phonics program on videotapes. The program was written and produced by teachers and has been highly recommended by both parents and educators. It includes 12 easy-to-follow lessons on four videotapes and is accompanied by over 150 corresponding worksheets. "You Can Read!" is effective for the young child who is ready to read and for the older child or adult who has experienced some difficulty in reading.
Back to Top

Ecology/Environment Activities

Building with Wood: Tips and More--this one's for Jack :)

Butterfly Coloring Pages

Ecology Games
Lorax's Save the Trees Game--a Dr. Seuss Game

Pest Library--information on a variety of insects and animals

Surfing the Web with Kids--site has everything from games to research material
Back to Top

History and Social Studies Activities
Building with Wood: Tips and More--this one's for Jack :)

KinderArt.com--wonderful resource for multicultural art education
Surfing the Web with Kids--site has everything from games to research material
Uncle Charlie--Hawaiian Storyteller
Back to Top

Holiday Activities
Absolutely Green--facts about St. Patrick's day, Ireland, rainbows, activities for children, and links to other holidays

Building with Wood: Tips and More--this one's for Jack :)

Butterfly Coloring Pages

Celebrate All The Seasons In Your Classroom
Custom Valentine’s Day Cards by Treat

DLTK's Crafts for Kids--includes coloring pages, craft ideas, recipes, and background information on St. Patrick's Day
Kid's Christmas Links
KinderArt.com--wonderful resource for art education
lil-fingers.com--features storybooks and games for toddler age kids to read and play along with their parents in a fun and safe environment
Martha Stewart Christmas Page

MomJunction Coloring pics

Mrs. Fischer's Kinder Themes
Pinterest Valentine’s Day Decoration Ideas

Send Santa an email
St. Patrick's Day at KidsDomain.com--downloads, learning materials, e-cards, online games, stories, et al.
Thanksgiving Activity Pages
Thanksgiving Printables
TheColor.com--over 1,000 images to color in online without having to print
Tiny Prints Holiday Cards

Toys's Christmas Gift Ideas
Valentine’s Day Gifts from Martha Stewart

Yahooligans! - Around the World: Holidays: Children's Days--Ask Earl: learn about holidays with Yahooligans!
Back to Top

Language Arts Activities

Building with Wood: Tips and More--this one's for Jack :)

Christmas Stories and poems
Dr Seuss's Seusseville
lil-fingers.com--features storybooks and games for toddler age kids to read and play along with their parents in a fun and safe environment

MomJunction Coloring pics

Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays

Sensational Strategies for Teaching Beginning Readers
Sesame Street Print and Play
Story--This is an interactive website that reads the story to you and has pictures to go along.
Surfing for ABC's
Surfing the Web with Kids--site has everything from games to research material
The Literacy Center--provides a safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with their children. Children at the Literacy Center can practice pre and early reading skills in a structured format.
You Can Read!--a learn-to-read phonics program on videotapes. The program was written and produced by teachers and has been highly recommended by both parents and educators. It includes 12 easy-to-follow lessons on four videotapes and is accompanied by over 150 corresponding worksheets. "You Can Read!" is effective for the young child who is ready to read and for the older child or adult who has experienced some difficulty in reading.
Back to Top

Lesson Plans

Building with Wood: Tips and More--this one's for Jack :)

Butterfly Coloring Pages

Core Knowledge: Kindergarten Lesson Plans
Free lesson plans for teachers

Julia's Rainbow Corner--Julia's Rainbow Corner shows games, activities, and lesson plans for younger children.
Kindergarten Home Page
Kindergarten Math Lessons
LessonPlansPage, The--a growing resource for K-12 teachers
Lesson Plans / Units: Kindergarten
Lesson Plans with Technology
LessonPlanz.com
Literacy Center--Literacy Center involves teaching children reading and their letters.

Lesson Plans by Share My Lesson

MomJunction Coloring pics

Open Colleges Lesson Plans--The resource is a long list of lesson plans (1000+) that users can filter by various categories.

Pest Library--information on a variety of insects and animals

The Kindergarten Program
Back to Top

Math Activities
AAA Math Kindergarten--interactive activities and resources

Building with Wood: Tips and More--this one's for Jack :)

Fishy Count--This site is an interactive website dealing with counting.
Free Kindergarten Math Worksheets
Fun activities to promote math skills
Kidport Kindergarten Mathematics
Kindergarten Math Center Activities--teacher resource for creating math materials
Kindergarten Math Lessons
Math--sharpen your math skills and vocabulary with exciting online math games and crossword puzzles

Math Blaster--math activities, free printables and worksheets with a focus on making the entire process of learning math more enjoyable for young minds

Math Skill-Builders for Kindergartners

Surfing the Web with Kids--site has everything from games to research material
Back to Top

Science Activities

Building with Wood: Tips and More--this one's for Jack :)

Butterflies of Britain and Ireland
Butterflies of North America
Butterfly Coloring Pages

Glitter Germs--shows students why they should wash their hands with soap and warm water
It's Alive--concept of living vs. nonliving
Learning About Space
My Yahooligans Experiments with Science

Orkin.com provides insight into the world of Bed Bugs and many other household pests--articles on bed bugs, insects, activities for children, and detailed information about the habits of common pests. Because of a recent surge of bed bugs questions, Orkin has improved the bed bugs section in order to inform the public about detection, identification and prevention

Our Place in Space

Pest Library--information on a variety of insects and animals

Rainforest Unit
Rocks Unit
Surfing the Web with Kids--site has everything from games to research material
Universe in Motion--Kindergarten unit on the solar system
Back to Top

Social Studies Activities

Building with Wood: Tips and More--this one's for Jack :)

Butterfly Coloring Pages

Guide to Circuses
Kidport Kindergarten Social Studies
KinderArt.com--wonderful resource for multicultural art education
Kindergarten Social Studies
My Family and Me!
National Geographic World

Pest Library--information on a variety of insects and animals

Ranger Rick On-Line
Surfing the Web with Kids--site has everything from games to research material
Back to Top

Special Education
Building with Wood: Tips and More--this one's for Jack :)

Butterfly Coloring Pages

MomJunction Coloring pics

TheColor.com--over 1,000 images to color in online without having to print
You Can Read!--a learn-to-read phonics program on videotapes. The program was written and produced by teachers and has been highly recommended by both parents and educators. It includes 12 easy-to-follow lessons on four videotapes and is accompanied by over 150 corresponding worksheets. "You Can Read!" is effective for the young child who is ready to read and for the older child or adult who has experienced some difficulty in reading.
Back to Top