Kindergarten Teacher Sites
Files of Good Information - I took a lot of this information from postings to the KinderKorner Newsgroup - Sue
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Annotated Favorite Teaching
Resources
Learning Page
Highlights Include:
Basics Sheets
Theme Sheets
Decodable Books
Lesson Plans
Clipart
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/7444/primary_teacher1.htm
Primary Teacher’s Nook (from first grade teacher Beverly [Sarah}
Froelich)
Highlights Include:
Teaching Units:
Back to School
Monkey Business (Curious George)
Henry and Mudge
Little Bear
Alaska
Mice Are Nice
Clifford
Bats and Spiders
Frog and Toad Are Friends/Friendship
Hickory Dickory Nursery Rhyme Unit
Gingerbread Man
Danny and the Dinosaurs/Dinosaur Unit
Ladybugs
Thanksgiving
Halloween, Fall, & Pumpkins
Classroom Management
Making Big Books (Ideas and
Pictures)
Project Kinderact
http://www.kindergartentreehouse.com/
Kindergarten Treehouse (from Kindergarten teacher Sheri Anderson)
Highlights Include:
Themes
On My Way to Kindergarten
The Kissing Hand
Nursery Rhymes
All About Me
Apples
Fall
Fire Safety
Space
Kindergarten Is Just Batty
Halloween and Pumpkins Too
Scarecrows
A Time to Give Thanks
Gingerbread Man
New Years
Penguins
100th Day of School
Groundhog Day
Bears, Bears, Bears
Washington & Lincoln
Valentines Day
Taking Care of Our Teeth
St. Patrick’s Day
Signs of Spring
Easter
Pigs
Clifford
Play Ball
Wild Wild West
Bears
Mice
A Zoo Adventure
http://www.stairway.bc.ca/alphasongs/lyrics.html
Alpha Songs Lyrics and Activities
Highlights Include:
Lyrics to all the songs on Greg
Whitfield’s Alpha Songs CD (note: I haven’t heard the music for these yet, but
the lyrics have a lot of kid appeal)
Activities for each letter/song
(useful even without the songs)
http://www.nickjr.com/grownups/parenting/lesson_plans/index.jhtml
Nick Jr. – Preschool Learning Activities (Blues Clues, Little Bear, Little Bill, Maisy,
Franklin, and more)
Highlights Include:
Thematic Activities (Theme of
the Month)
Beach
Birthdays
Cooking
Feelings
Friendship
Health
Home & Family
Love
Music
Nature
Rain
Reading
Rhyming
Treasure
Learning Activities
Coordinating with Popular Nick Jr TV Shows
PBS Kids
(Arthur, Barney, Clifford, and much more)
Highlights Include:
Interactive Games
Printable Games
Coloring Pages
Songs
Online Stories
Interactive Stories
Teacher Guides for Mister
Rogers Neighborhood, Jazz Kids, Barney, Dragonfly TV, Arthur, and others
http://www.angelfire.com/wi2/GamesForLearning/
Games for Learning
Highlights Include:
Ideas for making educational
games
Featured games
Game contests winners
Articles on making games
Free patterns
http://www2.minot.k12.nd.us/classrooms/madden/virtual_alphabet.htm
Virtual Alphabet
Highlights Include:
Piggyback songs to cute
alphabet characters
Links related to the characters
and/or the letters for each song
http://www.kindercourt.com/kindergarten.html
Kindercourt with Miss Shaynee (from the teacher/director of a private kindergarten
program)
Highlights Include:
Monthly Themes
September - All About Me
October – Staying Safe And Healthy
November – Plant Life
December – Holidays Around the World
January – Solar System
February – Mammals
March – Birds, Reptiles, and Amphibians
April – Insects and Arachnids
May – Sea Life
Letter Ideas
Math Ideas
Language Arts Ideas
Class photos bring the ideas to
life
ABC Teach
Highlights Include:
Over 5000 free printable
pages
Resources for basic concepts
(letters, numbers, colors, shapes, etc.)
Many thematic units
Center Signs
Theme Signs
Schedule Cards
Bulletin Board Pieces
Calendars
Printable Games
Portfolio Pages
Shape Books
Flash Cards
Activities Organized by the
Month
http://www.mrsalphabet.com/home.html
Mrs. Alphabet
Highlights Include:
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/index.html
Hubbard’s Cupboard (from current stay-at-home mom and former kindergarten
teacher Michelle)
Highlights Include:
Sample Schedules
ABC Centers
ABC Memory/Go Fish
ABC Sounds
Alpha Bears
Big or Little
Book Baskets
Chicka Chicka ABC
Colors
Fun Fonts
I Can Read!
Letter Search
Letter Writing
Names
Read/Write the Room
Rhyme Time
Seasonal ABC’s
Stamp a Story
Word Maker
Family Involvement
Resources
Literacy Kits
Family Nights
Literacy Review (activities for letter and sound recognition)
Family Projects Coordinating with Monthly Themes
Reading with Your Child
Story Lessons
Do You Want to Be My Friend
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Mouse Mess
The Mitten
Who Took the Cookie from the Cookie Jar
The Gingerbread Man
The Three Bears
The Three Little Pigs
Dr. Seuss Books
Good Night Moon
The Enormous Watermelon
I Like Bugs
The Little Engine That Could
Caps for Sale
Number Journals
Assessment Resources
Curriculum Goals
Links to Theme Resources on
Other Sites
Recipes Coordinating with the
Letter of the Week
http://www.dositey.com/homek2.htm
K-2 Math and Language Arts Games and Activities
Highlights Include:
Number Sense Activities
Telling Time Activities
Alphabet Games and
Activities
Phonics Games and
Activities
DTLK’s Printable Crafts for Kids
Highlights Include:
Alphabet Crafts and Games
Crafts Organized by Theme
Child-Made Books
Learning Games
Back to School Activities
Bulletin Board Resources
Cartoon Characters Crafts
Kinder Korner
(from Victoria Smith, kindergarten teacher, conference presenter, listserv
owner, and teaching kits creator)
Highlights Include:
Back to School Resources
Thematic Units
All About Me
A Is for Apple
B Is for Birthday
Friends
What’s In a Name
I Love My ABCs
Fire Safety
A Rainbow of Colors
Down on the Farm
Along Came a Spider
Welcome to the Pumpkin Patch
The Leaves Are Falling Down
Scarecrow, Scarecrow
Going Batty
G Is for Gingerbread
P Is for Penguin
Snowmen & Mittens
Going Buggy
Ladybug, Ladybug
The Ants Came Marching
Buzzing Bees
Creepy Crawly Bugs
Caterpillars and Butterflies
A Camping We Will Go
Under the Sea
Rainforest
Black History Month
We Love Mud
Crazy About Cows
Tractors
Quilts
Literacy Centers
Author Studies
P K Hallinan
Jan Brett
Lois Ehlert
Bernard Most
Story Starters
KinderKorner Listserv
Information
Conference Information
Information on Teaching Kits
and Resource Packets Available
Archives of Past Years’
Activities
The K-Crew
(from Kindergarten teachers Bonnie Jackson, Leslie Gaines and Shelley
Vaughn)
Highlights Include:
Balanced Literacy
Resources
Literacy Centers
Thematic Units
Beginning of School
Gingerbread
Fairy and Folk Tales
Mother Goose
Freedom Week
Apples
Fire Safety
Fall
Farm
Pumpkins & Spiders
50th Day of School
Indians
Pilgrims
Turkeys
Christmas
New Years
Winter
100th Day of School
Alaska
Dinosaur
Valentines Day
Texas/Rodeo
Spring
Eggs
Zoo
Insects
Solar System
Oceans
http://www.treca.org/schools/danville/elem/rowley/kdg10.html
Mrs. Rowley’s Kindergarten (from Kindergarten teacher Linda Rowley)
Highlights Include:
Good Morning Poems
Internet Group Story
Word Wall
Weekly Books
Internet Projects
Parent Tidbits
Class Scrapbook
Thematic Units
Pumpkins, Pumpkins
Thanksgiving
Heart Beats
Post Office
Old Favorites
Camping
Pigs & Mud
The Zoo
Nighty Night
Mama Goose
Old McDonald Had a Farm
When Winter Comes
http://myschoolonline.com/site/0,1876,46465-195290-50-20430,00.html
A First Grade Teacher’s Heart (from first grade teacher Mrs. Lowe)
Highlights Include:
Literacy Centers
Math Facts Songs
Displays
Tips, Tricks, and Time
Savers
Thematic Units
Back to School
Grandparents Day
Apples
Bats
Spiders
Halloween
Pilgrims & Indians
Thanksgiving
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/patti/k-1/k-1.html
Patti’s K-1 Electronic Classroom: (from Patti Stewart, studio teacher for the Windows to
Reading early literacy programs)
Highlights Include:
Making Words: Cardboard
Letters
K-W-L Chart
Phonemic Awareness
Activities
Assessment Tools
National Language Arts
Standards
http://www.littlegiraffes.com/
Little Giraffes
(from Nora Flanagan, Kindergarten teacher)
Highlights Include:
Themes
First Week
Open House
Colors
Shapes
Five Senses
Apples
Bears
Fall
Halloween
Thanksgiving
Election
Christmas
Winter
Igloo
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
100th Day of School
Valentine’s Day
President’s Day
Dental Health
St. Patrick’s Day
Weather
Easter
Plants
Insects
Zoo
Food
Farm
Mother’s Day
Father’s Day
Graduation
Bubbles
Body/Health
Book Ideas
The Gingerbread Man
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Rainbow Fish
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
The Kissing Hand
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
The Mitten
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear
Clifford books
Story Retelling Props
Literacy Resources
Math Resources
Centers
Back to School
Letter Ideas
Newsletters
Weekly Photo Gallery
http://www.jsd.k12.ak.us/hbv/classrooms/Fontanella/fontanejhbvHome.html
A Kindergarten Class (From Jack Fontanella, Kindergarten teacher)
Highlights Include:
Online Alphabet Book
Seasons Project
Links to Kindergarten Classes
by Geographic Region
Kindergarten: Everything You
Need to Know (thorough parent handbook)
http://www.education-world.com/
Education World
Highlights Include:
Useful Articles on Educational
Issues
Practical Classroom Planning
Ideas
Lesson Plans
Thematic Unit Resources
Grants Center
Message Boards
Reviews of Educational
Sites
Teacher Tools and
Templates
Professional Development
Resources
http://www.geocities.com/schmargy/
Mrs. Martell’s Magical Classroom (from Kindergarten teacher Mary Kathryn Martell)
Highlights Include:
Back to School Books and
Ideas
Thematic Units
Apples
Bears
Fall
Name Ideas
ABC Poems
T-Rex Project
Classroom Photos
http://elkriver.k12.mn.us/rogers/AWall/awmain.html
Ms. Wall’s Kindergarten Class
Highlights Include:
Traveling Friends
Class Pets
Math Projects
Class Mascots
Postcard Exchange
Eating the Alphabet
TLC Projects
Name Projects
Leaf Exchange
Nursery Rhyme Party
Teddy Bear Mischief
Homemade Ice Cream
Math Olympics
Earth Day Activities
http://myschoolonline.com/site/0,1876,48979-139697-51-39541,00.html
Pre-K Kiddos
(from Pre-K teacher Tammy Perez)
Highlights Include:
Parent Resources
Nursery Rhyme Activities
Alphabet Resources
http://teachers.eusd.k12.ca.us/bbuchel/
Mrs. Buchel’s Kindergarten Class (from Brittany Buchel, Kindergarten teacher)
Highlights Include:
Pre-Reading and Writing
Strategies
Sight Word Lists
Sound Bingo
Sight Word Bingo
“What Good Readers Do”
Reference Sheet
Book Bags for Leveled
Books
Rhymes to Help Children Write
Numbers
Dice Games
0-99 Chart Game
Number Bingo with #1-16
Number Bingo with #1-30
The Monart Style of Teaching
Drawing
Recyclables Invention Days
Grandparents Day
Activities
Apple Unit
Fairy Tales Unit
100th Day of
School
http://www.myschoolonline.com/site/0,1876,20695-136856-24-3628,00.html
Kindergarten Kapers (from Kindergarten teacher, Anita Carr)
ABCs of Kindergarten (parent
handbook)
Take Home Reading Buddies
The Idea Box:
Early Childhood Education and Activity Resources
Highlights Include:
Crafts
Craft Recipes
Active Games
Song Lyrics (some with activity
suggestions)
Recipes (often related to
thematic units)
Holiday and Seasonal
Resources
Thematic Activities
http://207.166.226.251/baston2000/index.html
Mrs. Baston’s Kindergarten Web Page (from Kindergarten teacher Barbara Baston)
Highlights Include:
Penguin Story Problems
Reptile Visitors
Class Book About
Kindergarten
Classroom Election
Mrs. Abbott’s Language Program
Activities
http://www.geocities.com/crjrtex/
Mrs. Reed’s Class (from teacher Jennifer Reed, who is looping between
kindergarten and first grade)
Highlights Include:
Themes
Apples
Butterflies
Cowboys, Texas and the Rodeo
Fairy Tales
Gingerbread
Ice
Cream
Monsters and Meanies
Nighttime and Quilts
Oviparous Animals (Animals that lay eggs!)
Penguins
Winter
Sunflowers
Watermelons
Balanced Literacy Approach
Graphic Organizers
http://schoolhouseprintable.tripod.com/
SchoolHouse Printables
Highlights Include:
Worksheets for letters,
numbers, shapes, and colors
Cut & Paste Activities
Dot-to-Dot Activities
Mazes
Coloring Pages
Clip Art
ESL Lounge
Highlights Include:
Lesson Plans
Board Games (including empty
master versions)
Song Lyrics
Teacher Forums
Primary Games
Highlights Include:
Curriculum Guide divided into
four areas: Math, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies
Interactive Online Learning
Games
Activity Pages
Award Certificates
Stationery
Calendars
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http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/cgsite/teacheracttime.shtml
Curious George’s 60th Birthday – Teacher
Activity Time
Highlights Include:
Teacher’s Guide in Adobe
Acrobat Format
Printable Sheets with
Independent and Cooperative Learning Activities
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/
Webbing Into Literacy: A Head Start Program
Highlights Include:
101 Best Books for Children
list
Take Home Materials Available
for Download
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The cover for My Very Own Nursery Rhyme Collection