Pre-Kindergarten Book and Author Resources Between the Lions - http://pbskids.org/lions/ I love the songs section in here.  Watch mini animated movies on letters of the alphabet or vowel patterns or just listen to songs.  The games section is all related to the alphabet, reading, and words.  The nice thing here is the directions are read aloud to you.   Jan Brett - http://www.janbrett.com/ Check out this famous author’s webpage that’s full of info about Hedgie the hedgehog and all his friends and cool printable activities.  Want to put on a play…click on masks to print out the character masks for four different plays.   Magic Tree House - http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/ Find out about all of the books, research guides, the author (Mary Pope Osborne), and you’ll even want to visit the teacher resources to get some cool activities.   Officer Buckle and Gloria - http://www.eduscapes.com/caldecott/96a.html This is a great book to get you thinking about safety. Officer Buckle is the information officer who comes to schools to talk about safety. When he has given his talk at Napville Elementary school in the past, the children had always ignored him because he was so dull. One day when he comes to the school for his safety speech, a police dog named Gloria accompanies him. The children really love the way the dog steals the show. Gloria has her own way of performing safety tips while Officer Buckle talks. Officer Buckle becomes jealous and quits the act, but Gloria isn't able to do it alone. So once again they are teaming up on Safety Tips.   Arthur - http://pbskids.org/arthur/ The kids will love to learn more about Arthur and all of his friends.  Great printable activities like masks of all the characters.  Click on the characters and find out their favorite books and more info on their trading cards.  Check out Fern’s poetry club and postcard writing too.
	Pre-Kindergarten Literacy Resources Starfall.com  - http://www.starfall.com/ The site where children have fun learning to read!   Preschool Literacy Web - http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm# The computer will show you how to write the letters of the alphabet, shapes, numbers, words, and much more.   Sagwa: Story Maker -  http://pbskids.org/sagwa/stories/storymaker/index.html This goes with the new PBS series Sagwa where a Chinese cat takes you on a journey through China.  This story maker is awesome because the students add pictures to the background and then click on a button to write about it.  You can even print it out when you are finished.   American Library Association - http://www.ala.org/ala/pla/plaissues/earlylit/workshopsparent/workshopsparents.htm There are some great parent resources and activities here on encouraging reading literacy with your children.   Early Literacy Resources for Parents -   http://literacy.edreform.net/beneficiary/individual/parents A listing of web resources for parents as collected by the education reform group.    Talking & Reading Together -   http://www.pbs.org/parents/issuesadvice/talkingandreading/literacyupdates/literacy_updates.html Literacy Updates are designed to provide parents with useful information about a wide variety of language and literacy-related topics. Our Literacy Updates bring current research in language and literacy to life in a practical, easy-to-read format. Many articles are age-customized so that you can find information relevant to your child's current age or developmental level.   Literacy Websites for Children - http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/pksites.htm These resources are collected by the University of Connecticut for use by parents in assisting their children in their literacy development.   National Literacy Trust - Early Years - http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/Database/earlyyears.html The focus of this British website is on early years and literacy.  There are links to governmental resources and practical suggestions for parents and educators.   Literacy Center.net - http://www.literacycenter.net/parents_teacher/index.htm The Literacy Center aims to provide safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with young children. It follows a modified Montessori approach to teaching reading. As a pre and early reading curriculum, it assumes that each online lesson will be supported by appropriate offline instruction, either at home or in school.   Get Ready to Read - http://www.getreadytoread.org/ Much of what you do everyday with your child builds important language skills that help prepare a child to learn to read and write. Find out here how young children get ready to learn to read and write. Learn what skills help children become successful readers.   Early Literacy Outreach Project - http://earlyliteracy.psesd.org/forparents/ You are your child’s first teacher, and information on this site will support you and your child learning together. We invite you to be your child’s learning partner and visit this site often for materials, resources and links to other valuable information.   Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) - http://www.rif.org/ RIF is our nation's largest nonprofit literacy resource.  This site contains a wealth of information for assisting with your child's literacy development.
	Pre-Kindergarten Fun Sites Alfy - http://www.alfy.com/index1.asp?FlashDetect=True With its audio guide, this website was designed for younger kids.  Whenever the arrow hovers over a picture, the computer tells them what it is and where it will take them.  Under the Create section you will want to checkout mosaics and the weather maker. Also the kids will love the Braintrain where they can do activities with counting, the alphabet, and spelling words like cat.  If you get a chance, visit Storyville.   Education Place - http://www.eduplace.com/kids/ This site is sponsored by Houghton Mifflin so it has wonderful activities/quizzes for all grade levels on different subjects.  Click here to see an example lesson for first graders on the rainforest… http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/1/6/index.html  There’s also great math brain teasers to start each day with.   Learning Planet - http://www.learningplanet.com/stu/kids0.asp First click on the level PK-K or 1-3.  PK-K will enjoy the ABC, and number activities, while 1-2 will enjoy space math.  Please realize that to play space math you have to log on.  Just have the kids use their login name.   Fischer Prices’ The Little People - http://www.fisher-price.com/us/littlepeople/fun/online/ Check out these awesome online activities for PK and K…learn how to follow directions and figure out who’s at the door by listening to clues.   Little Fingers - http://www.little-g.com/shockwave/frame.html Here you’ll find lots of activities for PK-2nd graders.  Check out the Alphabet Library game.  Here you can help Checkers the Bear put the books away on the library shelves in alphabetical order.   Crayola Creativity - http://www.crayola.com/educators/index.cfm The educators section has tons of activities/lessons for PK/K.  The Early Childhood Creative Experiences section has lots of neat ideas for all different themes (winter and snow).  You might want to become a member for free…you’ll receive a bi-monthly newsletter of updates and have access to their section called Inspiring Ideas.   The Wiggles - http://www.claus.com/wiggles/ Some great resources from the recent "Wiggles" phenomenon that the kids really seem to love.    Disney Playhouse - http://disney.go.com/playhouse/today/index.html As always, there are some fun, educational things to do at the Disney website.
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