Kindergarten


 * Teacher Requested Sites & Resources:

Social Studies:**
 * **Ben's Guide to American Symbols of Government:** This site contains clickable pictures of American symbols such as the flag, The White House, Liberty Bell, etc. but it also contains quite a bit of text. Kindergarten students will need help with this site from an adult for the reading piece but it contains a number of symbols that might be helpful: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/
 * **Symbols Game:** This is an interactive game where the students get a clue and must select the correct symbol. Again, this site has textual clues so Kindergarten students will need help with the reading piece. @http://www.texaslre.org/asymbols/symbolsgame.html
 * **Enchanted Learning site on American Symbols:** A text based site, a great deal of information about each American Symbol is given along with a link to a coloring sheet for each symbol. This site could be used as a "whole class" activity with students using the coloring sheets. @http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/symbols/
 * **EdSiteMent:** The site will be more helpful to the teachers than the students--a series of eight lessons on teaching about the statue of liberty. Some of the content from the lessons will be above the grade level of primary students, but creative teachers will be able to take the ideas presented and share them at the level that primary students will understand: @http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=313
 * **Interactive tour of the Lincoln Memorial:** At this site, students can take an interactive journey through panoramas of the Lincoln Memorial. By clicking on the Reflections button, they can also listen to six national park rangers tell about the Memorial. @http://www.nps.gov/featurecontent/ncr/linc/interactive/deploy/index.htm
 * **Virtual Tour of the Statue of Liberty:** http://www.nps.gov/stli/photosmultimedia/virtualtour.htm This tour contains a lot of text and information that can be read along with videos, audio and a picture tour of the statue.

**Primary Math Sites:**
 * **Using Literature to Teach Math**--a listing of literature books that help teach math concepts
 * Miami University Picture Book Database: Type "Math" in the one word search box and a listing of picture books taht help teach math concepts along with summaries will be returned.
 * **Counting Fish:** ABCya! Counting activity--includes audio with instructions and for feedback. This is a good primary counting site: h@ttp://www.abcya.com/counting_fish.htm
 * **On-Line Dot to Dot Activities with audio at ABCya!**: (1-10 numbers) | (1-15 numbers) | (1-20 numbers) | (1-23 Numbers)
 * **PBS Kids: Count the Chickens with Curious George:** @http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/count_your_chickens/count_your_chickens.html
 * **Counting Money (using pennies, nickles & dimes):** @http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/beginning_money_math_kindergarten_k_grade.htm An audio button to read the text makes this a little easier for kindergarten students.
 * **Willy the Watch Dog:** Matching digital and analog times in a game format--this is a very simple little game and it does not have audio which will mean that a teacher will have to show the students how to get started. Once students understand how to navigate the site, most will be able to play this game in pairs @http://www.hbschool.com/activity/willy/willy.html
 * **Telly's Shape Garden at PBS Kids**: This site has the students "plant" the correct seed shapes, water them, watches them grow and then gives the students an audio description of each shape (includes square, triangle and circle) which will help when students need to verbalize about the characteristics of a shape. http://pbskids.org/sesame/games/tellyShapes.html
 * **SmartBoard Notebook File-**-new coins including state quarters, presidential dollars, nickles, etc. [|coins for CH.notebook]

**Primary Science Sites:**
 * Animals: This Active Science site has audio, video and lots of pictures that will appeal to a primary learner. Students decide if an animal will fit in the habitat pictures with audio feedback and questions
 * Active Science: "Humans and Animals" This Active Science has the features of audio, video and pictures and covers the characteristics of animals & humans.
 * Growing Plants Site: Audio is included with the animations where students can grow a plant by watering it, label the parts of a plant and take an online check-up to make sure they understand. This would be a good center activity.
 * Literacy--Audio Books**
 * @http://www.signedstories.com/page/index.cfm This site has books that are read aloud and also includes a sign language feature
 * http://www.storylineonline.net/ Story Line: This site has popular books read aloud by members of the Screen Actors Guild.
 * @http://www.triptico.co.uk/resources/word_magnets/WordMagnets.html Word Magnets On-Line: At this site you can type or paste a series of words into the box and then have them mixed up so that they appear as word magnets that can be put in order, sorted, sifted, or arranged in many ways. This is a good resource for language arts teachers of emerging readers.