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Finding inexpensive and useful resources for children in the primary grades has been made more difficult by the demands of testing, NCLB standards and changing student demographics. As such, we've assembled a large collection of quality links that offer free materials for all students. Feel free to write reacheverychild@yahoo.com if you need something else or have another site to suggest.
The place to start is previous features on Reach Every Child, especially those covering: assessment, teachers and the law, and the largest collection of free lesson plans, among others.
REC Feature Archive
REC: Bulletin board ideas
REC: Expand your Native American curriculum
Native American links at all levels and subject areas
REC: Explore teacher buy, sell, trade sites
REC: Explore these weather sites for all abilities
Includes lessons
REC: Kindergarten resources online
REC: Lesson plan sites
REC: Meet the dinosaurs
REC: Online quizzes and tests, puzzle makers and test taking sites
REC: Take advantage of printables
Art
DLTK's Animal Crafts
Everything Preschool
Coloring pages and more
Free Coloring Pages
Nursery Rhymes Coloring Pages
Sand Art
A fun activity, this teaches good color and hand eye coordination.
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General Resources
AOL@School Primary School
AOL's effort to supply links to resources is limited, but good quality.
Berit's Best Sites for Children
A large link site with categories just for youngsters
Bingo Generator
Make your own bingo games.
British sites filled with interesting and usable features:
Busy Teacher's Cafe
Web pages created by primary teachers
Children's music & children's stories
Games, art, lessons, for those up to about seven years of age -- nice animated section
Educational Resources
A very large link site organized by curriculum and grade level
The First Grade Backpack
FunLessonPlans.com
Job Guide 2005: Teacher Primary
Responsibilities for Australian Primary Teachers
Kidport
Online activities by grade level and subject
Kindergarten Teacher
Huge kindergarten link site
KinderStart
Find a varied collection of primary ideas and lessons arranged by subject.
Kiz Club
Everything is in PDF so take care, but there are games, activities and flash cards.
Primary Teacher Resources
From Australia
Resources for First Grade Teachers
Everything from Chinese to zoos
Resources, Lesson Plans and Activities for Kindergartens
Very large link site
Thematic Units for Primary Grades
Theme Pages for Elementary Students and Teachers
From Canada
Tools for Teachers
This site has templates, printables, book notes and so much more. It's impressive and worth a long visit.
A World of Kindergartens
This is a great collection of teacher materials. Organization is a bit much, but if you have the time there are lots of ideas for primary teachers.
Zoom School
An on-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography, biology, language arts and early childhood activities
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Language
DLTK's Children's Book Breaks
Free Scripts from Reader's Theater for Children
Gander Academy Readers Theatre
Giggle Poetry
Fun-to-read poetry
Kids' Lab Reading Workout
Reading arts activities varied by grade level -- some sites are not completed, nice grouping.
Mrs. Alphabet
Poetry Patterns
Very nice collection and worth visiting
PoetryTeachers.com
Very large site for all aspects of poetry
Reading Sites for Primary Grades
Seussville
Web-Pop Online Books
Some you listen to and some you can read and print out -- character oriented.
Write to the Tooth Fairy
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Math
AAA Math
Site has problems by grade level and operation.
Create a Graph
Create an area graph, bar graph, line graph or pie chart online.
DaisyMaths
From Australia, site has a great many worksheets, but it loads slowly.
Elementary Math Problem Solving
Large link site
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics
SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator
Teach R Kids Math
Math worksheets
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Music
KIDiddles - Mojo's Musical Mouseum
Children's song lyrics
New York Philharmonic Kidzone
Play Music
Students can create their own music, and much more.
REC Arts, Music
A wide selection of music sites ideal for finding music, or just letting students listen to what they have created
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Printables
Kindergarten Connection
Good collection of resources in many subject areas
School Express
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Science
Human Anatomy Online
Exceptional game about the body's systems, it does have section on reproduction, so be warned.
KidsHealth.org
KidSites.com
Some excellent information and links, especially about animals and science
Let's Learn About Your Heart
How the heart works: slow loading, but very good for students
Letter Lane
Activities and information for each letter of the alphabet
Science K-2 Lessons
These teach literacy.
Star Child
A site for young astronomers -- very good resources
Switch Zoo
Change bodies and heads on animals -- slow loader.
Time for Bed?
Play this fun game about who needs more sleep -- the child or the animals.
Waterford Press Games & Activities
Games about science on a variety of topics
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Social Studies
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
Has resources by grade level
EPA Environmental Kids Club
Fun Facts Page
Geography-related games have various levels, but site is slow loading.
Out on a Limb
A play-and-read-along story that encourages getting along
U.S. Map Puzzle
Map game -- download is free.
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Webquests, sample sites, and virtual tours
MIKIDS.com
With lots of activities for kids by grade level and subject, the site includes simple machines, clip art, games and printables.
Mrs. McGowan's First Grade
See what one primary teacher does and use her many links to expand your idea base.
REC: Webquests
A listing of the better webquests for all levels
Virtual Tours and Field Trips
Links to virtual tours and more -- a nice start, but you need fast connection and motivated students.
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