Ernie's EFL Song Activities
funsongs.co.uk/

... RÉCIT ESL Forum suggeted sites
kididdles.com/mouseum/index.html

niehs.nih.gov/kids/music.htm#index

mothergooserocks.com/

Let's all sing together "If You're Happy and You Know It".
gfes.tpc.edu.tw/board/abc-song/happy.swf

More animated songs can be found:
gfes.tpc.edu.tw/board/abc-song/

Barney songs can be found here:
ilovewavs.com/TV/ChilShow/Barney/Barney.htm

Sesame Street songs too!
ilovewavs.com/TV/ChilShow/Sesame/Sesame.htm

This site which has cute songs that could be taught using a projector. The Internet site, which has animations, could be projected on a screen to allow students to see the cartoons and the words. You can also print out the lyrics!
britishcouncil.org/kids-songs.htm

Great songs like "When Goldilocks Went to the House of the Bears".
britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-goldilocks.htm

More animated songs!
uptoten.com/kids/boowakwala-navigation-songs-songs.html

"The Wheels on the Bus"? ... with a firetruck.
storyplace.org/preschool/activities/timetofightafire.asp

 

 Projects

 

kids turn central.com/topics.htm provides the following series of topics and related resources

Cooking and Food
Recipes and fun food stuff just for kids
 
News/Issues for Kids
Keep up with the latest news and issues for kids.
 
School/Homework
Homework help, home schooling, and fun stuff too.
 
Sports
All your favorite sports! Olympic size fun.
 
Pirates!
Ahoy Matey! It's time for Pirate fun.
 

TV/Movies
New releases on DVD and in theatre, what's hot on TV?
 
Animals/Birds/Pets
All about your favorite animals and pets plus an animal index info resource.
 
Babysitting
Learn how to get started babysitting, tips, and printable help sheets.
 
The Environment
From Global Warming to Composting.
 
Computers/Online Help
Learn HTML, computer tips, chat and more.
 
Poetry
Are you a poet? Show it! Submit your poem.
 
Toys
What's hot in toys? Shop for toys online.
 
Social Issues
Children of divorce, bullying, manners, volunteering and much more going on in your life.
 
Scouting
Great resources for scouting and guiding.
 
Money, Money, Money
Learn to earn and save.

Dinosaurs
Everything dinosaur! Coloring, clipart and more.
 
Gardening
Visit the KTC garden or color the veggies.


  Genealogy
Trace your family tree and find out where you came from.
 

Health
Stay healthy, learn about disabilities and more.
 
Meet a Professional
Meet a vet, a magician, a computer wiz, an activist and more.
 
Music
Learn to play a guitar, find great music on and off line.
 
Products/Shopping
Product reviews and shopping online, kids shop too!
 
Science
Science fair help, bubbles and homework help.
 
Safety
Indoor, outdoor and online safety tips and resources.
 
eBooks ~new~
- Read a story online!
 
Books
Find out what's hot on the shelves and at your library.
 
Spring
Spring themed fun and resources.
 
Summer
Loads of things to keep you busy this Summer.
 
Fall
Fall fun! Crafts, coloring and more.
 
Winter
Come play in our Winter playground.
 
Teddy Bears
Everything teddy bear. Clipart, games and more.
 
Videos/Clips
Your favorite Movie Clips

Written Texts

	kidsworld.webdbx.com/pages/page_1.asp
	cricketmag.com/kids_home.asp
	lil-fingers.com/  Read a Storybook · Play a Game · Coloring Printables
	Resources and links from eduscapes.com Berenstain Bear Country berenstainbears.com Learn about these famous bears Clifford's Interactive Storybooks from Scholastic teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/ Resources for children and teachers Dr. Seuss's Seussville seussville.com/seussville/ Lots of fun activities for children Find a Grave findagrave.com/ Locate the grave of a famous person Giggle Poetry gigglepoetry.com Fun poetry examples, contests, and projects Information Please Almanac: Biography infoplease.com/people.html Basic information about people Language Arts Games for K-8 from FunBrain funbrain.com/teachers/subj_lang.html A wide range of online games for practice and thinking Little Critter by Mercer Mayer littlecritter.com/ Explore materials and activities to go with the Mercer Mayer characters PBS Kids from PBS pbskids.org/ Explore adventures in learning and reading with the following programs and others. Arthur pbskids.org/arthur/ Clifford pbskids.org/clifford/ Between the Lions pbskids.org/lions/ Dragon Tales pbskids.org/dragontales/ Reading Rainbow pbskids.org/readingrainbow/ Stories to Grow By storiestogrowby.com/ Online stories on a variety of topics Story Hour ipl.org/youth/StoryHour/ Stories for young children America Reads ed.gov/americareads/ A grassroots national campaign challenging every American to help all our children learn to read; site provides information and resources for helping children to learn to read. Bedtime Stories bedtime-story.com/bedtime-story/ Online studies for young children Children's Literature Web Guide (CLWG) by D.K. Brown acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/ Attempt to gather together and categorize the growing number of Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults. Word Central wordcentral.com/ Information, resources, and ideas for words and vocabulary Biography Maker bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm Help for kids learning about biographies Find a Grave findagrave.com/ Locate the grave of a famous person Information Please Almanac: Biography infoplease.com/people.html Basic information about people Academy of American Poets poets.org/

• Zero Foot Print : activities related to diminishing our carbon footprint.

• Children Canada: Recommended sites on a variety of topics for kids.

• My English images.com

• storyplace.org/

• zefrank.com/

• kids.aol.com/ includes Cartoons & Videos | Kids Games | Kids' Apps | Movies & TV | Music | Pets & Animals | Sports or for older kids try kids.aol.com/HomeworkHelp

• The teachers guide.com:  Lesson Plans  Thematic Units   Children's Songs   Book Activities  Teacher Created   Free Ed. Clipart   Free Printouts  and more

>> TV and media personalities/characters

 

treehousetv.com/kids/

MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: Visit the activity lab to find activities for teachers, coloring books, and games. scholastic.com/MagicSchoolBus/

SESAME STREET/CTW: Activity time, play and learn, puzzles, etc.
ctw.org/

MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD: Fun facts, traffic light game, interactive tour of the house. (e.g. click on the fridge in the kitchen and you'll find a recipe and instructions to make a milkshake. pbs.org/rogers/R_house/

ARTHUR ONLINE:Visit all the characters online, send Arthur postcards, visit D.W.'s art studio, or the Brain's Brain Game!  You'll also find a teacher's corner and a teacher's guide. pbs.org/wgbh/pages/arthur/

NICKELODEON: Activities with Blues Clues, Franklin, Little Bear, Kipper, Maisy, and on Gullah Gullah Island! nickjr.com/

STORYTIME: Visit Kino, find Book Lists, coloring pages, and matching games pbs.org/kcet/storytime/

Enchanted Learning   enchantedlearning.com/Home.html

>> Writing Opportunities

Garfield's Comic Creator - You can create and print your very own Garfield comic strips

nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/starslp/missionz/comic.htm

Write collaborative stories

server.glypho.com:2401/home/home.jsp

 

>> Kids literature

Tumble Book Library: an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which  teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created  by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in  order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to  you.

Popular sites from Google for English lit, ESL listening, etc. google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/English/

FAVORITE CHILDREN'S STORIES list from the American Library Association ala.org/ala/alsc/greatwebsites/greatwebsitesfavorite.htm

Dr. Seuss, Junie B, Magic Tree House, Richard Scarry, Dora, Thomas, Berenstein Bears, Sesame, etc from this Random House sponsored site.  randomhouse.com/kids/index.pperl

Early childhood resource site - links to sites of children’s favorite characters from books and media earlychildhoodlinks.com/parents/childrenswebsitescharacters2to6.htm 

Welcome to AntBee. Short illustrated texts for young children. antbee.com/

Poetry 4 kids - Funny children's poems and poetry books, games, lessons, plus a rhyming dictionary, and more.  nesbitt.com/poetry/

Folklore and Mythology- Electronic Texts   pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

The Online Books Page - Listing over 25,000 free books on the Web digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

Children's Books Online (the Rosetta Project) is a large collection of illustrated children's books, mostly from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The books are reproduced as single-page, full-color image files, resulting in accurate and appealing replicas of the originals.  childrensbooksonline.org/index.htm

also:

Andersen Fairy Tales

Animated Tall Tales, featuring Paul Bunyan.

Grimm Fairy Tales

Myths, Folktales, and Fairy Tales, for grades 1->>, sponsored by Scholastic, Inc.

Internet Public Library: Story Hour, from the University of Michigan.

Wired for Books: The Kids' Corner, from Ohio University, with texts, and multi-media presentations appropriate for children.

Children’s Story books online - Illustrated children's stories for kids of all ages magickeys.com/books/

Story Palace: Children's Stories  storypalace.ourfamily.com/main3-1.html

The Archie comics site(archiecomics.com/25.html?25) provides comics to read and complete, games and fun stuff - even an ESL section with listening, vocab. and comprehension activities!!

 

 

>> Topics

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Animals

Animal babies  enchantedlearning.com/subjects/animals/Animalbabies.shtml

Grandad's Animal Book - K to 3 Animal Alphabet - Standard Version  Animal Alphabet - Real Audio Sound and GIF Animations  Multiple Choice Animal Quiz  maui.com/~twright/animals/ek3.htm

ANIMAL SOUNDS:How do different languages of the world say different animal sounds? For instance, a "meow" in English is a "nyaa" in Japanese! Have great fun exploring languages and animals at this site that kids are sure to love!  georgetown.edu/cball/animals/animals.html 

ZOOBOOMAFOO! Check out the animal helper, the mystery animal, and the coloring pages! pbs.org/zoboo/

All About Nature: Animal Printouts at Zoom School  enchantedlearning.com/coloring/list.shtml

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Environment – recycling - epa.gov/kids/

NASA Kids Club - This site has cool games - including exploring and learning about space, building and launching rockets, exploring Mars, keeping airplanes on schedule and helping a comet travel through the solar system. nasa.gov/kidsclub/

Portrait for Kids - Follow the clues and help solve a make-believe mystery! Using your noggin and a special spyglass tool, you’ll uncover hidden layers of the painting and learn fascinating facts about the portrait along the way, from the National Gallery of Art. Let the sleuthing begin! georgewashington.si.edu/kids/portrait.html

Spiderman – activity sheets from the National Dairy Council ed.gov/inits/americareads/spidey/index.html    other resources (The Read*Write*Now! Activities -  ed.gov/inits/americareads/kids.html

ART Games - interactive flash site from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York albrightknox.org/artgames/

STONE STATUES:Instructions on how to make animals with stones and clay. Fun!owl.on.ca/chick/icanmake.html

KINDERART LITTLEs LESSONS & ACTIVITIES: Lots of activities and material can be found here.  E.g. a paper quilt, silly shapes, homemade clay, spaghetti art, ice cube painting... a very extensive list and resource  kinderart.com/littles.htm

Zoom School:  an on-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography, biology, language arts, and early childhood activities. enchantedlearning.com/school/index.shtml

 

Recipes & Food 

PICNIC FUN! How about a Teddy Bear's Picnic for your kindergarten class? You'll find loads of ideas here, along with songs and other themes for picnic ideas. childfun.com/themes/picnic.shtml

EASY RECIPES FOR KIDS: Soft pretzels or ice cream anyone? These recipes are all geared to young hands--no ice cream machine required. cp.duluth.mn.us/%7Esarah/rdr020.html

RECIPES FOR KIDS: Everyone can have fun creating your special class picnic. The children can make Ants on a Log, or Banana Dogs, or Cupcake Ice Cream Cones...a great variety of simple, wholesome recipes at this site, all done up child-style! theideabox.com/ideas.nsf/recipe

POTLUCK PYRAMID: Before going on your outing, have your students plan their
picnic on a food pyramid, seeing if what they originally suggest to take along fits in well with their food pyramid. What can they add to balance all categories? What might they be willing to discard? This way, your students plan their own HEALTHY picnic! cgi.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/teachers/activities/web/potluck_pyramid.html

CRAFT RECIPES: This site's great for finding a recipe for Salt Clay or my favorite, Soap Sud Paint!   members.aol.com/MISSolgita/recipies.html

QESN Activity resources

Alphabet Adventure Gallery. Students explore a letter of the alphabet by using the technology as a tool. Collectively, they create a multimedia full of their own pictures and sounds. (first cycle)
qesnrecit.qc.ca/ccdb/aag/en/index.php


Electronic Postcard Exchange: In this collaborative Internet project, ESL students (2nd and 3rd cycle) gain a better understanding and knowledge of their school and community and other schools and communities around the world. The project offers a fun and exciting way to learn geography and map skills plus provide an increased social awareness of schools/communities around the world. The children will develop and enhance their communication skills by exchanging Electronic Postcards with schools from around the world.
qesnrecit.qc.ca/cc/projects/06-07/postcard.htm


Writing wizards. Join a story creation group in which each class works in a different stage in the development of three Fairy Tales. (3rd cycle)
qesnrecit.qc.ca/ccdb/ww/index.php


Two minutes mystery writing club. Students will uncover the ingredients of a good mystery story, then write a short story, plausible but challenging mysteries that others will try to solve. qesnrecit.qc.ca/ccdb/2mmclub/index.php

 

2006 River Valley Student Video and Photography Festival - looking for schools from all over the world to submit student produced Photography and/or Films. no cost to enter this festival and we are sponsored by video-editing giant Pinnacle Systems, a division of Avid. The prizes range from Video-editing equipment and software, glass trophies, International exposure, etc.       rvms.nbed.nb.ca/rvsvf/

Download PowerPoint game templates and modify them to suit your needs. (Jeopardy, Who wants to be a millionaire, etc.) 
jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/

 

 

Links for Active Learning Projects from Owl & Mouse educational software::

Make a Town - Kids Learning Activity
K - 4th Grade
Make Town has houses and stores to be cut out of paper and made into three-dimensional buildings. As they arrange the building into a town, kids plan yards, streets, parks and a downtown. Kids learn to think of what a town needs to work and why they are built in certain ways.

Odyssey Online
4th - 12th grades
There are quizzes and games, with pictures of genuine objects from museums, on the uses of the objects in ancient life. Well designed and fun it has information on Greece, Rome, Egypt, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Near East.

Pirates!
4 - 10th grade
Adventurous and romantic--this history of pirates includes a high seas adventure and the biographies of several pirates.

Eyes on Art
Grades 5 up
Art history and styles of art. Includes a quiz on identifying the painter of a series of eyes, an activity which challenges an adult. More importantly, it gives an idea of the scope and sequence of styles of art.

Letter Sounds
Pre-schoolers learn letter sound relationships playing a free educational alphabet game using the modalities--sight, sound, kinesthetics--that a computer makes possible. A pre-reading activity for young children to learn beginning phonics. Free software.

Seeds of Change Garden
Grades 3 - >>
Discusses both botanic and cultural aspects of food, with emphasis on the differences between New World and Old World plants. The site contains gardening information for kids, and recipes. The recipes include some that originated in either the New World or the Old World before contact, and so contain only foods known in that area at the time.

Make a Village - Kids Learning Activity
3 - 6th Grade
Make a Village has a church, an apartment house and several houses to make into a village or town. After cutting them out and assembling the structures, they can be arranged into a village. Students learn how town can be planned in advance, or how some just grow; how traffic patterns flow; how city services are delivered; and how transportation an zoning affect towns and cities.

The Incredible Art Department
Grade 3 - >>
Pictures to inspire students, and specific activities for students to make their own art using a variety of techniques.

Relief Block Prints
4th grade up
Block prints in a Japanese style, made with plaster of paris. (Other materials could be used.) Messy.

Islamic Art/Eraser Prints
A geometric design is made on an art gum eraser, then it is printed and rotated 1/4 turn (4 times) to make a larger design, often unexpectedly interesting.

At Home in the Heartland
A source on immigrants and others in Chicago, it gives brief biographies and outlines choices individuals had to make, an intersection of personal goals and the times in which they lived--the Depression, the aftermath of W.W.II, etc. The stories were apparently gathered from their descendents, so you get to make the same choices, and compare to the ones made by the real people. Somewhat slow, but visually rich. The personal interwoven with the historical makes it worthwhile.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Only the quiz is interactive, but still an interesting and important site.

"Cave Painting"
Earth-tone pastels to draw animals on rocks, in the style of cave paintings.
See a real cave filled with prehistoric drawings

The Secret of the Maya Glyphs (National Geographic)
Find and read Mayan glyphs in this adventure story.  A little slow to load.

Tour Egypt
This is the official internet site of The Ministry of Tourism, Egypt. It is the recipes that make it interactive, but the rest is interesting too.

The Traveler: Ancient Civilizations
Choose a character, and go through a short adventure in that role.