Play and Learn This site, developed by The Literacy Center, aims to provide safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with young children. In addition to alphabet activities, you'll find colors, numbers, shapes, and more. Activities are available in English, Spanish, German, and French. (This page requires the Flash Player 5 plug-in to view.)
The Mother Goose Pages: Nursery Rhymes Choose nursery rhymes to share with your child. Use the alphabetical listing, or select themes such as animals, bedtime, food, and more.
Fingerplays, Action Poems, Nursery Rhymes and Songs Gayle's Preschool Rainbow brings you this site, where you can navigate through rhymes by themes including animal rhymes, counting and number rhymes, insect and bug rhymes, and more. Many include directions for hand or finger movements to accompany the rhymes.
The Kennedy Center's Story Time Online Read and listen to "Harlem: A Poem," "Brothers of the Knight," and "Alexander and the Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day." (This site requires RealAudio.)
PrimaryGames.com Bookshelf Many of the stories you'll find at this site address math concepts such as even and odd, shapes, and numbers.
Internet Public Library Story Hour Choose from text-only or illustrated versions of children's stories, including "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Boy Who Drew Cats," "The Fisherman and His Wife," and more.
StoryPlace: Elementary Library Choose the English or Spanish version, then journey into Story Place. You'll find stories, book lists, and lots of activities. There's also a link for the preschool library!
Storyline Online Screen Actor's Guild Foundation site where actors read children's stories online.
Activities to Try Together
Activity Pad Kids will love these printable dot-to-dots, which include favorite animals such as elephants, teddy bears, and lions. You'll also find a link for mazes.
Dot-to-Dot Frogs, firetrucks and other familiar things hide in these dot-to-dot puzzles.
Clifford Interactive Storybook Sound to Picture Clifford the Big Red Dog hosts this game, where kids are asked to create a picture list of words that begin with the same sound given in the instructions. Click on each picture to hear its name.
KidPort Learning Activities This colorful site has a wealth of activities, organized by grade level. Choose a grade (K-8) and a subject (language arts, math, creative arts, and more) to see what's available!
Enchanted Learning's Preschool and Kindergarten Activities You won't run out of things to do when you visit Enchanted Learning! You're sure to find a topic of interest to your child, choosing from coloring books, abc books to create, crafts, and other activities.
Enchanted Learning's K-3 Themes Browse through themes listed alphabetically, from alligators to vehicles, as you explore learning activities for your child.
I Spy! The activities offered here are based on the "I Spy" game where children look for specific objects, colors, shapes, and so on. Choose a picture and begin "spying!"
Crayola Creativity Central Creativity is the order of the day at this site, which requires the Flash-5 plug-in. Look at some "Inspiring Ideas," explore the "Activity Book," or create cards to send to friends and family. Some games will require the use of pop-up windows.
Alfy Park Come visit Alfy Park and try your hand (and mind!) at the interactive activities. Read stories, follow directions, find jokes and riddles, and more!
The sites listed below provide links to web pages that have been reviewed for interest level and content. If you're looking for additional sites for your children, these links are a great place to start!
Children's Public Broadcasting (PBS) Explore this page, which has links and activities for some of children's favorite shows, including: Arthur, Barney, Caillou, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Dragon Tales, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, Sesame Street, Teletubbies, Theodore Tugboat, and Zoboomafoo.
Nick, Jr. Visit this site to find "do-togethers," "printables," and other activities related to children's shows such as Blues Clues, Bob the Builder, Dora the Explorer, Franklin, Little Bear, Little Bill, Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, and Maisy.
