language arts links

LANGUAGE ARTS

Between the Lions
Show on PBS (replaced The Letter People)

Book-Pop
Books written by Stephen Cosgrove (character building-type books, such as Serendipity books and Flutterbyes) -- some books are read online, some are audio-only, about 16 books are printable

Billybear
This site offers games, clipart, storybooks, and lots of safe links for children and parents.

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
A collection of reviews of great books for kids, and activities for teachers about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.

The Children's Literature Web Guide
Internet resources related to books for children and young adults.

Enchanted Learning
Great sites to visit for children.

First Grade Mixed-up Sentences
Children need to put words in order to make a simple sentence

Handwriting for Kids
handwriting worksheets and lined paper to print out for manuscript and cursive

Kids Connect
Kindergarten-12th grade students looking for information on the Internet for a report or project can ask a
volunteer school librarian to help them find good Web sites and other resources for their project. Students submit their questioins and receive replies in about two school days.

Mrs. Alphabet
Alphabet ideas

NiteOwl's Coloring Pages for Nursery Rhymes
Coloring pages of Nursery Rhymes

Olathe District Schools Web Resources
Great collection of web resources for grades K - 6 divided by grade and subject.

Poems and songs
Collection of poems and songs

Printing and writing practice
Printing and writing practice pages

Puzzles
This site allows you to create puzzles and games for your newsletters, flyers, handouts, or classroom assignments.
read-write-think: standards-based resources for teaching reading and language arts

Readers Theatre Resources for Teachers and Students
(Make sure you bookmark Gander Academy for other resources - incredible site)

Readers Theater Lois Walker's Web Page
Readers Theater

Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays (from Teaching Is a Work of Heart)
Readers Theater

Spellcheck
Improve your spelling skills. Fun game teaches spelling. For kids and children of all ages and grades.

Starfall
Starfall has interactive books and word games for long and short vowels.

Words and Pictures
Short and long vowel games and things to print out

World of Peter Rabbit and His Friends
Click on Meet the Characters and then Story Time to have abbreviated versions of three Potter classics read

AUTHORS
Author Study
This site provides many ideas and authors, including activities for different grades ranging from kindergarten to grade five.

Jan Brett
Fantastic home page of Jan Brett, children's book author and illustrator. Lots of postcards, activities, coloring pages, videos, and more.

Marc Brown
Developed with the help and advice of Arthur creator Marc Brown, the ARTHUR site is organized into pages hosted by the series' characters, each with features that encourage kids to read and write.

Steven Kellogg
Learn more about this wonderful author and illustrator.

Tomie dePaola
This is a web site "devoted" to Tomie dePaola.

RobertMunsch.com
Robert Munsch tells many of his stories, including Love You Forever

Dav Pilkey
Award winning childrens book author/illustrator Dav Pilkey offers his Web Site O-Fun as silly fun for kids of all ages. It includes interactive games, fun things to print and many other wonderfully goofy things.

Beatrix Potter - Peter Rabbit and Friends
At this site learn about Beatrix Potter and her wonderful boooks.

Seussville
Welcome to Seussville, brought to you by Random House, Inc. Lots of fun information and activities.