Favorite Websites for Children

• Starfall.com- Reading instruction and reading games for students in Pre-K-1. It's hard to believe this site is free.
• Reading is Fundamental.This site has many stories for Pre-K-2 students.*
• Kid's Lab -Great site with tons of terrific activities. Try the reading comprehension section.*
• Storyplace.org -a site with online stories and activities. Grades pre-K-Kindergarten.*
• Online Story Time-This site is more for teachers but has many online stories. It is advertised as a pre-school site but the stories are suitable forK-1 students.
• British Council Stories -This site has many stories that are read aloud. Check for spelling and pronunciation differences.
• Games on PBS Kids - Games for K-2. "WordPlay" can be used for students in grades 3-4.
• Arthur -Sequencing activity where students hear a story and put pictures in order.
• Printable Games -For readers in Grades 1-2.
• Storyline Online -A terrific site with stories read by actors from the ScreenActors' Guild. Grades 1-4.*
• Reading-A-To-Z - This is a commercial site with free books that you can download and print. Grades 1-4.
• Raz-kids.com-Reading and listening activities for elementary age students.*
• Tumblebook Library - Click on "stories." A large collectionof stories from the Los Angeles Public Library. All grades.
• Clifford - Activities pre-K-2.Try the reading and writing section with students in grades 2-3.
• Videos - Short Clifford videos. Click on "See and Hear." Grades K-2.
• Berenstain Bears Games and Songs - Great activities for young children including word games, songs and puzzles. Grades K-2.
• Game Goo - Learning that sticks - Great learning games for young children. Grades K-2.
• The Reading Lady Includes short plays for students in grades 1-2.*
• Calgary Public Library. See Children's Talking Tales for Grades 1-2.*
• Enchanted learning Printable books and for students in grades K-4.
• Kiz Club Printable books and for students in grades K-1.

Sites for Grades 3-5

• MadLibs for Advanced Beginners in Grades 3-5
• Reading is Fundemental. Look at the writing activities for students in Grades 2-5.
• Grammar Gorillas for Advanced Beginners in Grades 3-5
• Stories for Kids for Advanced Beginners in Grades 3-5
• Bookhive.com -This site has multicultural children's stories told by famous storytellers. Be sure to click on "Listen to a story." For Grades 2-5
• Songs for Kids - Grammar songs for students in Grades 2-5.
• Postcards from Buster - See Buster’s adventures from various places in the U.S. Each city has video, audio, map skills and games. Grades 3-5.*
• Kid's Lab -Terrific site with many great activities. Try the Science vocabulary section.
• Arthur -Games from Arthur. Grades 2-5.
• Captain Underpants - Make a comic. Grades 2-4
• Scholastic - A program for kids to make flashcards. Grades 3-8.
• Surfing the Net with KidsSite with games and puzzles in different subject areas.
• Write a book report - Students make a book report sandwich. Grades 4-8.
• Spelling Wizard - Use spelling words to make a word search or sentence scramble. Grades 3-6.
• Tumblebook Library - Online stories read from the Los Angeles Public Library. All grades.
• Poetry - Gives examples of different types of Poetry.
• Science vocabulary - Label pictures using science vocabulary. Grades 4-8.*
• Songs and Rhymes- Songs for students in all grades.
• Songs for ELLs with words.* Grades 3-12.
• Word Game Intermediate students in grades 5-8.
• Owl online This is a good grammar site for 6-12
• FunBrain reading Intermediate students in grades 5-8.
• Zoom - Games, activities and science experiments from the TV Show Zoom. Grades 4-6.
• U.S. Symbols - U.S. Government information from Ben's Guide. Grades 3-5.
• Social Studies Vocabulary Games - Vocabulary from U.S. government. Grades 3-5.
• Spiders. Spider activities for kids. Gr. 3-6.

Sites for Grades 4-8

• Jamestown Adventure.Students become colonists and make decisions about how to run their colony. Grades 5-12.*
• Listening Activities - Designed for older students but pronunciation and listening activities could be used for students grades 4 and up.*
• BrainPop-This site has some free sections to teach grammar. Look up "nouns" and watch the video. Grades 5-8.
• ESLbears-A site for beginning students. Exercises in pronunciation, reading and vocabulary. Grades 3-8. *
• Multicultural Stories -Stories from around the world by Nick Jr. Grades 3-8
• Brainteasers, Puzzles and Riddles - Kids' page from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Grades 5-8
• Translation Site - Students can bookmark this site to translate words from English to their native language. Grades 3-12.
• Interactive games and activities- Social Studies Games from Ben's Guide to the U.S Government. Grades 5-8.
• Audio Comprehension - An audio concentration game for Grades 4-12.*
• Homophone game - Match homophones in this concentration game.* Grades 4-8.
• Wordsearches - Wordsearches on U.S. Presidents. Grades 4-8.
• Movie Trailers Listening activities using movie trailers for Grades 5-12.
• ESL and Archie Comics - Lesson plans and comic strips for Grades 5-12.
• Vocabulary Vocabulary games - From Interesting Things For ESL Students, aa collection of vocaabulary games for Grades 6-12.