Early Childhood/ Childhood
 

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General Resources

PBS Teacher Source - http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/- A database of themes and ideas for preschool through high school classrooms.

Busy Teachers' Website - http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/ele.html - Links to many useful educational sites for K-12 classrooms.

Early Childhood Resources

Online Interactive Books - http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/index/load.htm -A learn-to- read website.

Teaching Ideas - http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/pep/teach.htm - A database of themes and ideas for early childhood special educators.

Enchanted Learning - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/ - Teaching and learning resources for young age children.

KidsOnline - http://www.kidsolr.com/earlychildhood/- Links to Internet resources as well as videos, books, and other teaching materials.

Educational Resources - http://www.monroe.k12.la.us/mcs/hot_list/early_child.html - Links to a great variety of Internet resources for early childhood teaching.

PBS Interactive Stories - http://pbskids.org/stories.html - Young children can build interactive stories using their favorite PBS children's show characters.

PBS - TeacherSource - http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/prek2.htm - Content area teaching resources for Pre-K to 2.

PBS Kids- Fern's Poetry Club - http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/ - Learn about poetry. Students can select a poem to read or write their own.

 

Childhood Resources

PBS Kids- Reading Rainbow - http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/ - Teaching and learning along with Reading Rainbow.

Education by Theme Portals

K-2 Themes - http://www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us/technology/training/tools/elem/k-2.htm - Ideas for interdisciplinary units.

3-5 Themes - http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/3-5.htm - Under each theme, you will find at least a dozen ideas.

Literature Based- K-8 Themes- http://www.lite.iwarp.com/serc2000.htm - Ideas for interdisciplinary units.

Buddy Backpack- K-8 Themes- http://www.buddyproject.org/backpack/default.asp - Theme based backpacks filled with materials and activities for home use in grades K-8.