Results of your search for EARLY CHILDHOOD ACTIVITIES Idea Box Based mostly on submissins, users will find complete games, songs, recipes, and game details for teachers, parents or providers to use for lesson planning or daily activities. This is a great, growing resouce for early childhood educators and parents of small children. Grade Level: K,1,2 Shape the World What is the shape of our world? That's the question that this Web site for K-3 students asks. Several activities, resources, and lesson plans are provided to help guide children through the process of finding answers that will change the way they perceive the world around them. Grade Level: K,1,2,3 Seussville Visit the Cat in the Hat, the Lorax, Yertle the Turtle, and many other Dr. Seuss favorites here at Seussville! The site is a great place for family Internet fun, offering plenty of activities that will appeal to young children of all ages. Dr. Seuss's timeless rhymes and colorful characters come to life in kooky interactive games that embody the spirit of joyful adventure. Included are printable games and activities that bridge the gap between electronic media and the family refrigerator door. Parents, be sure to let your kids have a turn now! Grade Level: K,1,2,3,4,5 Boowa & Kwala Boowa and Kwala are the two very charming guides to this well-designed and fun-filled site. Young children will enjoy exploring the story of Boowa and Kwala, an adventure that gets added to monthly. Each section of the story has a sing-a-long song about the land Boowa and Kwala are exploring. The site also includes a lighthearted fun-and-games section filled with activities sure to entertain young ones and parents alike. This is a great site for young readers to explore on their own and for families with younger children to play in together! Grade Level: K,1,2,3 ALFY: The Web Portal for Kids ALFY is a dynamic environment that offers kids stimulating activities that develop literacy and numerical and reasoning skills. Links from this site are hand-selected by a group of educators to ensure a safe place for young surfers. Kids are going to love visiting the activities centers, where they can practice their ABCs or 123s. Other activities include listening to interactive stories, playing a musical instrument and listening to the tune, adopting a pet and watching it grow, sending animated greeting cards, and designing a homepage. Grade Level: K,1,2 Early Childhood Technology Literacy Project This valuable resource for early childhood teachers focuses on incorporating technology into a balanced literacy program. The Learning Planet The Learning Planet, sponsored by Lightspan, offers fun, interactive, and educational games for kids and suggestions for parents and teachers.This site has enough interactive learning games to keep kids entertained for hours. Even preschool children will find activities suitable for them. Grade Level: K,1,2,3,4 Game Goo This new Web-based educational game site, by Cognitive Concepts, offers interactive games for practicing early language and literacy skills. Grade Level: K,1,2 Lil' Fingers Storybooks Lil' Fingers Storybooks is one of the few sites available on the Internet for this age group. The 11 animated, age-appropriate books are designed for parents to read along with their preschoolers. Grade Level: K Child and Family WebGuide This WebGuide saves users time by organizing, reviewing, and rating Web sites that contain research-based information about child development. EduPuppy Billed as "Everything for Early Childhood Education Preschool-Grade 2," this site lives up to its promise. It offers a large database of pre-screened sites appropriate for early-childhood educators, kids, and families. Grade Level: K,1,2 4Kids2Play Young students are sure to enjoy these engaging games as they practice skills such as memory, hand-eye coordination, and mouse skills. Grade Level: K,1,2,3 Wiltiky Young children will enjoy exploring this site with their parents. Activities are divided into three main categories: Learn, which includes crossword and number puzzles and a clock activity, Think, which includes logic, pattern, and memory activities, and Play, with coloring pages and a fan club. The interactive games make learning to tell time, solving problems, improving memory, and recognizing words and numbers fun and engaging. Grade Level: K,1,2 Fool's Gold: A Critical Look at Computers in Childhood This report from the Alliance for Childhood, an organization "concerned about the plight of children today" explores the wisdom of introducing computers into grade schools. Preschool Rainbow Early childhood educators will find a gold mine of ideas, songs, activities, and lesson plans for almost any theme they study. This site also offers ideas on many subject-related curriculum needs. Activity Central lists, in addition to thematic suggestion, games and activities for language arts skills and math skills. There is a link to activities for toddlers and also a page with links to additional lesson plan sites. This is a good site if you are an early childhood teacher in search of ideas! Grade Level: K   Playhouse Radio Playhouse Radio offers a large selection of music for children. Listening is free and the lyrics have been screened to be appropriate for children under eight. Grade Level: K,1,2