Web Resources:                                            
These sites are great resources for teachers and parents alike. 
 

Gifted Websites:

National Association for Gifted children

The National Foundation for Gifted and Creative Children

Council for Exceptional Children

Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted

The Gifted Development Center 

GT World

Education: Gifted and Talented Students

Kansas Association for the Gifted, Talented & Creative

Differentiating Instruction

http://www.adifferentplace.org

http://hoagiesgifted.org

Career Planning for Gifted and Talented Youth

Kidsource Calendar with Gifted Children in Mind

 

 

 

 

 

 

            Pre-K Websites:
ABCs - Take a tour through the alphabet

Alphabet Action - Click a letter to see a letter and hear its name.

Animals - From the First Grade Backpack

Apple Corps - Design your own "Apple Face". If you want another vegetable, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Change Vegetable.

Arithmetic Activities - From the First Grade Backpack.

Arthur Online - Everything "Arthur" here!

Bear Time - Includes the adventures of John and El, songs, poems, games, coloring pages, and much more! Cool!

Bedtime Stories for Busy Parents

Bry-Back Manor - A lot of educational "fun stuff" at this site.

Candlelight Stories

Carlos' Coloring Book - Pick a picture and start some online coloring

 

Cool Sites - From First Grade Backpack

Create Your Own Adventure - Pick a story from the list on the right to create an adventure story about you and your friends.

Curious George - Have some fun here with George.

Dole 5 A Day - Learn all about fruits and vegetables here.

Dragon Tales - Meet Cassie, Emmy, Max, Zak & Wheezie, Quetzal and Ord. Solve problems and explore Dragon Land.

Dr. Seuss - Welcome to Seussville

Eggy's World of Fun for Kids - Click on "Play Eggy Games" or another option.

Fisher Price Fun - Games, activities, stories, and much more.

Fun and Games at MeddyBemps

FunBrain.com - Games and much more!

Game Goo - Click on a game by your level.

Interesting Places - From the First Grade Backpack.

JayZeeBear - There are many fun games here for you to discover. Join JayZeeBear and his friends for a fun adventure in the Green Forest.

Kid's Domain - Crafts, clipart, puzzles, free downloads, online games, contests, and a lot more!!!

Kratt's Creatures - From PBS...explore the fascinating and funny creaturnalities of creatures the world over.

Learning Planet - Fun and games.  Choose a grade level.

Learn to Read - EASY stories to read, online games.......using short and long vowels and sight words.

Little Explorer's Dictionary - There's lots to do and see here. Click on a letter in the alphabet at the top of the window and you'll see a page of words that start with that letter.

Lil'Fingers Storybooks - "Lil' Fingers is a storybook site for toddler age children with games, storybooks and coloring pages."

MaMaMedia - This kids' site has lots of activities, games, story puzzles, and its own directory of kids' Web sites.

Mixed-up Sentences - For first grade.

Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood

Official Berenstain Bears Site - Click on Activities for fun, games, stories, and much more.

Online Fun - At Meddybemps

Online Stories and Poetry

Reading Activities - From the First Grade Backpack.

Rebus Rhymes - Have fun here!

Scholastic Kids - So much for you at this site.

Story Place - Read stories, play online games, and much more! It will even read the stories to you in Spanish.

Thomas, The Tank Engine - Have fun with Thomas and friends.

White House for Kids - Take a tour of the White House with Scotty.

Zoom Birds - All about birds.

Zoom Butterflies - Find out all about butterflies here.

Zoom Dinosaurs - Great site on every dinosaur you can think of.

Zoom Rain Forest - Find out all about the tropical rain forest!

Zoom School - Learn about the countries of the world in Zoom School.

Zoom Sharks - Awesome site on sharks.

Zoom Whales - Really cool stuff!!!