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Updated 3/2/07

Fun Stuff for Little Ones

     
 

 

 

MATH CONCEPTS



Color Recognition    Counting     Money    Number Order

Number Recognition    Patterns   Shapes   Sorting

LANGUAGE ARTS & READING



COLOR RECOGNITION:

1. Kinderweb: The Color Game

2. Paint the Shapes - From Fisher-Price.  A listening and following directions activity.

3. What Color Is It? - Click on the crayon that matches object color.

4. Honey Pot Hunt Game - Click on a square of matching color to find the hidden honey pots.

5. Three Blind Mice Coloring Page - Interactive coloring.

6. Shape and Color Match - Match objects that are the same shape and same color.

7. Learn Colors and Shapes from Fisher-Price - Listen to the colors and shapes as they are named.

8. Fisher-Price: Online Coloring

 



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COUNTING:

1. RainforestMaths: Counting - Choose Level A. 

2. Leon's Math Movies - Counting to 12. Interactive and fun!  Optional registration.

3. Leon's Math Dojo - Counting to 12. Kick-boxing activity.  Boys love this!

4. Let's Count - A fun set of counting activities. Will require parental help.

5. More Counting! - Additional counting activities.

6. Count Your Chickens - Interactive counting activity.

7. What's My Number? - Interactive counting.  From Edmark and Riverdeep.

8. MathSurf: Kindergarten - Select Chapter 4 for interactive counting activity.  From Scott Foresman.

9. Jungle Counting: - Count the items in the jungle with Jack.

10. Color Counting - Look at the number. Click on the pictures to color that number of objects.

11. Learn About Counting 1-10 - Count the objects and click the button with the correct answer.

12. Learn About Counting 1-20 - Count the objects and click the button with the correct answer.

13. Number Machine - Cute critters help you count from 0-20. Click 6 to see six animated lizards, worms, bees--or even penguins!



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MONEY:

1. Coins for Candy - Audio lesson on identity and value of coins.

2. Pennies and Dimes - Drag pennies and dimes into appropriate piggy banks. From Saxon Math.

3. Interactive Web Instructor: Counting Coins Practice - This is a very good site but requires registration.  Choose between full paid membership or free limited membership.


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NUMBER ORDER:

1. What Number is Missing? - From Saxon Math. Click on the missing number.

2. Connect the Dots - Connect number dots to 30 to draw a Chevron car.

3. What Comes Next? - From TeachRKids Math.  Select Pre-K, then "Next and Previous."

4. 1 2 3 Order - From Learning Planet. Click on the number that comes next.  Interactive.

5. One False Move - Click numbers in correct order to escape from a haunted house.

6. Connect the Numbers - From FunSchool. Connect the numbers in correct order to make a picture.


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NUMBER RECOGNITION AND 1 TO 1 CORRESPONDENCE:

1. Leap Frog: The Number Machine - Click on the cash register buttons to identify the number. From Edmark and Riverdeep.

2. Number Match 'Em - Match numeral and picture to sound.  Great for ESL students.

3. Counting on a Cloud - Click on a picture then click on corresponding numeral.

4. How Many Ants Do You See? - Count the ants and click on the corresponding number.

5. Fishy Count - Count the fish and click on the matching numeral.  From Primary Games.

6. Number Recognition - Count the objects then click on the corresponding number.


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PATTERNS:

1. What Comes Next? - From Saxon Math.  Simple patterning.

2. Pattern Recognition - Click the letter that completes the pattern.

3. The Crazy Pattern Machine - From FunSchool. Select difficulty level and choose from upper and lower case, shapes, colors, and number patterns to complete.

4. Patterns - TeachRKids.com - Select "Patterns," and "Repetitive."

5. Pattern Mania - Click the picture to complete the pattern.

6. Simon Says  - Choose difficulty level.  Watch flashing colored circles and click to repeat the pattern.

7. Flower Patterns - Drag flowers from one garden into another to copy a pattern.

8. Virtual Manipulative - Color Patterns

9. MathSurf: Kindergarten - Select Chapter 3 for interactive pattern activity.  From Scott Foresman.

10. Copy Cat Jack - Repeat the patterns of pictures and sounds.

11. TVOKids: Polkaroos Polka Dot Shorts - The polka dots on Polkaroos shorts are missing! Help him find them by spotting the patterns.




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SHAPES:

1. Astronomy Shape Match - Click and drag the shape to the matching outline.

2. Buzzing With Shapes - From Harcourt School. Click the counter then drag it to a shape with corresponding number of sides.

3. Little People Colors and Shapes Game - Fisher-Price. Paint the shapes according to audio instructions.

4. Kids Online Resources - Click the object that matches the shape.

5. The Mouse House - Help Frank Lloyd Mouse build his house with shapes. From Riverdeep.

6. Etch-A-Sketch Hidden Shapes - Click the puzzle piece then "Hidden Shapes." Child's first name is entered and written on an Etch-A-Sketch. Picture is colored in as correct shapes are found.  Pretty Cool!

7. MathSurf: Kindergarten - Select Chapter 7 for interactive shapes activity. From Scott Foresman.

8. Shapeville - How many different shapes can you find in Shapeville?

9. KB Kids: Space Math: Space Shapes - Build space ships with geometric shapes. Interactive and fun!


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SORTING:

1. Apple Pickin' With Wilbur the Worm - Help Wilbur sort apples by size.

2. Sorting Activity - Sort bananas and strawberries into jars.  From Saxon Math.

3. Carnival Countdown - Sort carnival cars.  From Harcourt School.

4. Zoe's Pet Shelter - Help Zoe sort the animals at the shelter in a variety of ways. From Sesame Street.

5. Telly's Crayons - Help Telly and Baby Bear find Telly's lost crayons by clicking on the correct items. From Sesame Workshop.

6. Sesame Workshop:Pinky Dinky Doo:Eat It or Wear It - Is the item something you would eat, or something you would wear?



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LANGUAGE ARTS & READING CONCEPTS

Beginning Letter Recognition   Beginning Phonics

Letter Matching   Letter Order  

Reading Sight Words and Simple Sentences

Recognizing Vowels    Rhyming Words   Sounding Out Words


MATH CONCEPTS

 

BEGINNING LETTER RECOGNITION

1. Starfall: ABCs - Click on an alphabet block to hear a short musical presentation of the upper and lower case letter. Click the arrows to see words that begin with that letter. Animation and audio. A fabulous site!

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

3. Paw Park - Help baby kangaroos find their parents by matching upper and lower case letters.

4. The Literacy Center - Choose from colors, numbers, letters, shapes, and word activities.  Great for ESL students!

5. Etch-A-Sketch Hidden Letters - Click the puzzle piece to find the hidden numbers and letters activity.

6. Word Search - Click on "All ABCs" From iKnowThat.com

7. Sesame Workshop: Keyboard-O-Rama - Click on a keyboard letter.  Elmo says the name of the letter and shows a corresponding object.

8. Alphabet Goop - Stir the alphabet soup, click on the picture that emerges, and drag it into the box with the corresponding initial consonant sound.

9. The Haunted Alphabet -
Find the hidden alphabet letters in this spooky picture!

10. Rats! - Help Rusty Rat catch the falling letters. From Learning Planet.

11. Begins With. . . - Click on objects in the picture that begin with specific letters.

12. Learn Your ABC's - Each letter of the alphabet is formed and the name of the letter pronounced. From Fisher-Price.

13. Leap Frog: Ant Alphabet - Help the ants find their way through the maze by clicking on the letters of the alphabet in the correct order.

14. ABC Gulp - Click on the frog to begin. Listen the to letter name, then click the correct letter to have the frog gulp it down!

15. Kidport: Kindergarten: Letters and Pictures - Click on the objects that start with each letter of the alphabet shown on the left.

 


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BEGINNING PHONICS

1. Alphabet Action - Click on a letter to hear its sound and see a picture.

2. AlphaZoo
- Match beginning letters memory game.

3. Sesame Street Letter of the Day
- Listen as Cookie Monster says a letter.  Click on objects that begin with that letter.  From PBS Kids.

4. Bear Wear - Choose the correct shirt for the bear.

5. Match the Letters and Pictures - A memory game.

6. Phonics Year by Year - A variety of matching games.

7. Professor Garfield: Orson's Farm: Chicken Coop - Click on the picture with the matching initial consonant sound.



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LETTER MATCHING - UPPER/LOWER CASE

1. Memory Game from Saxon Publishers - Match upper and lower case letters.

2. Alphabet Letter Puzzle from Kinder Planet

3. Alphabet Word Puzzle from Kinder Planet

4. Clifford's Letter Match, Sound Match, Make-A-Word



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LETTER ORDER - WHAT COMES NEXT?

1. ABC Order - From Learning Planet. Click the missing letter.

2. Between the Lions: AB Cow - The cows have been snacking on the alphabet letters! Find the missing ones!

3. Disney Channel:Playhouse:The Book of Pooh:Connect the Letters - Click the flashing dots and connect the letters in correct order to draw a Pooh character.

4. AlphaBits for Kids - A variety of alphabet matching and sequencing games.

5. Alphabet Zoo - Put words in alphabetical order.


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READING SIGHT WORDS AND SIMPLE SENTENCES

1. Monkey Business: Rain Forest Run Around - Click on the sentence fragments to put them in the proper sequence.

2. Learn to Read - Short stories that focus on a particular vowel sound. Interactive, animated and awesome!

3. Story Place Pre-School Library - An excellent site for beginning readers! Choose a theme, an audio book, an online activity, take-home activity, suggested reading, or parent's activity. Books and activites include Spanish vocabulary words for young learners. Great for ESL students!

4. Nick Jr. Stories - Stories that are read aloud and animated. A very good site for young children. Click on the stories link to get to the list of stories that are told. Don't forget to click around while the story is being read for cute animation of the characters!

5. Sight Word Quizzes - Pre-primer through 3rd grade. Choose between multiple choice and spelling. All quizzes have audio.

6. TVOKids:Sight Word Games - Choose a level, then match sight words with the picture they match. This is a fun activity with audio.

7. I Can Read Game - Listen to and read each sentence, then answer each question.

8. CVC Word Maker - How many different words can you make?


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RECOGNIZING VOWELS

1. Counting Vowels - How many balloons have vowels on them?



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RHYMING WORDS

1. Reggie Loves to Rhyme! - From Scholastic

2. Rhyming Words - Read the CVC word and click on rhyming word.

3. Phonics Year by Year: Complete the Rhyme - Click on the picture that completes the rhyme.

4. Professor Garfield: Orson's Farm: Rhyming Words - Click on the picture of the rhyming word. Interactive and fun!



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SOUNDING OUT WORDS

1. PBS Kids: Fuzzy Lion Ears - Click on the missing letter to complete the word.

2. Picture-Word Match - This will require teacher/parent set-up to determine book level and lesson number.

3. Word-Picture Match - Requires parent/teacher set-up.



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FUN STUFF FOR LITTLE ONES

1. TVOKids: Peep and the Big Wide World - Join Peep the chick as he happily explores his world through fun games and exciting adventures!

2. Playhouse Disney - Fun, interactive games for preschool through 1st grade. Visit Mickey's Clubhouse, join the Little Einstein gang on an adventure, meet Handy Manny and his tools, visit Jojo's Circus and more!

3. Bees and Honey - Practice mouse skills by playing this fun, interactive game.

4. Flitter Flutter - Use the mouse to guide the butterfly around the screen. Stay away from the bugs as they race across the screen. Try to stay alive as long as possible.

5. Match a Smiley - Match the silly faces to reveal a picture puzzle.

6. Mood Maker - Explore different musical moods with the Mood Maker.

7. Jakers!: Games - From TVO Kids.com - Mouse over the characters on the blanket to select a game. Be patient in waiting for the audio to load.

8. Sesame Workshop Game Room - Games include ABCs, numbers, shapes, dot-to-dot, sorting, and much more!

9. Sesame Workshop: Sesame Beginnings - Activities for parents and young children that encourage learning through parent-child interactions. Based on research that shows that young children learn best when experiences are shared with a loved one.

10. Noggin - Plenty of crazy sounds, zany pictures and fun head games are waiting for you and your pre-schooler at this great site! Fun and interactive!

11. PBS Kids: Caillou: Train Conductor Game - Help Caillou drive his train in this fun, interactive game. First, find the missing sections of track and place them where they belong. Then get the different sections of track lined up in a straight line so Caillou can drive his passengers to the station. Increasing levels of difficulty.

12. PBS Kids: Play Games with Caillou - Including Spell with Caillou, Puzzle Game, Memory Game, Find Gilbert, Magic Keyboard, Follow the Stars, Matching Game, and Dress Caillou.

13. FableVision Place - Visit FableVision Place at a magical land where stories flow like brooks. Cross the book-shaped bridge and head to the Museum and Creativity Center where you can play with a movable collage with funky shapes and fluttering pieces. Visit Fable TV to watch funny movie clips with kids fishing for stars and cosmic lobsters. Search for the treasure fruit in Captain Bart’s Golden Pineapple Quest in the Arcade. And at the Library, just download books to your computer.

14. A Day with Daniel Cook - Join Daniel Cook in his virtual playroom where nothing is off-limits. You can play with toys, go on adventures and even make your own creations. Daniel Cook needs some help deciding on a look before saying cheese. Click on the camera to mix and match new hairstyles and facial expressions for him. If you’re ready to make some noise, the trumpet takes you to the symphony to create your own music. Your adventures won't be complete without a trip to the beach to build sandcastles or to the art studio to paint. With Daniel Cook, the fun never ends!

15. Wondertime: Merry Meadow Music Maker - Click on each instrument to hear it play!

16. Wondertime: Critter Creator - Click on the animal parts to create your own critter, then click the "Dance" button to watch your critter dance!

17. Preschool and Kindergarten Games from Leap Frog - Twenty-two online, interactive games for your preschooler!

18. Online Toddler Games from Fisher-Price - Twenty-four games include coloring, alphabet, animal sounds, shapes, stories, and more!

19. Online Infant Games from Fisher-Price - All eight games are press-any-key type games for fun peek-a-boo activities and more!

20. Online Preschool Games and Activities from Fisher-Price - Thirty-four games include counting, coloring, memory, sorting, puzzles, matching and much more!

21. Fun With Spot - Full of games and activities which entertain and educate; Fun With Spot helps children to develop basic literacy, numeracy and much more! Also includes advice and resources for parents and teachers.

22. Kneebouncers - Kneebouncers is a whole lotta fun. Games and activities to stimulate your baby or toddler. Colorful animated graphics combined with great sound effects, excite and entertain the ittiest of the bittiest. Kneebouncers is also educational. Your budding genius may even start to understand the cause and effect principle, but mostly they’ll just squeal with delight. So if you have a little one clamoring for the keyboard, plop them on your knee and let the bouncing begin!

23. Fun and Games with the Teletubbies - A whole page of games for your cyber tots! If I mention Tubby custard, time for tubby bye bye, the boom boom dance or Po's scooter... well, they're all featured here! Sounds, songs, painting, counting, shapes and tubby games. What more could you want?

24. ToddleToons - ToddleToons is a collection of twelve online games designed especially for babies and toddlers from 10 months to 3 years of age. Cuddle up with your favorite little one to enjoy some one-on-one quality time full of fun and learning.

25. UpToTen - One of the biggest and the best game sites for kids and it even has an area for parents! Boowa & Kwala are the lovable characters who will be taking your toddlers through a huge selection of games, activities and silly songs. You have the ability to select the language, four are available apart from English. Try out your kids' favorite songs in French or Spanish, you'll be humming them all day long! Definitely a site to save in the favorites folder for your toddler.



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