Approved Primary Websites
This year, the generic computer log-on for primary students gives them access to selected websites. Below are the websites that are available for your students with this log-on. This page is intended for your information as you plan. If you would like to have your students access one of these pages, your LMS can work with you to create a link that is accessible to your students. If you would like to add a site to this list, let your LMS know.
Subjects categories:
Literacy
ABC
Ya
Activities, by grade level, for a variety of subjects.
The BPL Children's page now gives you access to TumbleBooks - online story books that students can read and/or listen to. You must go to the Bellingham Public Library site and click on Tumblebooks in order to make use of the BPL license.
Book
Adventure
This site helps students select books based on
their reading level and areas of interest, and then
offers comprehension quizzes.
Compound
Words Walk the Plank
Test your skills with compound words.
Test your vocabulary skills and donate rice through the UN World Food Program at the same time.
Jan
Brett
Lots of printable games and activities, as well
as some online games and activities based on Jan Brett's
books. A favorite online activity for primary kids
is decorating a gingerbread house.
Learning
Vocabulary Fun
Build vocabulary skills with online crossword puzzles,
word finds, HangMouse, and other word games.
Magnetic Poetry
Create poems with Magnetic Poetry online
Peter Rabbit and Friends
Games and stories related to Beatrix Potter's
Peter Rabbit. Click on Fun, then Storytime,
to hear the stories read aloud.
Visit this site to find about the Rainbow Magic book series about fairies, and try out some fairy games and activities.
Read
Write Think
This site from the International Reading Association
and NCTE has lesson ideas and a variety of online
student resources such as graphic organizers, letter/sound
games, tools for creating book covers, etc.
One activity - Word Family Sort - has students sort words according to vowel sounds and ending sounds.
Scholastic.com
Games and activities based on books published
by Scholastic.
Seussville
Have s0me fun with Dr. Seuss.
Starfall
Lots of great activities to promote early literacy.
Wired for Books
Find links to online audio books, including Peter
Rabbit Stories, some Grimm fairy tales, and some Kipling
Just So Stories.
From the Read Write Think website, this activity lets students sort words according to vowel sounds and ending sounds.
Build word clouds by entering a list of words related to a person, a theme, or any topic. The more often you type a word, the larger it will be in your word cloud.
Math
AAA
Math
Math activities sorted by subject and grade level.
Plenty of facts practice!
Some unusual math games and puzzles.
Educational
Java Programs
Interactive activities to explore money, time
pattern blocks,
base 10 blocks (as well as base 2, base 5, base 8
blocks), etc.
introduce fractions with these very visual activities.
Students test their knowledge of a 100's chart by finding hidden "bones."
Illuminations
from NCTM
Click on Activities to see some online math activities
for students. Patch Tool, Five Frame and Ten Frame
seem most appropriate for primary students.
Internet Math
Internet 4 You! Math activities, by grade level, to
support your math program
MathGym
Mathematical games and puzzles, including Connect
4, Tetris, Mastermind, Battleships...
Practice multiplication facts while playing a space mission game.
Make Five
A tic-tac-toe type game. Choose addition, subtraction
or multiplication, then match problems to solutions
to get five in a row.
National
Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Many online math activities, organized by grade level
and math strand. Excellent online manipulatives and
teaching ideas.
Arrange and turn pattern blocks to create designs.
Create a pictogram online. Students enter a title for their graph, and a description of what each picture in the graph represents, as well as the value for each picture.
Primary
Math
Activities for math practice.
Pongo.com
Contains jokes and games for kids. There are some
math games, as well as some with no educational value.
Math related games and activities organized by grade level. This site has some good online versions of manipulatives and other math tools including counters, connecting blocks, coins and bills, hundreds charts, etc.
Understanding Mathematics through Insight, Concept and Perception. Some very unusual online math activities that explore number concepts.
This math tutorial site requires a subscription. Check with your library media specialist to see if your school has access to this tool.
Science -Weather
Kids'
Crossing
From the National Center for Atmospheric Research
and UCAR - some great weather information, games and
activities, pretty advanced reading level.
Observe, gather data, investigate, and analyze the weather.
Weather
Wiz Kids
Learn all about weather from a TV meterologist.
Learn what makes weather wet and wild, do cool activities, and become hot at forecasting the weather on Web Weather for Kids!
Winter
Weather Glossary
From USA Today
Lists and information about bugs to have as pets.
The
Barred Owl
This ThinkQuest site was created by students, for
students. A good resource for research on owls.
Bat Quiz
An online quiz about bats.
Bats 4 Kids
Another resource for research about bats.
Bats: Why Should We Care?
Good resource for research about bats.
Introduces basic mouse skills using a bee/flower/nectar theme.
BioKids
Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species - The Critter
Catalog is a great resource for research on different
animal species. The site also includes field guides
of tracks and signs, and invertebrates. All information
is based on ecosystem in southeast Michigan.
Learn about butterfly species and life cycle at this site, hosted by the Academy of Natural Sciences.
A gallery of butterfly photos and a variety of butterfly related activities.
Butterflies at the Field Museum
Learn basic butterfly facts, as well as learning about butterfly habitats and collection techniques.
Learn about butterfly species and butterfly farming.
Lots to explore, including Animal Facts, which features information on an animal of the month. You can explore all previous animals of the month as well. Also, look at Games and Contests for games such as matching animals to their tracks.
Club Caterpillar -
Butterfly Matching Game - Match pictures of butterflies and caterpillars in a memory game.
Scrambled Wings - unscramble the picture of this butterly
Emperor
Penguins
Beautiful photos of emperor penguins, and one page
of written information at an advanced reading level.
ENature.com
Explore field guides for all sorts of plants and
animals, identify animal tracks, or learn more about
local birds.
Exploring Nature Educational Resources
Click on Level 1 for information on animals, ecosystems, and other nature topics appropriate for primary students.
Florida
Panther Net
Learn about Florida panthers.
Insecta
Inspecta World
Information and pictures of a variety of insects.
Interactive Froggy Fun and Games
Games and activities related to frogs.
Learn about bird migration while answering questions to help a wood thrush along her migratory route.
Learn about the birds housed in the National Aviary.
National
Geographic
A great resource for primary research, particularly
on animals. There are also videos on various science
topics. Games and stories are more geared for intermediate
students. Also check out the crittercam.
Another National Geographic animals site can be found here.
Pacific Coast Salmon Fisheries
Learn about Pacific salmon habitat, the history of salmon fishing, etc.
Salmon, the incredible traveling fish
Learn about salmon species, life cycle, conservation, etc.
Learn about various spiders. Includes a spider identification page.
The
Wild Ones
Children's education program from The Wildlife
Trust. Find out about bioscapes, wildlife species,
etc.
Welcome
to the Watery World of Whales
Learn about whales, view a photo gallery.
Whale
Times
Learn about whales and other sea mammals, explore
a whale glossary, and play whale related games and
activities.
Whale
Watch
Listen to whale sounds and explore a whale photo
gallery. Be sure to click on Kids' Stuff to find more whale information.
Zoobooks.com
Learn about animals in the online companion to Zoobooks
magazine.
Exploring Nature Educational Resources
Click on Level 1 for information on animals, ecosystems, and other nature topics appropriate for primary students.
Learn about biomes and ecosystems of the world.
Many interesting activities, including Make a Tidepool.
Nature
Grids
The Caterbury Environmental Education Center, the
kids' pages let students explore various ecosystems
through activities such as a virtual pond dip.
Discovery
Education
This site requires a membership in order to have full
access to the educational resources. It includes articles,
videos, and interactive online activities in physical
science, life science, and Earth and space science.
EcoKids
This Canadian site provides environmental education
resources for classrooms. Under "Homework Help" you
will find resources for research on environmental
issues. "Games and Activities" includes activities
dealing with food chains, the water cycle, energy
efficiency, land use, and more. Much of this site
is more appropriate for intermediate students.
Environmental
Protection Agency for Kids
Look for links to find out about endangered plants
and animals, garbage and recycling, an interactive
water cycle activity, etc.
Foss
Webs
Find photo galleries, videos, activities, Q&A,
and links to relevant websites, all related to Foss
modules.
Learn about the importance of plants as you solve these plant mysteries. Includes ideas for manyhands-on activities.
Green
Hour
This site, from the National Wildlife Federation,
promotes the idea of a "green hour" every day for
kids - an hour of unstructured time to interact with
nature. Click on Discovery
Journal and Activities for activities and ideas
that lend themselves to classroom use.
Museum
of Science and Industry
Information about this Chicago museum, including some
virtual exhibit tours.
The Resource Room, Nassau-Spackenkill School
Learn about birds, butterflies, moths, and weather
Starchild
Young astronomers can learn things here!
Trees are Terrific - Travels with Pierre
Learn all about trees through this audio book. A few interactive pages, but mostly an informative audio book.
Learn about the planets and other bodies in our solar system.
Identify trees using this online tool. You can search for your tree by its leaf shape, its fruit, or its name.
World
Wildlife Federation
Learn about wildlife and global warming.
Community
Helpers
Explore the roles of different members of a community.
Students can create interactive maps. You choose the map, they log in and add photos, comments, and interactive media.
Explore money through games and activities at this US Mint site.
Learn about U.S. currency, including a look at the new five dollar bill.
VA
Kids
Kids' page from the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Cool Antarctica
Facts, history and wonderful pictures of Antarctica.
Click on the world map to see the names of continents and regions. Then test your knowledge of continents and regions with the game.
Culturegrams
Resource for research on countries and cultures.
Kids
Web Japan
Learn about Japan's culture, folklore, language, and
more.
Mexico
for Kids
Learn about the history, culture, and ecosystems of
Mexico. Site may be viewed in English or in Spanish.
Halloween
Thanksgiving
Investigating
the First Thanksgiving
An interactive site from Plimoth Plantation, exploring
the history of the first Thanksgiving from both
the Native American and European perspectives.
This Scholastic website gives information and pictures showing daily life of the pilgrims and Native Americans, the Mayflower journey, and the Thanksgiving Feast. Audio buttons allow students to listen to text that is above their reading level.
Explore the look and sound of various instruments, learn about composers, even compose your own music at this site created by the National Arts Centre of Canada.
Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to create pictures a la etch-a-sketch.
Learn about Leonardo Da Vinci's life and artwork, explore concepts related to perspective in artwork, and the elements of the machines that fascinated Leonardo.
A great source for lyrics for children's music. Many songs have a musical note symbol to let you know that you an listen to the song as well as read the lyrics.
Select colors and petal shapes, then let the computer use rotational symmetry to help you create a flower.
Create a Picasso-like piece of art using these digital tools. Select from various shapes, drag them to your canvas, resize, recolor, and recreate.
National Gallery of Art offers this website that allows students to experiment with using a simulated digital camera, and then try different photo editing techniques.
A unique online art experience, use your mouse to create a Jackson Pollock like piece of art.
Pictures and simple text show step by step tutorials for simple pottery projects.
Multiple Curriculum AreasABC.net
Sites and resources based on ABC television children's
programming.
Learning activities in mulitple curriculum areas, organized by grade level. Primary students can practice counting, do holiday related puzzles, find 100 day activities, etc.
BillyBear for Kids
This site has some online games (addition, what's
the same/different) and storybooks. Note - many
popups and items to download!
BBC/children
Many educational games and activities based on BBC
children's programming. Find activities related to
counting, telling time, health, sentence structure,
adjectives and adverbs.
Enchanted
Learning
Scroll down to find free patterns and activities.
A variety of interative games in various curricular areas.
Fun with Spot
Activities based on Spot the Dog books. There is a
matching game, a counting game, etc.
Gamequarium
This site contains a list of games appropriate for
various age levels. Includes phonics, ending sounds,
words families, blends, rhymes, etc. Caution -
Many of the games in the list link to other web sites,
not hosted by Gamequarium. Test the games first! Not
all will be on the primary allowed list!
Harcourt
Learning Site
Online activities related to math, reading, spelling,
social studies, science, health and art.
Highlights
Magazine Online
Just like the paper version there are lots of activities
at this site.
Click on a grade level, then a subject area for activities.
Kid
Zone
Activity site arranged by subject and by grade
level. Does have advertising and pop ups.
Literacy
and Numeracy
This site is designed for young children. Scroll down
the page to find a variety of activities.
Meddybumps
Games, puzzles and online stories
PBS
Kids
Sites and resources based on PBS television children's
programming.
Primary
Resources
Online activities in many curricular areas. Note
- some of these activities are for download, others
are available online.
Sadlier
Oxford
Online activities in a many curricular areas.
Ideas, information, and project ideas, mainly focused on math and science.
A variety of activities that support Usborne books.
Weekly Reader.com
A variety of games and puzzles (math, geography, crosswords,
word searches), coloring pages, and opportunities
to read/write letters to the editor.
Reference
Biography.com
Brief biographies of over 25,000 people, arranged
alphabetically and by category. Reading level is for
intermediate aged students and older, but there are
photos and animalographies (bios of famous animals)
that might be useful for primary students.
Worldbook
Online
An online encyclopedia
Other
ChessKid
L earn to play chess.
Crawford
the Cat
Crawford the Cat teaches some lessons on personal
safety, hygiene and manners through short video clips.
There are a few games and puzzles, and printable coloring
pages.
FEMA
Information about natural disasters from the Federal
Emergency Management Association. There is a lot of
info to read, but also photo galleries, online coloring
books related to disaster drills, et.
Groundhog.org
The official site of the Punxsatawney Groundhog Club.
Learn about the history of Groundhog Day, learn about
the Punxsatawney celebration, and find some lesson
ideas and student activities to print.
Highlights Magazine - Build a Snowman
Fun winter site, check out all the options to dress up a snowman.
A great resource for kids learning a second language. Click on a language, then a category (such as pets, foods, clothing). Move your mouse of images to see the word and hear a pronunciation. Languages include English, Spanish, French, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, and others.
Make-a-Flake
Cut a paper snowflake online. Another link to the
same site is - Make-a-Flake.
MooMilk
A dynamic adventure into the dairy industry.
McGruff
Learn about fire safety with Fire Dog McGruff.
National Gallery of Art for Kids
Learn about the National Gallery, and use online tools to manipulate or create art online.
National
Kite Month
This site includes a "fun for kids" section, with
information on how kites fly, safety, etc.
National Fire Protection Association -
Look under Learning for student fire safety activities.
Play
Safe, Be Safe
Games and activities for teaching fire safety. Some
activities are for kids (dress the fire fighter, Keep
Away card game), others are for teachers to use as
a teaching tool (crawl low under smoke story board).
Puzzlemaker
Teachers and students can create puzzles to print
- crosswords, word finds, etc.
Games and activities related to fire safety, including three games for non-readers
For TeachersDiscovery
Education
This site has many resources for teachers (Kathy Schrock's
guide for educators, for example), as well as Puzzlemaker,
in which students can create crosswords, word searches,
and other puzzles.
Education
World
This educator's resource is designed to make the Internet
more accessible to teachers. Find lesson plans, tech
integration ideas, and professional development information.
Internet
Public Library
Great site for reference information with links
to other content sites.
Kaboose
Holidays and Fun - This site has some good craft ideas
and information about holidays. Looks like a good
place for teachers to gather ideas, not necessarily
a place for students to visit.
Kids
Turn Central
Useful site for teachers looking for content related
activities.
Seattle Times
The Seattle Times online
