For Students: Power Scholars
Scholastic Kids’ Site: http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/
Kid’s Reads: http://www.kidsreads.com/
Giggle Poetry: http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
Storyline Online: http://www.storylineonline.net/
Lists of Series: http://www.kidsreads.com/series/index.asp
Book Trailers: http://www.inkthinktank.com/pages/video-gallery/index.html
Between the Lions: http://pbskids.org/lions/
Online Books with Sound: http://www.gamequarium.com/readquarium/bookswsound.html
Online Books without Sound: http://www.gamequarium.com/readquarium/bookswosound.html
Children’s Storybooks Online: http://www.magickeys.com/books/
Read Kiddo, Read: http://readkiddoread.com/home
Guys Read: http://guysread.com/
Starfall: http://www.starfall.com/
Free Children’s Stories: http://www.freechildrenstories.com/index.php
Johnny’s Story Page (Online/Interactive Stories): http://jstorypage.com/
Storynory (Audio Stories): http://storynory.com/
Newbery and Caldecott Award Winners: http://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/Award-Winning-Childrens-Books.html
Slime Kids: http://www.slimekids.com/
Mrs. P’s Magic Library: http://www.mrsp.com/Default.aspx
International Children’s Digital Library: http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
Wonderopolis: http://wonderopolis.org/
Chicken Spaghetti Book Blog: http://chickenspaghetti.typepad.com/
For Parents:
Dr. Seuss’ Parents’ Page: http://www.seussville.com/Parents/par_seuss_age.php
Reading Rockets: http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/parents/
Starfall: http://www.starfall.com/n/N-info/parents.htm
Children’s Books Online: The Rosetta Project: http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/index.htm
Reading Aloud: http://www.classical-childrens-books.com/benefits-of-reading-aloud.html
Book Lists: http://www.classical-childrens-books.com/index.html
The Best Children’s Books: http://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/index.html
Child Safety on the Information Highway: http://www.safekids.com/child-safety-on-the-information-highway/
Reading Series and Sequels: http://www.mymcpl.org/cfapps/juvser/title.cfm
Mrs. P’s Note to Parents: http://www.mrsp.com/NoteToParents.aspx
Story Cove: http://www.storycove.com/classroom/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Error
“Helping Your Child Learn to Read” http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/brochure/earlyreading/index.html
Celebrate Literacy Calendar: http://www.famlit.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/celebrate-literacy-calendar.pdf
Cultivating Readers: http://www.famlit.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/cultivating-readers.pdf
“Tips for Reading to Your Child” http://iusd.org/parent_resources/tipsreading.htm
Questions to Ask about Your Child’s Reading: http://iusd.org/parent_resources/questionsencourage.htm
10 Tips to Effective Reading: http://iusd.org/parent_resources/tentips.htm
Family Education: http://www.familyeducation.com/home/
PGTV (Primary Games TV) informational videos: http://www.primarygames.com/reading.htm
Great Kid Books Blog: http://greatkidbooks.blogspot.com/
MAGAZINES
Time for Kids: http://www.timeforkids.com/
Sports Illustrated for Kids: http://www.sikids.com/
National Geographic Kids: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Ranger Rick: http://www.nwf.org/Kids/Ranger-Rick.aspx
Discovery Girls: http://www.discoverygirls.com/
Weekly Reader: http://www.weeklyreader.com/
Boy’s Life: http://boyslife.org/
Fun for Kidz: http://funforkidzmagazines.com/
Odyssey Adventures in Science: http://www.odysseymagazine.com/
Dig the Archaeology Magazine: http://www.digonsite.com/
Stone Soup: http://www.stonesoup.com/
AUTHORS and ILLUSTRATORS
Seussville: http://www.seussville.com/
Shel Silverstein: http://www.shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html
Avi: http://www.avi-writer.com/
Author/Illustrator Interviews: http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/
Authors and Illustrators on the Web: http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
Authors and Illustrators: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/index.html
Jan Brett: http://www.janbrett.com/index.html
Eric Carle: http://www.eric-carle.com/
Dan Gutman: http://www.dangutman.com/
Robert Munsch: http://robertmunsch.com/
Magic Tree House: http://www.magictreehouse.com/#
Patricia Polacco: http://www.patriciapolacco.com/
Lemony Snicket: http://lemonysnicket.com/
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS
Fun Brain Vocab: http://www.funbrain.com/words.html
Vocabulary Games: http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
Merriam-Webster Word Central: http://www.wordcentral.com/
Merriam-Webster Dictionary/Thesaurus: http://www.merriam-webster.com/netdict.htm
Rhyming Dictionary: http://www.rhymezone.com/
Spin and Spell: http://www.spinandspell.com/
Spelling Games: http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/spelling_games.html
WRITING
Cursive Letter Animation: http://donnayoung.org/penmanship/cursive-animations.htm
Wacky Web Tales: http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
Grammar Games: http://www.mrsrenz.net/langartslinks.htm
Poetry Maker Online: http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm
Power Proofreading: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/index.html
Make Beliefs Comix: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/
Launchpad: http://www.launchpadmag.com/
Grammar Practice Park (Gr 3-5): http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html
Words and Riddles: http://www.funenglishgames.com/funstuff.html
GAMES
Professor Garfield: http://www.professorgarfield.com/pgf_home.html
Fun Brain: http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html
Reading Games from BiteSize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/reading/
Readquarium: http://www.gamequarium.com/readquarium/
Reading Planet: http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet.htm
Primary Games (Language Arts) http://www.primarygames.com/reading.htm
Knowledge Adventure: http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/reading-games.htm
Scholastic Writing Games: http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/games/
Paragraph Paramedics: http://www.mrnussbaum.com/paragraph.htm
Sentence Surgeons: http://www.mrnussbaum.com/surgeonsindex.htm
Character Scrapbook: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scrapbook/