This page includes a collection of early childhood educational resources with live screenshots of each site and a short description. These websites feature activities that are ideal for distance learning, and can be used both in the classroom and at home!

A Kids Heart A play and learn site with free resources for kids and their teachers

ABC Teach Worksheets and activities. Many free worksheets for early elementary, some games and apps require a paid membership.

ABCya.Com Storybooks, word games and educational activities

Alphabet Activities by DLTK Teach Choose from a variety of activities for each letter of the alphabet

Animal Activities on KidSites.Com Lots of links to animal crafts and activities

BBC Magic Key Worksheets and teacher resources, including SMART board activities

Busy Bee Crafts Fun, easy and inexpensive kids crafts ideas

Calculators for Kids Different kinds of calculators for kids. There are also links to some good math sites here!

Can do Kinders A teacher’s blog with tons of ideas for the classroom!

Confessions of a Homeschooler An awesome blog with tons of free printouts and templates, for Pre-K and Kindergarten

Cookie.Com Lots of fun stuff for kids

Crafty Crow A fun collection of children’s crafts

CrickWeb.Co.Uk Interactive literacy activities for elementary school

DLTK Kids Printable children’s crafts, coloring pages and more

Education.com Activities, crafts, games, and FAQ about kids and education

Enchanted Learning Tons of crafts and activities for kids!

First School Preschool activities and crafts, everything from literacy to music and back!

Fun Brain Kids Lots of fun activities and games for kids

Historical Childrens Books 6000 historical children’s books – digitalized and free to read

Home Science Experiments Ideas and recipes for kids’ kitchen science experiments

Homework Spot Homework help, science project ideas, math activities for kids, puzzles and more

Hubbard’s Cupboard A website for early childhood educators and parents

Ideas for Bedtime Stories This site includes stories, tips, and resources for parents to use at bedtime. Would work great with a tablet! Teachers can use the online books as a way to integrate technology and literacy into lessons!

Interactive Literacy Games for Early Learners Interactive and educational games for young students (Ages 3-5)

Internet4Classrooms.Com Skill builders for grades pre-k and up

Jan Brett’s Website Author of The Mitten and other children’s stories, Jan Brett offers free coloring pages, printables, activities, and videos on her site!

Kid’s Activity Blog – Water Play Ideas

Kiddle ~ Safe Visual Search Engine for Kids A search engine for kids that shows kid-safe pictures & results and blocks adult language & subjects from being searched

KidSites.Com Lots of links to websites for kids

Kinder Pond Happenings of a Kindergarten teacher in Illinois

Kindergarten Activities from JumpStart.Com

Kindergarten Klub A site devoted to all things Kindergarten!

Kindergarten Works Another great kindergarten blog

LearnAlberta.Ca Resources for teachers including lesson plans, videos, and activities – available in English and French

Lil Country Kindergarten Blog A blog with activities for kindergarten and early childhood educators and parents

Lit2Go Stories read by real people for grades K-12

MakeAndTakes.Com A blog with crafts, activities, and recipes for kids

Mr. Nelson’s Classroom Management Ideas Classroom Management Ideas for Kindergarten

Mrs. Willis Kindergarten Kindergarten activities, ideas and more!

NickJr.Com Activities, games, and fun stuff for kids by Nickelodeon

NoblePrize.Org Interactive, educational games and enrichment activities

PBSKids.Org Tons of educational games for hours of fun learning!

Peace Love & Learning A kindergarten teacher’s blog with free ideas and printables!

Project Gutenberg Over 40,000 free books and eBooks

Projects for Preschoolers A cool site with lots of crafts and activities for preschoolers and young children

Public Domain Project Download thousands of historic media files for your creative projects.. All completely free!

Read-Write-Think An informative resource for teachers with lesson plans ideal for students of all ages.

Riddles.Com Brainteasers and kids riddles for warm-up activities and brain breaks!

Scholastic Activities for PreK & Kindergarten A list of interactive activities and online resources sorted by grade level (click the preK-K tab)

ScrappinDoodles.Com Family friendly graphics and printable crafts

SeaSky.Org Explore the splendors of the sea and wonders of the universe

Sheppard Software Activites for Kids Hundreds of free educational games, activities, quizzes, and articles

Skill Building Activities Language arts and math skill building activities for kindergarten.

Spelling City Printable spelling worksheets, tests, and awards.

Sphinx Kids Interactive games and videos from the Sphinx Classical Connections CD-Rom as well as from the New York Philharmonic’s KidZone website.

Sprout Online Games Fun and educational games for kids

Starfall Activities A free public service to teach children to read with phonics

Storyline Online Popular children’s books read aloud by actors and made into movies that you can watch online

Student Resources by Oak Grove Elementary School One of my favorites! Visual links for kids in grades Pre-K through 5th – provided by Oak Grove Elementary School.

Switch Zoo Play animal games and make new animals at this virtual zoo!

UNCW Educational Games This site contains downloadable games, game templates, and utilities that teachers and trainers can use to enhance any lesson.

Wacky Web Tales Practice parts of speech with Wacky Web Tales Mad Libs!

Water Play Activities by KidsActivitiesBlog.Com Fun water play activities!

Webbing Into Literacy Instructional activities and materials designed for rural Virginia Head Start teachers
