Here are some TOP websites for Kindergarten. Some are free and some are not. I thought I’d share. McCutchanville has READING EGGS and the students LOVE it. : )
1. Starfall Starfall is a site to help kids learn language arts skills both at home and school. With four different areas of study, this site is great for moving children from basic letter recognition to reading comprehension. Starfall offers packages for families and classrooms and each package includes online and printable materials. Just about every educator I know has heard of Starfall! As for me, I never really got “into” using it. Sorry, but the bitmapped images really bug me! There is a free site and a paid membership site that starts at $30 for home use and $70 per year for a teacher with six students. (Who has only six students?) It’s $150 per year for a teacher with the entire classroom signed up. (Ouch.)
2. PBS Kids Play PBS Kids Play provides fun learning games featuring favorite PBS characters like Bob the Builder, Thomas the Train and Friends, Dinosaur Train and Curious George. This site has 56 educational games for reading, math, and science. Classroom passes are also available. The content of the games are aligned with the Common Core and the material increases in difficulty as children master new skills. PBS KIDS PLAY costs $9.95 a month for a family of up to four profiles.
3. ABCYA ABCYA has math and reading games for young children. For pre-K and Kindergartners, there is a great selection of early math concept games that cover skills such as counting, patterns, and number recognition. There is a really fun monster themed game that allows students the opportunity to practice sorting vowels and consonants and spelling sight words. This site is FREE and is great for both home and school use.
4. ABCMOUSE ABCMOUSE is a HUGE site that is great for Preschool and Kindergarten aged children. The site features complete curriculum plans that cover number recognition, colors, shapes, letters, reading, counting, and basic math skills. The site is cleverly designed like a classroom, which allows kids to walk through the room choosing different activities to engage in. The curriculum is developed to align with the Common Core Standards and allows students to progress to harder material as they master concepts. The site offers a family plan for $7.95 a month. For schools and preschools it is FREE!
5. Reading Eggs and Math Seeds Reading Eggs and Math Seeds are sister sites offering reading and math games for 3 to 7 year olds. The games are very engaging and focus on the building blocks of math and reading that little minds need. Reading Eggs focuses their games on phonics and sight words while the Math Seeds focuses on number recognition, math terms, shapes, telling time, money, and basic addition and subtraction. Both sites offer apps that can be used on phones or tablets. Reading Eggs starts at $49.95 for six months and $69 for a year. There are options for classroom passes as well as discounts for adding additional children. Math Seeds is $49.95 for a year.
Here are a few more educational sites that you also might find helpful. These are not “gamified,” entertaining sites, but they do offer other resources:
Raz-Kids costs $84.95-$99.95 or more per teacher per year subscription. District licenses are available. Raz-Kids offers leveled readers and quizzes that are along the lines of Accelerated Reader. You need a subscription to access it, but there is a free trial. Usually, if a school has a subscription, the students can access it free.
Math Fact Cafe is a custom online worksheet generator. There is nothing special or pretty about the worksheets, but you can narrow down the questions to exactly what you need the children to work on. Kids can complete them online or in print. The site is free, but donations are gladly accepted.
Studyladder is a site that has lots of short video lessons, followed by online drills for kids and printable worksheets that teachers, homeschoolers, and parents might find useful. There is a free section and a paid section. This is not a “game” site, though; the online drills for the children seem to be a like an electronic worksheet (at first glance, not very engaging.) The child reads the question, and then the child clicks the answer. That’s all. The worksheets vary in quality and usefulness, as far as I can tell on a quick look at the site. “Studyladder has all curriculum areas and games you can play and compete with other kids around the world like a spelling bee game, a maths basic facts race etc. The child creates their own avatar, collects points and can decorate their own room.” Storybird is an INCREDIBLE site for helping kids learn how to write creatively! Storybird turns the writing process “upside down” by letting children first choose a piece of artwork and then write about it. This helps give the creative juices a nudge! Kids can write a poem, a little storybook, or older children can write a longer piece. With Kindergarten, the teacher could project the pictures and let the children give her ideas to write. I LOVE this!
Here’s a list of MOREfun educational and safe websites for your child to visit and explore!!!
ww switcheroozoo com Watch, listen and play games tolearn all about amazing animals! www kids n tion lgeogr phic com Learn all about geography andfascinating animals. Switcheroo ZooNat Geo for Kids www funbr in com Play games while practicingmath and reading skills. Fun Brain www pbskids org Hang out with your favoritecharacters all while learning! PBS Kids www re ding ecb org Go “into the book” to play games that practice reading strategies. www seussville com Read, play games, and hang outwith Dr. Seuss and his friends. Into the BookSeussville www st rf ll com Practice your phonics skillswith these read-along stories. Star Fall www storylineonline net Have some of your favorite storiesread to you by movie stars! Storyline Online www bcy com Practice math and reading skillsall while playing fun games! BC Y www highlightskids com Read, play games, and conductcool science experiments! Highlights Kids